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teddyfred

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Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 12:09 AM

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so when the features get world famous, think they'll catch any shit for comparing themselves to jesus. any press is good press they say

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Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 12:11 AM

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if you're referring to the line "just like jesus christ we're misunderstood," I always thought of it as completely harmless, not about the band, and not unlike any christ references that have already been done.

(Edited by deathscythe257 at 12:12 am on Sep. 10, 2003)

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Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 12:14 AM

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i agree it's harmless, but not everyone will agree. people love to take things out of context. especially if it helps them further their agenda.

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Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 12:31 AM

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i just don't know that it would be something that people would make a deal out of... but then...

is your signature a reference to the royal tenenbaums or kids in the hall?

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Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 12:48 AM

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so when the features get world famous, think they'll catch any shit for comparing themselves to jesus. any press is good press they say

When "Closer" got heavy airplay back in the day, I realized that nothing is taboo in rock music anymore (except racism). Country is a different story. In country, you can get banned from the radio for dissing the president. But in rock music, you can sing about how great crystal meth is and have it be a #1 record. So I wouldn't think that comparing one's self to Jesus Christ would cause much of a stir. But I could be wrong.

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Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 12:54 AM

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so when the features get world famous, think they'll catch any shit for comparing themselves to jesus. any press is good press they say

When "Closer" got heavy airplay back in the day, I realized that nothing is taboo in rock music anymore (except racism). Country is a different story. In country, you can get banned from the radio for dissing the president. But in rock music, you can sing about how great crystal meth is and have it be a #1 record. So I wouldn't think that comparing one's self to Jesus Christ would cause much of a stir. But I could be wrong.

hmm.
good point.

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Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 12:56 AM

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is your signature a reference to the royal tenenbaums or kids in the hall?

tenebaums.

somehow i missed out on kids in the hall

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Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 6:11 AM

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Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 9:58 AM

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i agree, completely harmless. Maybe they'd get more crap about it if they said "Just like Jesus Christ we've come to save the world." but I think if anything, saying Jesus was misunderstood, actually makes a decent point on how people view christianity. Like you said, people will make it mean whatever they want.

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