I have a list longer than my arm of rock ‘n roll songs that – to me – have profound spiritual undertones. I concede that I will have a tough time selling this elixir to the “rock music is of the devil” crowd. And to be honest, I completely understand.

But my buddy Clayton Richard Long put forth the other day that he has a tough time letting go of rock ‘n roll music. Quote – “If there is one thing I am weak at….my vice…the one thing I find really hard to‘leave behind’ ( in order to be a good Catholic and try and live a Saintly life…of course I have many other problems. But the one thing that I just can’t seem to quit is rock n roll.”

I feel ya, brother.
He put this forth on my blog post which included lyrics of the Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil”. But Clay, maybe we have to weed through the bad to find some good? Just askin’.

All of this said, I used to love The Black Crowes. I think I still do. Their tune “Sting Me” speaks of “truth”, “tradition”, and a “recognition of that same old (human) condition”. Yes. It may be forcing it, but I’ve long interpreted this song as a shout-out to the Old Evangelization, proclaiming that any “independence is a half-assed deliverance”. Even with that Southern Baptist backing vocal, and southern-fried back-beat.
Can the faith “Sting Me”?… Right to my rotten bones?

How about you?
And, do y’all ever do that? – try to find some Christian meaning in rock songs that seem not to have any inspiration of the Divine?
Hit me up!  Lemme know!

THE BLACK CROWES LYRICS