Baby Got Book

April 3, 2009 4:26 PM

Baby Got Book. "I like big Bibles and I cannot lie." [SLYT]
posted by billysumday (29 comments total)

This just broke my irony meter. I have no idea whether it's for real or not.
posted by dersins at 4:29 PM on April 3, 2009 [1 favorite]

This is years old.
posted by Hovercraft Eel at 4:33 PM on April 3, 2009

It's an honest to goodness real Christian parody, yep. There's a whole genre of Christian versions of popular songs. Some groups even make a career out of it.

I've seen this for years now, and I have to admit "me so holy" still cracks me up.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 4:34 PM on April 3, 2009 [1 favorite]

dersins: "This just broke my irony meter. I have no idea whether it's for real or not."

Dan Smith is a storyteller-preacher. He strives to model the teaching style of Jesus, who was a master storyteller.
posted by Joe Beese at 4:36 PM on April 3, 2009

Oh, and you guys have all see the Gilbert and Sullivan version, right?
posted by Pater Aletheias at 4:37 PM on April 3, 2009 [1 favorite]

This is ancient and has been on MeFi before.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 4:38 PM on April 3, 2009 [1 favorite]

That is cool. :)
posted by aeschenkarnos at 4:39 PM on April 3, 2009

Or perhaps, Jonathan Coulton's version?
posted by blue_beetle at 4:42 PM on April 3, 2009

I think if you are familiar with that song at all, you just can't get rid of the sexual overtones that reside throught it and are attached to that tune. Which just makes listening to this a bit (and I hate using this word) creepy.
posted by P.o.B. at 4:51 PM on April 3, 2009

Did I just make up a word?
Through[ out]
posted by P.o.B. at 4:53 PM on April 3, 2009

Possibly mentioned by DU, but "Baby got Book: lyrics were initially preached by MonkyMeat in 2001.

P.o.B. - a Christian friend of mine, when I was a practicing Christian, mentioned that all love songs could replace the object of love with God, and the songs would still have meaning. He was a nice guy, and I was too, back then, and I didn't start offering songs which should never have God take the place of the loved one. I'm glad, because I think his brain might have broken at some possibilities.
posted by filthy light thief at 4:58 PM on April 3, 2009

Previously, in a post about GodTube (which is now apparently completely rebranded as Tangle.com).
posted by camcgee at 4:59 PM on April 3, 2009

So it's totally ♲ .
posted by dersins at 5:00 PM on April 3, 2009

I generally hate this type of 'me too' pastiche, but I have to admit there are some clever rhymes in here. This originally came out right about the same time as GodTube.com, which is now defunct, apparently. It was one of their most popular videos, if I recall correctly. There is something really bizarre and fascinating about the tendency of certain groups of young evangelicals to try to create a sort of parallel culture that appropriates and then sanitizes mainstream books, movies, songs, catch-phrases etc. I don't know if it's just an attempt to appeal to broader audiences or a desire to create a 'safe' pop-culture which they feel comfortable participating in. Or something else. Anyway, it does make me feel weird inside.
posted by bluejayk at 5:04 PM on April 3, 2009 [1 favorite]

They should have cast a preacher.
posted by rageagainsttherobots at 5:05 PM on April 3, 2009

So old. Jesus himself saw this on MetaFilter back in the day.
posted by DU at 5:08 PM on April 3, 2009 [2 favorites]

Filthy light thief: Are you aware of the entire episode of South Park that takes advantage of that substitution?
posted by Weighted Companion Cube at 5:08 PM on April 3, 2009

The only difference between this and Christians imitating pop culture with original music is that this is far more honest in how pathetic it is.
posted by Pope Guilty at 5:17 PM on April 3, 2009

This predated GodTube, even. I remember a girl I went to highschool with posting it to her livejournal in 2004 or 2005. She loooooved it because it reinforced an image she had of born again Christians not being humorless. What I disliked about it was that it also reinforced the stereotype that the only thing someone who is born again can have a sustained conversation about is Jesus and their faith. Sadly, the writings on her livejournal usually fit the stereotype, except in instances where she pleaded with God to send her a boyfriend.
posted by piratebowling at 5:19 PM on April 3, 2009 [2 favorites]

KJV!
posted by caddis at 5:22 PM on April 3, 2009

This is funny, but pretty moldy - let's get some more recent Mix-a-Lot satire in here.
posted by EatTheWeek at 5:28 PM on April 3, 2009

For white people everywhere I apologize.
posted by Dennis Murphy at 5:31 PM on April 3, 2009

I think if you are familiar with that song at all, you just can't get rid of the sexual overtones that reside throught it and are attached to that tune. Which just makes listening to this a bit (and I hate using this word) creepy.

Why? The Bible has got plenty of out-and-out perverted parts in it.
posted by Flunkie at 5:43 PM on April 3, 2009

muslims do it better (self link of my fpp)
posted by By The Grace of God at 5:59 PM on April 3, 2009

Because there is a dichotomy between what is being peddled and what is actually being used to convey the message. I wasn't referncing the actual material which, being raised as a Roman Catholic, I had shoved down my throat early in life and I'm well versed in that rhetoric thank-you-very-much.
posted by P.o.B. at 6:00 PM on April 3, 2009

Jesus is soooo cool. At Lake-licka-lake-licka Licka-Lake James.
posted by billysumday at 6:03 PM on April 3, 2009

That was hilarious. Thanks!
posted by rtha at 6:04 PM on April 3, 2009

I was really getting into the whole "atheist" thing for a while there, but this fresh rap makes the other side look way more dope! Their science is too tight!
posted by orme at 6:07 PM on April 3, 2009

Weighted Companion Cube: nope.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:28 PM on April 3, 2009