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 "Satellite" by The Hooters

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PostSubject: "Satellite" by The Hooters   "Satellite" by The Hooters I_icon_minitimeTue Sep 03, 2013 1:11 pm

Found this on YouTube recently while watching videos of other songs by this group. It's from 1987 and pokes fun at the televangelists of the time - particularly Tammy Fay Baker and Jerry Falwell. Apparently it caused some controversy at the time, but I think it's hilarious.



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Hush little baby don't cry like that
God's gonna buy you a Cadillac
He's chosen you to do his will
You can spread the world in your Coupe de Ville

So jump in the river and learn to swim
God's gonna wash away all your sins
And if you still can't see the light
God's gonna buy you a satellite

Look to the heavens and see it shine
Heals the sick and leads the blind
Tune it in and hear it say
It's counting down to judgement day

So jump in the river ...

Hey satellite man your time has come
Your words received by everyone
And should you fall, well that's OK
You love the ones that you betray

So jump in the river and learn to swim
God's gonna take away all your sins
And when at last you see the light
God's gonna buy you a satellite
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PostSubject: Re: "Satellite" by The Hooters   "Satellite" by The Hooters I_icon_minitimeTue Sep 03, 2013 2:26 pm

I remember this song (and this band) fondly.  Even though I was a metal-head at the time, I really appreciated this band and their hits.  I had no idea they had this hilarious video.

The lyrics to their song "All You Zombies" has some serious religious connotations as well.

Holy Moses met the Pharaoh
Yeah, he tried to set him straight
Looked him in the eye, "let my people go"

Holy Moses on the mountain
High above the golden calf
Went to get the Ten Commandments
He's just gonna break them in half

All you zombies hide your faces
All you people in the street
All you sittin' in high places
The pieces gonna fall on you

No one ever spoke to Noah
They all laughed at him instead
Working on his ark, working all by himself

Only Noah saw it coming
Forty days and forty nights
Took his sons and daughters with him
Yeah they were the Israelites

All you zombies hide your faces
All you people in the street
All you sittin' in high places
The rain's gonna fall on you

Holy Father, what's the matter
Where have all your children gone
Sitting in the dark, living all by themselves
You don't have to hide anymore

All you zombies show your faces...

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PostSubject: Re: "Satellite" by The Hooters   "Satellite" by The Hooters I_icon_minitimeTue Sep 03, 2013 4:14 pm

I've heard that song many times but never paid much attention to the lyrics until now. Good stuff!

Interestingly enough, according to songfacts.com, one of the songwriters has said that there were some Christian stations which refused to play "All You Zombies".
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