Listen to the fiery original gospel version of "Jesus Is Just Alright"

Yeah, it always struck me as rather faint praise.

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Did I see Bill Graham adjusting a mic stand at 0:20 in the Byrds video?

I think it’s a case of hippie stoner understatement…

saturday night live dancing GIF

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The true believer knows in their hearts that it is Chimichungas on Thursdays. And on Tuesdays all tacos must be hard shell

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I’ll take 11 long haired friends of Jesus in a Chartreuse microbus over the current crop of followers any day.

Also, the Gen X take on 70s hippy Jesus:

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18r93a

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Heresy GIF

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APOSTATE!
Sorry no gif that the true believers pronounce Jiff

No one mentioned this? FOR SHAME!

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The phrase “just alright” carried a stronger, more positive connotation then than might be inferred now, I think. Anyway, it’s great music. :slight_smile:

There was a famous bit of Liverpool grafitti during the 1970s

Jesus saves, but Dalglish scores on the rebound

It was old back then

Alternatively

Moses said come forth, but we came first instead

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Man, I forgot how good the Doobie Brothers sounded.

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