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Question: Oh my lord I love this song; help me find it again!

ocherdraco — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:40:40 -0800

I just heard the most amazing song on a streaming radio station from France! The song was in English, but there was no identification, and googling the bits of lyrics I could understand got me nowhere. Can you help me figure it out?

Lyrics bits: "J-E-S-U-S," various bits about loving your neighbor, "we needn't specify" (that, along with spelling out J-E-S-U-S, seemed to be the refrain), something about a recipe that involved chocolate. That's all I've got. The male singer had a very distinctive warbly voice that distorted the words so much that at first I didn't realize it was English, and there were other folks in the background (including one guy who shouted "Praise the Lord" at the end). The song was very upbeat and had lots of horns (yay! I love horns!). I heard it on FIP. I could not figure out how to find a playlist on their site; if you can, that would be helpful. (I'm listening via the link on their main page that says "Ecoutez le direct".)

Despite all the Jesus references, it did not strike me as a religious song, but rather a song referencing religious tropes in a non-religious way.

It is an incredible song and using my AskMe question for this is totally worth it.

By: theBigRedKittyPurrs

theBigRedKittyPurrs — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:59:40 -0800

Playlist archives here. Was it Larry Graham?

By: scruss

scruss — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:01:54 -0800

FIP Playlists. When you say warbly, it makes me think of Devendra Banhart, but he's not listed.

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:09:09 -0800

Hmmm, it looks like they don't have the most recent songs up on the playlist ("Is you is or is you ain't my baby" was a few songs before the amazing one, and "Sweet Home Chicago" came a few songs after it.) And nothing's showing up for today yet (as it's well after midnight in France). I will check again later! (I also tweeted at FIP; perhaps they'll respond.)

By: carsonb

carsonb — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:49:19 -0800

Could it be something by Half-Handed Cloud? The whimsy sound and the JESUS and the warbly-ing make me think of them.

By: Paris Elk

Paris Elk — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:53:40 -0800

It's gotta be Chocolate Jesus. Tom Waits. Great song.

By: Paris Elk

Paris Elk — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:55:03 -0800

Ah no, wait, upbeat, with horns... hmm...

By: rom1

rom1 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:31:18 -0800

Jil is lucky - J.E.S.U.S. said

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:09:15 -0800

THAT'S IT!!¡!

Did you just know the song or did you find it somehow?

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:22:38 -0800

The studio version (which is what I heard) seems not to be on YouTube, but I did find it on Amazon.

By: reptile

reptile — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:29:50 -0800

Album version is on spotify here if it helps :)

By: rom1

rom1 — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:42:03 -0800

I didn't know this group; Google didn't seem to list results with the word specify with the following search: [J-E-S-U-S specify lyrics]. So I used [J-E-S-U-S "specify" lyrics] and voilà :)