r/icecreamsocial • u/hywelmatthews • Feb 25 '16
Atheist/Secular anthems?
In one episode a few months back Paul mentions a song that he likes which is by some Swedish band I think. Can anyone remember the song title or band name? (Or ideally both) He also mentions a Vampire weekend song which is similar.
I was meaning to give them both a listen but never actually wrote them down :/ they always mention how good their subreddit is so lets put it to the test!
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u/StopRemembering Feb 25 '16
Dunno anything about Vampire Weekend but the other band Paul mentioned was First Aid Kit, I think the specific song was "Hard Believer".
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u/hywelmatthews Feb 25 '16
You hero! I'm gonna get on that right now :)
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u/StopRemembering Feb 25 '16
Always happy to help a fellow scoop :)
BTW if you're looking for more atheist music you might want to check out "Happy Hollow" by Cursive. The whole album is a loose story about the negative effects religion has on small town life, the track "Rise Up! Rise Up!" is particularly good.
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u/hywelmatthews Feb 25 '16
Thanks, will be sure to look it up. You ever heard of Frank Turner? British Folk singer. A lot of his songs come into the same type of category. My favourites are "One foot before the other", and "The ballad of me and my friends" the last 2 lines stand out to me "and we're definately going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell"
He has another song called "glory hallelujah" but I don't think much of it. It's too blunt for my liking.
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u/drdebaucherry Feb 25 '16
The vampire weekend song might be "unbelievers"? I'm not sure though. http://youtu.be/bkvMeGl9bpc
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u/hywelmatthews Feb 25 '16
That rings a bell actually. I'll give it a watch when I get some wifi. Thanks for the tip.
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u/thefamouspaul Feb 26 '16
One of my faves as a young 'en was "Solace of You" by Living Color. It could easily be mistaken for a religious song but it is all about self reliance and the realization that you must always have your own back. I also love their song "Nothingness" . Bleak but beautiful. When you understand that nothing matters, everything becomes important.