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| calypsus_1 | Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 14:54  One of us by p$ychoboyJck http://www.flickr.com/photos/psychoboyjack/ Joan Osborne - One Of Us  All rights reserved. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 10:59 Joan Osborne - "One Of Us" Live (1996): |
| agnes (the land of bourbon and horses) | Posted: Dec 19, 2006 - 21:10 dragonfish wrote: :puke:
I see your :puke: and raise you a    . This is the worst thing she's ever done, and it saddens me that people judge her on this wretched, throwaway track. What possessed her PR people to release THIS one will puzzle me till my end days. Such an amazing talent, forever tarnished by this horrible song. |
| ratko (Antwerp) | Posted: Nov 24, 2005 - 08:21 If there's one song you should rate godlike ... Still prefer what Prince did with this song |
| Trustocity (Boston, baby) | Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 06:31 Trustocity wrote: JOAN, ROLLING STONE, MARCH 2003: "Yeah, 'One of Us.' Embarrassing. I'm still surprised at how well 'Relish' did, considering how horrible that song was, and that it was the only single to see any radio play at all. Then they turned it into that fuck-awful theme song for 'Joan of Arcadia.' I think that's when I knew my luck had run out, even before anything really horrible happened to my career. I just looked in the mirror one afternoon and said, 'You know what? You should self-destruct, just deep-six your career, on the slight possibility that you might try to recreate "One of Us." That can't be allowed.' So I went the blues covers route, and sure enough, no one's cared since about what I'm doing or where I am. I think it's best for all concerned."
Yeah, I made this up. |
| dragonfish | Posted: Oct 21, 2005 - 11:59 creativebones wrote: Play that song again just so I can hear all these god bashing
anti-chrstianity people, who when a certain day comes will surely shut there mouth quicker than they can say I hate this song! wow. had you ever considered that its her voice, the drone, that some of us hate, not necessarily the lyrical content you're funny |
| dogpound | Posted: Oct 21, 2005 - 11:57 creativebones wrote: Play that song again just so I can hear all these god bashing
anti-chrstianity people, who when a certain day comes will surely shut there mouth quicker than they can say I hate this song! 
ok |
| creativebones | Posted: Oct 21, 2005 - 11:56 Play that song again just so I can hear all these god bashing anti-chrstianity people, who when a certain day comes will surely shut there mouth quicker than they can say I hate this song! |
| dragonfish | Posted: Oct 21, 2005 - 11:53 :puke: |
| DocGuy (SoCal) | Posted: Oct 21, 2005 - 11:53 raelic wrote: Ack, no more Joan O...please. Enough to make me switch RP off and then I forget to re-tune in and miss good stuff. :(
Yeah, songs like this are what the LRC is for, as far as I'm concerned... I mean to provide something else to listen to... although I suppose its intended purpose of filtering out the garbage also applies. |
| hamer12string (Orlando, FL) | Posted: Oct 21, 2005 - 11:52 FWIW - I wasn't a big fan after hearing this tune when it came out. But, since, I have heard her sing motown and the blues and I like her ALOT. |
| beelzebubba (Where the hell is Walldrug, South Dakota?) | Posted: Oct 21, 2005 - 11:51 Hm. Is this a contest to see who can play this song more? Radio Paradise or my local college Public Radio alternative music station? |
| honu | Posted: Oct 21, 2005 - 11:51 Larswede wrote: Interesting to see the avalanche of negative feelings this song provokes - hundreds of comments. It is a great tune, whatever the lyrics. Catchy pop song. So what, exactly, is so wrong with that? All the Beatles songs with all their high rating are cathcy pop songs too, after all.
Thank God Radio Paradise is truly eclectic and not simply esoteric progressive 24/7. I don't mind if RP plays pop songs but this one, I agree with many others here, is one of those grating annoying tunes. Right up there with "Isn't it Ironic" by that other chalk on the blackboard sounding singer. |
| emleamy (Virginia) | Posted: Oct 21, 2005 - 11:48 What if Bill stoped playing this song? Yeah, yeah, Bill would be great, Yeah, yeah, Bill would be good :) |
| dogpound | Posted: Oct 21, 2005 - 11:48 if god were one of us, she would kill herself after hearing this song |
| jlind (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Oct 21, 2005 - 11:48 is this religious hour? |
| raelic | Posted: Oct 06, 2005 - 19:25 Ack, no more Joan O...please. Enough to make me switch RP off and then I forget to re-tune in and miss good stuff. :( |
| mojoman (Rocky Mountains, Colorado) | Posted: Oct 06, 2005 - 19:24 Please, let's stop hearing the same songs off this album that the top 40 stations played. Please play "Spider Webs" off this album. |
| jah_blessed (Netherlands) | Posted: Sep 22, 2005 - 01:52 Decent, but nothing more than that. |
| Thea (Sacto) | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 10:14 Absolutely nothing wrong with catchy pop songs. They're just catchier when the lyrics aren't stupid. (And it's got nothing to do with religion or God for me.) |
| cptbuz (El Dorado Hills, CA) | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 09:53 I would rather hear the send up of this song..."What if God smoked cannibis"...hmmm |
| Larswede (Tallahassee, FL) | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 09:48 Interesting to see the avalanche of negative feelings this song provokes - hundreds of comments. It is a great tune, whatever the lyrics. Catchy pop song. So what, exactly, is so wrong with that? All the Beatles songs with all their high rating are cathcy pop songs too, after all. Thank God Radio Paradise is truly eclectic and not simply esoteric progressive 24/7. |
| jdorn1 (The land of Cheese) | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 09:47 I actually took my headphones off... |
| anniebear (chapel hill, nc) | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 09:45 Al_Koholic wrote: Saw Joan sing with Cracker and The Dead and I really enjoyed what she added. I like most of what I hear from her. |
| physicsgenius | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 09:44 WTF, I thought this was Cheryl Crow. Anyway, fun song. I remembered the first time I heard "except for the Pope maybe in Rome"--I almost crashed my car I was laughing so hard. |
| Thea (Sacto) | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 09:44 It is true when David Lowery of Cracker says that Joan sold her f***ing soul to the devil for that voice. It is also true when people, including Joan, say that this is a horrible, horrible, horrible song and must NEVER BE PLAYED AGAIN. There are so many other really good songs, even off of Relish! Play THOSE! |
| jdorn1 (The land of Cheese) | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 09:43 This song could easily be removed from the play list with no loss of value to RP... |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 09:43 damnit, I was hoping this got canned from the playlist. |
| houstoib (Cincinnati, OH) | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 09:42 If God was one of us....he would hate this song 
It reminds me of a review for Spinal Tap's "Intravenus de Milo" album: "This song asks the question: "On what day did God create Joan Osborne, and couldn't he have rested on that day?" |
| psycholynx (Corona, CA (outside L.A.)) | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 09:42 Poor Joan, this song was what broke her onto the scene. It was also the one that type-casted her. All that talent ignored by mainstream radio....thanks for playing her but I don't think we need to hear this one. |
| ArbiterOfGoodTaste (Seattle WA) | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 09:42 There is absolutely no reason to play this song. |
| beatlechick (somewhere within the sound of your voice.....) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 14:09 TampaPurple wrote: Play Prince's version. Talk about power.
Amen to that <-o< One of the few songs that man covers, and one that he outshines the original. Betcha By Golly Wow is another. |
| shakitten (Denver, Colorado) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 13:11 beckdog wrote: I almost want to invent a new profile so I can give this another 1...It's so, so bad, and frankly beneath RP!
Me, too... :puke: |
| beckdog (Washington, DC) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 13:04 I almost want to invent a new profile so I can give this another 1...It's so, so bad, and frankly beneath RP! |
| shakitten (Denver, Colorado) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 13:03 Trustocity wrote: JOAN, ROLLING STONE, MARCH 2003: "Yeah, 'One of Us.' Embarrassing. I'm still surprised at how well 'Relish' did, considering how horrible that song was, and that it was the only single to see any radio play at all. Then they turned it into that fuck-awful theme song for 'Joan of Arcadia.' I think that's when I knew my luck had run out, even before anything really horrible happened to my career. I just looked in the mirror one afternoon and said, 'You know what? You should self-destruct, just deep-six your career, on the slight possibility that you might try to recreate "One of Us." That can't be allowed.' So I went the blues covers route, and sure enough, no one's cared since about what I'm doing or where I am. I think it's best for all concerned."
I admire her honesty over what is so obviously a sucko-barfo track. She can do, and has done, SO much better... |
| DisplacedNorthrnr (whereIBiswhereIM) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 13:02 "God is great, God is good, and we thank him for our food, amen." Everytime I hear this song I think of how my brothers and I would race through this grace so we could begin shovelling the food into our pieholes. |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 13:02 nuggler wrote: There's a deeper meaning here, folks. Find that meaning & you'd never vote Republican or send your kids off to war. This is beyond your fundamentalist 'happy hour at the soul-lite fast food for the soul' corner church Sunday "Christianity" bullsh!t. This is evolution & now is the 21st century. Time to start connecting the dots, if you know what I mean.
Can't say as I do. (and I despise religous findamentalist as much as anybody--hell, I despise religion!) |
| shakitten (Denver, Colorado) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 13:00 Ya know, I love Joan... BUT NOT THIS SONG! MY EARS ARE BLEEDING!
This is one of the dumbest songs EVER! :verymad: |
| Trustocity (Boston, baby) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 13:00 JOAN, ROLLING STONE, MARCH 2003: "Yeah, 'One of Us.' Embarrassing. I'm still surprised at how well 'Relish' did, considering how horrible that song was, and that it was the only single to see any radio play at all. Then they turned it into that fuck-awful theme song for 'Joan of Arcadia.' I think that's when I knew my luck had run out, even before anything really horrible happened to my career. I just looked in the mirror one afternoon and said, 'You know what? You should self-destruct, just deep-six your career, on the slight possibility that you might try to recreate "One of Us." That can't be allowed.' So I went the blues covers route, and sure enough, no one's cared since about what I'm doing or where I am. I think it's best for all concerned." |
| Stevo (Columbia, SC, US of A) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 12:59 shoot me please |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 12:59 I truthfully do not believe I could hate a piece of music more than I hate this. |
| beckdog (Washington, DC) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 12:58 Is the torturous monotony and painful repetition part of the so called "deeper message?" This song is painfully bad and gets my first ever "1" Awful, awful, awful. (Not to mention played to death years ago on commercial radio.) |
| emleamy (Virginia) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 12:58 "nobody calling on the phone, except for the pope, maybe in rome" YOU JUST CANT GET ANY WORSE! |
| steeler (Teetering on the abyss) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 12:58 I like the concept. It works for me, and I'm not religious. And I like the music. |
| pigglywiggly (ANYWHERE) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 12:57 mafe wrote: SO BAD! SO OVERPLAYED!
MAKE IT STOP PLEASE! I certainly agree with the overplayed. Blech. |
| Al_Koholic (Exit 82, NJ) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 12:57 Saw Joan sing with Cracker and The Dead and I really enjoyed what she added. I like most of what I hear from her. |
| ArbiterOfGoodTaste (Seattle WA) | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 12:54 The horror! I knew what it was at the 7th note, and immeditately hit stop. Ugh. Yuck. |
| dwa375 (NYC) | Posted: Jul 24, 2005 - 17:50 Great song - not sure what exactly she is trying to say - but very likeable.  <-o< And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah <-o<
Yeah.... |
| Darbuka (Winnipeg) | Posted: Jul 24, 2005 - 17:45 Most of Joan's music I'd rate at around 8 or 9. I saw her live once and it was one of the best shows I've seen. Lots of soul. This tune though? 2 |
| TampaPurple (Tampa) | Posted: Jun 25, 2005 - 06:19 Play Prince's version. Talk about power. |