Religious music for less than devout

Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best
And

Always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the light side of life

Writer/s: Eric Idle
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG

I think it qualifies as a music reference. 

+1 geoffkait, "Every Grain Of Sand" is another one of my favorites from Dylan. 

n80, as far as the lyrics of Walking in Memphis go, I am not sure we will know. It is said that the song is autobiographical of Mark Cohen. The previous verse before the one you quoted talked about gospel being in the air, and that Reverend Greene would pray for you if you haven’t got a prayer. The guy in the song, autobiographical or not, was fairly depressed when he touched down in Memphis. My take would be that he became caught up in the gospel music being played,  in the atmosphere of the club, and in being asked to perform. It was for him a great night.  Mark Cohen is from a Jewish family in the mid-west (as per Wikipedia), and only he would know if the experience was transformative or not. Great song, though.
John

@ghosthouse Wow, really? The topic of the thread is music for less than devout. My reference was intended was a humorous take on the thread topic. If you are offended then that is on you. If you are that sensitive then perhaps you should have avoided the thread entirely. I feel no obligation to attempt to to oblige the myriad of religious beliefs of humanity.

@falconquest  That particular movie, at least when it came out, was very offensive to Christians. It has pretty much faded from the Christian and public consciousness. As a Monty Python fan and a Christian, I found that the movie was irreverent and moderately offensive....and not one of their better efforts. I still love Monty Python.

I agree with you that how someone responds to something in regard to being offended is on them. We can't control what other people say. We can only control how we respond to it.

However, I think we have to be careful about having a double standard. It is currently very much okay and PC to offend Christians and Jews. Nothing is off the table. On the other hand, there are other popular religions that no one is willing to mock or offend in even the slightest way. That is a double standard that is not logically consistent or fair. Further, there are other groups and belief structures that are totally off the table when it comes to humor or irreverence with a strict PC code dictating what is okay and what is not to say or discuss.

All I ask from a society of political correctness is consistency. What is okay for one group or belief should be okay for all. If it is incumbent on Judeo-Christians to buck up and deal with irreverence and insults then that should apply to others as well.

Personally I think we all need to be a little more thick skinned. Humor, when not vicious, is great for all of us. But it should be okay for _ALL_ of us. Not just certain ones.