Sunday April 19, 2020 “All You Zombies” The Hooters.

Another churchless Sunday and..…

*Whoa, hold on, wait a minute, stop, are you kidding me, starting off on a Sunday with a song about Zombies sung by The Hooters…no way, uh uh, that’s just wrong!*

OK we got that out of the way, now spend four minutes with a band that took their name from the nickname for the musical instrument known as the ‘melodica’ not where you went when you first saw Hooters, and they put together this interesting take on biblical themes long before anyone even dreamed of the walking dead or zombies.

One of the founders of the band, Rob Hyman would go on to write and produce several hits outside of his band including the Cyndi Lauper mega-tune ‘Time After Time’ which was reportedly a throw away they put together because they had some extra studio time during a recording session. While Eric Bazilian, the other founder of the band would write and produce Joan Osborne’s 'One of Us’ (what if God were one of us, that is) among other tunes.

So give these pseudo-spiritual lyrics a check while you enjoy this song, ironically banned on several Christian music stations when it came out, but also go with its spirit, and enjoy an another (Americanized) taste of reggae.

I make no judgment on the video but aren’t you secretly hoping that the fashions of the 80’s will return soon.

Be safe and well… and don’t be ‘sittin in the dark’ soon we won’t have to hide anymore!

Holy Moses met the Pharaoh
Yeah, he tried to set him straight
Looked him in the eye,
"Let my people go!"Holy Moses on the mountain
High above the golden calf
Went to get the Ten Commandments
Yeah, he's just gonna break 'em in half!All you zombies hide your faces,
All you people in the street,
All you sittin' in high places,
The pieces gonna fall on you

No one ever spoke to Noah,
They all laughed at him instead
Workin' on his ark,
Workin' all by himself

Only Noah saw it comin',
Forty days and forty nights,
Took his sons and daughters with him,
Yeah, they were the Israelites!

All you zombies hide your faces,
All you people in the street,
All you sittin' in high places,
The rain's gonna fall on you

Holy Father, what's the matter?
Where have all your children gone?
Sittin' in the dark,
Livin' all by themselves,
You don't have to hide anymore!

All you zombies show your faces,
All you people in the street,
All you sittin' in high places,
The pieces gonna fall on you!

All you zombies show your faces,
(I see you out there!)
All you people in the street,
(Let's see you!)
All you sittin in high places,
It's all gonna fall on you!