Song of the Month: "John Lennon is My Jesus Christ" - Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard
- Samuel Williams
- Mar 1, 2020
- 2 min read
Just over 50 years from Lennon's infamous proclamation of The Beatles being "more popular than Jesus", Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard have taken it a step further with their swinging track, "John Lennon is my Jesus Christ", showing blasphemous rock 'n' rock (thank God) to still be very much alive.
They don't leave you waiting, with a quick whoop followed by the first cries of "John Lennon is my Jesus Christ", and we're off. Props have to go to the rhythm section with the drums and the ever present bass line driving the intoxicating groove; I have listened to this song countless times and I have never failed to, at the very minimum, bob my head.
They've made good use of double tracking the vocals with the listener feeling as if they're surrounded by the melodic cries to the heavens. Through the vocals, you begin to hear the influence of David Bowie: it's certain that the legends mentioned in the song are not random. With vocals of Ziggy, a sped up Bill Fay sound on the acoustic guitar, the head-shaking nature of a Beatles track and the pulse of Marc Bowen, the combination makes for good listening.
Photo by Elijah Thomas
What I truly love about this song is the message behind it and it is one that I believe echoes with any fan of rock 'n' roll: "Well if you're feeling low... well, put your hands together for your god of rock 'n' roll". Like so many of those that have grown up turning to a god for comfort and advice, I grew up with The Beatles, Chuck Berry, The Kinks, Little Richard and so many more to, as Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard put it so well, "wake me up in the morning, put me bed at night".
If I had one complaint, it would be that we only get just over 2 minutes of this song. Like rock 'n' roll in general, you never want it to stop. But at least we have bands like Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard who are managing to produce the music that they themselves are praising. It won't be long until they find themselves in the same position as protagonists of their song.
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