As good as last night’s Big Love turned out to be, my personal
highlight might have been getting to hear Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit In the
Sky” played over the final credits.
Somehow a song that fuses gospel and psychedelia by a Jewish one-hit wonder
proved to be a perfect coda for a show focused on a fundamentalist Mormon
polygamist running for political office. >Rolling Stone ranked
“Spirit” exactly 333 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
That’s a bit low if you ask me, but you don’t have to be a numerologist or a
vinyl devotee to appreciate the purity of that number. Plus,… More >>
Big Love: Oh Jesus
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments
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