So wails Pearl Jam frontman, Ed Vedder, in a track (”Do the Evolution”) from the band’s masterful 1998 release, Yield.
Pre-conversion, I reveled in the song due to the fact that I idolized Mr. Vedder, graphically portrays the evolutionary process, and especially because it criticizes religious (read: Christian) hypocrites in the lines,
I’m a thief
I’m a liar
There’s my church
I sing in the choir.Hallelujah
Hallelujah
If the song isn’t striking enough, the video (crafted by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane) is top-notch and if I may say so, breath taking in its portrayals.
It matches the lyric perfectly and emphasizes the predations of mankind on itself as well as the planet.
Post-conversion, the video remains artistically breathtaking of course, but now I see it with a new set of eyes.
Whether the band or McFarlane wish to accept it, the video explicitly displays the ubiquitous effect of sin on the world we live in.
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I used to LOVE that song, ESPECIALLY the video! So, of course, I clicked on the link to listen to it again. But 15 seconds into it … it just isn’t the same. So I stopped it. Oh well. Jesus Christ is superior.