Jesus Christ (Woody Guthrie song)
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Jesus Christ is a song by Woody Guthrie
. The song argues that Jesus
would have been shunned and possibly killed by modern capitalist society much as he was in his own time.
The song was partially sung and played on the piano by the Guthrie character in the biopic Bound For Glory, set to the same tune as the folk ballad "Jesse James".
Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
. The song argues that Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
would have been shunned and possibly killed by modern capitalist society much as he was in his own time.
The song was partially sung and played on the piano by the Guthrie character in the biopic Bound For Glory, set to the same tune as the folk ballad "Jesse James".