Ticked
Overview
Christian music
Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....
parody band ApologetiX
ApologetiX
ApologetiX is a Christian parody band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The band was founded in 1992, and since then, has played in 44 states, released 17 studio albums, and built up a fan club that includes 45,000 people. The band is currently composed of J...
. It was also their first album to be released on CD. Later, two songs from the album would be released on the band's greatest hits album.
The writing for "Ticked" began in the summer of 1994. Early on, the album was decided to mainly parody alternative music. Although many previous ApologetiX parodies had told specific Bible stories, many of the new parodies on "Ticked" addressed Biblical issues (suicide, atheism, evolution, hypocrisy, the end of the world, separation of church and state, etc.) It took three years for momentum to build for the album to be recorded, and while some of the songs written endured, some didn't, and new ones were added, but the title stayed.
- "Come Out & Pray" - 3:07
- Parody of "Come Out & PlayCome Out and Play (song)"Come Out and Play" is a song by the Californian punk rock group The Offspring. It is the seventh track on their third album Smash and was released as the first single from that album. The song was the second single to be released by the band, following "I'll Be Waiting/Blackball"...
" by The OffspringThe OffspringThe Offspring is an American punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1984. Known as Manic Subsidal until 1986, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dexter Holland, lead guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, bassist Greg K. and drummer Pete Parada... - mp3 available at http://www.apologetix.com
- Parody of "Come Out & Play
- "All ApologetiX" - 2:54
- Parody of "All ApologiesAll Apologies"All Apologies" is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana, written by frontman Kurt Cobain. It was released as the second single from the band's third album, In Utero, which was released on September 21, 1993...
" by NirvanaNirvana (band)Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
- Parody of "All Apologies
- "Naomi Gonna Be With Ruth" - 3:30
- Parody of "Only Wanna Be With YouOnly Wanna Be With You"Only Wanna Be with You" is a rock song released in July 1995 by Hootie & the Blowfish, the third single from their breakthrough album, Cracked Rear View. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, #3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and #2 on the Billboard...
" by Hootie & the BlowfishHootie & the BlowfishHootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that enjoyed popularity in the second half of the 1990s. They were originally formed in 1986 at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld, and Mark Bryan. The band has recorded five studio albums to date, and has... - mp3 available at http://www.apologetix.com
- Parody of "Only Wanna Be With You
- "Shepherd's Paradise" - 4:13
- Parody of "Gangsta's ParadiseGangsta's Paradise (song)"Gangsta's Paradise" is a rap song by Coolio featuring L.V.. The song was released on the Coolio album Gangsta's Paradise, as well as the Dangerous Minds soundtrack in 1995. Coolio was awarded a Grammy for the song/album...
" by CoolioCoolioArtis Leon Ivey Jr. , better known by the stage name Coolio, is an American musician, rapper, actor and record producer.-Late 80s:He recorded two singles in the late 80s, titled "Watcha Gonna Do" and "You're Gonna Miss Me"...
- Parody of "Gangsta's Paradise
- "Counting Blessings" - 3:56
- Parody of "Counting Blue CarsCounting Blue Cars"Counting Blue Cars" is a song by the alternative rock band Dishwalla that appears on their 1995 album Pet Your Friends. It was Dishwalla's only hit song, making it onto the Billboard Hot 100 in 1996...
" by DishwallaDishwallaDishwalla is an American alternative rock band based out of Santa Barbara, CA. The band's name comes from a Hindi term for a person providing cable television to a neighborhood...
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- Parody of "Counting Blue Cars
- "Plump" - 2:09
- Parody of "LumpLump (song)"Lump" is a song by alternative rock band The Presidents of the United States of America. It was released in 1995 and featured on their self-titled debut album. The song reached #1 on Billboards Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1995. Later in the same year, it debuted on the Album Rock Tracks chart, and...
" by The Presidents of The United States of AmericaThe Presidents of the United States of America (band)The Presidents of the United States of America, commonly referred to as Pot USA or "PUSA" or The Presidents, are a twice Grammy-nominated American alternative rock band. The band formed in Seattle, USA, in 1993. The three-piece group currently comprises vocalist and "basitarist" Chris Ballew,... - mp3 available at http://www.apologetix.com
- Parody of "Lump
- "Letterman" - 3:33
- Parody of "Better ManBetter Man"Better Man" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Written by vocalist Eddie Vedder, "Better Man" is the eleventh track on the band's third studio album, Vitalogy...
" by Pearl JamPearl JamPearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready...
- Parody of "Better Man
- "People" - 3:29
- Parody of "PepperPepper (song)"Pepper" is a song by American alternative rock band Butthole Surfers. It appeared on their 1996 album Electriclarryland, and reached number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart...
" by Butthole SurfersButthole SurfersButthole Surfers is an American alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been consistent since 1983. Teresa Nervosa served as second...
- Parody of "Pepper
- "Big Deal" - 2:10
- Parody of "Big MeBig Me"Big Me" is the fourth major single, released in 1996, by the Foo Fighters from their self-titled debut album Foo Fighters. Although it never charted on the Billboard Hot 100, the song became a crossover hit for the band on pop radio during the spring of 1996, when it reached #13 on the Billboard...
" by Foo FightersFoo FightersFoo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
- Parody of "Big Me
- "Little Sins" - 3:59
- Parody of "Little ThingsLittle Things (Bush song)"Little Things" is a song from rock band Bush released from their successful 1994 album, Sixteen Stone. Although it was a big hit, it did not reach the heights of "Glycerine," "Comedown," or "Swallowed."-Plagiarism:...
" by BushBush (band)Bush are an alternative rock band formed in London in 1992 shortly after vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale and guitarist Nigel Pulsford met in a London nightclub. Realising they shared a love for such diverse artists as the Pixies, Bob Marley, The Jesus Lizard, MC5, Nirvana, Hüsker Dü, and Big...
- Parody of "Little Things
- "Stupid World" - 3:38
- Parody of "Stupid Girl" by GarbageGarbage (band)Garbage are an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994. The group consists of Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson , Steve Marker and Butch Vig . All four members are involved in songwriting and production...
- Parody of "Stupid Girl" by Garbage
- "A Lie" - 4:40
- Parody of "Alive" by Pearl JamPearl JamPearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready...
- Parody of "Alive" by Pearl Jam
- "Preachers" - 2:38
- Parody of "Peaches" by The Presidents of The United States of AmericaThe Presidents of the United States of America (band)The Presidents of the United States of America, commonly referred to as Pot USA or "PUSA" or The Presidents, are a twice Grammy-nominated American alternative rock band. The band formed in Seattle, USA, in 1993. The three-piece group currently comprises vocalist and "basitarist" Chris Ballew,...
- Parody of "Peaches" by The Presidents of The United States of America
- "Who's There" - 3:45
- Parody of "Loser" by BeckBeckBeck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
- Parody of "Loser" by Beck
- "Heaven Isn't Like That" - 4:52
- Parody of "ShineShine (Collective Soul song)"Shine" is a song by American post-grunge band Collective Soul. It served as the lead single from their 1993 debut album Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid. "Shine" would remain the band's most well known song and a hallmark of 1990s alternative rock. It became the #1 Album Rock Song of...
" by Collective SoulCollective SoulCollective Soul is an American rock band originally formed in Stockbridge, Georgia. Collective Soul broke into mainstream popularity with their first hit single, "Shine", which came from their debut album Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid, released in 1993...
- Parody of "Shine
- "No Chain" - 3:25
- Parody of "No RainNo Rain"No Rain" is a song by Blind Melon, released on the band's 1992 debut album Blind Melon. "No Rain" is well-known for its accompanying music video, which features the "Bee Girl" character. The music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, received heavy airplay on MTV at the time of its release."No Rain"...
" by Blind MelonBlind MelonBlind Melon is an American rock band active from 1989 to 1999, and from 2006 onward.Best remembered for their 1993 single "No Rain", the group enjoyed critical and commercial success in the early 1990s with their neo-psychedelic take on alternative rock...
- Parody of "No Rain
- "Young As You Are" - 3:48
- Parody of "Come As You Are" by NirvanaNirvana (band)Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
- mp3 available at http://www.apologetix.com
- Parody of "Come As You Are" by Nirvana
- "Casket Place" - 2:53
- Parody of "Basket CaseBasket Case (song)"Basket Case" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the third single from their third album, Dookie. The song spent five weeks at the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart.Rolling Stone Readers ranked it No...
" by Green DayGreen DayGreen Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
- Parody of "Basket Case
- "Lightning Flashes" - 4:51
- Parody of "Lightning CrashesLightning Crashes"Lightning Crashes" is a song by the rock band Live, from their 1994 album, Throwing Copper.The track wasn't released as a single in the US, but received enough radio airplay to peak at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart in 1995. The song also topped the Billboard Album Rock Tracks and Hot...
" by LiveLive (band)Live is an American rock band from York, Pennsylvania, composed of Chad Taylor , Patrick Dahlheimer , and Chad Gracey . Lead singer and principal songwriter Ed Kowalczyk left the band in November 2009....
- Parody of "Lightning Crashes
- "InYerFace Love Song" - 3:01
- Parody of "Interstate Love SongInterstate Love Song"Interstate Love Song" is a song by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, from their second studio album, Purple, released in 1994. The song, considered to be one of the band's biggest hits, hit number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart on September 17, 1994. The song it replaced at...
" by Stone Temple PilotsStone Temple PilotsStone Temple Pilots is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....
- Parody of "Interstate Love Song
- "You Gotta Go" - 3:55
- Parody of "You Oughta KnowYou Oughta Know"You Oughta Know" is a alternative rock song, which also is known for its grunge effect styles in it. The instruments held in it are guitars, electric guitars, drums and drum machine...
" by Alanis MorissetteAlanis MorissetteAlanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...
- Parody of "You Oughta Know
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Quotations
Do you understand, gentlemen, that all the horror is in just this—that there is no horror!
Aleksandr Kuprin|Aleksandr Kuprin, The Pit, translation by Bernard G. Guerney.
I can enjoy her while she's kind;But when she dances in the wind,And shakes the wings and will not stay,I puff the prostitute away: The little or the much she gave is quietly resign'd: Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
John Dryden, Imitation of Horace (1685), "On Fortune", Book III, Ode 29, l. 81 - 87.
[in Kenya]...any woman who is single and has multiple male sex partners is considered to be a prostitute, whether or not money changes hands.
New Internationalist, Issue 252 - February 1994.
[in India] Any sexual intercourse outside socially acceptable unions is likely to be regarded as prostitution.
New Internationalist, Issue 252 - February 1994.
[In Iran] Under mut'a, it is possible to be 'married' for as little as half an hour.
New Internationalist, Issue 252 - February 1994.
Egyptian law states that a man who is caught with a prostitute is not imprisoned; instead, his testimony is used to convict and imprison the prostitute.
New Internationalist, Issue 252 - February 1994.
Prostitutes are the inevitable product of a society that places ultimate importance on money, possessions, and competition.
Jane Fonda, in Thomas Kiernan, Jane: An Intimate Biography of Jane Fonda (1970).
Prostitution is organized rape.
Christine Stark