NASCAR prayer, autotuned

Here is the convincingly country stylings of Pastor Joe Nelms in an inevitable autotuning of his epic NASCAR prayer blogged by Xeni last week.

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jtropp1

There’s a fascinating(ish) history of “boogity” in popular culture.
cf. Barry Mann, Ray Stevens, Darrell Waltrip, Joe Nelms
http://artdonovan.typepad.com Art

Very well done.
Surprising and funny!
I sense a “hit” here.
millie fink

Well played!

Same crew that made Antione Dodson famous, right? Real talent, those guys.
- http://twitter.com/philnorman Phil Norman
  
  Indeed, it is the Gregory Brothers — http://www.thegregorybrothers.com/
http://ae4rv.com/ royaltrux

It’s pretty good but it’s no Ride the Barrel and Get Pitted. So pitted.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Wa bah!
jennybean42

My husband just said last night, ‘I wonder how long until pastor Boogity and his smokin hot wife get autotuned….”
EricT

Prayers to Satan probably do better set to heavy metal.
psulli

Soapbox: I would watch NASCAR if they pressed the envelope on emerging energy technologies instead of fossil fuels.

That aside this is silly and a lot of fun.
Chocolatey Shatner

We’re tradin’ paint!
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I’d like to hear a version of that with “Jesus” replaced by “FSM”.
Gulliver

Halleluyah and praise Product Placement!
- solitaire
  
  This prayer is brought to you by Sunoco racing oil and Goodyear tires that bring performance and power to the track. Amen.
headcode

Two of my least favorite things: religion and autotune. My digust-o-meter went off the scale.
- Gulliver
  
  Whereas I was thinking: Two of my most favorite things, hacked machines and silly-fied use of DSP software.
  
  I also don’t mind the harmless spiritual ritual, particularly when delivered with this pastor’s self-deprecating levity. It’s the nasty ones such as crusade, jihad and human sacrifice that bother me. Belief in ghosts doesn’t phase me as long as they don’t use it as an outlet for evil.
  
  Auto-Tune and religion are merely human inventions, it’s how they’re leveraged that counts.
jennybean42

Hmm, my last eloquent comment of “…..” was in response to another comment that disappeared. Weird.
- Gulliver
  
  I appreciate the explanation. I was confuzeled :)
mcarlson

That was a prayer? Sounded more like an advertisement to me!
jennybean42

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