Just Give Me That Biblical Rock 'n' Roll

By Kathleen Adams, Amanda Bower, Val Castronovo, Randy Hartwell, Ellin Martens, Sora Song, Chris Taylor and Josh Tyrangiel

Still think rock is the devil's music? Salvation awaits online. A Christian website www.ultranet.com/~mari presents contemporary songs "re-versed" to "help the Church speak today's language." So Nirvana's nihilistic Smells Like Teen Spirit becomes the reverent Smells Like Holy Spirit, with the refrain "The Messiah/He's no liah/ Praise Him or face/Eternal Fire." Other conversions:

--Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love RE-VERSED Addicted to God

--Chumbawamba's Tubthumping RE-VERSED Biblethumping

--Queen's We Will Rock You RE-VERSED Jesus, He Will Rock You

--The Who's My Generation RE-VERSED His Resurrection

--The Animals' House of the Rising Sun RE-VERSED House of the Risen Son

--Otis Redding's (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay RE-VERSED Sittin' at the End of the Pew

--The Beach Boys' Surfin' U.S.A. RE-VERSED On Fire for the Lord

--Billy Joel's Only the Good Die Young RE-VERSED Only the Pure Get Blessed

--The Monkees' Hey! Hey! We're the Monkees RE-VERSED Hey! Hey! We're Not Monkeys!

--The title of the Monkees' I'm a Believer was left as is.