Antelop/Sacramento California in April, 2002. This was an outdoor
concert held at a local high school. During the sound check this older
lady, named Josephine, came by and started complaining about "the
loud, obnoxious, rock music. The concert started about three hours
later and after about two or three hours (around 9:00pm) the police
show up to check things out. Apparently, Josephine had had enough!
A few minutes later Josephine, decked out in a bath robe, climbed up
on the stage and started yelling at Karl Messner (lead guitarist for
ApologetiX. The crowd loved it; they thought it was part of the
show! Well, the concert was cut short by about two songs and,
worse yet, the crowd didn't get to hear J. Jackson's testimony. As I
was leaving, I told J. that "I get to do the parody of 'Maybeline'
describing the story. Here it is!
My apologies to that dear old lady. The music was loud and it
was getting late, but the concert was almost over and the Lord was
definitely present there. I can only pray that God touches her
heart and she comes to realize that the Lord speaks to people in
many different ways (including via "obnoxious rock music.")
By the way, I wrote these lyrics first-person from Karl Messner's
perspective; (though the lyrics are all mine, I did not consult Karl
during the creation of this parody). It wasn't really me playing the
music and it wasn't Karl writing the lyrics. However, since Chuck
Berry did Maybeline as a first-person tune, I decided to keep that
perspective. Hopefully Karl can forgive me for putting words in
his mouth :-)
Randy Hyde
Josephine:
Chorus:
Josephine, what's got into you?
Oh, Josephine, here's one big clue
Psalms one-hundred fifty tells us what to do
verse 1:
I thought I was playing with considerable skill
But poor Josephine thought the sound was shrill
I was praising God in a hard rock mode
Josephine heard it from her humble abode
Decible meter hittin' one-oh-five
Guess that she thought she would never survive
[Chorus]
verse 2:
The crowd was screamin' and yellin' for more
But that just made Josephine real sore
She called the law but it was in vane,
Had let them know that our Lord was slain
She climbed on stage, didn't think she would
So I calmed her down as best I could
[Chorus]
(Instrumental)
[Chorus]
Like David got down in Bethlehem town,
I gotta praise God with a joyful sound
That I lack volume's never left unsaid
But praising God's intended to raise up the dead!
Praising God has always given me a thrill
Even though Josephine has gotten her fill
[chorus]
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