Religion related Hellenic terms in songs

Listen to the relevant broadcast:

1) Genesis Ch.1, V.32 - ALAN PARSONS PROJECT (LP I Robot, 1977)

2) Hymn Τo Ηer - PRETENDERS (LP Get Close, 1986)

Lyrics: from the womb to the tomb

3) Sexx Laws - BECK (LP Midnite Vultures, 1999)

Lyrics: midnight snacks in the mausoleum where the pixelated doctors moan

4) Otherside - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (LP Californication, 1999)

Lyrics: A cemetery where I marry the sea

5) Born Of Frustration - JAMES (LP Seven, 1992)

Lyrics: all an illusion, only in my head you don't exist. 

Who are you foolin'? Don't need a shrink or an exorcist

6) Kick It In - SIMPLE MINDS (LP Street Fighting Years, 1989)

Lyrics: don’t let the demons in

7) Total Eclipse - KLAUS NOMI (LP Encore, 1983)

Lyrics:  Big shots argue about what they've got making the planet so hot, 

hot as a holocaust

8) Only The Good Die Young - BILLY JOEL (LP The Stranger, 1977)

Lyrics: Come out Virginia, don't let 'em wait, you Catholic girls start much too late

9) Anarchy In The UK - SEX PISTOLS 

(1976 / LP Never Mind The Bollocks - Here's The Sex Pistols, 1977)

Lyrics: I am an anti-Christ, I am an anarchist

10) Missionary Man - EURYTHMICS (LP Revenge, 1986)

Lyrics: black eyed looks from these Bible books... He's got the saints and apostle Backin' up from behind

11) Walking In Memphis - MARC COHN (LP Marc Cohn, 1991)

Lyrics: Now security they did not see him (Elvis) They just hovered 'round his tomb she (Muriel) said "Tell me are you a Christian child?" and I said "Ma'am I am tonight" 

12) Litanie Des Saints - DR. JOHN (LP Goin' Back To Noew Orleans, 1992)

13) Exodus - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (LP Exodus, 1977)

14) Blasphemous Rumours - DEPECHE MODE (LP Some Great Reward, 1984)

Lyrics: I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours 

but I think that God's got a sick sense of humor 

and when I die I expect to find Him laughing

15) You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk - PET SHOP BOYS (LP Nightlife, 1999)

Lyrics: You're a devil, now an angel suddenly subtle and solemn and silent as a monk

16) The Fifth Horseman - PREFAB SPROUT (LP Andromeda Heights, 1997)

Lyrics: Love is The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse

The Bible mentions four I'm living proof of more

17) Mea Culpa Part II - ENIGMA (LP MCMXC a.D., 1990)

Lyrics: 

Kyrie eleison

Christe eleison

(Lord have mercy

Christ have mercy)

18) Dawn Of The Iconoclast - DEAD CAN DANCE (LP Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun, 1987)

19) The Seventh Seal - SCOTT WALKER (LP Scott 4, 1969)

Lyrics:  This morning I played chess with Death said the knight. 

We played that he might grant me time. My bishop and my knight will shatter his flanks

20) Crusader (I The Fall Of Jerusalem) - CHRIS DE BURGH (LP Crusader, 1979)

Lyrics: "What do I do next?" said the bishop to the priest, 

"I have spent my whole life waiting, preparing for the feast

and now you say Jerusalem has fallen and is lost, 

The king of heathen Saracen has seized the holy cross;"

21) Epitaph - KING CRIMSON (LP In The Court Of The Crimson King, 1969)

Lyrics: confusion will be my Epitaph

22) Universal Soldier - BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE (1964), DONOVAN (1965)

Lyrics: He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain, a Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew

23) Sound Of Silence - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1964 / OST The Graduate, 1967)

Lyrics: And the signs said, 'The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls"

24) Le Geant De Papier - JEAN-JACQUES LAFON (LP Le Geant De Papier, 1985)

Lyrics: Demandez-moi de combattre le diable, D/aller defier les dragons du neant  De vous construire des tours, des cathedrales Sur des sables mouvants 

(Ask me to fight the devil, to go and brave the dragons of nothingness,  to build towers & cathedrals for you on shifting sands)

25) Deacon Blues - STEELY DAN (LP Aja, 1977)

26) Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (LP Rattlesnakes, 1984)

Lyrics: Looking like a born again living like a heretic. 

Listening to Arthur Lee records making all your friends feel so guilty

27) Nothing Ever Happens - DEL AMITRI (LP Waking Hours, 1989)

Lyrics: They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock

28) China In Your Hand - T’PAU (LP Bridge Of Spies, 1987)

Lyrics: now life will return in this electric storm,  a prophecy for a fantasy, the curse of a vivid mind

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Religion related terms of Hellenic (Greek) origin / etymology in international songs.


ANTI-CHRIST (ΑΝΤΙΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ)

Anarchy In The UK - SEX PISTOLS (1976 / LP Never Mind The Bollocks - Here's The Sex Pistols, 1977)
Lyrics: I am an anti-Christ, I am an anarchist

Fire Water Burn - BLOODHOUND GANG (LP One Fierce Beer Coaster, 1996)
Lyrics: Webster yea Emmanuel Lewis cause he's the anti-Christ



APOCALYPSE (ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΗ)

The Fifth Horseman - PREFAB SPROUT (LP Andromeda Heights, 1997)
Lyrics: Love is The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse



APOSTLE (ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ)

Missionary Man - EURYTHMICS (LP Revenge, 1986)
Lyrics: He's got the saints and apostles backin' up from behind

ATHEIST (ΑΘΕΟΣ)

Universal Soldier - BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE (1964), DONOVAN (1965)
Lyrics: He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain, a Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew.



BAPTIZE (ΒΑΠΤΙΖΩ, ΒΑΠΤΙΣΗ)

Ask The Lord - HIPSWAY (LP Hipsway, 1986)
Lyrics: Hot summer rain burn me on the wheel, baptize me with fire

Madonna’s Eyes - JENNIFER RUSH (LP Jennifer Rush, 1984)
Lyrics: When the fog has finally settled in, she will baptise all the waiting men



BIBLE (ΒΙΒΛΟΣ < ΒΙΒΛΙΟ)

American Pie - DON McLEAN (LP American Pie, 1971)
Lyrics: do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so?

Chocolate Jesus - TOM WAITS (LP Mule Variations, 1999)
Lyrics: Well I don't go to church on Sunday, don't get on my knees to pray, don't memorize the books of the Bible.. I got my own special way

I Want Your Sex - GEORGE MICHAEL (LP Faith, 1987)
Lyrics: I don’t need no Bible, just look in my eyes

Judas - LADY GAGA (LP Born This Way, 2011)
Lyrics: In the most Biblical sense

Missionary Man - EURYTHMICS (LP Revenge, 1986)
Lyrics: black eyed looks from these Bible looks

Pink Cadillac - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (1984), NATALIE COLE (1988)
Lyrics: Well now way back in the Bible, temptations always come along. There's always somebody tempting somebody into doing something they know is wrong

Respect Yourself - THE STAPLE SINGERS (1971), BRUCE WILLIS (1987)
Lyrics: if you don’t give a heck about the man with the Bible in his hand, y'all just get out the way, and let the gentleman do his thing

The Fifth Horseman - PREFAB SPROUT (LP Andromeda Heights, 1997)
Lyrics:  The Bible mentions four, I tell you there's one more...

The Honeythief - HIPSWAY (LP Hipsway, 1986)
Lyrics: sleek big cat bible black



BISHOP (ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ)

Crusader (I  The Fall Of Jerusalem) - CHRIS DE BURGH (LP Crusader, 1979)
Lyrics: "What do I do next?" said the bishop to the priest, "I have spent my whole life waiting, preparing for the feast, and now you say Jerusalem has fallen and is lost, The king of heathen Saracen has seized the holy cross;"

The Seventh Seal - SCOTT WALKER (LP Scott 4, 1969)
Lyrics:  This morning I played chess with Death said the knight. We played that he might grant me time. My bishop and my knight will shatter his flanks



BLASPHEMY (ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΙΑ)

Blasphemous Rumours - DEPECHE MODE (LP Some Great Reward, 1984)
Lyrics: I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours but I think that God's got a sick sense of humor and when I die I expect to find Him laughing

Shoot Me Down - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL (LP Love Not Money, 1985)
Lyrics:  Stop my mouth with kisses dear forever they will keep me here and these drunken blasphemies must never make us enemies

Watchdogs - UB 40 (LP Rat In The Kitchen, 1986)
Lyrics:  you try to close your eyes but the blasphemies keep coming tempting you lies



CATHEDRAL (ΚΑΘΕΔΡΙΚΟΣ < ΚΑΘΕΔΡΑ)

Cathedral Song - TANITA TIKARAM (LP Ancient Heart, 1988)

Electric Guitars - PREFAB SPROUT(LP Andromeda Heights, 1997)
Lyrics: grander than Castles, Cathedrals or stars

Hotel Yorba - WHITE STRIPES (LP White Blood Cells, 2001)
Lyrics: Let's get married in a big cathedral by a priest

Le Geant De Papier - JEAN-JACQUES LAFON (LP Le Geant De Papier, 1985)
Lyrics: Demandez-moi de combattre le diable, D´aller défier les dragons du néant De vous construire des tours, des cathédrales Sur des sables mouvants (Ask me to fight the devil, to go and brave the dragons of nothingness, to build towers & cathedrals for you on shifting sands)

Lonely Sky - CHRIS DE BURGH (1975)
Lyrics: The old cathedral lights are low

Tom's Diner - SUZANNE VEGA (LP Solitude Standing, 1987)
Lyrics:  this rain... it will continue through the morning...as I'm listening to the bells of the cathedral

Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part 1) - THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT (LP The Turn Of A Friendly Card, 1980)
Lyrics:  But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine as he enters inside the cathedral

When All’s Well - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL (LP Love Not Money, 1985)
Lyrics: My love is like cathedral bells



CATHOLIC (ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΟΣ)

Catholic Girls - FRANK ZAPPA (LP Joe's Garage Act I. 1979)

King In A Catholic Style - CHINA CRISIS (LP Flaunt The Imperfection, 1985)

Only The Good Die Young - BILLY JOEL (LP The Stranger, 1977)
Lyrics: Come out Virginia, don't let 'em wait, you Catholic girls start much too late



CEMETERY (ΚΟΙΜΗΤΗΡΙΟ)

Otherside - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (LP Californication, 1999)
Lyrics: A cemetery where I marry the sea

Pet Sematary - RAMONES (LP Brain Drain, 1989 / OST Pet Sematary, 1989)
Lyrics: I don't wanna be burried, in a pet cemetery



CHRISTIAN (ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΟΣ)

Loving The Alien - DAVID BOWIE (LP Tonight, 1984)
Lyrics: Christians & the unbelievers

Walking In Memphis - MARC COHN (LP Marc Cohn, 1991)
Lyrics: she (Muriel) said "Tell me are you a Christian child?" and I said "Ma'am I am tonight" 



DEACON (ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ)

Deacon Blues - STEELY DAN (LP Aja, 1977)



DEMON (ΔΑΙΜΩΝ)

Don’t Mess With Dr. Dream - THOMPSON TWINS (LP Here's To Future Days, 1985)
Lyrics: In the hours before the dawn, you curse the day that you were born. Oh those demons scream in ecstasy and you crawl around in agony

The Devil Went Down To Georgia - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND (LP Million Miles Reflections, 1979)
Lyrics: he (the devil) pulled the bow across the strings and it made an evil hiss and a band of demons joined in

Kick It In - SIMPLE MINDS (LP Street Fighting Years, 1989)
Lyrics: don’t let the demons in

No More 'I Love You’s' - THE LOVER SPEAKS (1986), ANNIE LENNOX (1995)
Lyrics: I used to have demons in my room at night... Desire, despair, desire, so many monsters

Run Samson Run - NEIL SEDAKA (1960)
Lyrics: In the Bible, 1000 year BC... She was a demon, a devil in disguise

Summer (The First Time) - BOBBY GOLDSBORO (1973)
Lyrics: It was a hot afternoon last day of June and the sun was a demon



DEVIL, DIABOLIC (ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ, ΔΙΑΒΟΛΙΚΟ)
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Sadeness Pt. 1 (LP MCMXC a.D., 1990)
Lyrics:  Sade, are you diabolical or divine?



EPITAPH (ΕΠΙΤΑΦΙΟΣ)

Epitaph - KING CRIMSON (LP In The Court Of The Crimson King, 1969)
Lyrics: confusion will be my Epitaph



EXODUS (ΕΞΟΔΟΣ)

Baba O'Riley - THE WHO (LP Who's Next, 1971)
Lyrics: The exodus is here

Exodus - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (LP Exodus, 1977)

Exodus (Noah's Ark 2001) - BONEY M (LP 10.000 Lightyears, 1984)



EXORCIST (ΕΞΟΡΚΙΣΤΗΣ)

Born Of Frustration - JAMES (LP Seven, 1992)
Lyrics: all an illusion, only in my head you don't exist. Who are you foolin'? Don't need a shrink or an exorcist

Look Who's Dancing - ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MAKERS (LP One Bright Day, 1989)
Lyrics: Exorcism, devilism we nuh deal wid, our faith in jah jah man, it well, well, well solid

GENESIS (ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ)

Genesis Ch.1, V.32 - ALAN PARSONS PROJECT (LP I Robot, 1977)



HERECY, HERETIC (ΑΙΡΕΣΗ, ΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΟΣ)

Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (LP Rattlesnakes, 1984)
Lyrics: Looking like a born again living like a heretic. Listening to Arthur Lee records making all your friends feel so guilty



HOLOCAUST (ΟΛΟΚΑΥΤΩΜΑ)

Total Eclipse - KLAUS NOMI (LP Encore, 1983)
Lyrics:  Big shots argue about what they've got making the planet so hot, hot as a holocaust.



ICON, ICONOCLAST (ΕΙΚΟΝΑ, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΑΣΤΗΣ)

Presidential Suite - SUPER FURRY ANIMALS (LP Rings Around The World, 2001)
Lyrics: Found an icon that gave him a hard one

Iconoclast - EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (LP Tarkus, 1971)

Dawn Of The Iconoclast - DEAD CAN DANCE (LP Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun, 1987)



HYMN (ΥΜΝΟΣ)

Hymn - ULTRAVOX (LP Quartet, 1982)



KYRIE ELEISON (ΚΥΡΙΕ ΕΛΕΗΣΟΝ)

Kyrie - MR. MISTER (LP Welcome To The Real World, 1985)
Lyrics:
Kyrie eleison, down the road that I must travel
Kyrie eleison, through the darkness of the night
Kyrie eleison, where I'm going will you follow
Kyrie eleison, on a highway in the light

Mea Culpa Part II - ENIGMA (LP MCMXC a.D., 1990)
Lyrics: 
Kyrie eleison
Christe eleison
(Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy)



LITANIE (ΛΙΤΑΝΕΙΑ)

Litanie Des Saints - DR. JOHN (LP Goin' Back To Noew Orleans, 1992)



MARTYR (ΜΑΡΤΥΡΑΣ)

An Innocent Man - BILLY JOEL (LP An Innocent Man, 1983)

Lyrics: You know you only hurt yourself out of spite I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight That's your decision

Generations Of Love - JESUS LOVES YOU (LP The Martyr Mantras, 1991)
Lyrics: The angels and martyrs, the lovers and saints

Perfect Way - SCRITTI POLITTI  (LP Cupid & Psyche 85, 1985)
Lyrics: I took a page out of my rule book for you, you wanna message, a confession, you wanna martyr me too, you wanna margin of error for two



MAUSOLEUM (ΜΑΥΣΩΛΕΙΟ)

Sexx Laws - BECK (LP Midnite Vultures, 1999)
Lyrics: midnight snacks in the mausoleum where the pixelated doctors moan



MONK (ΜΟΝΑΧΟΣ)

Desolation Row - BOB DYLAN (LP Highway 61 Revisited, 1965)
Lyrics: Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood with his memories in a trunk. Passed this way an hour ago with his friend, a jealous monk

In Liverpool - SUZANNE VEGA (LP 99.9 F, 1992)
Lyrics: I'll be the girl who sings for my supper, ζou'll be the monk whose forehead is high

You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk - PET SHOP BOYS(LP Nightlife, 1999)
Lyrics: You're a devil, now an angel suddenly subtle and solemn and silent as a monk



MONOGAMY (ΜΟΝΟΓΑΜΙΑ)

Kids - ROBBIE WILLIAMS & KYLIE MINOGUE (LP Sing When You're Winning, 2000)
Lyrics:  For serial monogamy



ORTHODOX (ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟ)

Motorcycle Emptiness - MANIC STREET PREACHERS (LP GenerationTerrorists, 1992)
Lyrics: Life lies a slow suicide orthodox dreams and symbolic myths



PARTHENOGENESIS (ΠΑΡΘΕΝΟΓΕΝΝΕΣΗ)

Nemesis - SHRIEKBACK )LP Oil & Gold, 1985)
Lyrics: big black Nemesis, parthenogenesis 



PROPHET, PROPHECY (ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΣ, ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΙΑ)

Can I Play With Madness - IRON MAIDEN (LP Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, 1988)
Lyrics: the prophet stared at his crystal ball, there's no vision there at all... the prophet looked and he laughed at me, he said you're blind too blind to see

China In Your Hand - T’PAU (LP Bridge Of Spies, 1987)
Lyrics: now life will return in this electric storm, a prophecy for a fantasy, the curse of a vivid mind

E=mc2 - B.A.D. (LP This Is Big Audio Dynamite, 1985)
Lyrics: Ritual ideas relativety, only buildings no people prophecy

One Of Us - JOAN OSBOURNE (LP Relish, 1995)
Lyrics: If God had a face what would it look like? And would you want to see if, seeing meant that you would have to believe in things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints, and all the prophets?

Sound Of Silence - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1964 / OST The Graduate, 1967)
Lyrics: And the signs said, 'The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls αnd tenement halls"

Small Talk - SCRITTI POLITTI (LP Cupid & Psyche 85, 1985)
Lyrics: Small talk, ooh we're tired of prophecying, we heard the word was good but it's stupefying



SATAN, SATANIC

Dr. Mabuse - PROPAGANDA

Lyrics: He's a satanic gambler, a beautiful fool

SYNAGOGUE (ΣΥΝΑΓΩΓΗ)

Nothing Ever Happens - DEL AMITRI (LP Waking Hours, 1989)
Lyrics: They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock



TOMB (ΤΥΜΒΟΣ)

Celebrate Youth - RICK SPRINGFIELD (LP Tao, 1985)
Lyrics: Everybody lives the pride and passion of the young from the womb to the tomb

Hymn Τo Ηer - PRETENDERS (LP Get Close, 1986)
Lyrics: from the womb to the tomb

The Pusher - STEPPENWOLF (1967 / LP Steppenwolf, 1968 / OST Easy Rider, 1969)
Lyrics: tombstone

Thriller - MICHAEL JACKSON (LP Thriller, 1982)
Lyrics: grizzly ghouls from every tomb are closing in to seal your doom

Tomb Of Memories - PAUL YOUNG (LP The Secret Of Association, 1985)

Walk Like An Egyptian - BANGLES (LP Different Light, 1986)
Lyrics: All the old paintings on the tombs they do the sand dance don't you know

Who Do You Love - BO DIDDLEY (1956)
Lyrics:  Tombstone hand and a graveyard mine, just 22 and I don't mind dying



Special mention: ANGEL

Angel in song titles:

All The Angels - BIG SLEEP (2001)
Angel - AEROSMITH (1987)
Angel - GAVIN FRIDAY (1996)
Angel - MADONNA (1984)
Angel Eyes - WET WET WET (1987)
Angel Of Mine - FRANK DUVAL & ORCHESTRA (1980)
Angel Of Harlem- U2 (1988)
Angel Of The Morning - JUICE NEWTON (1981)
Angels - ROBBIE WILLIAMS (1997)
Che Angelo Sei - AL BANO & ROMINA POWER (1982)
Dance Of The Bad Angels - BOOTH & THE BAD ANGEL (1996)
Devil Or Angel - BOBBY VEE (1960)
Engel - RAMMSTEIN (1997)
Guardian Angel - MASQUERADE (1983)
Send Me An Angel -REAL LIFE (1983)
Send Me An Angel - SCORPIONS (1990)
There Must Be An Angel - EURYTHMICS (1985)
Undercover Angel - ALAN O'DAY (1977)


Angel in song lyrics:

Candy - ASH (2001 / angel of the summer stars)

Don't Give Up On Us - DAVID SOUL (Can't we stay the way we are? The angel and the dreamer Who sometimes plays a fool)
Honey - BOBBY GOLDSBORO (1967 / the angels came)
I Can Laugh About It Now - BLACK (1988 /  is there room in the sky for all of us angels here on earth?)
Number One Friend - THE SILENCERS (1995 / I would like to be your guardian angel)
Summer Wine - NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD (1966 / Strawberries cherries and an angel's kiss in spring)
(They Long To Be) Close To You - RICHARD CHAMBERLAINE (1963), THE CARPENTERS (1970 /  on the day that you were born the angels got together and decided to create a dream come true)
You Mean Everything To Me - NEIL SEDAKA (1960 / you are an angel from above)
(You're The) Devil In Disguise - ELVIS PRESLEY (1963 / You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel but I got wise


Groups names after religious terms of Hellenic origin:

Christians, Deus, Vaya Con Dios, Herman's Hermits,