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"Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a song originally recorded by Scottish alternative band The Vaselines for their EP ''Dying for It''. It is a parody on the Christian children's hymn, "I'll Be a Sunbeam," which has the opening line "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam." The song was known only in the indie-pop scene until Nirvana recorded the song in November 1993. the song released in the album and the DVD titled "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" on their live acoustic "MTV Unplugged in New York." The Vaselines re-released the song in 1992 on the compilation albums ''The Way of The Vaselines: A Complete History'' and ''All the Stuff and More''. On ''All the Stuff and More'', the title was changed slightly to "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam". Two more versions of this song were released on the 2004 box set ''With the Lights Out''. This included an acoustic version recorded in Europe in 1994, along with a live electric performance on the DVD section of the box-set. Another version was released on 2011 as a bonus track on the 20th anniversary edition of ''Nevermind''. On the version contained on the MTV Unplugged in New York album, Kurt Cobain refers to the song as: "a rendition of an old Christian song, I think. But we do it the Vaselines' way." 〔Kurt Cobain, Nov. 18, 1993. ''MTV Unplugged in New York'', DGC Records, released Nov. 1, 1994.〕 Elvis Costello uses the line "Maybe Jesus wants you for a sunbeam" in the song "Alibi" from his 2002 album ''When I Was Cruel''. On the deluxe edition of their 2014 Album ''Bleach House'', Phillip Boa And The Voodooclub released a cover of "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam". ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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