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Subject: Who's Larry Norman?!!

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Biff

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Date Posted: 11/15/01 1:32pm
In reply to: Wade A. Tisthammer 's message, "Specific." on 11/14/01 5:20pm

>Ah. Who�s Larry Norman?

Are you being serious? I guess he may be before your time. He's credited with being the first to put Christian lyrics to rock music (in 1956). He epitomizes the statement:

"'Cause I aint's soft to say it,
Even if DJs don't play it."

An anecdote: Larry, with his band People, were set to release their first album on Capitol records entitled: "We Need a Whole Lot More of Jesus, and a Lot Less Rock and Roll." Capitol, believing that title wouldn't sell, changed the name without their knowledge to "I Love You." Larry quit the day the album was released and went on to found his own record label.

You have to recognize at least some of these songs/album titles:

Upon this Rock
Only Visiting this Planet
The Outlaw
Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?
One Way (this song started that whole raised finger thing)
The Great American Novel
and of course: I Wish We'd All Been Ready

He also wrote the musicals: "Alison" and "Birthday for Shakespeare." Pete Townshend credited him with planting the idea for "Tommy." Ringing any bells yet?

>There probably is. I�ve heard of several
>non-apocalyptic Christian movies before, though I
>can�t recall off hand. The Apocalypse is one of the
>more interesting subjects in Christianity though isn�t
>it? There are even quite a few non-Christian movies
>that focus on that subject.

Yes, but I can't help but think that it's just a commercial spin-off from the whole "Left Behind" thing.

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Probably before my time.	Wade A. Tisthammer	11/15/01 4:27pm