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Pierre said:
I stopped using FB back in 2015, but somehow folks are still able to find me because every once in a while I'm notified that I received a friend request.
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I’m active on FB and semi active on Instagram. But I am old! 😊
 
Ransom said:
And speaking of songs of that era, what's the only Billboard Top 10 hit in which Jesus Christ is the sole lyricist?
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Is it from an Andrew Lloyd Webber production? 😁
 
ALAYMAN said:
I’m outta gas, so I cheated. “Put Your Hand in the Hand”?
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Nope. Again, though, right era. The hippies claimed Jesus as a counterculture figure and one of them, so there were a few years in the late 60s and early 70s where songs with overtly Christian themes were somewhat popular on radio: "Superstar," "Put Your Hand in the Hand," "Jesus is Just Alright," Spirit in the Sky," and so forth.

The clue was that Jesus Christ was the sole lyricist. "Put Your Hand in the Hand" mentions Jesus, but doesn't use his words.


(Reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. It's also one of only two Billboard hits by a nun, the other being "Dominique" by the Singing Nun, which reached #1 in 1963.)
 
Ransom said:
Nope. Again, though, right era. The hippies claimed Jesus as a counterculture figure and one of them, so there were a few years in the late 60s and early 70s where songs with overtly Christian themes were somewhat popular on radio: "Superstar," "Put Your Hand in the Hand," "Jesus is Just Alright," Spirit in the Sky," and so forth.

The clue was that Jesus Christ was the sole lyricist. "Put Your Hand in the Hand" mentions Jesus, but doesn't use his words.


(Reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. It's also one of only two Billboard hits by a nun, the other being "Dominique" by the Singing Nun, which reached #1 in 1963.)
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was she a real catholic nun?... .. i never heard of her before....
or any of her songs....:unsure: ...and i sometimes attend a catholic
church....

but i am familiar with a group of catholic surfers that tried to promote
the church by being surfing nuns once... ... they jumped on their boards
and took to the waves wearing modified habits..... ...

but it didn;t last long.... the group was quickly condemned by no less than
the vatican itself - whose representative said that while the idea had some
visual appeal - the pope would have none of it..... :rolleyes::sneaky:


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;)😁
 
aleshanee said:
was she a real catholic nun?... .. i never heard of her before....
or any of her songs....:unsure: ...and i sometimes attend a catholic
church....
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Yep, Janet Mead was a real nun. A Sister of Mercy in Australia. She was a one-hit wonder as a musician, and didn't like the fame. Spent most of her time helping the homeless. She died just a few years ago.
 
Ransom said:
Yep, Janet Mead was a real nun. A Sister of Mercy in Australia. She was a one-hit wonder as a musician, and didn't like the fame. Spent most of her time helping the homeless. She died just a few years ago.
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that;s awesome....she was the real deal.... .. . i am glad she put her energy into the ministry instead of giving up her ministry for fame.. .like so many do.... ..i can see why the song went up in the charts... . it;s catchy and gets into your head.. .... plus the lyrics are scripture ... .. .... she had a great talent....
 
Ransom said:
Nope. Again, though, right era. The hippies claimed Jesus as a counterculture figure and one of them, so there were a few years in the late 60s and early 70s where songs with overtly Christian themes were somewhat popular on radio: "Superstar," "Put Your Hand in the Hand," "Jesus is Just Alright," Spirit in the Sky," and so forth.

The clue was that Jesus Christ was the sole lyricist. "Put Your Hand in the Hand" mentions Jesus, but doesn't use his words.


(Reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. It's also one of only two Billboard hits by a nun, the other being "Dominique" by the Singing Nun, which reached #1 in 1963.)
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Ok, all of the guesses were songs I had heard and was familiar with, but that is the first time I ever heard that one before, so at least I don’t feel like I lost the Final Jeapordy question 😁
 
ALAYMAN said:
Ok, all of the guesses were songs I had heard and was familiar with, but that is the first time I ever heard that one before, so at least I don’t feel like I lost the Final Jeapordy question 😁
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i scored a flat zero on just being familiar with the songs you mentioned.. ... ... all were apparently before my time.... ..... .but i have heard of jesus christ superstar ... however.. i would not recognize it if it heard it.. . .

in fact..... i seem to remember being taught in sunday school many years ago that song was so sacreligious that no christian should ever listen to it.... . i don;t remember ever having an opportunity to hear it but i might have intentionally avoided it if it did - just based on that sunday school lesson alone... ..it was a long time ago... ..
 
aleshanee said:
i scored a flat zero on just being familiar with the songs you mentioned.. ... ... all were apparently before my time.... ..... .but i have heard of jesus christ superstar ... however.. i would not recognize it if it heard it.. . .

in fact..... i seem to remember being taught in sunday school many years ago that song was so sacreligious that no christian should ever listen to it.... . i don;t remember ever having an opportunity to hear it but i might have intentionally avoided it if it did - just based on that sunday school lesson alone... ..it was a long time ago... ..
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Yes, I would never recommend anybody watch Superstar, as I think there is significant amounts of blasphemy. Ironically, I become familiar with it in my youth because my father would watch it about once or twice a year, usually around Easter, and it is the only vestige of a memory that I can hold onto that my father possibly could have been a saved man. And if I’m to be completely frank, the closing scene of his resurrection and the music that accompanies, it is very powerful and moving, but of course not in a fundamentalist context.
 
First musical I ever saw was Godspell. Also not without its difficulties, if I remember correctly, but not nearly as irreverent as JCS. At least it was composed by an actual churchgoer.
 
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