I have been know to take rock songs and change the words to make them christain.  I stlll do that and preform them in church.
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Christ is either Lord of all or he is not Lord at all.
Karen Carter '74



> Hi Phil,
> I think that's why I am so adament against that stuff, because I played and
> sang them without know what was going on, because I wasn't into the drug
> scene.  After I came to Christ, we sung some of these thing in churches.
> Then later, I found out what the songs were saying.  I was disgusted with
> myself, first of all, because I bought the lie, and had performed many of
> these songs.  Then I was angry with the groups--they laughed all the way to
> the bank.
>
> Sure, you can say that Jesus is the bridge over troubled waters, and that's
> how we are to be, as his disciples--that's fine till you get to the last
> verse.
>
> Then, there is all this other stuff called cross-over, where you can't tell
> who the artist is singing about, but the words are written nebulously enough
> where it could be someones love, and then again, it might be Jesus.
> I think that might be one of the things the bible calls "handling the Word
> of God deceitfully.
> Vinny
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 2:10 PM
> Subject: Puff and Other Songs
>
>
> > Actually, there were just so many songs back during the late sixties and
> > early seventies which had lots of various meanings behind them.  Yes, I
> knew
> > what they meant then and I know what they mean now.  I still tune classic
> > rock FM stations and listen at different times but there are some of them
> I
> > refuse to listen to.  There were lots of songs about demonic stuff, the
> most
> > popular of course being Stairway To Heaven.  The point in my article,
> which
> > George proof read before I sent it to the list, was that George literally,
> > without knowing why, had learned a way of spiritually coping with
> situations
> > and circumstance he was unable to control.  Puff The Magic Dragon,
> > therefore, was used by the Enemy, not George, to deceive him.  Of course
> the
> > song is harmless on the surface but it does have meaning just like so many
> > other songs do, including Bridge Over Trouble Waters.  It's really too bad
> > that Simon and Garfuckle had to screw a great song up by implying drugs
> > could bridge the gap over troubled waters, or troubled times in a person's
> > life.  Would I listen to it if it came on the radio?  Probably, although I
> > never liked them all that much before, but I still know what they were
> > singing about.  Shoot, it was common knowledge and written up in rock
> > magazines what they were saying in there song when it came out and all my
> > dope buddies knew it already without hearing it from any magazine article.
> > According to the same mags, Paul, of PPM, was living with a 14 year old
> girl
> > when he supposedly became a born again Christian and started singing so
> > called Christian music he wrote.  Go figure.  I'm no saint and Grand Funk
> > Railroad is still my favorite rock band.  I wouldn't buy any of their old
> > recordings but I have heard them on the radio recently.  Mark, what's his
> > name, that was the lead singer claimed to be born again 15 or 20 years
> ago.
> > I recently heard him on a talk show and he was asked about that.  His
> > theology of being born again ain't nothing like I've ever read in the
> Bible.
> > Speaking of ruining something I thought was good!  Man!  He blew it for
> me.
> > Grand Funk is nothing but a memory for me now and just like Chicago, and
> > most other groups of the day, drugs and immorality was just a part of
> nearly
> > every song, not to mention a part of the groups daily life style.
> >
> > Phil.
> >