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God is the Father of Christian rock.

"I wanna get down on my knees and start pleasing Jesus
I wanna feel his salvation all over my face "

Bad news for you, Larry:

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Nice work subby.

He was working with the singers of The Pixies and Modest Mouse on a project when he died.

Aw, man...I loved Larry Norman. I used to have a record of his with songs about the evils of drugs, including "No More LSD for Me (I Met the Man from Galilee)".

Unlike most of the Christian "rock" that followed, Larry's music was real, gritty, old-time boogie-woogie rock & roll.

One can only imagine how great he could have been had he continued doing drugs and properly embraced Satan.

Sucks. I met him several times, and did some promo work for him long ago. Sat with his gorgeous fiancee Pam on a scaffold in Dallas with 250,000 Jesus Freaks in 1972, and didn't know he had been in bad health.

Be Careful What You Sign

i was walking down the road when i bumped into you
i was walking down the road when i bumped into you
you stopped me you touched me you looked me in the eye
i had a feeling that you knew me i decided you must die
i pulled out my thornton special i shot you in the head
i threw you in the alley way and i left you for dead

then a man with a hat came up from behind
the sky went black and i thought i was blind
he put his hand inside my jacket and left a million dollar bills
he slipped his hand into my pocket and gave me women and thrills
and when i turned around to thank him there was no one there but me
and both my hands where filled with sand i was standing by the sea

we had a dinner at eight and women at nine
the party was great till we ran out of wine
there was a knock upon the bedroom door my knees began to shake
and this man came in and melted all the candels on my cake
he said i've come here to escort you it's time for you to go

i was running down the road
i was trying to leave
and i saw you all alone in between the theives
and when the lightning flashed i saw somebody hanging from a tree
and as i turned to walk away i realized it was me
i pulled out my thornton special i shot me in the head
i threw me in the alley way and left me for dead
down the road
down the road

well, jesus didn't save him from THAT

I wish we'd all been ready.

RIP dude.

And here I thought the father of Christian Rock was Pat Boone.

Last night I had that same old dream; it rocked me in my sleep
And left me the impression that the sandman plays for keeps
I dreamed I was in concert on the middle of a cloud
John Wayne and Billy Graham were giving breath mints to the crowd

/RIP, Larry
//and Fehrion, wherever you are
///owns a couple dozen Larry Norman CDs
////and about 50 LPs
//once there was a tune

Don't Tase Me Bro: Bad news for you, Larry:

He died happy. Something tells me you won't.

clod9: well, jesus didn't save him from THAT

What? You mean a religious person died just like everyone else? Who knew?

Alice is a drag queen; Bowie's somewhere in between
Other bands are looking mean; me, I'm trying to stay clean
I don't dig the radio; I hate what the charts pick
Rock and roll may not be dead but it's getting sick
All over the world disc jockeys talk the same
Every town I play in's like the one from where I came

The Rolling Stones are millionaires
Flower children pallbearers
Beatles said "All you need is love," and then they broke up
Jimi took an overdose; Janice followed so close
The whole music scene and all the fans are really comatose
This time last year, people didn't wanna hear
They looked at Jesus from afar, this year He's a superstar

Dear John: Who's more popular now?
I've been listening to Paul's records
I think he really is dead

It's 1973; wonder who we're gonna see
Who's in power now? Think I'll turn on the TV
The man on the news says China's gonna beat us
We shot all our dreamers and there's no one left to lead us
We need a solution--we need salvation
Let's send some people to the moon to gather information!

They brought back a big bag of rocks
Only cost 13 billion
Must be nice rocks

You think it's such a sad thing
When you see a fallen king
Then you find out they're only princes to begin with
And everybody has to chose whether they will win or lose
Follow God or sing the blues, and who they're gonna sin with
What a mess the world is in, I wonder who began it?
Don't ask me; I'm only visiting the planet

This world is not my home
I'm just passing through

SquirrelsOfDoom:
Dear John: Who's more popular now?
I've been listening to Paul's records
I think he really is dead


Only Larry (and maybe Daniel Amos, maybe) could fit a slam on Wings and NASA into a "Christian Rock" song. RIP, Larry.

All the best bands belong to Satan, motherfarkers.

SquirrelsOfDoom: clod9: well, jesus didn't save him from THAT

What? You mean a religious person died just like everyone else? Who knew?

Knowledge and happiness seldom go hand in hand.

Yeah, and I just quoted the wrong thing..
/facepalm

What a crime. Larry was the best thing Christian rock had going. He played with that grity 60's rock feel, and sold it all the way. He will be missed.

/I'll see him later though.

Let's see... had a top-20 hit at age 21, things were going pretty okay. Then he started doing Christian Rock, wound up brain-damaged from a plane crash at age 31, had a heart attack at 44, and died at 60?

Are we sure God likes Christian Rock?

/Wonder if anybody from Petra is dead yet.

A moment of silence for the tragic passing of this man's father.



My thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Rock family.

/And for Omarion too.

SquirrelsOfDoom:

Dear John: Who's more popular now?
I've been listening to Paul's records
I think he really is dead

They brought back a big bag of rocks
Only cost 13 billion
Must be nice rocks


He was a devoted Christian but he sure could snark. I'm sure he had little patience for the sugar coated pop they kept flooding the Christian music market with.

Bah. The best late 60s Christian rock music was made by a Jew.

/not a rickroll

This one's for you, Larry:

COME ON! Let the tape keep rollin'!!!

Johnny Q. Public's cover (new window)

Alice is a drag queen
Bowie, something in between
Other bands are looking mean
Me, I'm trying to stay clean
I don't dig the radio
I hate what the chart's pick
Rock and Roll may not be dead
But it's getting sick
All over the world disc jockeys talk insane
Every town I play is like I'm wondering why I came
The Rolling Stones are trillion-aires
The flower children, paul bearers
Beatles said "All you need is love"
And then they broke up
River took an overdose
Kurt followed so close
The whole music scene and all the
Bands are really comatose
This time last year, people didn't wanna hear
They looked at Jesus from afar, they say He's a superstar
Dear John
Who's more popular now
I've been listening to Paul's records

And I think he really is dead
It's nineteen-ninety-four
Teen Spirit has become a bore
Who's in power now?
I think I'll turn on the TV
The man on the news says
Japan is gonna beat use
We shot all our dreamers
And there's noone left to lead us
We need a solution, we need salvation
So they sent some people to the moon to gather information
They brought back a big bag of rocks
It only cost 13 billion buckaroos
Must be some really nice rocks
You think it's such a sad thing
When you see a fallen king
Then you find out they are only
Princes to begin with
Everybody has to chose
Whether they will win or lose
Follow God or sing the blues
And who they're gonna sin with
What a mess the world is in, I wonder who began it
Don't ask me, I'm only visiting the planet
This world is not my home
I'm just passing through

Great, he was the father of the only form of popular
music more tedious and formulaic than modern country music.

DjangoStonereaver: Great, he was the father of the only form of popular
music more tedious and formulaic than modern country music.

Kinda...the only exception being, well...Larry Norman.

dbirchall: Let's see... had a top-20 hit at age 21, things were going pretty okay. Then he started doing Christian Rock, wound up brain-damaged from a plane crash at age 31, had a heart attack at 44, and died at 60?

Are we sure God likes Christian Rock?

/Wonder if anybody from Petra is dead yet.

I'm ashamed to know who you're talking about, but the lead singer seems to have that zombie Rod Stewart thing going for him.

According to wiki the band broke up in 2006 after being together 33 years.

I wonder if they planned it that way just to get the number.

Unavailable for comment.

I don't know how it fits, but I gotta hear me some Rez Band now. "In the words of his mama - 'He was my only son!' " (Shadows)

/Well done, good and faithful Larry

As a card carrying former born-again Christian turned polite atheist, I have to say that Larry Norman's passing is actually a sad thing. As soon as I read TFA, "Only Visiting This Planet" ran thru my well over 40 head - words I haven't heard or recited in a few decades... and I smiled

dbirchall: Let's see... had a top-20 hit at age 21, things were going pretty okay. Then he started doing Christian Rock, wound up brain-damaged from a plane crash at age 31, had a heart attack at 44, and died at 60?

Are we sure God likes Christian Rock?

/Wonder if anybody from Petra is dead yet.

Hope not. I knew them all back in the day....