rjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob]) (08/07/85)
Now that Amy Grant's "Love Will Find a Way" has
broken into the Top 30 in the US of A, I am sure
that the "Christians and the Music they listen to
and play" discussion will get cranked all over this
country.
This past weekend Amy and her band appeared at Six
Flags over Georgia and she was heavily promoted by
a secular Pop-rock FM station. A friend who works
at a Christian FM station in the area told me that
people are calling in with suggestions that they
drop Amy from the playlist for ostensibly "sell out"
reasons. He indicated that Amy is sensitive to the
feelings of the mainline Christian community and,
for instance, she passed on all interviews this
weekend including NEWSWEEK.
There is a sad litany of reasons that I guess we can
thrash out here if there is interest, but I urge patience
and tolerance for someone who is doing it a little
different from the way you are. Please pray for people
like Amy whether you feel she is right or wrong. Those
of us who are involved in CCM don't need your condemnation
- remember we're still your brothers and sisters.
Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb}bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron Howes) (08/09/85)
In article <1624@akgua.UUCP> rjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob]) writes: >Now that Amy Grant's "Love Will Find a Way" has >broken into the Top 30 in the US of A, I am sure >that the "Christians and the Music they listen to >and play" discussion will get cranked all over this >country. Perhaps, but I doubt it. Every now and again a "christian" performer polks into the top 10, some mild curiousity is generated, but folks go on their way. My assumption is that, like myself, most folks don't care what performers believe so long as their music is good. >This past weekend Amy and her band appeared at Six >Flags over Georgia and she was heavily promoted by >a secular Pop-rock FM station. A friend who works >at a Christian FM station in the area told me that >people are calling in with suggestions that they >drop Amy from the playlist for ostensibly "sell out" >reasons. He indicated that Amy is sensitive to the >feelings of the mainline Christian community and, >for instance, she passed on all interviews this >weekend including NEWSWEEK. I'm always suspicious of these sorts of call-ins. Seems to me its a cheap and easy way for an agent to make people aware of his or her client. Again, I really don't think most folks *care.* >There is a sad litany of reasons that I guess we can >thrash out here if there is interest, but I urge patience >and tolerance for someone who is doing it a little >different from the way you are. Please pray for people >like Amy whether you feel she is right or wrong. Those >of us who are involved in CCM don't need your condemnation >- remember we're still your brothers and sisters. Honest, Bob, I don't care. It's not relevant. There's lots of "different" folks in the performing arts and they all manage to find a place. One only gets into trouble when you make an issue where there isn't one. *You* are the one who brought this up. Perspective. . >Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb} -- Byron C. Howes ...!{decvax,akgua}!mcnc!ecsvax!bch