Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!fernwood!uupsi!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jimmc@obdient.chi.il.us (Jim McNicholas) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Amy Grant Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 03:57:09 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Obedient Software Corporation, Wheaton IL Lines: 54 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article plee@wam.umd.edu (Peter S. Lee) writes: >I'm wondering how many of you out there are fed up with Amy Grant switching >over to secular music charts. Her new album, "Heart in Motion", is too >close to the secluar music world. I think she is really walking the line >when she does this. I also feel that she is letting a lot of Christians >down. She says you have to go with your gut feelings sometimes. I agree, >but not when it goes against God's will and word. > Well Pete here goes a major flame-out.... Why do you think that the secular world all of a sudden is loving amy grant's music do you think it is: A:> She has a wonderful voice and sings from her heart, and the world likes to listen to music that is being sung from people's hearts! B:> Amy is a really hot babe who shows lots of cleavage and sings about how immoral she is! C:> Amy has a really bad voice and (LIKE BONNIE TYLER AND OTHERS) the world loves really interesting voices. Think about what your saying....Amy didn't do anything to get her album played on secular stations. I know I work at a big one in chicago!!! I am sick and tired of people thinking that amy did something like sell her soul to get on the secular music charts...they consist of albums that sell large amounts. Amy has been selling millions of albums for years. If Petra sold the same amount Petra would be on the secular charts. It is all based on sales and then after sales....radio starts playing it and after that it gets on the charts based on whether it sold and got played more or less than the other songs on the charts! It is simple cause and effect!! Amy is popular Amy sells albums...radio stations see that an artist named Grant is selling huge amounts so they play a song off the album....the song gets on the charts a video is then done by the record company...in this case they wanted a much more lewd video than Amy would allow so AMY did a pure and innocent video about young love. You all hate her now so she'll sell less albums now and hurt her chances to get the word out on album and in concert!!! Listen to HEART IN MOTION....If there is anything good in this world it's from JESUS Listen to the last cut on the CD....This namecalling is not good so I guess I know where it's coming from!!!!! You all ought to be ashamed of yourselves and pray for forgivness for having JUDGEMENTAL hearts!!! Led to Christ in 1977, Yes I'm an oldtimer. I'm walking for him in the world but not of the world Jim McNicholas [FLAME OFF] How's by you? -- I grew it out long to make room for my brain -Larry Norman Jim McNicholas Chicago, Illinois Y-108FM Doin' it in the 'burbs