From: ras@controls.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Russell Soule)
Subject: Re: Amy Grant
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 17:54:19 GMT
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne  FL

In article <1992Apr4.000118.23143@henson.cc.wwu.edu>, n8744926@henson.cc.wwu.edu (m e bracher) writes:
|> yorrick@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gregory Lincicome) writes:
|> >In article <1992Apr3.165750.19203@acsu.buffalo.edu> v083mcu9@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (JAK) writes:
|> >>	I've always wanted to express my feelings for Amy Grant but none
|> >>of my friends seem to understand her music.  Anyway here goes.
|> >>
|> >>	The first time I heard Amy Grant was when Every Heartbeat was a hit.
|> >>I was thinking 'Hey this song is pretty good!'  Then I saw the video.  Wow,
|> >>was I impressed!  After that I couldn't get enough of Amy.
|> 
|> >and later:
|> 
|> >>	Was I shocked!  I had no idea she was a Christian singer.  It
|> >>didn't take me long to get used to it though.  I absolutely love her stuff.
|> >>So I went out and bought all the CD's she made.  ( I'm missing one though,
|> >>She had a duet with Art Garfunkel, I think it was a Christmas album.  I 
|> >>regret that I didn't buy that then )  This is coming from an essentially 
|> >>atheist.  My parents are Buddhist so that by default makes me Buddhist, but
|> >>I'm beginning to look into this Christianity.  
|> >>
|> 
|> >Anyone who says Amy has sold out to secular radio ought to read this twice.  
|> >Good stuff, here.
|> 
|> okay, this is jolly unfair.
|> 
|> what you're saying, Greg, is that Amy *has* sold out to secular radio.
|> she has sold out SO BLOODY MUCH that she has interested someone in
|> what {he|she} thought was quite a neat song, rather a good video, and
|> that person EVEN went so far as to buy her other stuff, sight unseen.
|> 
|> she's sold out.  dear God, she's actually shown an atheist that a
|> Christian can produce some good stuff that's worth listening to.  
|> 
|> it wasn't even noted that there was a conflicting message between her
|> albums!  dear grief, this attack is completely unwarranted!

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|> 
|> - amtt
|> -- 
|>   matthew eric bracher       | ``Reality is a place
|>   n8744926@henson.cc.wwu.edu |   that you cannot get to
|>   bracher@nessie.cc.wwu.edu  |   from here.''

Whoa, Matt. Settle down for a second. Greg was *not* criticizing Amy at all.
To re-phrase what he said: "Anyone who says Amy has sold out to secular radio
ought to read this twice, and rethink their opinion of her"
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Greg is pointing out to those Amy bashers a perfect example of what the Amy
supporters (its a shame that there are Amy factions, ain't it?) have been
saying all along. That the playing of Amy Grant on secular radio might just
might save someone who needs saving.

Here we have a perfect example of Amy fufilling Jesus' commission to us. Praise
God!!!!!

Russ Soule


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