# We need a whole lot more of Jesus, and a lot less of Rock and Roll. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197 "2005-08-30T02:50:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/1 "2005-08-30T02:50:43Z")
Just that. Listening to a 1958 recording of Wayne Rayney’s, country music. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Over and out. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/2 "2005-08-30T03:09:20Z")
Reminded me suddenly of something I had forgot. I had a teacher I wanted to forget. Mrs. Predham taught history I think in 7th grade. She said in class that > [@](#): > > The Devil Created Communism because he knew they would pervert Jazz into Rock & Roll and ruin America’s youth. I asked to go to the principal’s office. She asked me why. I said > [@](#): > > I need to get transferred to a new class She got upset and told me > [@](#): > > Sit down, you will be staying after for that remark I walked out immediately. I would like to say the class got up and followed me or at least clapped, but only one friend clapped. (If I was to write this as a movie they would of course all follow me out) I went directly to the Principals office, told the secretary I just walked out of my class because the teacher was crazy. I only had to wait about 5 minutes. He let me tell my story. Admonished me for walking out of the class and said he needed to talk to my parents but he would confirm my story. I had to wait in office until the next class. At the end of the day, I was called back to the office and the Principal said he was approving my class switch as he confirmed my story, directly from Mrs. Predham. I was happier and she was gone at the end of the year. (Yeah no tenure yet) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/3 "2005-08-30T03:19:58Z")
Sam, I am sorry I hope that wasn’t a bad Hijack. It just kind of spilled out. I think I’ll take the whole little thing off to it own thread. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/4 "2005-08-30T03:25:27Z")
I’ve got extra Jesus, wanna trade? ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/5 "2005-08-30T03:35:26Z")
Now listen here, rock n’ roll taught me a lot about religion. Because of it I read _The Master and Margarita_ , _The Pursuit of the Millenium_ , and Aliester Crowley’s diaries! Um, wait. Huh. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/6 "2005-08-30T03:36:21Z")
I’ll see your two Jesuses and raise you a Jonah and a Mahershalalhashbaz. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/7 "2005-08-30T03:54:12Z")
_More_ Jesus? _Less_ Rock and Roll? Sermon On the Mount vs Led Zeppelin ? Hmmmm decisions, decisions … ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/8 "2005-08-30T04:00:02Z")
I’ve got a whole lot of both Jesus _and_ Rock ‘n’ Roll. Jesus told us “My Father’s house has many mansions.” It seems to me that in at least some of these mansions there won’t be a bunch of party-poopers hollering “Wouldja turn it down in there?” ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/9 "2005-08-30T04:09:01Z")
I think this country has wandered more into the land of Nehemiah and Zachariah. Maybe that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/10 "2005-08-30T04:50:17Z")
Which reminds me: Ba da… _Jeremiah was a bullfrog!.._ ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/11 "2005-08-30T09:52:00Z")
Surely the message for today’s (de)generation is that we need a whole lot more Jesus, a whole lot less downloading the porn patch for GTA San Andreas. The 50’s had better scansion, though. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/12 "2005-08-30T10:22:21Z")
The Son of God has a good beat, and he’s easy to dance to. I give him a 77, Dick. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/13 "2005-08-30T11:55:34Z")
The Son of God’s favorite dance tune? Beat It. /one ticket. //More rock and roll less Hoosier Savior. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/14 "2005-08-30T12:07:02Z")
There was a huge controversy over _Jesus Christ Superstar_. A rock opera about the (gasp) Son of God. There were protests, bannings, burnings, and bomb threats. Didn’t hurt record and ticket sales, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/15 "2005-08-30T14:22:23Z")
**A-X** , I finally got to see JC Superstar live a couple of months ago. I’m agnostic, but I have loved the music ever since it came out. And it’s really awesome to see it done live - brings the music to life, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/16 "2005-08-30T14:29:36Z")
Just think what Jesus could have accomplished if he had a Marshall stack and a Stratocaster with a whammy bar. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/17 "2005-08-30T14:49:37Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > Just think what Jesus could have accomplished if he had a Marshall stack and a Stratocaster with a whammy bar. He would jam in God’s garage The good Lord would scream “Turn it down!” But he’d play the same old song In the afternoon and the evening He would play it all day long Jesus even played it on the saxophone! ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/18 "2005-08-30T15:01:24Z")
I like the lyrics by that Israeli guy of the Knights In Satan’s Service: God gave Rock and Roll to you Gave Rock and Roll to you Put it in the soul of everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/19 "2005-08-30T15:08:30Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > He would jam in God’s garage > The good Lord would scream “Turn it down!” > But he’d play the same old song > In the afternoon and the evening > He would play it all day long > Jesus even played it on the saxophone! This is the **CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER**. That was Jesus’ first confrontation with The Law. Naturally, we were easy on him. One of our friendly Centurions gave him a flogging And told him to stick closer to synagogue-oriented social activities. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197/20 "2005-08-30T16:58:06Z")
[QUOTE=davmilasav] I like the lyrics by that Israeli guy of the Knights In Satan’s Service: [QUOTE] Russ Ballard?? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-whole-lot-more-of-jesus-and-a-lot-less-of-rock-and-roll/319197.md?page=2)