Is this guy a RW'er? Steven Curtis Chapman,?

[KoKo]

I heard a song of his that went to my gut...had me crying..but it was about Bush and Laura..

I thought he was RW...but the lyrics and music were so good...I didn't want to trash him too soon."

The song was: "I Will BE THERE." And YouTUBE has it up showing the CRAP POS BUSH MARRIAGE with Chapman in the background...but I thought the SONG ITSELF stood on it's own as a Great Song....Misused to Promote Bushies when it had FAR REACH to another audience. But...the Bushies got the "Rights" to this song/ :-(

Just asking about this...:shrug:

[AX10]

1. He's a "christian" "artist"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Curtis_Chapman

[KatyaR]

2. I'm sure he probably is, but he is a very good singer/songwriter.

He has a song from several years ago, "Lord of the Dance," that I absolutely love.

[brentspeak]

3. He's apolitical

[KoKo]

5. Oh Good! Thanks...the Song is good and the Christian Right/Bushies took it for their OWN

knowing it made a good soundtrack to the Bushie Marriage. I'd feel better thinking that Chapman wouldn't let his lyrics and song go to the Bushies....but I guess the guy has to make a living...and in these time...I guess one has to "go with the flow."

The song has nice lyrics...I'm sorry he had to give it to George and Laura...I think it might fit well with Gore and Tipper...but what do I know...i never heard the guy before and found it by "accident" on YOU TUBE while searching for "Drunk Sarkozy Videos."

It came up under "Drunk Sarkozy." Figure....:eyes:

[Bluerthanblue]

8. unless he's changed alot in the last 10 yrs-

he's clearly a "Christian Artist"- he didn't transition into "pop" genre quite like Amy Grant-

He IS a very talented artist never the less.- Excellent songwriter, performer and musician.

He's from Paduka Kentucky- where they had the prayer school shooting-


edited to correct myself- i didn't see the title you had in your OP - and he didn't write the song for the bushes at all- he wrote it for his wife- many years ago- back in the 90's.

His accoustic songs like this one are still some favorite songs-

[Journeyman]

4. If you like his art, what does it matter what his politics be? . . .

I think Celine was one of the better writers of the 20th century, but his politics and his hatred made him a disgusting human being. Can't see those negatives in his art, however, and that's how I know him and what I enjoy. Same with Ezra Pound. A masterful poet -- il miglior fabro in Eliot's phrase -- but an unrepentant fascist. Doesn't keep me from reading the Cantos or admiring the work he edited.

[Lex]

6. He writes songs for VeggieTales too.

nt

[KoKo]

7. I'm embarrased to ask...but what is "Veggie Tales?

:shrug:

[Bluerthanblue]

10. cartoon characters that

are actually veggies-

"If you like to talk to tomatoes
if a squash can make you smile
if you like to waltz with potatoes
up and down the produce isle....

"have we got a song for YOU!!!"

"Veggie-tales, veggie tales..................."




i kid you not-
they were somewhat connected to dobson as i recall... but i could be wrong.

my kids liked them :blush:

[Lex]

12. Christian Vegetables that talk about the Bible.

nt

[Coexist]

14. talking vegetables - isn't that satanic?

[NoPasaran]

20. Actually quite convenient

When they stop screaming, you know they're fully cooked.

[KoKo]

16. Well...I'm out of it...so that's why I asked...and thanks for replies and yours...

sheesh...is no stone unturned in trying to "take over the minds of our kids?"

I don't have little kids ...and that's why I didn't know...UGH...

[Lex]

11. wiki / google

[Cabcere]

9. My uncle and aunt had that song played at their wedding a few years ago.

I agree, it is a really pretty song. :) I don't know about his politics, but it never would've occurred to me to associate that song w/the Bushes ( :puke: ), and I doubt he wrote it for them specifically. :shrug:

[Sabriel]

13. Is that a serial killer name, or what?

"Yesterday, police arrested serial killing suspect...."

[Cabcere]

15. Ha! Three names...

:think: Hey, d'ya think if we started calling Dubya "George Wanker Walker Bush," people would realize that he's a killer, too? :P

[KamaAina]

24. Nope. His middle name would have to be 'Wayne'.

As Chuck Shepherd at News of the Weird calls it, "the classic middle name".

:-)

[ProdigalJunkMail]

17. I am not sure what you mean about this song and Bush

This song was originally released in 1989 and the Bushes were married in the late 70's, right? and Chapman would have been 16 or 17 at the time. I am not sure how these would connect...

sP

[KoKo]

18. For some reason YOU TUBE linked me to that song from Sarkozy Drunk Video...

I got that link popped up from viewing the various Sarkozy Drunk video's in various languages and it popped up.

I'm not a big TECHIE...so whatever pops up .....I hit on. :shrug:

BUT! What struck me was how I FEEL as a DEM after our Dems voted for IRAQ FUNDING BILL and just Yesterday...that "Stunt" that allowed the Repugs to trash us on the "Gonzales Censure First Vote

I was thinking about "Long Term Commitments" and what it means to support someone you love and that Bush Disinfo song came up and it had me in tears because the words were so lovely...but they didn't seem to suit the Bushie Marriage...but would suit many others who are in "relationships." I didn't know the song writer or perfomer...and that's why I asked about him.

:shrug: I hope that makes sense.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

19. makes perfect sense

My wife and I had that song played during one of the 'slow dances' at our wedding reception. It is indeed a beautiful tune. As a wedding present a friend presented us with a frame copy of the lyrics that she had done in gorgeous caligraphy and then decorated in various ways...probably our favorite wedding present.

sP

[The Stranger]

21. What an abomination.

"Christian" "artists" who have perverted and corrupted a musical art form and embarrassed the music world by trying to use rock music -- despite its roots as Leftist political protest music -- to serve their Right Wing religion-cultist ends.

[LanternWaste]

22. Absolutely...

Absolutely. Only the most pure and dedicated of artists like Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake may affect the sobriquet and mantle of Rock and Roll.

:sarcasm:

[The Stranger]

23. Well at least the bubble gum pop artists haven't undergone a lobotomy of the conscience.

They're in it for the money, but they occasionally turn out okay.

Take Madonna, for instance. Then again, she never sang on stations that only broadcast "believers" -- who are, by and large, war supporters and war-criminal supporters -- emitting a message of sheer mass conformity, suicide of the conscience, and mental submission.

[LanternWaste]

25. we seem to have changed the premise

Well, we seem to have changed the premise from purity of rock to purity of conscience; two completely different conversations I would think...