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The Dog And The Flower

from One Night In Norway - 1991 by Larry Norman

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Rock and roll didn't come from the devil, it came from the church. And eh Jesus had long hair until the 1960s when they changed the pictures in the children's books in church. Then Jesus had short hair, like a Roman soldier. Jesus had short hair like a caesar instead of, as he did, Jesus had long hair. All the poor did. The poor don't have time to go to the boutique, salon and have their hair cut very nice, because they're so busy trying to earn a living from the ground. God provides the food from the ground, God looks upon the inside of a man. God doesn't look upon the outside and we shouldn't either. Doesn't matter what your hair looks like. Doesn't matter what kind of music you understand, you know

It's very frustrating to me because in the fifties they said if you let young people listen to rock and roll they will carry knives in their pockets, they'll wear black leather jackets, they will comb their hair with grease and ride motorcycles you know. And then the sixties they said you let young people listen to rock music they will eh take drugs and burn down the universities. Then in the seventies they said oh if you let young people listen to modern musicn they, they will do this, like John Travolta. Yeah but then eh you know disco died and then in the eighty they said eh, you, if you play rock and roll music backwards the devil will speak to you, the devil will talk to you

And I didn't know this, you know. This, this boy came on television in eh California, and he was on a TV show and he, he played this Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven record backwards. First he played it the proper way and it sounded good like it always does. Then he played it backwards and, and you could clearly hear a voice saying this: [Mimics reversed speech]. I was very frightened. You know scientists, they, they took a dog and strapped him in between two loudspeakers and they put on a rock and roll record and after seven and a half hours the dog went mad. Ah they took a flower and put it next to a loudspeaker and put on a rock and roll record and at the end of the day the flower had moved away from the speaker and, and dropped all of its petals and leaves. You know, I didn't know this until I read this newspaper article. But if it's the truth it's the truth. You know, I, I'm a, I'm a believer in the truth and, and eh, as your older brother I wanna warn you - rock and roll music is dangerous. And you should be very careful to keep your plants and your animals away from your record collection

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from One Night In Norway - 1991, released February 2, 2023

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Larry Norman Los Angeles, California

American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. Norman had a major influence on artists as diverse as The Pixies, Guns n' Roses, and U2. After his death in 2008 his most well-known album, 1972's Only Visiting This Planet, was selected for inclusion in The United States Library of Congress for its cultural significance and impact on American culture. ... more

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