Here's a blast from the past (if you're over 50 or so)

[progressoid]

Anyone else remember this schlock?

"The Lord's Prayer" is a rock setting of the Lord's Prayer with music by Arnold Strals recorded in 1973 by the Australian nun Sister Janet Mead. Mead was known for pioneering the use of contemporary rock music in celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass and for her weekly radio programs. This recording could be considered one of the links in the development of what would become known as contemporary Christian music.

The recording was produced by Martin Erdman and originally released by Festival Records in Australia. After reaching number three on the charts in Australia, it went on to become an international smash, selling nearly three million copies worldwide and making the upper reaches of the pop charts in territories as diverse as Canada, Japan, Brazil, Germany, and the United States.

In the United States, "The Lord's Prayer", picked up for American distribution by A&M Records (catalog number 1491, b/w "Brother Sun and Sister Moon&quot . It was certified gold for sales of one million copies. The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 23 February 1974, charted for thirteen weeks and reached a peak of number four during Holy Week in April. The record also reached number two on the Adult Contemporary singles chart.[1] It made Sister Janet the first Roman Catholic nun to have a hit record in the United States since Jeanine Deckers, the Singing Nun, hit #1 with "Dominique" in late 1963. It also became the only song to hit the Top 10, whose entire lyrical content originated from the words of the Bible. More specifically, it is the only Top 10 hit whose lyrics were attributed to Jesus Christ.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord's_Prayer_%28Sister_Janet_Mead_song%29

[rurallib]

1. didn't recognize it until it started playing

then oh yeah, I remember

[progressoid]

6. I had forgotten about it until

this lounge thread reminded me that it was on a K-tel record my sister had.

[Curmudgeoness]

2. That is a new one on me

and unfortunately (or fortunately), I was around at that time. I do remember in the late 60's that the Catholic Church that my friends went to started to have "rock mass", where they had guitar music to attract the young people. And the Protestant Churches set up "coffee houses" for music and fellowship. Odd times.

[progressoid]

5. Yeah, they're still trying to do that.

I have to do some work in churches occasionally. Any church that does a remodel will now have elaborate coffee setups. And the youth pastor with have a youth room that is trying way to hard to be cool.

[Cartoonist]

3. Did Jesus get royalties?

[progressoid]

7. That hippie socialist was always giving stuff away.

I doubt he even registered it with the copyright office.

[AlbertCat]

4. Ahhhh yes... memories....

Thus proving that Christian Rock has always sucked; even from the beginning.

[progressoid]

8. They seem to be using a pretty loose definition of Rock.

Like Debbie Boone kind of "rock".

[Iggo]

14. Kind of like The Hilltop Singers...

...or maybe The Mike Curb Congregation.

I suppose technically it's some kind of soft rock, but it damn sure ain't Rock and Roll.

[shadowmayor]

9. I remember

JC Superstar was the modern peak following legions of classical masses etc. This song may have been the best of the Jesus pop as Christian music has mostly gone downhill from here. When I channel surf in the car, I only need about 2 or 3 measures to feel the insipid pablum assaulting my DNA to know I must change the channel or die in agony. Sorry, but I really can't stand most Christian pop music, but this blast from the past actually wears better than I thought it would?

[Doc_Technical]

10. I don't remember this song at all

I was in the Air Force stationed in West Germany at the time
and I didn't hear it on American Forces Radio or
German or Luxembourg radio.
Glad I missed it.

[mr blur]

11. I'm old enough but I've never heard it. Wasn't big over here.

But it really, really sucks.

[onager]

12. Ugh! Thanks for the vintage earworm!

Especially that flatulent Giorgio Moroder-ish synthesizer riff. Nice touch in the video, showing kids playing instruments. Which I don't believe for a second. Bet the backup was provided by very expensive studio musicians.

The creepy modernistic Jesus statue reminded me of Memento Park in Budapest. When Communism fell, the Hungarians moved some of the epic Soviet-era statues out of the city and put them in a park.

The style is the same, but the Deities are different...

[RussBLib]

13. I'd never heard it (or heard of it) until today

A rather nauseating attempt at relevance.