Legion of Super-Heroes Mike Grell 1976 cover from Limited Collectors’ Edition C-49 by giantsizegeek on Flickr.
I would maintain that most of the gospel references in music— aside from gospel music plain and pure— have got little or nothing to do with the church. The church might say that as soon as you turn it into a popular-music thing, you devalue it. But in an odd way, it becomes so much more powerful. How can the church own music anyway?
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| — | Spiritualized’s Jason Pierce on his use of religious imagery in our latest 5-10-15-20 interview. |
