Keith Green - Sgt. Pepper's Epitaph (Era-Happy Tiger 108-A)

[bjhardin13]

Thanks ur a legend 4 this

[kevmv1]

@davefromomaha

One must ask what makes you so uncomfortable about the concept of Jesus that you have to personally attack him. How can you say Jesus looked after his own agendas, you clearly have spoken without any knowledge what so ever. Every thing Jesus did and said was not to further himself, but to build up everyone around him, and nothing he said was without wisdom, something I cannot say for yourself.

[harryscrotumsballs]

All of Green's songs are so formulaic. Same 3 chords on the piano, same faggot voice. No one should ever compare Green to Elton. Elton- real talented musician. Green- bubble gum wannabe.

[forthegospel]

@harryscrotumsballs Keith Green is probably my clever and talented then all of the secular artists of the 60's, 70's, and 80's. And if you simply only consider the music, you don't even take into account his lyrical talent displayed in this song but mostly in his spiritual works.

[loosecannon6765]

@harryscrotumsballs

Don't use words like "faggot". That's a christian word. Christians are so morally bankrupt to accept that homosexuality is a sin based on a bronze age fairy tale. Keith Green also accepted the bigoted view that homosexuality is a sin.

[foundmyrosebudfan]

@harryscrotumsballs your opinion

[tallbergs]

Yo Little Dave you commented on a man who had very little

effect on our society at all VS Jesus who is God and died

for all mens sins that those who believe will be saved. He

(Jesus) is the basis for western civilization being moral at all.

Without him there is no reason to be moral or even civil, see

davefromomaha reply. Dave you have never met Jesus why

persecute and bad mouth someone you don't know anything about?

OH I see, atheist. Love to meet you in person Dave where there's

no anonymity.

[mtcanz]

I doubt Keith was 14 when he recorded this (born in 1956); plus the sound bears such a resemblance to Elton tunes like "Burn Down the Mission" and/or "I've Seen That Movie Too" -- I would think they likely influenced this tune.

Regardless, I'm thankful his secular career didn't take off. He touched more lives (still does) in an eternal way for eternal purposes in the few brief years God used him to produce some of the most anointed contemporary Christian music ever.

[mtcanz]

@mtcanz

CORRECTION! Don't know why I thought he was born in '56 -- it was 1953. My mistake.

But, I still believe the song came after the Elton stuff.

God bless!

[JRNelsonSr]

@mtcanz Definite traces of BDTM here, but it should be noted that Happy Tiger Records folded in 1971, way before ISTMT was released. Also there's the subject matter: had Keith released this in late 73 at the earliest, the whole idea of "I heard the news today the Beatles are breaking up" would have been way outdated. The catalog number (Era HTE 108) shows a release around late summer/early fall of 1970, about midway through the partnership between Era and Happy Tiger.

[mtcanz]

@JRNelsonSr

Yeah, I see your point regarding ISTMT -- couldn't be that. I think Mission is the stronger case for being an influence, anyway. That haunting, percussive piano was definitely an EJ staple -- used it a lot.

It was really neat to stumble upon this last night, JR. Thanks for the grin! What is your connection to this material?

[davefromomaha]

@alexxtexxas1969

john lennon was a man of peace and truly wanted to see a united world. jesus (if he really was anything like the caricature of him from the delusional handbook....ahem...i mean bible) only cared about his own agendas. i don't know if jesus was greater than the beatles but he can't hold a candle to john lennon. what's more- lennon is not a narcissist. he never looked for personal recognition. jesus demands praise and adoration. jesus has no humility. john lennon trumps jesus.

[davefromomaha]

@tallbergs

listen up shit for brains. i never once made a comment about any one of the THOUSANDS of gods out there,

i commented about john lennon and jesus. if you think follow me or burn is a great principle to live by- more power to you. keep your personal drama to yourself girlie!

[tallbergs]

@davefromomaha

Back at ya little guy.

[david81672able]

@davefromomaha you know nothing about jesus. read the book again.......and this time aproach it without your preconcieved notions. lennon was actualy a jealous, vindictive brawler. the two conceptions you have of both jesus and lennon are aparently media derived. most peoples are. no big shock.

[DavidKinner]

@davefromomaha Oh yeah the great man of peace that used to beat his wife.........................s­o peaceful huh? I love John's music, but he wasn't a very nice guy. He abandoned his son, cheated on his wife, and then beat his later wife. Such a nice guy? Really?

[dudes110]

@davefromomaha You are quite wrong and you apparently are making an opinion that has no basis of fact or meirt. If you would take the time to read the gospels you will read how jesus alway was of a humble nature trying to keep from being praised and escaping the crowd from danger and being exalted by the .multitudes of people. on many occassion he told several persons not tell anyone who he was ( that is being the Messiah) . So plse read before saying something that is so false.

[dudes110]

@dudes110 Oh by the way BE NICE

[M400fan]

It's also very like Carole King's Beautiful from Tapestry!

[dnnylee]

Great song, Happy Birthday John Lennon 10-9-2010

[theogore]

Wowzers. Never hoid dis!

Thanks a billion for posting!

[sjplwc]

Yup, you can definitely tell THIS is Keith; I would never have recognized him from the bubble gum stuff from 1965 or 66. I definitely prefer this older sound  - thank God his voice and style changed! And most importantly, thank God his heart changed!

[Khultan]

I definitely like his rock n roll approach at his younger age.

[ClassicCartoonsGuy]

@Khultan Younger age? He died at only 28. He was always young.

He actually wanted to make music like this even after he was saved, but it never got recognition so he turned to making music for the Lord.

[Khultan]

@ClassicCartoonsGuy  Really interesting.

[ClassicCartoonsGuy]

@Khultan yeah, look up, the Keith Green story here on YouTube... the hour-long documentary on his life produced by his wife Melody... The two of them actually made their living writing songs for "secular" groups (secular as in mainstream music, not bad music), as most of his concerts were free and donation-based.

[Khultan]

@ClassicCartoonsGuy  Hey, thanks! : )

[realtalk1986]

You can buy this on iTunes on the Early Word-EP for 1.99 for 4 songs.

[doncirelli]

Guess the Beatles didn't take his advice, lol. Oh, well...he tried. Thanks for posting this rare blast from the past. Another Keith Green song I never heard til today.

[rhubarbcub]

This is great - for a long time I've wondered about Keith's pre-Christian career but was never able to hear any of the music. Can't wait to see if you manage to dig up another almost-forgotten nugget.

[Shortwave8300]

I have a cassette tape called Keith Green Live. It has songs from a concert when Keith was 18. I sure wish I could find it online to download or here on youtube.

[Shortwave8300]

Woo hoo! I found it and so many others including record only releases! :D

[maggerbee]

Where did you find it? I'm interested.

[Batboy1994]

This song is really good! It shows why Keith was compared to Elton John...I could see Elton covering this song.

Dave

[davefromomaha]

@Batboy1994

green was NEVER compared to elton john. sir elton is a songwriter of the highest order and has been successful in all his endeavors. keith was a failure at real music and his ego was severely damaged. keith used christian music to gain some adoration in this world. it's not lost that keith green thought someone like sir elton is a deviant because the delusional handbook says that he is an abomination simply because of the way he was born. green's bigotry is unfortunate.

[david81672able]

@davefromomaha everything you think is based on your willingness to be brainwashed by a media ran by polititians who do not care about you. dont take it out on kieth.

[del111757]

JRNelson Sr! I can't believe how you found this thing. This is another treasure. Thank you for putting this up. I can't believe how many records he had out there.

[YeshuaKingsKid]

Thank you JRNelsonSr! You are so right....it

is important that you posted this...oh Thank

God for Keith :)