"Jesus Was A Cross Maker"

[alleyrulez]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTAesI73E1U

Judee Sill, the first artist signed to Asylum Records.

short career, only released two albums before she passed.

had the potential to be as respected as Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, IMO.

"Months after completing the recording sessions for her debut album, Sill was touring as an opening act and reeling from the end of a “dramatic affair” with fellow songwriter JD Souther. She began composing "Jesus Was a Cross Maker" while reading the 1955 Nikos Kazantzakis novel The Last Temptation of Christ, in which Jesus is portrayed as a carpenter who builds wooden crosses for the Romans. “I was so excited when I was writin’ that song,” Sill said in 1972, “because it was not only the best thing I’d ever written, and I knew it, but it took the weight off my heart and turned it into somethin’ else, and I was able to forgive the guy for the horrible romantic bummer he'd put me on. And I gained a new kind of strength from it, from that combination of forgiveness and creation.”

In a 2014 interview, Souther recalled his first time hearing the song. “She came over to my house at about seven or eight in the morning,” he said. “Pounded on the door, woke me up, came in, sat on my bed, and said, ‘This is for you,’ very sourly. Then she played it for me.”

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

I can see that happening since Jesus was a carpenter and a magician.

Back then everyone had a schlick and spit based “miracles” could get you far in the community.

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

Merry CHRISTmas alleyrulez!

[eddie lee roth]

What if he was a seamstress?

Jesus Was A Dressmaker or is it Jesus Was A Dress Maker?

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

It’s dressmaker but Jesus wore a tailor made tunic crafted by a follower or followers.

[Bono Nettencourt]

Jesus built my hotrod.

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

Jesus is often depicted as wearing white like an angel but only the upper class wore white tunics … tunics went out of style in the 14th century.

[Van Ailin']

Jesus is often depicted as wearing white like an angel but only the upper class wore white tunics … tunics went out of style in the 14th century.

Only 1400 years after his life.

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

Tunics had a good run, a tunic maker back then could probably make 300 denarii a year …. that’s about $7.25 US dollars today.

[VinnieVincentsVag]

Jesus cuts my lawn every Wednesday

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

Jesus’ favorite animal were sheep and sheep can eat 5+ pounds of grass a day, so it is plausible that Jesus would’ve had a grass cutting business.

[alleyrulez]

did any of you even bother to LISTEN to the song?

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

The Bible says God designed music to move both the mind and spirit and it sounds like your mind and spirit were moved by this song alleyrulez.

What a wonderful gift to you from God on Jesus’ birthday.

[GoodJudge]

Jesus Was a Race Car Driver

I thought that was Jerry?

[alleyrulez]

The Bible says God designed music to move both the mind and spirit and it sounds like your mind and spirit were moved by this song alleyrulez.

What a wonderful gift to you from God on Jesus’ birthday.

calm the fuck down, Cadziggles.

I'm an atheist, so no.

the song isn't really about Jeebus at all.

[eddie lee roth]

May God bless you for creating this thread

[alleyrulez]

May God bless you for creating this thread

[eddie lee roth]

Forgot to add and keep you from criticism

[alleyrulez]

Forgot to add and keep you from criticism

nothing you, or anyone, can say to keep me "from criticism."

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

Sheep have rectangular pupils that allow for around 270 to 320 degrees view of vision which Jesus used to alert Him when danger approached but unfortunately Judas was a sheep herder.

[DangerZone]

Barbara Streisand looks like a sheep