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Feb. 14, 2025 - Brother Nathanael
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Episode 71: Who's Your Favorite Rock Star?
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*music*
*music* Oh!
*laughs* Hi there!
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!
Oh, man, this guy changed everything up.
Ludwig van Beethoven, he was a funky dude, man.
He brought in the rhythm.
How do I know that?
I studied this guy from childhood.
I grew up playing the piano, concert level.
Not quite.
My hands were too small.
All right, but...
This is Beethoven's heroica.
I can read every note.
Okay?
And I can even hear it.
So, if anybody wants to say, why are you talking about rock stars?
My answer is, because I want to.
Okay?
Well, we're going to talk about some rock stars here.
Brunswick, is my cross-centered or do I need to center this thing?
Huh?
What do I need to do?
It's pretty...
Okay.
Should I move it or...
It's good.
Okay.
All right, the rock stars.
Who's your favorite rock star?
Now, this is a tough one.
And I only have so much time.
It just doesn't look straight, Rockwell.
Give me the picture and let me straighten this thing.
And tell me when it...
Oh, yeah, it is okay.
All right, good.
Everything has to be perfect, like Beethoven.
He did some funky stuff, man.
Well, only I know that, because I used to play the sonatas.
That's some funky things.
He was a master of syncopation, and nobody did it before, and he had some real funk.
I didn't say the other word.
Okay, now, let me tell you who I'm going to talk about today.
But we can, if you guys like this, and you say hooray...
I'll do Back by Popular Demand from my biggest fans, 12 to 22. The altar cockers over 40, forget it.
And I don't care about them, okay?
All right, so let's see.
All right, here's who I decided tonight, okay?
But we can do others.
David Bowie, all right?
Dolly Parton.
Oh, she was hot to trot.
Three Days Grace.
Now, Yalta Cocker's probably never heard of them, but they're pretty, you know, up-to-date.
Van Morrison.
Jeris Johnson.
And then maybe a couple surprises.
I'll keep you at the edge of your chair.
Oh, man, this guy is just hot.
It's just wow.
Yay.
Easy.
Kanye, I'm gonna do him.
I don't care what you say about him, okay?
He was a great artist.
Still is.
Let's start with David Bowie.
Let's go.
Brunswick, play that thing.
Golden Years, Golden Years, Golden Years.
Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere.
Angel.
Come, little baby.
Look at that sky, life's begun.
Lights are warm and the days are young.
Come, little baby.
There's my baby, lost that's all.
What's I'm begging you save a little soul?
Yes, Golden Years.
Go.
Come, little baby.
Last night they loved you.
Opening doors and pulling some strings.
Angel.
Come, little baby.
Then walk luck and you looked in time.
Never the fuck walked tall at fine.
Come, little baby.
I'll stick with you, baby, for a thousand years.
I'll see you in these golden years.
Come on, baby.
Run for the shadows.
Run for the shadows.
Run for the shadows in these golden years.
There's my baby, lost that's all.
Once I'm begging you save a little soul.
Golden years.
Go.
Go, brother, baby.
Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere.
Angel.
Come, brother, baby.
Run for the shadows.
Run for the shadows.
Run for the shadows in these golden years.
I'll stick with you, baby, for a thousand years.
Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years.
Golden years.
Golden years.
Well done.
Well done.
Funky stuff, man.
He was the first rap artist.
That's rap.
I mean, Kanye got some inspiration there from him.
Come on, he was doing rap.
And, okay, so the artistry's there.
I mean, the rhythm is there.
A lot of it has been studio-generated.
That's obvious, okay?
You couldn't do that same thing live, okay?
But still, okay, you had the rhythm, you had the syncopation, you had the funk, but, man, you had the rap, and you had the message.
I like this message because he's trying to talk about, I think, his wife.
I could be wrong.
Maybe some of you guys could tell me if I'm wrong, but I think his wife.
And when he wrote this, he was getting older, too.
He wasn't so young kid like they show him in that thing, okay?
The androgynous man, you know, that Federico Fellini started putting out in 8 1⁄2, okay?
And he was doing that, okay?
You can't figure out, is he female?
Is he male?
But he was very male.
He was.
But that was an act, okay?
But I'm not even going to go there, because I don't care.
I'm looking at the artistry, and I'm looking at the message, all right?
So, the message is, is about the golden girl.
She's getting older, and she's hiding for the shadows.
Because when a girl gets older, she doesn't have that sex appeal anymore, and she's getting wrinkles, all right?
So, he's trying to encourage his wife, don't be that way.
I'll be there for you in your golden years.
I like the message, because when a woman gets older, she gets very insecure.
She does.
And that's why they get facelifts, alright?
And that's why they'll pay $200 for some cream that does nothing.
But they figure that some Jew, like Revlon or Estee Lauder, these are all Jews who know that the shiks of women, you know, need all that cream on their face, and they make a lot of money, and then they start World Jewish Congress.
Well, I gotta get the Jew angle here.
What do you want from me?
Who's next up?
Dolly!
Let's go.
Let's go with Dolly.
Then we'll do Super Chat.
Are you having fun so far?
This is a real thrill and a real treat.
Now, how many of you go so far back that you'd remember a song of mine called Jolie?
Give me a little voice.
Thank you.
Look at it.
Your beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks Sing it girl.
That inspires me.
Such an honest song.
He talks about you in his sleep.
There's nothing I can do to keep on crying when he calls your name Jolie.
Oh, but I can easily understand how you can easily take my man.
But you don't know what he means to me.
Jolie.
Jolie, Jolie, Jolie.
Jolie, Jolie.
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man.
Jolie, Jolie, Jolie.
Jolie, Jolie.
Please don't take him just because you care.
Now you could have your choice of men I could never love again because he's the only one for me.
Jolie, Jolie.
That's right.
That's right, right.
But I have to have this talk with you.
My happiness depends on you.
But you decide you're good.
Jolie, Jolie, Jolie, Jolie, Jolie.
Jolie, Jolie.
Jolie, Jolie.
Oh, I'm begging of you, please don't take my man.
Daly, Daly, Daly Daly, Daly Daly, please don't take them to some calls again, Daly Daly, Daly Daly.
Look at that.
Look at that scene, man.
That's a happening scene.
Daly, you're beautiful, I love you.
Dolly!
Thank you so much!
I'm simping!
Wow!
Oh, look.
Virtual simping, whatever you want to call it, Gentile News Network, you coward.
You miserable coward.
You can't even use your real name when you attack me.
You're a coward.
Gentile News Network, you're a coward.
Okay, let's be upbeat.
Now, let me say something about that scene.
That's an incredible scene.
And that's an incredible song, okay?
I'm itching here, okay?
The artistry of that song is that a woman is just being honest, okay?
She loves a guy, and the guy's starting to, you know, look around, and there's a woman that's going to grab that guy that she likes, and she says, don't do that to me!
You could do it, but please, I'm begging you, don't take that man from me!
This is a very honest song about women and the rivalry between women.
They got it.
Oh, yeah.
That's built into them.
All right.
Now, Brody says, my guy here, my guy that, I'm not going to say I'm gay, my guy who's my assistant, okay?
Brother and Dolly would have been a great couple.
Well, I don't know.
It's kind of old and I feel like I'm only 21. Go get me!
Go get me, Gentile News Network!
You're the Simper.
You're a simpleton.
You're a coward.
You coward.
You miserable coward.
You're just a pussy.
Okay.
Stay in the groove, says my buddy Brunswick.
Okay?
Stay in the groove.
All right, now Dolly's there on stage.
Do you know I can play guitar?
I was a guitarist for my group, my rock group.
I had a Gibson, okay?
What's the other one?
Lancaster?
I forget what it's called.
Telecaster.
I had a Gibson.
I had an electric guitar.
You know what?
I want to get that electric guitar.
Father Michael Lilly won't like it.
That's why I'm going to do it.
I'm going to get that electric guitar.
I'm going to be on stage.
I'm going to have a rock group behind me.
And there's going to be all these big screens.
And I'm going to have these young kids, teens.
And I'll reach back.
Reach out and touch someone.
I'm going to touch them where they live.
I'm not going to condemn them.
I'm not going to judge them.
I'm going to love them.
And I'm going to reach out to them.
They're going to reach out to me because I'm going to be bigger than Billy Graham.
Where's that Billy Graham thing?
Rockwell.
Let's give a listen to this guy.
The next Billy Graham is coming.
me.
Last of all, young people want a faith that they can believe.
They need Jesus Christ.
Yes.
Because without Jesus Christ, there's an emptiness in your life.
Yes.
The purpose and the meaning of life is not clear.
Life makes no sense.
Our lady came to see me tonight and she said, you know, I was hoping and praying when I came the other night that somebody would explain to me in simple language how I would find Christ and said, you changed your subject and all you did that rainy night was to explain the way of you changed your subject and all you did that rainy night I love it.
That's right.
Yes.
But what do you have to do?
That's right.
You have to, by faith, receive him.
You have to be willing to repent of your sins and receive him as savior.
And if you're willing to do that, you'll have a faith to live by and a faith to die by and a flag to follow.
Young people want to challenge that.
Ooh!
I'll tell you, Christ can provide it all.
You see, Jesus Christ has everything young people are talking about today.
He's love, peace, discipline, self-denial, a challenge.
He offers it all.
He had it all.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
You put your faith and your confidence in him tonight.
Yes, that's it.
And he can change your life.
That's it.
I'm asking you tonight.
That's right.
It'll change your life.
Jesus Christ will change your life.
I'm going to preach it.
Just as good as him.
I don't know if you can do better than that.
I don't think you can.
I thought I could.
But listening to him right now, I'm not sure if I can.
That's a tough act to follow.
He had that rhythm, man.
He's got that rhythm just like Bowie.
Just like Kanye's got the rhythm.
I don't look down on these people.
I don't.
No, I don't.
Some Christians do, but not me.
Because I'm male, and the gospel is male.
It's not pussy.
Okay, who's next?
Oh, here's a new guy.
Three Days Grace.
All you boomers, you've never heard of these guys, but I'm up to date.
Let's play it.
Welcome to the end.
Just take a number.
Just get used to the influence you're under.
That's me.
That's me.
That's good.
That's cool.
Wanting it all, but it's never enough.
The more you know, you know, you know nothing.
We walk like dead people who haven't died.
Yet we ride like messengers without a pilot.
We be losing our minds when we all try to hide it.
It's hard to keep fighting when you're barely surviving.
Just lay the line for your rights and your privilege.
And follow the leader right off the cliff, say, get off the cliff, say.
All your dreams are down below.
The more you know, you know, you know, you know nothing.
We walk like dead people who haven't died yet.
We ride like passengers without a pilot.
We're going to be losing our minds when you're barely surviving.
Barely surviving.
We're going to be losing our minds when you're barely surviving.
We're going to be losing our lives when you're barely surviving.
We're going to be losing our lives when you're barely surviving.
We ride like passengers without a pilot.
We're going to be losing our minds when you're barely surviving.
We're going to be losing our minds when you're barely surviving.
We're going to be losing our lives when you're barely surviving.
We're going to be losing our lives when we're losing our lives when we're losing our lives.
We're going to be losing our lives when we're losing our lives.
We're going to be losing our lives when we're losing our lives.
Let me give my commentary on this, okay?
I decided I'm not going to just show them the song.
I wanted to show this illustration.
Because what these guys are doing on Three Days Grace, that's May Day, they're trying to show this extreme virility, this energy in the youth, and this very strong passion, okay?
Oh, hold that.
Hold that.
Hold that.
That's me.
That's me.
Okay?
But then what these guys are showing, they're showing on an airplane different portions of life, different people, different backgrounds, different worldview, different thrust.
And yet...
Within that, show those girls dancing.
I'm not approved, okay?
There's just this virility, this strong...
Yeah, okay.
I'm not approved, okay?
But this is part of the youth culture.
In the midst of this airplane, there's an old guy.
Some young kid's got a basketball, okay?
Someone's reading the Bible, and the girl next to him, who may be woke, doesn't want anything to do with that.
She's looking out the window, and nay, these guys, there.
Well, I don't know, you can't smoke a cigarette on an airplane, but that's kind of an anomaly.
That's kind of cool.
That doesn't happen on an airplane.
So they are out of the box.
That's why I like them.
That's why I chose them.
Leave that picture.
These are the kind of guys I'm going to reach.
When I become the next Billy Graham.
Now, I'm going to talk to all you people.
Help me do this.
It has to be done.
Somebody has to get up on stage and be the next Billy Graham, and that's me.
I'm the one.
I'll have an electric guitar.
I will.
I'm doing it to annoy Father Michael Leary.
I'll have my electric guitar, my Gibson.
Maybe I'll get a Telecaster.
I'll get the sexiest guitar that's available.
And that's how they make them.
It's a Jungian thing, I understand that.
Okay, then I will have a rock band behind me.
I'm going to.
Yes, I will.
And I'm going to have youth galore.
50,000 of them reaching out.
And I'll reach back.
I'll talk to them.
And I'll bring them to Jesus.
Because they're hungry.
They don't know.
What they're hungry for, but they are.
And I'll show them.
It's Jesus Christ that can fill that vacuum, that can do everything that they want.
A challenge.
Something to live and die for.
Someone to live and die for.
A discipline.
Love.
Understanding.
That's Jesus.
He sat and ate with extortioners, and the prostitutes came.
They wanted them to be...
Accepted, loved, understood.
He did.
He was no religious proof.
He was not.
I want to be like Jesus, and I want to bring Jesus to the young people.
Who's next on here?
Hey, Van Morrison, let's go.
Now I need a little louder.
You may get disgusted, start thinking that I'm strange.
In case I go underground, get some heavy rest.
Never have to worry about what is worse or what is best.
Do it.
Oh, coming over.
All right.
Come over, come over.
There you go.
Lord have mercy.
I said, oh, domino.
Romeo, Romeo, Romeo.
There you go.
Say it again.
I said, oh, domino.
I said, oh, domino.
Sing it.
Sing it.
sing a minute Sing it, man.
Sing it.
And if you never hear from him, that just means you didn't call.
I'm a fancy investor that depends on wherever you're at.
All right.
And if you never hear from me, that just means I will drive the night.
Hey!
Oh, coming on.
All right.
Hold me on, hold me on.
There you go.
Lord.
I said, oh, coming on.
Romeo, my Romeo.
There you go.
Hey, all right.
Say it again.
Oh, coming on.
Hey, hey.
I said, oh, coming on.
Hey, I'm into DJ.
I just want to hear some rhythm and blues music.
On the radio.
Hit the band.
Okay.
Rocks Lake.
That's enough.
That's cool stuff.
That's cool.
It's kind of rappy.
Okay.
All right.
What's the message here?
I'm not sure, but something comes through on the radio.
This guy is hip.
I saw him live years ago.
I saw him live, and he was the opening act, believe it or not, for Linda Ronstadt.
You would think Linda would be than him, but they featured Linda Ronstadt.
That was there.
I like that song, Domino.
I'm not even sure what it means, but something hits me.
The rhythm, the way he nuances it, on the radio.
What in the world's a radio?
I have to do it, but it was a meme.
This man was the master of the meme.
Okay, who's next?
Then we're going to wrap it up.
If we have any super chats, because I can use some support.
Jairus Johnson.
Kissed from a Rose.
Ooh, that's a cool title.
I like it, Jairus.
I liked it.
Hit it, Jairus.
Let's hit it.
Let's hit it.
Let's hit it.
Let's hit it.
Let's hit it.
Let's hit it.
I'll tell you what, tonight, somebody just sent me a hundred.
We're going to play that song.
Rockwell, we're going to play that song.
Finally, somebody's trying to help me.
Okay?
So we're going to play that song.
Load that song up.
Let me talk about J.R.R. Johnson.
This guy's intense.
I'll tell you why I like him.
He's intense.
He's poetic.
He's super intense.
And this guy's out of the box.
And his voice.
Is not only manly, but he hits the high tones too.
That's very rare.
Now, David Bowie could never hit those high tones.
He actually, he tries to come across as a male-female or whatever, or very female-ish, but if you listen to David Bowie, he's got a very deep masculine voice.
But this guy, he can hit those high tones.
Jairus Johnson.
He is a unique talent.
Very unique.
And I like him at Kiss from the Rose.
Raphael, we're gonna play that song.
My favorite band of all times.
Rockwell's getting it ready.
In honor of you.
My favorite band of all time is Alice in Chains.
The unique harmonies that guitarist Jerry Cantrell along with lead singer Lane Staley will never be replicated.
About the band is perfect.
Their best work is on dirt and jar of flies.
Them Bones is the best way to kickstart an album.
Okay.
Rockwell, how are we looking on that?
Load that up.
Maybe in about five minutes we'll have it for you.
And in the meantime, you want to donate to me to help me?
I need help.
I need support.
Okay?
It costs me money to do what I do.
I gotta pay Rockwell on Brunswick.
So...
Donate to me.
Tell me what song you like and we'll play it.
Okay, Rockwell, wherever you're at in that song, Alice in Chains.
Couple more minutes.
So in the meantime, let's play this guy.
Okay.
Kanye.
laughter laughter Everybody got all bent out of shape about him.
I didn't.
I understand the guy.
I understand blacks, okay?
And they understand me.
I know what he's all about.
I know where he's coming from.
I know he's shtick.
I know he's an Asian provocateur.
I know he basically say, hey, I'm going to get you.
And I don't care what you think.
Okay, power.
Let's do it Century Do it better than anybody you've ever seen do it.
Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it.
I guess every superhero need his theme music.
No one man should have all that power.
The clock's ticking, I just count the hours.
Stop tripping, I'm tripping off the power.
The system broken, the schools closed, the prisons open.
We ain't got nothing to lose, motherfucker, we rolling Motherfucker, we rolling With some light-skinned girls and some Kelly Rollins In this white man world, we the ones chosen So goodnight, fool world, I see you in the morning I see you in the morning This is way too much, I need a moment No one man should have all that power The clock's ticking, I just count the hours
Stop chipping, I'm chipping off the power Deal and fuck that, the world's ours That's counterpoint I'm missing L in the old cash Tell them easy said they could kiss my whole ass More specifically, they could kiss my asshole
I'm an asshole, you niggas got drugs You sure minded nigga's thoughts as Napoleon My furs is Mongolian My ice brought the goalies And I embody every characteristic of the egotistic He knows, he's so fucking gifted I just needed time alone With my own thoughts, got treasures in my mind But couldn't open up my own vault My childlike creativity, purity and honesty Is honestly being crowded by these grown thoughts
Okay, from a literary point of view, this is brilliant Thank you.
Alright, he's using some language.
Okay.
But the kids love it, okay?
They're eating it up.
He's got a huge, huge, huge teen following.
They just...
He's hitting something.
Well, you say he shouldn't, but he is.
So I'm a guy that deals with reality.
Okay?
I don't try to fight what is...
There!
I don't try to fight it.
It's there, so I'm going to go with it, and I'm going to channel it into something that'll bring the youth to Jesus Christ.
Okay?
That's mastery.
Not to push it away and condemn it is bad.
The children shouldn't be listening to this.
Oh!
Your daughter and son should not be listening to this?
Or you say your friends shouldn't be listening to it, though you do.
The more you say they shouldn't, the more they will.
So don't even go there.
Now let me tell you about Yeezy.
Let me tell you about Yeezy what he's doing.
He's doing something that I learned when I was in eighth grade.
Stream of consciousness.
Some of the brilliant literists.
I think it was James Joyce who'd write poetry that was stream of consciousness.
Some of you people know what I'm talking about.
That's what he's doing.
This is a total stream of consciousness, and I think it's brilliant.
Now, the blacks use these words.
That's his stream of consciousness, and he's trying to say something about the 21st century man that he says, I'm on top of and a whole social setting that's broken and he's saying I'm on top of this thing.
I think it's brilliant.
Okay, do we have anything else?
Do we have a Super Chats coming?
That's it.
I promised six.
Alice in Chains, here we go.
Thank you for the hundred bucks.
Anybody else wants to donate something to me starting at fifty?
then I'll play your song.
Thank you.
guitar solo
guitar solo Okay.
We're gonna wrap this thing up.
I'm getting late.
I have to say something here.
For a live performance, that's some great guitar work.
That almost sounded like studio.
So I'm going to hand it to these guys, okay?
That was a great sound you guys produced, and it's a great stage presentation.
Here's a guy singing.
He's kind of cool.
Kind of still.
And the other guy...
Okay?
That stage presentation, that's part of it too.
That's part of a good rock group.
Okay, that's it.
Do we have any Super Chats?
Hustler.
This is Brody's.
I'm having some Russian vodka celebrating Brother Nathaniel's stream.
Playing that yay, brother.
Ha ha.
Okay, I played his power.
There's other stuff he's done besides power.
Stream of consciousness.
Yeah, the words.
Okay, but that's how they talk.
So what do you want to do?
Okay.
I think I'm going to do one more thing here, and I'm going to play Billy Graham again.
And then maybe we'll end it with a Bowie song.
Maybe we won't.
Bring up Billy.
Let's see what he's got to say.
The purpose and the meaning of life is not clear.
Life makes no sense.
Our lady came to see me tonight and she said, you know, I was hoping and praying when I came the other night that somebody would explain to me in simple language how I could find Christ and said, you changed your subject and all you did that rainy night was to explain the way of salvation.
Do you know how to go to heaven?
Christ has already done all the work on the cross.
He rose again.
He's alive, willing to forgive you, willing to come into your heart and change you, willing to make you a new person.
But what do you have to do?
You have to, by faith, receive Him.
You have to be willing to repent of your sins and receive Him as Savior.
And if you're willing to do that, you'll have a faith to live by and a faith to die by and a flag to follow.
Young people want a challenge.
They want a flag to follow.
They want some music to go by.
Okay, let's do the music.
I'll tell you Christ can provide it all.
Let's do the music.
Let's go to Boeing.
Here's the music and then we wrap it up.
It's about change.
Jesus Christ will change you from the inside.
Give you a faith to live for and a faith to die for.
A challenge.
A discipline.
A goal. A goal.
A goal.
Okay, that's it. that's it.
He can't trace time.
You can't trace time, but Jesus Christ can trace in you and change you.
See, I'm already preaching it.
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.
Jesus Christ will change you.
I'm going to preach it.
I'm going to be on stage.
I'm going to have a telecaster.
It's going to be looking very sexy.
I'm going to have a rock band behind me.
I'm going to have teens from 12 to 22. Reaching out, I'm going to reach back, and I'm going to touch them.
I'm going to reach the youth.
I ain't going to go with you, you sin.
I'm not going to do that.
Because Jesus Christ didn't do that.
He ate with them, he talked with them.
He helped them.
He didn't condemn them.
Michael Lilly would do that, but not me.
I'm talking about Father Michael Lilly.
Little pussycat.
Okay, what do we got here?
Another super chat?
Jesus Lord is Kanye's best song.
Doesn't use the language and it's beautiful.
Next time.
I may do this by popular demand again, but let's see what my fans say.
Did he want me to do this again?
I'll do it.
In the meantime, I am planning for all my fans, I'm going to be The next Billy Graham.
I'm determined to do it.
Somebody has to reach the youth today without judging them, without saying, oh, they've gone off, they're this.
I'm not going to go there with that.
I'm not.
I'm going to reach them.
I'm going to listen to them.
I want to know what they're thinking, what they're feeling.
I'll be a father figure to them.
I'll be a brother to them.
I am not going to be a condemner of them.
I want to reach the youth.
This is our next generation.
And I'll tell you something.
Mr. President Trump has opened the door by one of his first executive orders is against any anti-Christian bias on YouTube, on Facebook, on InstaYid.
This is coming to an end.
A door is opening.
Jesus Christ said, I have given you an open door, and that door is about to shine the light of Christ.
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