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Re: Christian music
>From: Peter
>>And then
>you get stranger cases like Chagall Guevara, which was a "secular" band
>whose one album was re-issued on a "Christian" label, because all the guys
>in the band happened to be former "Christian" industry stalwarts. And
>hey, what was Stryper ("secular" label, but very "Christian" in content)?
Hey I didn't know this about Chagall Guevara - I used to have that album.
Better check and see if I still have it somewhere. . .Oh yeah Stryper was of
their own "strype" LOL - I went to one of their concerts and couldn't hear
for a week :|
>Hmmm, come to think of it, there was a recent thread on the Daniel Amos
>list where people posted what they had been listening to lately, based on
>the stacks of discs next to their players.
Today's selections include:
Coldplay "Parachutes"
Beatles white album
OTR "Good Dog Bad Dog" and "Eve"
Pearl Jam - Light Years single
And my coworker is making me listen to the "Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies"
whatever they are :D The playlist varies by day!
>Which ones? Just wondering what slipped in under the radar. :)
I listened to U2 (approved pre-Achtung Baby), REM, 10,000 Maniacs, Simon and
Garfunkel (my parents were big fans), Extreme, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl
Jam, The Cure
Christian music was OTR, the 77s, King's X, Jacob's Trouble, The Choir,
Mellowdramatic Wallflowers, Phil Keaggy, Violet Burning, even some Amy Grant
early on. . .Oh I can't remember, I had 'em all!
>Evangelism and reaching out to the unchurched, supposedly. That's why
>most of their concerts take place in churches and the tickets and albums
>are mainly sold at Christian bookstores, I guess. :)
Ah yes always keep your eye on the mission :)
>What they are *called* isn't important to me, either. But the Christian
>element in their songs *is* one of the reasons I'm a fan -- and yes, it
>*does* matter to me that I think their spiritual sensibility is closer to
>my own than the sensibility of Ben Harper, Mike Scott, and others whose
>music I greatly enjoy and have benefitted from. FWIW.
I agree with you there. I think that's why I get more out of U2 and OTR than
I do REM even though their music is fab-u-lous also :D
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