You know, it’s sort of depressing when you have a really cool playlist that is over 12 hours long and by the end of the day you realize that you’ve listened to the whole thing. 13-hour playlists are supposed to last more than one day, no?
Speaking of playlists – I am terrible at discovering new music. I’ve got about 7,000 tracks crammed into my brain and I don’t think I can fit anymore. Of course, remembering every word of every track on the Colors soundtrack (1988) is probably unnecessary. Anyway, the best ‘christian’ music back then was Stryper (which was a little contrary to my tastes back then and sort of still is). The alternative was Acappella or AVB – our very own church of Christ version of gettin’ down. Anyway, I still mainly listen to Depeche Mode and U2 … thankfully, I’ve picked up on some more contemporary artists and now that we’re starting to play a number of songs with some regularity – I really appreciate the new music. Still, any one style seems to get over-used. Charlie Hall, Chris Tomlin & Matt Redman start to sound the same (minus the accent). As do Jeremy Camp, Casting Crowns and even Third Day…
I guess if I blogged with any regularity at all I could ask readers to direct me to kewl new music … but I think I’ll just have to get out and look for it myself. If you happen to be reading – I’d love to hear about what you like & it doesn’t have to be ‘Christian’ music…
/me goes off to think of another reason to blog
April 13, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Our tastes were often similar, though I still remember thinking you were nuts for memorizing that Biz Markie song.
I’ve kept a little more current with some cool Christian based stuff. Relient K is good, kind of a punk feel to them. Of course, there is Caedmon’s Call who just released a new one. All of their stuff is amazing. Jonah 33 and Kutless are good too.
You, you got what I need but you say hes just a friend
And you say hes just a friend, oh baby…
April 15, 2008 at 1:27 AM
yeah, I’ve heard Kutlass is good – but haven’t picked up any of their stuff yet…good to hear from you!