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Friday, August 29, 2008

Shuffleblog 2

 

So I did this once before, and I stole it from Dave.  Here's how we do it:

Put your WMP or iTunes or whatever on random. 

Skip to the next song.

Now, blog something that has something to do with that song in some way.

Ready, go:

1. Narshe mines music from Final Fantasy VI
Wow.  I'm glad I have this on my machine!  Also, I've always thought Final Fantasy VI (III in America, for the SNES) would make an awesome movie. (Actually, like 4 awesome movies)  I intend to write them one day for the fun of it.  I say that because I would never be granted the right to write an official movie by the folks at Square.  Partially because I'd want it to be live action, and I'm sure they'd insist on computer animation.  Also because it's Japanese, and I'm not, and that I can understand, because I wouldn't want to Americanize the product in any way, shape, or form, because I think the story/characters is/are so beautiful as is.  (Well, we'd have to change Tina (Terra in America)'s green hair, but they've already done that in the extended intro of the PS1 version of the game.  Anyway, yes.  When I get in a rut sometimes writing-wise, I'll get cracking on the first of the FFVI quadrility.  For the heck of it.  And it'll be awesome.

2. Day by Day by dcTalk
It's pretty easy to argue that dcTalk may have been the best Christian rock band ever. 
Anyway, interesting to me that the chorus for this song came from the musical Godspell.  Makes me wonder how many musicals these rockers were acquainted with.  If they'd done another album, what other gems may have popped up in the middle of one of their tunes?  "You Really Ought to Give Iowa a Try"?  "Point of No Return"?  "Our State Fair"?  It would be fun to try to draw the spiritual parallels from those songs.  (Well, creepy in the case of "Point of No Return," actually) 
That reminds me of a time that Sherri and I watched The Emporer's New Groove and tried to turn the entire thing into a Christian allegory.  I have to admit, we did pretty well, especially given the source material.  I don't remember it all now, but I think that Pascha may have been God's patience, and David Spade was living in sin (sin=llama face).  There was more to it, and of course it wasn't perfect, but it did end up fitting a lot better than one may have expected. 

3. Hands by Miss Angie
I think a lot of teenage Christian guys go through the "I love all Christian girl rockers" phase.  If I hadn't gone through that phase, I doubt I would have ever picked up Miss Angie's CDs.  Admittedly, Lift My Eyes is a pretty rockin' tune, but other than that...meh.  She has a slightly sci-fi/superhero/cartoon character look to her, at least in the first album.  I don't know that that justifies the fifteen dollars I spent on the disc, though.  Really, looking back, there are a ton of things that I spent fifteen or so dollars on that were pretty much crap. 
Which somehow reminds me of the play A Bad Year For Tomatoes.  For those who didn't live through that delightful experience, let me just assure you it was also a bad year for community theatre comedy.  It's no wonder the place served complimentary alcohol during the intermission; probably made the play a LOT more bearable.  No exaggerations here, folks.  None.

4. Yoshi's Story, from the Super Smash Bros. Melee live orchestral recording
My sister gave me a copy of this.  I don't understand why it's so much quieter than EVER OTHER CD IN MY LIBRARY.  Even my wife's classical hymn collections are far louder than this full orchestra.  I have to give them kudos for this particular musical outing, but Yoshi?  Really?  Of all the video game music you could transpose to live orchestra and play live in a grand concert hall featuring one of Japan's finest musical ensembles, you picked Yoshi?
I have to interject here that I have tremendous respect for Yoshi.  Not bagging on the character.  I mean, the dude eats his enemies, and finds a way to do make it seem not disgusting, nor disturbing, but actually cute.  Not an easy task. 
Whoa.  Short song.

5. I Can Be Your Friend by Veggie Tales
First thought: This is an extremely unusual night for my randomizer.  Seriously. 
Anyway, I really like the O.C. Supertones version of this song.  For one, it's louder and allows for more typing.  For another, it really just flat out rocks.  Within the bounds of silly "I Can Be Your Friend, I Can Be Your Friend, If Your Hair is Red or yellow, we can have lunch, I'll share my jell-o" territory, of course.
Sorry for stupid capitalization.  No time to go back, next song!

6. I'm Sorry by Flight 180
Again with the Christian rocker girls.  Ska girls, no less.  I still love third-wave ska.  I still want to play in a ska band.  One of the few things I never left behind in high school is my desire to play in a ska band.  Or sing in one.  I won't be picky.  I even learned to play drums to enhance my chances to play in a ska band.  I kept almost sort of getting one a little bit put together, but all the attempts failed. 
Bands that almost, but never really, happened: TBA, The Happy Ogres, Bingo Chub Dingo, Astor Place Riot (we did play one song one time at one show, and it was awesome).  I did once play in my church's praise band for a few months.  Closes I've ever gotten. 
So far, anyway.  I don't care if I'm 35, this is one wish I probably won't give up on.  Just probably had better let someone else try to put it together, because I'm 0-for-4 thus far.

7. Holy Ghost Hop by Carman
Seriously?  SERIOUSLY? 
Okay, so this sort of reminds me of a news story I read recently.  (Recently = half a year ago or so)  A man went into one of those really charismatic, Spirit-filled churches.  He was a member and a regular attender.  His back was hurting, so he went to the front to have hands laid upon him in prayer.  The priest or whatever laid a hand on the man's head and the Spirit filled him.  The man fell backwards in the Spirit, completely healed!  And then he landed on the hard floor and hurt his back worse than it had originally been hurt.
He then sued the church.
True story.

Okay, gotta go.  Someone popped up online to chat with!

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Gulf-Coast Ska---The dream will never die!
Posted 8/29/2008 9:35 AM by teacherdave - reply

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i think jars of clay was the best christian rock band. next to them, third day.
dcTalk might have had more longevity, but i think the other two had better product.
also, dcTalk had a song called Jesus Freak, which set back acceptance of Christian culture by about 30 years.
Posted 8/30/2008 10:31 PM by REXONANDO - reply

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@REXONANDO - Depends on who you talk to, I guess. The album Jesus Freak was the biggest mainstream success of that band's career, and possibly the best Christian rock crossover at that time since Stryper.  I was surprised at how strong of a reputation they had with the rockers in my high school after that record.  Jesus Freak was the first Christian song I heard on a mainstream rock station. 

Anyway, "best" will always be a subjective term, and an argument could be made for and against any number of groups.  (Stryper, Petra, Skillet, Third Day, etc)  However, I think it's hard to compare either of Free at Last, Jesus Freak, or Supernatural with any of the comparable Christian albums of their respective day and find one that clearly surpassed them in quality, song-for-song.  But again, opinions are opinions, and I've read much better defenses of that statement than mine.

Also, haven't considered Jars to be a rock band since the late 1990s.  Definitely still dig them, tho.

Posted 8/30/2008 11:18 PM by noah_vs_giraffe - reply

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are either of those bands still around?
Posted 9/1/2008 11:03 AM by REXONANDO - reply

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@REXONANDO - dcTalk-no; Petra-no; Stryper-no, Jars of Clay-yes, Skillet-yes, Third Day-yes.  So technically, if you're talking longevity, Jars and Third Day have both either caught or passed dcT. 

Interesting tidbit: was doing some research last night, and Jars has won 3 Grammys--all in the pop/contemporary genre.  The band also says they consider Good Monsters "their first rock album."  I still consider it to be less rock than their 1996 debut was...

Posted 9/1/2008 11:58 AM by noah_vs_giraffe - reply

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Maybe not "rock" but "Good Monsters" is definitely awesome.  I love me some JoC.

btw, Will, I don't have any vids up on the frontpage of my blog, so it may be work-accessible now. I do have provocative political rhetoric (ha), so there is that. 

Posted 9/2/2008 3:34 PM by teacherdave - reply

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@teacherdave - 



Indeed, "Good Monsters" is probably the best I've heard from them guys in quite some time!

I didn't mean to forbid you from posting videos!!! That said, I'ma go over there now.
Posted 9/2/2008 4:08 PM by noah_vs_giraffe - reply

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meh.  fewer videos means more commentary.  Everybody wins!

...except the reading public.

Posted 9/2/2008 4:34 PM by teacherdave - reply

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@teacherdave - Bah!  Who blogs for the reading public? 

Posted 9/2/2008 8:32 PM by noah_vs_giraffe - reply


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