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Posted by pass the bacon on 01-14-2009 at01:22:

RE: Top Ten Christian Albums Every Satanist Should Hear

"...the inferior...“For Crying Out Loud”..."

please allow me to just say - for the record - to this fellow...

dude, thou art a donkey

thank you and goodnight

Posted by Nailtatt on 01-14-2009 at06:30:

Was this dude playing Dungeons & Dragons while writing this? The metaphors were a bit ridiculous and way over the top! Some good stuff though.

The blog or whatever the hell it is kinda took me on a flashback ride of sorts.

Posted by Squidzit on 01-14-2009 at08:04:

Well, the guy knows more about the 77s history than I do.

Of course he could have said that Mike was born of the union of a Fender Strat and a Marshall Amp and I wouldn't know any better. Tongue

Does he have the history correct there? Confused

Posted by Ping Pong Over the Abyss on 01-14-2009 at15:52:

Except for some highfalutin hyperbole on the writer's part, 'twas a pretty solid list. Steve Taylor, Scaterd Few, DA, Lost Dogs...you can't go wrong. Cool

Posted by Kit on 01-14-2009 at18:17:

I read this before.

What's the deal with this Kemper Crabb guy? I've always kind of dodged him. I almost feel like I should be more familiar with him given he is from my original hometown.

Posted by peawinkel on 01-14-2009 at19:10:

Interesting.

Cool

Posted by peawinkel on 01-14-2009 at19:16:

quote:

Originally posted by Kit
I read this before.

What's the deal with this Kemper Crabb guy? I've always kind of dodged him. I almost feel like I should be more familiar with him given he is from my original hometown.

Well, I'm not really a medieval music fan, but I became a Kemper fan from Arkangel's Warrior album. I've never heard The Vigil but I dug his latest release, Downe In Yon Forrest (a live Christmas performance).

http://www.theconnextion.com/kempercrabb/kempercrabb_index.cfm?ArtistID=354

Posted by Alex on 01-15-2009 at07:02:

The list put me on time- travel- flashback mode. Wink

However, I'm not too much of an Eighties- NewWave- Alternative fan, so I'd have chosen a few other albums. But for those who dig that kind of style, I agree that it's pretty solid.

I have to admit that I think Kemper Crabb's albums are overrated. He might be some kind of weird art genius with an interesting knack for medieval Christianity, but I think his recordings lack performance- and soundwise. They're also highly incohesive and appear unfinished to me. I've listened to Warrior, Radiohalo and Flotsam&Jetsam, and none of them sounded like a proper finished and releasable album to me, though they all have some highlight moments, facets and aspects. I tend to think his almost- legendary reputation comes from the fact that he was more or less the only Christian musician who used medieval instruments and harmonies back in the eighties - alongside with synthies, Simmons drumpads and weird masquerade. Sorry, I just don't get it.

Probably I'll have to give "The Vigil" a final chance - some say it might be his best work. But whenever I see it it's out of the price range I'm willing to pay for a CD by an artist of whom I dislike every other album - just for a "chance".

Alex

Posted by dennis on 01-20-2009 at18:31:

quote:

Originally posted by Kit
I read this before.

Me too.
I thought it was pretty cool.

Posted by dennis on 01-20-2009 at18:33:

http://phileasphogg.net/articles/toptenchristianalbums4.html

Posted by .evangeline. on 01-29-2009 at21:09:

The Vigil is Kemper's best album easily. We used several of the songs in our wedding. Our "lentil version" of The Danse was the best I have heard yet. I fell asleep to the Vigal last Saturday night.

Posted by Audiori J on 01-29-2009 at21:44:

quote:

Originally posted by dennis

quote:

Originally posted by Kit
I read this before.

Me too.
I thought it was pretty cool.

Yup, you are correct sir!

Posted by Kit on 01-29-2009 at22:29:

Thumb Up!

We really need a "Top 10 Secular Records that every Christian should hear" thread to offset this.

Posted by Jack Spoiler on 02-13-2009 at06:03:

I randomly met the writer of this piece at a Lost Dogs show in at (I think) Club Dada in Dallas in 2002.

It was a terrific day: the dogs played an acoustic set at a church in the afternoon and an electric set that night at Dada.

Posted by freak on 02-13-2009 at06:57:

quote:

Originally posted by .evangeline.
The Vigil is Kemper's best album easily. We used several of the songs in our wedding. Our "lentil version" of The Danse was the best I have heard yet. I fell asleep to the Vigal last Saturday night.

what eva-bax said... he is correct - the Vigil is his finest work - more than a couple must hear tunes.

~f