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Kit 
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pelagius42
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Registration Date: 05-05-2006
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Favorite 77s album: 88
Location: Donut Rawk City, Canada
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| RE: "You Walked in the Room" Reviews by non77s fans |
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Originally posted by Kit
"--this is a Christian rock band? "
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This tends to be close to the response i get when playing people 77's stuff. i like destroying illusions and preconceived notions...
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06-24-2006 04:51 |
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Kit
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We have never called ourselves that.
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I know. She probably saw allmusic's description. I promptly refuted it....tactfully. Even though I wanted to vigorously scold her. 
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"You Walked In The Room"? Great in it's day, but that was 1986 for cryin' out loud. We actually worked it up in 1984!
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Yeah...the last mix we did I used "The Years Go Down" which got ho hum reactions. So I figured I'd introduce them to something older this time. I thought the Stones-y feel of "You Walked..." would appeal to these folks. Plus, I chose it because it beared a similarity to the 16 Horsepower song ("My Narrow Mind") and Brian Jonestown Massacre song ("Servo") that preceded it in that the verses are practically interchangeable. 
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Please......try something more contemporary.
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haha..I will next time...if I even do it again...
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"Unbalanced" wouldn't be a bad place to start. Something from "Direct" -- 'Dig My Heels' or 'Take Your Mind Off It'. Those are actually ten year old ideas too, though....
"Perfect Blues" from Sticks & Stones never fails to get a reaction. Try "Rise" or "Begin" from Crows for something way left of center to most of what those guys are posting, or maybe even "Stella" from Safe As Milk or "Thank You For Your Dreams" from Fun With Sound.
OH WAIT!! "Self Made Trap", "Nuts For You", "Pray Naked" or "Woody" from Pray Naked. Those are always good. Oh yeh, and "Flowers In The Sand" from TTB, or even "Outskirts".
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"Take Your Mind Off It" might work for that crowd. I thought of "Perfect Blues" too but I figured one of the smartasses that hates blues would make a snide George Thorogood comparison or something. "Self Made Trap" probably would have worked better in retrospect. It almost sounds like a Radiohead song. They might have dug "Flowers in the Sand" too, but I already had too many sad songs on there...
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Originally posted by Doctor Love
Now you can see what would be on our "Greastest Hits" album if I was the one choosing the cuts!
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What about "Look," "I Can't Get Over It," "The Jig is Up," "Sevens," "Mean Green Season," "God Sends Quails," and "Kites Without Strings" ???? c'mon man!!!!!!!!!!!! 
By the way, the same guy that did review # 6 had the following to say about "The Years Go Down" and "Blue All Over" in the mix exchange from 4 or so years ago. Not that he's some important music biz guy or anything....
The 77s – “The Years Go Down”
There’s definitely a slow burn at work here, with quite a bit of the atmospherics Eric Johnson is known for (as well as even some latter-day Rush). It’s well done, although I’m not sure how often I’d listen to this. I really should embrace the thought-provoking more than I do.
RATING: 6.7 (I know, it would have been nice to give them a 7.7, right?)
Mike Roe – “Blue All Over”
When I listen to this track, I hear a contemporary version of Simon and Garfunkel, which I intend as a compliment. There’s not enough basic strumming and harmonizing out there these days, at least not done this well. I’m not always in the mood for this type of music, but it’s definitely something I would listen to when that mood did hit me.
RATING: 7.6
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Kit: 06-24-2006 23:06.
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Cliff Kuiper
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I'm curious: what's wrong w/ being called a Christian band? i'm not saying you (or anybody)should call yourselves that. i'm more interested in the drawbacks? is it similar to back when i had the Jesus fish on my car, then felt immediately guilty when i drove like a jerk on occasion? is it because it sets you up for a bigger fall should you screw up than a non-christian band? thanks.
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peawinkel
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Registration Date: 09-30-2004
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Favorite 77s album: Tom Tom Blues
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Originally posted by Cliff Kuiper
I'm curious: what's wrong w/ being called a Christian band? i'm not saying you (or anybody)should call yourselves that. i'm more interested in the drawbacks? is it similar to back when i had the Jesus fish on my car, then felt immediately guilty when i drove like a jerk on occasion? is it because it sets you up for a bigger fall should you screw up than a non-christian band? thanks. |
Most "Christian" bands want their message out to the masses (unchurched, especially). When they're labeled, their message is marketed to the church & their music in pigeon-holed to the Christian bookstores.
That's my assessment of the dilemma.
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07-11-2006 09:28 |
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Kit
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I think the term "Christian band" evolved more into a marketing term. When somebody is saying they don't want to be called a Christian band, they aren't rejecting Christ, they are merely rejecting the stigma that comes with a marketing term. Tool doesn't like to be called nu-metal. NIN doesn't like to be called industrial.
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MefLiszto
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Originally posted by Cliff Kuiper
I'm curious: what's wrong w/ being called a Christian band? i'm not saying you (or anybody)should call yourselves that. i'm more interested in the drawbacks? is it similar to back when i had the Jesus fish on my car, then felt immediately guilty when i drove like a jerk on occasion? is it because it sets you up for a bigger fall should you screw up than a non-christian band? thanks. |
True story: A couple years ago I briefly dated a woman who was Bhuddist but who was raised in one of those strict fundamentalist churchs that judges everything anti-Christian that's not explicitly biblical. We used to listen to "Direct" in the car, and she liked it quite a bit. I gave her "Safe As Milk". I figured she'd love "Ache Beautiful". She went off on me the next day, accusing me of dating her just to convert her. Her friend asked me why I gave her a "Christian Rock" CD when I knew she was not a Christian. I had to explain that it's just a great CD with well-crafted songs. I didn't feel the need to justify talking about God in a song, since I knew this was a personal expression of the artist, not a propaganda maneuver. Unfortunately, most music labeled "Christian Rock" comes off as just that, and it's obvious to most people.
This is one of the reasons I continually assert that the first job of a Christian is to please God, not to evangelize. This woman was done untold damage by people who I myself can't even stand, and I was hoping to give a different, more tolerant perspective of Christians to this woman. No, I was not "missionary dating", though in retrospect it was a big mistake to be involved with her. Still, how we are is more important that what we say. If we take that to heart, what needs to be said will come out eventually, and will be more believable.
Darin
(P.S. Finally, my 77th post!)
This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by MefLiszto: 07-14-2006 00:19.
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Radioactive Hatchling
Registration Date: 11-17-2004
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Originally posted by MefLiszto
This is one of the reasons I continually assert that the first job of a Christian is to please God, not to evangelize. This woman was done untold damage by people who I myself can't even stand, and I was hoping to give a different, more tolerant perspective of Christians to this woman.
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I do a pretty crappy job of trying to please God, but the older I get, the more that I tend to agree with this. I also believe that part of what is pleasing to God is telling others, which is why I believe that Jesus told us to go to all the world.
Congrats on making it well past your 77th post, btw...
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