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Wade A. Tisthammer
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Date Posted: 01/ 3/02 10:41pm
In reply to:
Wade A. Tisthammer
's message, "Yet another thing." on 01/ 3/02 10:32pm
>>>>>I actually don’t listen to Christian music
>>>>>much,
>>>>
>>>>Mind if I ask why?
>>>
>>>Nope.
>>
>>The above post was my attempt at making a joke.
>>Anyway, the main reason is that I normally only by CDs
>>with songs that I’ve already heard of, and I just
>>don’t know of any good Christian stations (that come
>>in well) that play the kind of music I like. Even so,
>>I do listen to those 2 DC Talk CDs more than a lot of
>>my other CDs. It’s my opinion that if DC Talk went
>>secular instead of Christian, they would’ve made a
>>sh*t load of money, because they are (or at least
>>were, I haven’t listened to their recent songs) really
>>good, and have been successfully cranking out songs
>>for the past 12 years.
>
>I found out that their first album was made in 1989,
>so it is (and probably will increasingly) be longer
>than 12 years. Recently I purchased another DC Talk
>CD that was made in the year 2000 (Intermission:
>the greatest hits). Like DC Talk’s Free at
>Last album, Intermission is one of the best
>albums I own, even though I’m not exactly the biggest
>fan of Christian music (the vast majority of my CD
>collection is secular). So apparently they’re still
>making cool music. Too bad I don’t here any of it on
>the radio. That reminds me, I just found out (the day
>I posted this message) that for a time the DC Talk
>song “Jesus Freak” was played on mainstream radio
>stations. The song first came out six years ago
>(1996), anybody remember it being played on the radio?
> Pretty much the only time I listen to the radio is in
>the car, and as far as that goes my dad listens to
>nothing but country music (and “Jesus Freak” is
>certainly not that). I didn’t listen to the kind of
>music I like until I drove my own car, and at the time
>“Jesus Freak” came out I wasn’t even old enough to
>have a driver’s license.
Small correction: “Jesus Freak” came out 7 years ago (1995) not 6, and the song apparently was only played on a few secular radio stations. “Just Between You and Me” though got #12 on Casey’s top 40 list the year later (though that song was secular if I recall correctly).
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