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My turn to do music recommendations!
Up first is “Owl City” – they apparently are a Christian group that does secular stuff. This is their first radio track, I believe – definitely have a “Postal Service” sound.

Haven’t posted anything in a while, so here’s the SOTD. Last night as I was studying, I thought of the office and thought of this scene:

So with some searching, found it was from ABBA – Take a Chance on Me, its so catchy..mmm

Since teewee hasn’t posted any new SOTD for a while I thought I would share a song. But this is quite a different genre than what he has been sharing lately.

So heard the new The Fray song on the radio and thought it was pretty good. Looked up what the song meant and apparently:

You Found Me is a tough song for me. Its about the disappointment, the heart ache, the let down that comes with life. Sometimes you’re let down, sometimes you’re the one who lets someone else down. It gets hard to know who you can trust, who you can count on… It demands so much of my faith to keep believing, keep hoping in the unseen. Sometimes the tunnel has a light at the end, but usually they just look black as night. This song is about that feeling, and the hope that I still have, buried deep in my chest.

Thought that was pretty cool… I always knew The Fray were Christians, so I decided to look up more on them. Apparently Christianity Today did an interview with them in 2006. What they said was really cool and inspiring. Apparently the band was largely formed in Denver churches where the band led worship (so they weren’t just “Christians” but they actually served in worship too!). And “The band avoided Christian record labels, saying God called them to the secular market instead.”

I always wondered what Christian secular bands (like Switchfoot or Lifehouse per se) would say for people saying why are they doing secular music. I think they gave one of the best answers I have heard – read the interview if you want the full details, but basically the answer is their jobs are musicians – they are not pastors, not preachers, not missionaries – just like a Christian painter does not have to paint Jesus in every picture, a Christian musician does not have to sing about Jesus in every song. Paint (or sing) well enough and people will ask you why and how you do it.

Anyhow just thought all this was very inspiring and wanted to share. The song’s arrangement was also very inspiring on how I can incorporate it into worship too…. hehe.

Today’s song is from an album i’ve only recently discovered and am loving quite a bit.
Norah Jones – Nightingale
sadd3j was saying the other day, only she rivals brooke fraser. anywho, check it out, its really the definition of EZ listening.

Today’s song is brought to you by John Mayer: In Your Atmosphere

This person from ccf was at the library last week and listened to a few songs from this album and said:
“oh John, you can be the mayor of my music town..” ha ha ha..