"I'm more likely to listen to someone's opinions about global warming or the epistles of Paul if I also know a little something about what kind of food they crave, which is their favorite baseball team, and how much trouble they had getting their first marriage to work."
From an interesting take on Christian music at the Onion's A.V. Club. The essay is part of a feature called Popless, a weekly feature in which one of the site's music critics is taking inventory of his entire music collection (which is larger than any human being's should be) and writing about its significance to him, his thoughts on it, etc.
He's taking it alphabetically, and each week has an opening essay--this week's is on Christian music. Some really interesting thoughts on CCM from someone firmly outside the bubble, and some surprisingly substantive discussion in the comment section.
So what Christian artists fit Murray's wish list of what he'd like Christian rock to be? Of the ones I know well, only a few come to mind:
Five Iron Frenzy (there's some discussion on them in the comments, if you do a Control-F)
Derek Webb (he gets name-checked in the comments, too)
Steve Taylor (responsible not only for his own music, but pretty much anything of substance the Newsboys ever sang)
You know what--I should break this brainstorming session into another post, complete with a mixtape for your listening pleasure. I'll get to work on that.
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