Let's be honest: dc Talk's Jesus Freak record changed the game.
Spent some time recently listening back through it and had a couple of thoughts.
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- The songwriting is really good on this record. It's more than just cool production. Look through a track listing and you'll realize just how many great songs are on the record.
- They should have subtitled this record, "Kevin Smith Discovers Bono." I'm serious, the whole record is like Smith trying to channel Achtung Baby. I'm not hating...it sounds good...but I think it's maybe a little much.
- Every time I hear this record, I'm amazed that TobyMac is the dude who ended up at the top of the heap. I like Michael Tait and Kevin Smith's solo stuff, but who would have thought the rapper would end up the darling of CCM?
- I think anybody who grew up with contemporary Christian music of the 90's remembers their first "Jesus Freak" moment. I remember riding in the car with two church friends, Joel Greene and Kendall Miller, when they were on break from college in Arkansas. They had the "Jesus Freak" single and I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
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I was dating Austin when this cd first got popular. I loved it & listened to it over & over again - never got sick of it. Loaned it to him & was floored to find out he loved it. I wasn't sure what he would think because he wasn't "into" Christian music at all back then. (1997) What's significant about that is that he was in a very different place than I with God. He had only recently come out of that cult, among other things. I remember he called me up & told me it just blew him away. It STILL blows me away ..
Two memories:
1) Driving back and forth from College Station to Porter listening to nothing but this CD. Surprised I didn't warp it.
2) Playing Jesus Freak in our dorm's "Loud Hour" and taking home the grand prize!
Ahh, good days. This is why I still have it in my rotation.
My favorite's are Between You and Me and Mind's Eye ...
Hands down, "What if I Stumble?".
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