tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395090220691101609.post257321614326506495..comments2023-06-08T01:26:04.133-07:00Comments on A Fiercer Delight and a Fiercer Discontent: The Sufjan Concertstanfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07591716618038804118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395090220691101609.post-56842201375647121342010-11-09T05:45:15.772-08:002010-11-09T05:45:15.772-08:00So very jealous. I missed seeing him once, and I r...So very jealous. I missed seeing him once, and I rue the day. <br /><br />I do like the earlier stuff better than the current album (the well worn cry of fans everywhere...) ut it certainly is worth a couple more listens. AS for the old stuff, I can't listen to Casimir Pulaski Day without crying. Literally. HIts a little too close to home and feels a little to real..no overwrought melodrama, just the light, almost airy feel of everything gone wrong, where you feel like the world should stop for you but it doesn't even notice. <br /><br />I think you're right on the money about musicians who draw from being Christian versus Christian labels. To be honest, I never could stand the majority of "Christian" acts...it seemed like an industry solely devoted to fabricating "new clothes" for the Emperor. Of course there were/are a few gems, but so much of it is just.....hard to listen to. I remember going to a Carmen concert in my youth and thinking "This makes me want to pray......that he'll finish soon." And then he started old-white-man-rapping. (Because he's down with the kids, you know.) <br /><br />Great post, as usual. Your NY song list is nothing short of fantastic.Justin Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918590992060850747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395090220691101609.post-1633128263918599292010-11-08T14:27:13.257-08:002010-11-08T14:27:13.257-08:00Tyler and I are all aglow at the "some of our...Tyler and I are all aglow at the "some of our best friends" statement. The feeling is mutual.<br /><br />Love reading your thoughts. "‘Christian’ makes a great noun but a horrible adjective" is very aptly put. <br /><br />Also, "there is not an insidious anti-Christian bias in the music industry. If Christians make great art, they get to make it about whatever they love." Illustrated so perfectly by that concert. "Praise Jesus!" ... "No!"<br /><br />Would it be okay with you if I linked to this post? You have such a good way of crystallizing ideas I can struggle to get my mind around, let alone my words.You with ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974032220176603544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2395090220691101609.post-26569330680285352542010-11-08T02:38:06.760-08:002010-11-08T02:38:06.760-08:00First of all, I'm totally envious that you wer...First of all, I'm totally envious that you were able to see Sufjan. My wife and I tried to buy tickets to the Atlanta show, but I procrastinated too long and it sold out.<br /><br /><br />"there is not an insidious anti-Christian bias in the music industry. If Christians make great art, they get to make it about whatever they love."<br /><br />I think that Christians need to be reminded of this from time to time. People respect good art. There is a reason that there is no market overlap between the Praise & Worship industry and the "secular" (that word makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit) music industry. <br /><br />Oftentimes it's not the fact that we are Christians that we are isolated and rejected by society... its because we do really isolating things like make bad art or make ridiculous statements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com