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I'm really happy. Just thought I'd share that  |
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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2008, 08:09:24 PM » |
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That's great! If you're happy and you know it......  |
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« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2008, 11:59:27 PM » |
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Well, that too, but its more the Newsboys+random-dancing-and-singing kinda happy. Get up and dance everyone!
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« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2008, 12:16:33 AM » |
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You like the Newsboys?
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« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2008, 12:26:10 AM » |
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Only in some moods. This is one of them. Their lyrics just make me laugh.
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« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2008, 12:28:14 AM » |
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Which lyrics?
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« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2008, 12:39:04 AM » |
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I like the newsboys from not ashamed to step up to the microphone. Everything before and after that is utter crap.
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« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2008, 12:46:05 AM » |
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So you like "I'm Not Ashamed"?
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« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2008, 12:51:02 AM » |
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Uhm. Gimme a minute...
They mostly just have random lines.
Like this from 'Boycott Hell'
[RAP]
Guess who coming through with a little disclaimer.
The tune's okay, but the words are gettin' lamer.
Ain't no saint can legitimatize.
Rhyming "pride" with "time" and "unionize."
See, I agree we outta boycott hell,
But we outta boycott dumb lyrics as well.
ROFL
Or this from the Breakfast Song:
Oh, rise up, Fruit Loop lovers -
Sing out sweet & low
With sthingys held high
We bid our brother, "Cheerio!"
But they have good lyrics too. I like In the Valley and Rescue. AND CORNELIUS! That one's fun.
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« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2008, 12:57:58 AM » |
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I never knew they did rap....
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« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2008, 12:59:47 AM » |
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they never did rap..but they had a spoken word/rap type verse on Boycott Hell off the Not Ashamed album in 93 or 94
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« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2008, 01:03:41 AM » |
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They don't really do rap, but every now and again a lil bit sneaks through.
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« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2008, 02:05:34 AM » |
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Yeah, I didn't think so. Any other songs you guys like from them? Any you hate?
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« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2008, 03:10:55 AM » |
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Uhm. I like Belly of the Whale. lol, who couldn't like Veggietales?
I used to hate Live in Stereo, till I read the words properly. Now I like it. But I hate John Woo. It's just really annoying.
He Reigns is great.
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« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2008, 06:37:07 AM » |
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Belly of the Whale, is hilarious.....I haven't heard John Woo.....He Reigns is a good song, but it's overplayed in my eyes.
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« Reply #15 on: May 02, 2008, 07:50:46 AM » |
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Cornelius is a good song, and actually a lot of stuff from Thrive is pretty good. But I have to say that the most fun Newsboys song would be Love Liberty Disco.
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« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2008, 04:18:10 PM » |
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Oops, my bad. The song isn't Valley, it's called Thrive. Nice song, I had the entire Thrive album on repeat for four or five hours yesterday. But I wasn't in the room, so I only heard snatches of it lol. I drove my mum crazy.
It was great.
But, Vlad!, how can you have not heard John Woo if you've heard the Thrive album? 'Cos its like third to the end on it.
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« Reply #17 on: May 02, 2008, 04:30:48 PM » |
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But, Vlad!, how can you have not heard John Woo if you've heard the Thrive album? 'Cos its like third to the end on it.
I never said I haven't heard it. I definitely have. It's a good song. |
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If you don’t have freedom as a principle, you can never see a reason not to make an exception. There are constantly going to be times when for one reason or another there’s some practical convenience in making an exception.
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« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2008, 04:37:25 PM » |
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Ohh, my bad. That was NewDimension lol.
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« Reply #19 on: May 02, 2008, 11:03:32 PM » |
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So what other music makes you happy?
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« Reply #20 on: May 02, 2008, 11:50:42 PM » |
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Uhm.
Hillsong United.
And... uh. I dunno. Lots of music makes me happy, but in different ways. I usually like slower, quieter worship music. But sometimes I just want to dance.
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« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2008, 12:11:59 AM » |
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What are some of your favorite songs from Hllsong United?
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« Reply #22 on: May 03, 2008, 03:17:14 AM » |
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All of them!
I wouldn't know where to start. They have really good worship songs to.
Mighty to Save is beautiful.
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« Reply #23 on: May 03, 2008, 03:34:43 AM » |
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Might to Save is an awesome song....it's really catchy.
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« Reply #24 on: May 03, 2008, 12:50:46 PM » |
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they never did rap..but they had a spoken word/rap type verse on Boycott Hell off the Not Ashamed album in 93 or 94
And Steve Taylor was the one who did it. |
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« Reply #25 on: May 03, 2008, 09:37:54 PM » |
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Yeah, all the weird Newsboys songs are done by Steve Taylor. I would love to meet him, he sounds fun.
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« Reply #26 on: May 03, 2008, 11:42:50 PM » |
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The Newsboys' worship albums are crap. That said, I enjoy "It Is You" and their cover of "In Wonder" a great deal. Basically, I don't mind the occasional worship song from them within the context of an album that is has more varied content.
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« Reply #27 on: May 04, 2008, 01:28:37 AM » |
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I wouldn't know. I only have Thrive and I occasionally hear them on the radio or whatever. Thrive is a pretty good album though.
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« Reply #28 on: May 04, 2008, 01:50:44 AM » |
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I wouldn't know. I only have Thrive and I occasionally hear them on the radio or whatever. Thrive is a pretty good album though.
I like Thrive. It feels incomplete, but there are some solid songs on it. |
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« Reply #29 on: May 04, 2008, 12:15:31 PM » |
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Our Virtual Best-Of: Newsboys thread ( http://www.thephorum.net/index.php/topic,3048.0.html ) did a decent job of getting to some of the more obscure tracks that deserve mentioning (TMTYL gets all the attention, it seems, but "Beautiful Sound" is a great track too, and a worshippy one at that). I like Thrive. It feels incomplete, but there are some solid songs on it.
Yeah. I think my initial enthusiasm for that record had more to do with the lack of better albums in my collection at the time. Maybe half of that album actually holds up under scrutiny, and for an album under 40 minutes, that's pretty lousy. ...and I think that they should have given "It Is You" to Petra like they originally planned. |
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« Reply #30 on: May 04, 2008, 01:01:10 PM » |
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(TMTYL gets all the attention, it seems, but "Beautiful Sound" is a great track too, and a worshippy one at that). I always thought "Beautiful Sound" was a highly underrated song, due to it being on an album that was largely panned. Yeah. I think my initial enthusiasm for that record had more to do with the lack of better albums in my collection at the time. Maybe half of that album actually holds up under scrutiny, and for an album under 40 minutes, that's pretty lousy. When was the last Newsboys album (non-compilation) that ran over 40 minutes? Have you checked the playtime on TMTYL lately? ...and I think that they should have given "It Is You" to Petra like they originally planned. Then I would have never heard it. Sure, I thought it was drop-dead boring on first listen, and the lyrics are still a bit lacking (I'm not so convinced that a song getting written in 15 minutes proves it's a "God thing" - if God gave you a song, He might give you an idea on how to revise it after sleeping on it, too), so it's really all about their execution on that one. The song has one wallop of a crescendo once it gets going. I'm not so confident it would have worked the same in petra's clumsy hands - they may have been one of the first to do a "Christian rock worship album", but they were also one of the many to assume later on that being a Christian rock band and doing worship songs meant that you had to make your best attempt to sound Adult Contemporary. In any event, "It Is You" is a song that I'd likely not have noticed had it first appeared on an album with a bunch of other "worship songs". It stands out because, at the time, it was an unusual track for the Newsboys. |
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« Reply #31 on: May 04, 2008, 09:24:20 PM » |
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Then I would have never heard it. Sure, I thought it was drop-dead boring on first listen, and the lyrics are still a bit lacking (I'm not so convinced that a song getting written in 15 minutes proves it's a "God thing" - if God gave you a song, He might give you an idea on how to revise it after sleeping on it, too), so it's really all about their execution on that one. That's really true. Some songs you can write in like 5 minutes, others a half an hour, hours, days, years... I think it's the best thing not to always just write the whole song if an idea for the songs comes to your mind; because then we try to force the lyrics, and it's not as good as it could be. At the same time, you don't want to lose the idea for the song. It's kind of tricky to decide. I think people should pray before/during/after they write songs, even when the ideas come rapidly. And I think everyone should always analyze the songs after they're written, and look for ways to revise, edit, and display more creativity in the songs. In any event, "It Is You" is a song that I'd likely not have noticed had it first appeared on an album with a bunch of other "worship songs". It stands out because, at the time, it was an unusual track for the Newsboys. [/quote] I never would have heard "It Is You" if it wasn't from the Newsboys either. I think my favorite song from the Newsboys would have to be "I'm Not Ashamed" |
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« Reply #32 on: May 04, 2008, 09:33:22 PM » |
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That's really true. Some songs you can write in like 5 minutes, others a half an hour, hours, days, years... I think it's the best thing not to always just write the whole song if an idea for the songs comes to your mind; because then we try to force the lyrics, and it's not as good as it could be. At the same time, you don't want to lose the idea for the song. It's kind of tricky to decide. You can always write down what comes to your mind at the spur of the moment, then revise it later when you've had some time to think it through. There's something to be said for the "train of thought", and it can be interesting as a writing exercise, but that doesn't mean it's ready for public consumption as is. (It's a valid expression of worship either way, but not necessarily one that's worth paying money to hear.) I never would have heard "It Is You" if it wasn't from the Newsboys either. Well, duh. That wasn't my point. I was saying something more like, "If it had first appeared on one of the Newsboys' worship albums, I likely wouldn't have become familiar with it." (A live version was on Adoration, but it first appeared on Thrive the year before.) I think my favorite song from the Newsboys would have to be "I'm Not Ashamed" Funny story - I had a friend in college who was talking about that song when he was making fun of himself from a few years back when he was a very new Christian. He mentioned that he used to sing along at the top of his lungs to his favorite songs while in his dorm room, but that he became a bit embarassed with this particular song, so it would come out something like (really loud) "I'M NOT ASHAMED TO SPEAK THE NAME OF..." (muffled) "...Jesus Christ."My favorite Newsboys song is "Lost the Plot". Also up there are "Elle G.", "Something Beautiful", "WooHoo", and "Beautiful Sound". |
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« Reply #33 on: May 04, 2008, 11:54:50 PM » |
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There are songs from Love Liberty Disco that I really love..."I Surrender All", "Break", "Fall On You" are so beautiful. I like the Go album too.
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« Reply #34 on: May 05, 2008, 01:06:46 AM » |
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There are songs from Love Liberty Disco that I really love..."I Surrender All", "Break", "Fall On You" are so beautiful. I like the Go album too.
I like "Break" a lot, too. Also "Good Stuff" and the title track from Love Liberty Disco. Some of the rest is melodic goodness but the lyrics started to get a little stoopid (not that they aren't in a few of the tracks I like, but sometimes that's easier to ignore than others). Also, regarding solid Newsboys songs from other albums, I think "Always" is a pretty powerful song to anyone who's ever had a dad walk out on them. |
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« Reply #35 on: May 05, 2008, 04:55:00 PM » |
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With sthingys held high
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« Reply #36 on: May 05, 2008, 05:00:11 PM » |
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There is no sthingy.
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« Reply #37 on: May 05, 2008, 06:46:40 PM » |
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We should invent our own words.
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« Reply #38 on: May 05, 2008, 06:47:52 PM » |
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We should invent our own words.
You're already off to a pretty good start. NP: "Dashboard", Modest Mouse |
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« Reply #39 on: May 05, 2008, 06:50:40 PM » |
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You're already off to a pretty good start.
NP: "Dashboard", Modest Mouse
Yeah, isn't that great? |
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