New Drummer in Town
As much as we want to feature the new album, The Journey Continues, I have found an equal amount of enjoyment in some of the older stuff the guys (and families) have written collectively.
I can’t even quote the stuff because I don’t even have a copy of it! Most of the songs are cool, casual, light songs that are right up my alley as a more subdued drummer. Having never heard these tunes with drums gives me my first crack at an empty canvas. Not completely empty, but one lacking the highs and lows, a rigid structure, or a backbone.
One of the coolest songs is Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Nice lyrical textures and excellent word selection puts a great smooth touch to our live shows. Another that I have heard on Once Again is Sometimes We Weep. This one played right into my lighter style nicely. Not that I think Denny did a poor job, we just don't have the same sensibility, any preference between the two is purely opinion. I think the chorus is great at narrating our lives when we lay down the crown of salvation for the ways of the world. The only thing we truly have to hold onto is the rock, the only one, Jesus Christ.
I’ve received a crown
Taken it off and laid it down
Cried out for help as I started to drown
Then I clung to the rock for all that I could be
If I hasten to you Lord
Will you hasten to me?
See you at a show soon! Here's a list of upcoming events:
I can’t even quote the stuff because I don’t even have a copy of it! Most of the songs are cool, casual, light songs that are right up my alley as a more subdued drummer. Having never heard these tunes with drums gives me my first crack at an empty canvas. Not completely empty, but one lacking the highs and lows, a rigid structure, or a backbone.
One of the coolest songs is Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Nice lyrical textures and excellent word selection puts a great smooth touch to our live shows. Another that I have heard on Once Again is Sometimes We Weep. This one played right into my lighter style nicely. Not that I think Denny did a poor job, we just don't have the same sensibility, any preference between the two is purely opinion. I think the chorus is great at narrating our lives when we lay down the crown of salvation for the ways of the world. The only thing we truly have to hold onto is the rock, the only one, Jesus Christ.
I’ve received a crown
Taken it off and laid it down
Cried out for help as I started to drown
Then I clung to the rock for all that I could be
If I hasten to you Lord
Will you hasten to me?
See you at a show soon! Here's a list of upcoming events:
posted by Sojourn @ 10:51 AM
2 Comments:
At 3/06/2006 11:42 AM,
Unknown said…
Hey, someone other than Adam posting. Cool.
At 3/06/2006 5:52 PM,
Adam Parmenter said…
John:
I dig your fresh perspective on Sojourn's music/lyrics and look forward to your reactions on other Sojourn stuff.
Interesting how different life perspectives bring different views to music and any cultural elements. Once a song is heard and enjoyed it becomes in many ways the property of the listener's heart. So, the listener invests something of himself that the artist may not have intended.
When I wrote "I received a crown" I was speaking of the gift of salvation from Jesus Christ. That phrase of the song reflects on how we so easily set aside who we are in Christ. Once done we become overwelmed by trial, pain, and/or temptation. Thus we sink and can only cling to the rock (Jesus) and cry for help. Our resources bear no fruit.
You brought the perspect of a believer that relatively new in Christ. Your experience was that of rejecting what the world offered (laying down the crown) and clinging to Christ (the rock) as the only means to salvation. That bring a fresh newness to it. I enjoy your perspective and will think of it when I sing the song.
Adam Parmenter
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