"Why do people choose the substitute over God himself? Probably the most important reason is that it obviates accountability to God. We can meet idols on our own terms because they are our own creations. They are safe, predictable, and controllable; they are, in Jeremiah's colorful language, the 'scarecrows in a cornfield' (10:5). They are portable and completely under the user's control. They offer nothing like the threat of a God who thunders from Sinai and whose providence in this world so often appears to us to be incomprehensible and dangerous . . . [People] need face only themselves. That is the appeal of idolatry."
- David F. Wells
Sunday, October 25, 2009
The rest of you . . . well . . . you'd probably be better off just moving along - nothing to see here :-)
Several years ago I completed a seven year run as an equipper of student worship bands. In the waning days of that time the last band I worked with recorded a few songs. The quality is not that great, but we had fun doing it (and Brian in Spring and I had fun mixing it on my Mac in an almost-all-nighter a few days later).
The quality on this one is especially bad (it was one of the first recorded and I didn't have my act together yet), but it's packed with great memories. This band was a great worship band, but we didn't mind playing some off the wall stuff too, at times. This is a cover of one of the songs from Alladin.
It took three takes, but I almost like listening to the chatter around the mistakes as much as the song itself (which doesn't actually start until about the 01:56 mark.
A more serious, more worshipful sample from this recording session can be found here.
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Comments on "Well, Stroke and Quaid Will Probably Appreciate This":
2. Bill
- 10/26/2009 9:48 am CDT
Is Disney cool with this?
Doubtful. . . Would you be?
Still I think he's [mean voice] raaaahthuh tasteee. Man - her voice is amazing.
Yeah, that's probably my favorite part. Besides Kelso trying to sound mean on "Street Rat! Scandal! Stop That! Scoundrel!" I don't think she has the ability to sound mean . . . :-)
Brad has now introduced Kels a total of 1,000 times.
Yeah, no kidding.
By the way, as far as I know Kels and Carey are doing fab.
It's a crummy recording, but I'm impressed by how tight this thing got toward the end of the song especially. They were a good band.
6. Bill
- 10/26/2009 6:22 pm CDT
Also, Quaid, I think the Kelsey clapping at the end and saying "yaaaaayyyy" pretty much perfectly captures her personality.
7. Shrode
- 10/27/2009 4:39 am CDT
For the record, I have a "Free Refills" CD in my car. I listen to it regularly. It's great. It's right there in the mix with Bride, Deliverance, Dream Theater, BarlowGirl, Building 429, Third Day and whatever audiobook I'm listening to.
FYI - "Free Refills" was the name of one of Bill's student worship bands from the past. I've actually got 2 "Free Refills" albums.
I love it!
8. Bill
- 10/27/2009 7:04 am CDT
For the record, I have a "Free Refills" CD in my car. I listen to it regularly. It's great.
Wow, Shrode. I didn't think anyone listened to that anymore. The CD you have is from 2000 - a much better recording as we had a friend who worked for a radio station and who had a recording studio in his house.
Good memories.
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Live blogging my first listen . . .
Ahhh . . . Brad. Total life of the party.
KELSEY! I wonder how she's doing. I hope all is well with her.
-Here comes the keys
Hilarious. Is that Kevo on drums? oops - take two
-nope - It's Joey
Awesome - take three
Brad has now introduced Kels a total of 1,000 times.
It's funny that he starts off singing almost like a crooner and then he gets to "That's Everything!" and it gets funny
KEVIN!!! Riff-raff. That's great.
Is Disney cool with this?
Still I think he's [mean voice] raaaahthuh tasteee. Man - her voice is amazing.
Cracked voice on juuuuuuuuump - great.
Thanks for the laughs, smiles and all, Bill. There's a lot about those days that I miss big-time.