after consulting with my younger and infinitely wiser sister as to how and where i should re-begin my regular blogging, she has advised me to commence with talking about a certain song, by a certain band. i have been assured the name of this band is well known among many who would mock the ridiculousness of the church, mostly in america. they are in the slightly-comedy category of all crap music stores across the pond (oh? never used that phrase before..?!) they are definitely early-teen, try-hard ska-punk bacnd, but who i am reliably informed have always been so, even before the recent resurgence in said form of (usually) slightly ghastly music, which has historically drawn the line between me and mr furtado's commonality of taste.
ladies and gentlemen, the band are.....five iron frenzy.
the song (should you still be reading) is dandelions.
the song makes me happier than mr jones has ever managed to. it has toppled return of the space cowboy off its treasured and long-standing number-one spot in the song-that-makes-na-most-inexplicably-happy chart, and has indeed raised my expectations of american (particularly christian) songwriting beyond all possible recounting of votes.
ok, reasons why i like it so much are as follows...
1: it is a christian band, singing a song about love and grace and things like that, that does not attempt in ANY WAY to incorporate bible verses into the lyrics
2: it is punk(ish, esque..) christian music....the two concepts have never been thought of in the same sentence in the christian music industry of this country.
3: it is childish. its primarily about a kid who thinks dandelions are flowers, and brings them, running, to his mum for a present. the angst and philosophy of most music in my collection seems dank, turgid (hope you're reading this phil) and moribund in comparison. its innocent. isn't that what we all secretly want?
4 is has the line "lord search my heart. create in me something clean."
5: its about flowers.
6: its about choosing how to look at things. having grace as a filter on the back of your eyes.
7: its not too long
ok, scraping the barrel now.....
seriously though, whatever way you know how, get it.
over and out..piona, wubboo