Oh! Please..........
Posted December 12, 2008
By jackblade52,
UH.....
first off I read the rules and I have come to this understanding, and if I've misunderstood something, please let me know and I'll correct it immediately.
1. I am allowed to FREELY state my opinion of this cd.
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2. I am entitled to my opinion and no one else has to agree, but it is my job to TRUELY tell people why I do or DO NOT like this cd.
moving on...
I am warning you now I am going to be VERY VERY VERY BLUNT!
okay, I warned you!
This cd is really bad!!! I will admit I really like Switchfoot and their music, but PLEASE I don'ty even wanna own this cd because the cover itself hurts my testimony.
As an ex-gangster, ex-reberl, and ex-druggie, it would do me no good to talk to my "Brothers" about their skull parafanallia(I know I spelled that wrong!), yet for me to own a "Christian" cd with skulls on the cover and songs about "Keeping company outside the licor store" (Oh! Gravity) Antonio (a current gangster friend) told me "it sounds like they're ready to case the joint not do some Godly thing, and we all know no CHRISTIANS (with an air of sarcasm) don't drink." It's music and cds like this that are tellin ghim faith is a joke and I'm with him on this one!
So, though I really like switchfoot music, and happily own other cds, I would never recommend or own this CD. To me it gives off a hypocritical impression. Now I know ya'll are gonna argue that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but this is a CD.
I'm just saying God should look more inviting and appealing. If God looked just like the other bad stuff out there, people like me and my "brothers" wouldn't have wanted Him. When we want to change, we want something new, not the same old stuff we're leaving behind. That's my personal opinion and I'm sorry if it offends anyone., but I just cannot believe people are trying to offer me the same kind of stuff I'm trying to leave behind! This stuff does not attract me to God it turns me off! Sheesh people!!! I wouldn't hand pout beer and say "Jesus saves".The Bible says if a man is thirsty give him a drink.(but I'm sure it doesn't mean that kind!)
All I'm saying is if you want to reach the lost, give them something different than the stuff that buried 'em. If you have a map that's drawn wrong, you'll never find your way, even if someone gives a new map just like it. Do you know what I mean???
FIRST IMPRESSIONS COUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and that CD left a bad one with me. (I was furious when a certain radio station started to play "Oh! Gravity" so I complained. I wasn't alone either and they wound up pulling it from their playlist, for good reason. I know the lyrics because I saw a performance of this song on TV and I had the closed captions on! It was appaling!! I ran these lyrics past a few of my teachers and some adults I trusted, too. They felt the same as me. I am now turned off this album and I refuse to hear any more music from it. I hope the guys learn something from this and do a better job next time.
That's my stand and God wants me to hold to it. I also have one other reason and this is for you parents out there... as a parent would you want your child(ren) having music with those kind of graphics an lyrics? I have a young impressionable son to look out for and that CD will not help him any. View All Music And Book Reviews By jackblade52 | View jackblade52's Profile
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