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Why I love David Crowder Band
Posted on: June 7, 2011
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Definitely not because they are quitting on me. Jokes.
I’m sad they are breaking up. But I do wish each of the members all the best with the new chapters of their lives.
I got introduced to DC*B back in 2006. Dude named Josh played one of their songs as he was leading worship at a camp – “Here is our king”, and I immediately loved that song. I kinda forgot about them after that until I saw the music video for “forever and ever and ever etc” which made me laugh. Then my rockstar “cousin” Sarah told me to go check out their other songs, and the more I listened, the more I loved their vibe.
I think the thing that hooked me is their use of words…the way…they say the same things other songs have, you know, but in way that it’s never been said before. a way that actually makes you think about what you’re singing instead of just repeating another line of song you’ve been repeating since your first sunday school class. and the honesty in their songs. take for example the lyrics of all i can give:
“Lord I’m tired, so tired from walking. And Lord I’m so alone. And Lord the dark is creeping in – creeping up to swallow me. I think I’ll stop; rest here a while. And didn’t You see me cry’n? And didn’t You hear me call Your name? Wasn’t it You I gave my heart to? I wish You’d remember where you sat it down. And this is all that I can say right now – I know it’s not much.”
Reminds me of some of the stuff David wrote in the Psalms…you know, “God where are you? Why aren’t you listening? Can’t you see I’m hurting?” type stuff.
Also, their music, although very much sunday morning music, is also…not sunday morning music. take their latest offering for example, titled church music. it’s church music…but you’re probably not gonna hear it in your church. so it’s church music to be played outside of the building.
sorry, i have no idea how to explain the thoughts in my head right now.
anyway, will leave you with the lyrics from one of my fave DC*B songs:
Only You
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Take my heart, I Lay it down
At the feet of you whose crowned
Take my life, I’m letting go
I lift it upto You who’s throned
And I will worship You, Lord Only You, Lord
And I will bow down before You Only You Lord
Take my fret, take my fear
All I have, I’m leaving here
Be all my hopes, be all my dreams
You’re my delights, be my everything
And It’s just you and me here now
Only you and me here now
You should see the view
When it’s only You
I wrote this for my other blog – was posted yesterday – but felt it was life related as well, so i’m posting it again. sorry to those who read both blogs.
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So this weekend 2 major things happened. Well, major for me.
1. My Favorite Band – woldwide – The David Crowder Band announced that they are breaking up. This broke my heart. I have yet to see this band live. I’ve loved every album this band has put out, and was hoping there would be many more to come…but alas…
2. My Favorite South African Band won a SAMA. Happiness.
Now, with the breakup of DC*B, this leaves the top spot open. This post is gonna try to explain why VTW is now in the running for the top spot.
There is a satirical Christian blog called “Stuff Christians Like”. The title, if you didn’t already catch it, is taken from the blog “Stuff White People Like”. SCL is written by Jon Acuff and it lists some of the weird and crazy and funny things that we Christians sometimes do. The very first post was about how we Christians like to take secular pop culture trends and Christianise them, like turning “Got Milk?” into “Got Jesus?”, “Adidas” into “Add Jesus”, or even, you know, “Stuff White People Like” into “Stuff Christians Like”…ahem. Anyway, the problem with this trend is that we, as Chrsitians, believe that God is creative, that we are made in the image of God, which would make us innately creative. But when we take someone else’s idea and Christianise it, we are not being creative, we are stealing someone else’s ideas. If we really believe that we are created in God’s image, we would take this whole using our creativity thing more seriously, we would be forerunners in creativity.
All this to say, VTW won a SAMA for their album cover artwork. It is brilliant. It is creative. It is different. It is original. I’ve talked about that CD cover before on this blog. Anyway, members of the band, Rasheed Ferguson and Nicholas Smal, were the creatives behind the artwork. And they are Christian. They used their God-given creative abilities on this project, won an award for it, and gave all the glory to God for it. Love it!
Secondly, the media is, unfortunately, not very “normal christians” friendly. They love adding to hype when some crazy, fanatical, “christian” says something ridiculous “in the name of Christ” (rapture, Qur’an burning, etc). They like to paint Christians as these weird freaks/hypocrites (to be fair, we do give them a lot of amo). So, for a “Christian” band to come out and get positive media attention, based solely on their musicianship, and not some crazy weird hype, takes some serious talent I think. [the reason I used quotes on christian band is because, although the band members are outspokenly christian, "VTW don't bill themselves as an out-and-out 'Christian band', but their message is unequivocal and the lyrics address what seem to be personal histories of struggles with life and faith. They manage to serve this up without being heavy-handed, coming as they seem to be from a personal stance rather than being idealistic or preachy" quote taken from here ]
Which leads me to my third point: the first time i absolutely fell in love with this band was when they were performing a free show at the waterfront ampitheater and like halfway through the show, Rash started sharing about his faith and the hope which comes from his relationship with Christ, and like these two chicks who were sitting behind me realised for the first time that VTW (then New Altum) were a christian band and they were all “but they are so good though”. which made me sad and happy at the same time. VTW reaches those people who would usually not go to a christian concert. And they use the abilities God gave them to share the love of God and the hope their relationship with Christ has brought them without getting all preachy and offending people.
Ok, last point: amidst the craziness and ridiculousness of May 21st’s Judgement/Rapture Day jokes, VTW went on to 5FM and sang a song which talked about the second coming of Christ. That freakin takes guts/conviction of your beliefs. People around the world were making fun of the Rapture and Judgement Day and Chrsitianity as a whole, and here come these guys onto a national radio show and they sing about their belief in the second coming. I need to get those lyrics – was the first time hearing that song, but what I got was that they were were saying that the second coming is real but they also know that we don’t know the day or the hour, He will come like a thief in the night. And while we try to be prepared, we know that we don’t need to fear cos Jesus is on our side. He’s coming for us to lead us home. Our trials and tribulations on this earth only serve as a reminder to look to Him. We believe in the second coming, but, in Christ, we have security instead of fear.
holding on to their beliefs. loving Jesus.
that’s why i love versus the wolf
You are my joy
Posted on: October 25, 2010
Title: You are my joy
Artist: David Crowder*Band
Album: A Collision
Year: 2005
And He set me on fire, and I am burning alive.
With His breath in my lungs I am coming undone.
And he set me on fire and I am burning alive.
With his breath in my lungs I am coming undone.
And I cannot hold it in
Remain composed.
Love’s taken over me
So I propose the letting myself go.
I am letting myself go.
You are my joy.
You are my joy.
You are my joy.
You are my joy.
And He set me on fire, and I am burning alive.
With His breath in my lungs I am coming undone.
And He set me on fire, and I am burning alive.
With His breath in my lungs I am coming undone.
And I cannot hold it in and remain composed.
Love’s taken over me and so I propose the letting myself go.
I am letting myself go.
You are my joy.
You are my joy.
You are my joy.
You are my joy.
I need to catch my breath, I need to.
I need to catch my breath, give me a moment now.
You are my joy.
You are my joy.
You are my joy.
You are my joy.
I’m laughing so hard
And I’m laughing so hard
And I’m laughing so hard
All that I can say
Posted on: May 17, 2010
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Title: All that I can say
Artist: David Crowder*Band
Album: All that I can say
Year: 1999
Lord I’m tired
So tired from walking
And Lord I’m so alone
And Lord the dark
Is creeping in
Creeping up
To swallow me
I think I’ll stop
Rest here a while
And this is all that I can say right now
And this is all that I can give
And didn’t You see me cry’n?
And didn’t You hear me call Your name?
Wasn’t it You I gave my heart to?
I wish You’d remember
Where you sat it down
And this is all that I can say right now
And this is all that I can give
I didn’t notice You were standing here
I didn’t know that
That was You holding me
I didn’t notice You were cry’n too
I didn’t know that
That was You washing my feet
And this is all that I can say right now
And this is all that I can give
…that’s my everything
Worship Setlist – May 9th, 2010
Posted on: May 9, 2010
Firstly, happy mother’s day to all the mother’s around the world. Hope you have all had/are having a blessed one.
Secondly, this post is part of a weekly worship blog carnival, so do stop by the worship community for more setlists and sermon recaps from around the world…
Morning:
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Blessed be the name of the Lord (Matt and Beth Redman)
The stand (Joel Houston)
How great is our God (Chris Tomlin)
I can only imagine (MercyMe)
Was visiting my mom this weekend and so went to her church. Was really cool. Enjoyed it. The preach was on spiritual warfare and the need to be ready for battle at every moment.
Evening:
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Trading my sorrows (Darrel Evans)
Endlessly (John Egan)
Glory (Reuben Morgan)
Wholly yours (David Crowder*Band)
Today (Brian Doerksen)
Nothing but the blood (Matt Redman)
Kev led tonight. Really digging the whole accoustic vibes…2 accoustic guitars, 1 djembe, 2 vocalists.
Before the service started Brett had us fill out a questionnaire which included stuff from “is eating McDonald’s a sin”, “is eating only junk food a sin”, “is listening to bootleg music a sin” to heavy stuff like “is abortion a sin”, “what if it was a choice between the mother with 60% chance of survival and a baby with 10% chance of survival”…
The preach was entitled “The crit of of the hippo”…aka Hypocrisy. It was on judging others and then going out and doing the same things…well not the same things but like saying smoking is a sin, but eating only fast food is ok. They are both bad for you, they are both a waste of money, etc, and yet we tend to look at one as a sin and the other as ok. So basically the preach was on the removing of the plank in your eye before you point out the splinter in your brother’s eye.
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“It starts in my toes
makes me crinkle my nose
where ever it goes
i always know
that you make me smile
please stay for a while now”
that’s from the chorus of colbie caillat’s bubbly…and that’s exactly how i feel right now.
i am happy.
i am joyful.
i am rejoicing because He loves me so…the creator of the universe is looking down on me with LOVE!
and for now that’s enough!
i’ve been playing intoxicating by david crowder*band over and over cos it pretty much says how i’m feeling right now. here are the lyrics:
Intoxicating u are to me
Illuminating u are to see
Truly breathtaking u are to breathe
Sending my head spinning u are, u see
And I’ve lost my mind, I’m sure to find
Need to apologize for my
Lack of inhibition, for my belligerent condition
But with u this near I’m dizzy
Inebriating u are to me
Completely captivating u are u see
Sending my world spinning u are, u see
And now I find a blurry line
Here between u and I
Raise the cup, drink ’til I’m full
Sing ’til I can’t, ’til my voice is gone
And my head is spinning
If I’m out of my mind it’s u, u
‘Cause I’m crazy in love with u, u
Inebriated by u, u
‘Cause I’m head over heels with u, u
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This post is part of the One Word at a time blog carnival where we are working our way though the fruit of the Spirit. Check out more posts on the theme of “Joy” here.
Free Worship
Posted on: March 16, 2010
so brett has this belief that worship events should be free. and in principle i agree, just dont know if it’s practically possible.
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march 4th some friends and i went to go see the Jesus Culture crew do their thing. i really dig their songs, and they are quite easy to worship with and stuff and well, i think i’ve mentioned my connection with the song “how he loves us”, sloppy wet kisses and all.
anyway, the day before that we had cell group – we are working through the pastoral letters and that day we just happened to be looking at chapter 5 which, among other things, deals with pastoral wages and stuff. we had a really good debate around that, whether we should pay for worship events, whether there should be paid worship leaders, whether the verse only pertains to pastors and not other church-empoyeed people, how that, if it does, relates to the israelites and the levites, etc.
one of the questions raised was whether it was ok from a Jesus follower point of view to pass by a homeless person to go buy a ticket to a worship event…but then in the same way, is it ok to pass by a homeless person to go buy a meal from some super expensive restaurant when it’s cheaper to cook at home…or is it ok to buy a 3 bedroom house when there are homeless people on the streets…or is it ok to buy a guitar when there are children who might go without food tonight?
another point raised was on the fact that these worship events, or these “christian celebrities” can end up being the point of worship…in other words, you end up worshipping them instead of letting them be vessels of worshipping God. for instance, why on earth do we have christian music awards? really? worship song of the year? what – God liked that one out of all the others this year? and who are glorifying when we tell the songwriter that they had the best worship song of the year?
my thoughts on the whole worship should be free thing are: worship is free. you can’t pay for worship, it’s impossible. you can use your money to worship something, but you can’t buy worship…it’s something that happends internally. but at the same time, if i’m willing to pay R300 on a Muse concert (which i totally am…so love that band…especially live) then I should be willing to pay it for a worship event. again, i’m not paying for the worship, i’m paying for the event. I’m paying for the venue, I’m paying so that the sound guy and the technicians can get paid, and for flights and accormodation for the band and whatever else…that’s where my money is going right? I can’t say i’m paying for worship because, even without the money, worship can happen…and even with the money worship can not happen.
And i totally get the whole who are we worshipping vibe. but it’s not kim walker’s fault. she’s here to worship with her brothers and sisters in africa. and well, songwriting and touring and all that is her job and according to Paul she should get paid for it. The problem is not with the musicians, or the worship event itself. the problem is when we focus on who’s leading the worship instead of who we are worshipping. the problem is when we make the worship leaders celebrities instead of fellow workers in the vineyard. the problem is that we take our eyes off the ONLY one who’s truly deserving of our worship…Christ himself.
Having said that, I must admit that I’m a huge fan of the David Croder*Band and Tree 63 and New Altum and a few other bands out there. So not excluding myself from the whole celebratising of worship leaders. For instance, a couple of years ago the Passion crew (Louie Giglio et al) were doing a world tour with a cape town stop. i saw DC*B on the lineup and bought a ticket immediately. but then they pulled out…and I was really sad for a moment…and that got me thinking, am i going to the passion conference to hear DC*B or to worship God? And once that was resolved I had an awesome time worshipping God with 6000 other young people. Again same thing happened with New Altum and Tree 63 at Arise Fest. And each time God keeps reminding me where the focus should be.
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Another stewardship goal: be a good steward of my yearning to worship. where am I laying my worship? whom am I putting before God? who/what do I worship instead of Him?
All Around Me
Posted on: February 10, 2010
Title: All Around Me
Artist: David Crowder* Band (cover – original by Flyleaf)
Album: Church Music
Year: 2009
My hands are searching for You
My arms are outstretched towards You
I feel You on my fingertips
My tongue dances behind
my lips for You
This fire rising through my being
Burning, I’m not used to seeing You
I’m alive, I’m alive
I can feel you all around me
Thickening the air I’m breathing
Holding on to what I’m feeling
Savoring this heart that’s healing
My hands float up above me
And You whisper You love me
And I begin to fade
Into our secret place
The music makes me sway
The angels singing say we
are alone with You
I am alone and they are too with You
I’m alive, I’m alive
I can feel you all around me
Thickening the air I’m breathing
Holding on to what I’m feeling
Savoring this heart that’s healing
And so I cry
The light is white
And I see You
I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive
I can feel you all around me
Thickening the air I’m breathing
Holding on to what I’m feeling
Savoring this heart that’s healing
Take my hand, I give it to you
Now you own me, all I am
You said You would never leave me
I believe You, I believe
I can feel you all around me
Thickening the air I’m breathing
Holding on to what I’m feeling
Savoring this heart that’s healing
This post is part of a weekly worship blog carnival, so do stop by the worship community for more setlists and sermon recaps from around the world…
Morning:
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All of my days (Hillsong)
Great is the Lord God Almighty (Reuben Morgan)
Enter this temple (Leeland)
Lord you have my heart (Martin Smith)
Eagle’s wings (Reuben Morgan)
Brett preached this morning on relationships…specifically on love with a special focus on marriages. Verses used: Matthew 22: 34 – 40; Luke 15: 11- 32; 1 Corinthians 13; Ephesians 5: 22 – 33; John 13: 1 – 5; Luke 23: 33 – 34; Matthew 18: 21 – 35; John 4: 20 – 21.
Evening:
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Come and listen (David Crowder* Band)
Lord you are worthy (Brad Klynsmith)
How great is our God (Brad Klysmith)
How great is your faithfulness (Matt Redman)
Hallelujah (your love makes me sing) (Brian Doerkson/Brenton Brown)
Revelation Song (Kari Jobe)
Kevin led today and I really enjoyed the worship today. Didn’t have drums so it was accoustic, but vibey accoustic which was really cool. Kev was on guitar, Ross on djembe, and then kev and I vocals. I learned 3 of the 6 songs an hour before the service started…but it went really well I think.
Brett preached tonight as well. This time on our identity in Christ.Verses: Exodus 1: 8 – 22 and 2: 1 – 15 (who Moses was overruled the expectations of his context in society – who we are in Christ overrules the expectations of society – we are no longer bound to sin); Ruth 1: 1 – 18 (Ruth intentionally takes on the context of her society – we have to choose to turn our backs on sin); Luke 15: 11 – 32 (the son intentionally renounces the context of his society – even though we keep turning back to the worlds way, we have to choose to keep returning to the father). If you don’t know your identity in Christ, you won’t live in it: the authority, privileged, and responsibility that comes with the knowledge.
