Remembrance Sunday

I admit it. Another Doctor Who themed post – but a beautiful moment of television that is good for this time of year:

Doctor Who: Waters of Mars Trailer

Very much looking forward to this!

The Grand Delirious Review – Mezzamorphis

Now what can be said about a Christian CD that prompted such a huge storm over such a simple lyric? The combination of less direct worship, and the “pretty as hell” line led to some crazy crazy out bursts online that Delirious had “sold out”.

Hopefully the gift of time has led to these opinions being reevaluated, and hopefully being are now able to see what a great album this actually is. I would normally talk about the high lights of the album, but really… I’m not sure where I’d start.

Where if I slagged the album off, I’d say something like: “Why would they want to release See The Star as a single? It really wasn’t very good”. That moan was more then compensated a year later when the sublime “Its Ok” was released. A beautiful track that any band would be proud of recording.

This really was an album that increased the quality expectation for any Christian band. Ever.

The Grand Delirious Review – d:tour live

Well what can I say…

The first of some amazing live albums – This kinda sums it up

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Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith – TV Trailer

Very much looking forward to this!

The Grand Delirious Review – King of Fools

There was a fresh buzz about Christian Music back in the late nineties.   This band from the south east of England was releasing their first proper – full length studio album… and it turned out pretty amazing. If you visit a Christian couple in their twenties / thirties these days – theres a fairly high chance they have this CD in their collection.

The theme of the album continues on with the positive pop tinged with worship roots  that ran through Cutting Edge Fore.

Highlights of the album include the radio single “Deeper” (a theme tune of my teenage life), the catchy worship of “Revival Town”  , and the Rock emotion of “Promise”. Its the back to back tracks of harder emotion of “Promise” and “King or Cripple” that probably gives the strongest flavor of the next studio album.

No review of King of Fools will be complete without mentioning “History Maker”. A song that grew out of the album to have its own life on the road and at youth worship events the world over.  The album version of this song sadly continues with the gentle pop sound, not managing to capture the raw energy of the song live. Thats to come in the next CD…

John 14. Theres no place like home

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. 2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home.[a] If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?[b] 3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”
5 “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. 7 If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is.[c] From now on, you do know him and have seen him!”

8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”

9 Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me. 11 Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the work you have seen me do.

12 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. 13 You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. 14 Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!
John 14:1-14

News on Final Delirious Tour

Just seen this on twitter:

MartinSmithTV Heading home for a week with Anna and the kids. Then we start rehearsing for our last UK/Tour. Mezzanine Floor is on the list…

The Delirious fan boy inside of me is getting excited!!!

Bono Blames Success on Fans?

Found the following on Digital Spy

Bono: ‘U2 album was too challenging’

Saturday, October 24 2009, 19:56 BST

By Catriona Wightman

WENN

Bono has admitted that he is disappointed with the lack of success for U2’s recent album.

No Line On The Horizon was a number one album, but single ‘Get On Your Boots’ peaked at number 12 in the single charts and ‘I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight’ only reached number 32.

According to The Mirror, Bono is unhappy that the band didn’t “pull off the pop songs”.

He explained: “We weren’t really in that mindset and we felt that the album was kind of an almost extinct species, and we should approach it in totality and create a mood and a feeling, and a beginning, middle and end.”

The frontman added that the record might have been too complex for fans.

“I suppose we’ve made a work that is a bit challenging for people who have grown up on a diet of popstars,” he said.

Really?
Not much to do with the fact that it was very different to the rock albums that U2 have released recently? Not much to do with releasing pants pop tunes as singles? Hopefully U2 will go back to the drawing board for the next album.