August 28, 2004

Vox Pop

My church has a large extra side room called the Paradox that they've given (rented?) for concerts by local bands. Well, last night they hosted a free concert by some of the church members' groups. The Romantiques opened with a set of Mars Hill songs. The Richard Harleman Experience followed with a minimal, Johnny Cash styled approach to country music (including a few of Johnny's songs, I think). The last group to go was Team Strike Force, one of the official church bands. They did an "accoustic" (no electric guitars) version of several of their songs and ended with a no-guitars-at-all arrangement of one of my favorites:

Destructor
music, song and arrangement (c)Team Strike Force

[I prefer the arrangement of the second one listed at the above link.]

From the first time you flooded the earth
To the last time you burned off the curse
To the way that you hated your Son
When you hung all the sins of the world

Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy

Heaven will disappear with a roar
The host of God will come to destroy
Sin is a declaration of war
God will have his glory one way or another

In reverence we'll come to your throne
Indebted to your Holy Son
The ripe vine of the earth will be crushed
And your light will shine over the earth

Posted by jonhanneman at August 28, 2004 7:04 AM