Wednesday, January 16, 2008

5 really lyrically profound songs that you should buy

in no particular order:
1. equally skilled - jon foreman
2. masters of war - bob dylan
3. rich young ruler - derek webb
4. waiting for the other shoe to fall - kyle lent
5. john wayne gacy, jr. - sufjan stevens

4 comments:

Ali said...

I love "Rich Young Ruler". And I love you!

emilyb said...

what about that song from quarterblacks? what's it called??

kyle said...

thanks for the shout out.

i like "masters of war" too, but i find it strange. it is out of character for dylan, for the most part. he even mentions this himself. while i agree with the general idea, there is one line that annoys me (and is obviously not biblically accurate): "even jesus would never forgive what you do".

good choices. i've been digging the "fall" EP. i haven't purchased the winter one yet. have you?

Ben said...

i haven't yet. i hear ya about dylan's song. i certainly don't agree with everything he says (i'm not even sure if he does). but, it's still a very profound and powerful song, and i can sense his sentiment when writing it.

didn't even know the winter album was out. i'll have it by the day's end.