Category: Songs

Music performances and song posts, excluding books and movies.

Cuts Like a Knife – Bryan Adams

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The title track from Bryan Adams's 1983 album, Cuts Like a Knife, was his first big breakthrough hit in America. Its slow-burning verses build to that famous na-na-na chorus that whole arenas still sing together at the top of their lungs. Seen through a Christian lens, Bryan Adams gives heartbreak...

Two Tickets to Paradise – Eddie Money

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Two Tickets to Paradise came from Eddie Money's 1978 debut album. The former New York police officer turned rock singer delivered it with big guitars, a pounding beat, and a whole lot of heart. Seen through a Christian lens, Eddie Money turns a dream into an invitation. The man in the song has...

Fool in the Rain — Led Zeppelin

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From Led Zeppelin's 1979 album In Through the Out Door, Fool in the Rain rolls on a shuffling groove before John Bonham launches into a joyful samba breakdown. Robert Plant sings about waiting for a date who never shows up. He realizes he was standing on the wrong corner. Seen through a Christian...

Trampled Under Foot – Led Zeppelin

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From Led Zeppelin's 1975 double album Physical Graffiti, Trampled Under Foot is built on John Paul Jones's funky clavinet and Jimmy Page's slashing guitar. Inspired by Robert Johnson's blues, it became one of the band's most powerful live songs. Seen through a Christian lens, the title reminds me...

Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

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From Led Zeppelin's 1971 fourth album, Stairway to Heaven begins with Jimmy Page's gentle acoustic guitar and recorders, then climbs into one of rock's most famous solos. Robert Plant sings about a lady who thinks she can buy her way to heaven. Seen through a Christian lens, the song opens...

Stone in Love — Journey

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From Journey's 1981 album Escape, Stone in Love features Steve Perry's soaring voice and Neal Schon's blazing guitar. It's a song about the sweet summers of young love, full of hot nights, old memories, and youthful freedom. Journey brings young love and summer nights rushing back. I'm grateful...

Wheel in the Sky — Journey

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Wheel in the Sky came from Journey's 1978 album Infinity, the first album with Steve Perry on vocals. With Neal Schon's pounding riff, it tells the story of a traveler far from home, wondering where tomorrow will lead. Seen through a Christian lens, Journey gives distance and uncertainty an...

Carey — Joni Mitchell

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From Joni Mitchell's classic 1971 album Blue, Carey was written while she lived in a cave community in Matala, on the Greek island of Crete. With bright dulcimer and easy charm, it celebrates a free-spirited friend and a carefree season. Seen through a Christian lens, Joni Mitchell makes wandering...

Don’t Interrupt the Sorrow — Joni Mitchell

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From Joni Mitchell's 1975 album The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Don't Interrupt the Sorrow is a dreamy, poetic song full of strange images and big questions. Its loose, jazzy groove and layered lyrics invite you to listen again and again. Joni Mitchell sends my thoughts toward Ethiopia, faraway...