Apologetix - 1999 - Biblical Graffiti

Apologetix - 1999 - Biblical Graffiti


TRACK LISTING:

01 - One Way
02 - Twins Came Out
03 - Every Step to Take
04 - 969
05 - Second Timothy
06 - You Ain't Been Nothing Yet
07 - Donkey Talked With Him
08 - Ronomy
09 - Credence Thru Deepwater Survival
10 - Lawful Woman 0 In A Bad Place
11 - Kick in the Wall Pt. 2
12 - Fast Paul
13 - Jail Got Rocked
14 - Put You Down in My Will
15 - Crazy Little King God Loves
16 - Dancing Dave
17 - Smart Blest Man
18 - Revelation Man
19 - Armageddon Valley Someday
20 - Droppin' on the Sun
21 - Bends to Low Places
22 - Enter Samson


PARODY OF:

01 - "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies
02 - "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles
03 - "Every Breath You Take" by The Police
04 - "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams
05 - "Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground
06 - "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by BTO
07 - "Honky Tonk Women" by The Rolling Stones
08 - "Runaway" by Del Shannon
09 - "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 - "Long Cool Woman - In A Black Dress" by The Hollies
11 - "Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2" by Pink Floyd
12 - "The Way" by Fastball
13 - "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley
14 - "Push" by Matchbox 20
15 - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
16 - "Dancing Days" by Led Zeppelin
17 - "Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZ Top
18 - "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers
19 - "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by The Monkees
20 - "Walkin' on the Sun" by Smash Mouth
21 - "Friends in Low Places" by Garth Brooks
22 - "Enter Sandman" by Metallica


EXTRA INFORMATION;

Yeah, we admit that "Biblical Graffiti" is an unlikely combination of words, but, then again, so is "Christian Rock" and "Jesus Freak."

Thirty-five years ago, Simon and Garfunkel said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls." But thousands of years ago, you can find much older biblical graffiti– way back in the book of Daniel, chapter 5, with the original "writing on the wall."

We confess that we weren't thinking about Daniel when the words "Biblical Graffiti" first came to us, although that was a confirmation. Actually, we were thinking about how this CD would have many songs encompassing many styles, so we considered spoofing some famous diverse double album from the past like the Beatles' White Album, the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street," or Pink Floyd's "The Wall" (yeah, we obviously thought about that one.)

Then, we remembered Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffiti." and a light bulb went on. Not only is "Biblical Graffiti" a cool title, it's got a nifty little story behind it:

When ApologetiX lyricist J. Jackson was in grade school, a bunch of kids in his grade were writing smutty graffiti on the walls and stalls of the boys' room and it bothered him. Although J. wasn't a born-again Christian yet, God was already working in his life and he started writing scripture verses and verse numbers (He didn't really know verse numbers so he made them up from what he remembered from church) next to the offensive graffiti.

Anyway, it's kind of ironic because J. didn't know the Bible very well back then but there he was back then trying to sanctify the sacrilegious by adding scripture verses and verse numbers–way back in grade school. Kind of prophetic on God's part, don't you think? All in all, it was another brick in the wall of what God was building in ApologetiX.


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Torrent Tracts, April 2009