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We're screaming out our lungs Well, hey welcome
to hey, are you listening? This is a podcast
exploring the past the present and future of
Christian music now My name is Joel and I'm here
with my good friend Brandon and we got connected
over a mutual love of some particular artists
But have some pretty different tastes too And
so this is a fun opportunity for us to get experience
some new things from each other While also inviting
some friends along for the ride Brandon. How's
it going today? I'm doing amazing, Joel. The
weather outside, we officially hit the 60s today.
So I was late to recording because I had to run
back inside and change into some fall clothes.
That's how excited I am. So I totally feel that.
I took my dog out this morning and stepped out
into the wonderful 62 degrees that was happening
outside. And I'm like, I'm a little chilly. I
mean, throw a hoodie on, but I didn't do it.
But it's fine. Yeah, I'm really excited for that
too. It's gonna be fun. Well today, we are going
to be covering a record that I think is one of
my favorite records. We're gonna be listening
to the album Sixpence None the Richer by Sixpence
None the Richer. And we'll get more into that
in just a little bit. But I thought it might
be fun for us as we kick things off today. To
do it with a little game based on Sixpence's
catalog, but kind of before we get into all that
Let's talk a little bit about our history with
this band to kind of give our listeners an idea
of where we are with it So what's your what's
your history with Sixpence? I think I'm that
stereotypical person that could name two of their
songs like a year ago. Um It wasn't until last
year that they were coming to Charleston and
I really enjoyed their EP last year and so through
that and going to the concert I started listening
to some more of their stuff but even going into
this like I feel like I don't know if I could
have named three songs off of this album so I
went into this with definitely just a blank like
slight Yeah, well everybody knows one song off
this album at least. But yeah, for me, so I started
listening to Sixpence back in high school and
it was their second record, This Beautiful Mess,
that really captured me and caught me and brought
me in. And then when this record came along,
It was a pretty different feel for them, more
actually akin to their first record, The Fatherless
and the Widow that came out a long time ago.
But yeah, this record went places that none of
their other records had ever gone. But I would
just immediately love this band. I saw them play
at Cornerstone. I don't remember what year, 2003
probably. when I was there and they played the
main stage and I remember watching them play
uh -huh and Thinking like this is why this band
is so huge Because they deserve to be yeah this
huge They were just incredible and yeah, and
then we get to see him Kind of on there like
current reunion. Yeah thing we We both went to
that show which was a lot of fun. So yeah So
for me, they've been kind of like a part of my
history and I've tried to stay engaged in everything
that they're doing but So with that today, we're
gonna play a game called deep cut or made up
and so This is based on their catalog. And so
what we're gonna do is I'm gonna give you two
song titles and you need to tell me If it's a
deep no, they're not all necessarily deep cuts
But um, if it's a deep cut or if it's made up
and so basically if it's pick which one is the
real sixpence non -creature song And so we're
gonna start off pretty easy in round one And
so I think you'll be able to figure this one
out for sure. But um round one is two songs one
is kiss me And the second song is lanterns in
the fog Which one's the real Sixpence song? Definitely
gotta go with A. Yes, you're right. Kiss Me from
their self -titled Sixpence None the Richer record,
which we're going to cover today. Alright, round
two. It's going to get a little harder. First
off is Love, Salvation, and the Fear of Death
or Shadows on the Water. We go with the first
one being real. You're right. I love that song.
Love salvation and the fear of death. Alright,
round three. Between Sundays or Loser Like Me?
I'm gonna think Loser Like Me. You're right.
Yep. between sundays it sounded like a song you'd
hear like on the radio that would be very like
cliche like cliche christian music yeah yeah
um yeah loser like me i think is just uh from
their um best of album that came out it's kind
of like a bonus track that got released on them
all right round four melody of you or glorious
machine Melody of You? Yeah, that's right. From
the album after their self -titled album, Divine
Discontent. There's a lot of just shooting in
the dark with it. You heard that song live when
we saw them live. when when I first heard that
we were doing a game that was my biggest fear
was that I was gonna say that doesn't sound real
you're gonna say brain and you told me that was
your favorite song from the show that's so funny
all right um round number five um my dear machine
or the last poet song I feel like Feel like it's
it's too obvious. So I'm gonna have to go with
the the machine one That's right You're doing
so good Yeah, my dear machine is from Lost in
Translation, which was their 2012 record that
came out kind of out of nowhere. All right I
think this one you might know But round number
six. All right, is it heavens radio or thread
the needle? Oh, Thread the Needle. Yeah, you
knew that one because you like that EP. I was
hoping I was like, man, just give me something
from the past two years. It's a great song. All
right. Round seven. Lips of an angel's prayer
or bleeding. Oh, man. I feel like this is one
of those trick ones where you say both of them
are one. I feel like they like long titles, so
I'm gonna go with the... Lips of an angel's prayer?
Lips of an angel's prayer. Ah, got that one wrong.
Sorry, it was bleeding. That's from this beautiful
mess. All right. Silver lining daydream or Solomon
the mystic. Had the first one silver lining daydream
Yeah to me that sounds like it would be a stereotypical
six -pin song, but it's actually solemn and the
mystic. Oh They so they put out an EP between
this beautiful mess and the self -titled that
was called tickets for a prayer will and that
was from that. Yeah All right We're getting closer
to the end here Next round, Angel Tread or Midnight
Carousel? Both of them sound like it. Midnight
Carousel sounds like it'd be such a cool song.
I'm gonna go with that one. Oh man, sorry. It's
Angel Tread, which is from This Beautiful Mess.
Yeah, there's a lot on here from my favorite
Sixpence record. Alright, and lastly, Field of
Flowers or Whispers in the Cathedral? Whispers
in the cathedral. It's field of flowers So you
like the first half of it you were killing it
like round six. It would have been You were doing
so well, it's it's fine. It's fine Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, so field of flowers is from their first
record fatherless on the widow Okay, which is
a really interesting listen to go back to you.
So Alright, well, let's talk for a second about
what we have been listening to lately so Brandon,
hey, are you listening to something new? Yeah
I'm listening to Gable Price and Friends came
out with a new single a human point of view last
Friday and I really really like it it feels like
a little bit different, but They're one of those
I was telling them Mark one of her friends mark
about like they're one of those bands that I
think it's what's your style of music? And that's
what you should jump into first. It's not a every
album is just a this is their sound like it's
very different from one to one so listening to
that and then I've been listening more to I don't
know how familiar you are with radio you the
radio station out of I think it's Ohio, but Yeah,
like my my childhood they like had like John
Rube and House of Heroes and everyone on and
so I've been listening to more of that and they
have They've got like six different channels.
You can listen to it. So they have like More
heavy metal they've got like rap, but the two
ones I've got pretty much on are they're like
I Guess like a regular one. So it's a lot of
like newer stuff some old stuff and then they've
a throwback channel this just all just like Everything
from like the 2000s the 90s. So you'll have like
bleach on and then you'll have like a Hawk Nelson
song They don't have House of Heroes That's awesome.
So yeah, I really like it because there's a lot
of bands that either I listen to or that were
really big in the I think that's how like I rediscovered
like the almost hmm because I didn't really listen
a ton of their stuff, but they were on there
and um, so yeah, it's it's really cool cuz like
if I'm left to like my choices like listening
it becomes where I just get focused on having
to choose the next song and I become the DJ yeah
so sometimes it's nice just to throw on like
radio you to where like they can be the DJ so
I don't have to use all this bandwidth that like
create my own radio station that's awesome I
feel like I have a few playlists that are basically
like radio stations because I have so many songs
yeah what are songs that I love let's throw them
all on here I like that. That's really cool.
Yeah, for me, I probably I haven't mentioned
this yet on the podcast, but I think the album
that I've probably listened to more than anything
else this year is an album called Jesus by John
Guerra. And I've listened to his stuff a lot
in the past, but for whatever reason, this album
has just really captured me. And it's very like
very, like, simple and just really thoughtful.
Most of the lyrics are just pulled from scripture,
but put together into a bunch of songs about
Jesus or about things that Jesus said. And I
just love, love, love it. I think it's definitely
one of the best records of the year. so far probably
my album of the year. And so I highly recommend
that one to anybody as well as any of John Guerra's
work. I think his stuff's really fantastic. I've
been excited for that one. It's been really good.
All right, well let's transition into talking
about the album that we're here to talk about
today. So today, hey, are you listening to Sixpence
None the Richer by Sixpence None the Richer?
And so I pulled together some facts about this
album that I thought might be interesting just
to kind of set up for us a little bit. So early
on Sixpence was on a label called Rex, which
was a Christian label. And then they kind of
found themselves homeless a little bit. But this
album, They started working on and it ended up
getting picked up by squint. Mm -hmm, which is
Steve Taylor's label that was kind of rolling
at the time and So this is the third studio album
by six pence none the richer it came out on November
22nd 1997 It was certified platinum by the RIAA
on February 9th 2000 for a million units sold
in the United States. It was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album at the
41st Annual Grammy Awards. When this came out,
it kind of, I mean Sixpence fans bought it, but
the funny thing was it wasn't until two years
later that this album blew up, which is a really
rare thing I feel like in music. But it's because
this the song kiss me got released as a single
because it was in a movie uh -huh And as soon
as that happened like it went nuts and this album
That was just like an album released on squint
like blew up to be this huge thing And they skyrocketed
to like global fame An interesting thing about
six bits that as I was digging into this did
you know? Sixpence on Spotify has over 11 million
monthly listeners. And when you compare that,
you compare that to a band like DC Talk. How
many monthly listeners do you think DC Talk would
have? Maybe two to three hundred thousand. Well,
yeah, they've got about 266 ,000 but I do say
that because I saw them right in front of me
But like 11 million is wild and even like a Brandon
Lake today, he's got about Six million. Yeah
kind of the guy at the top of the of the charts
and top of his game Toby Mack about three million
and the wild thing About this is yeah this band
has this place that puts them in this category,
mostly because of this one song. But then they
were able to kind of carry that on with it with
a few other things as well. So we'll dig into
that more as we kind of get into this. But yeah,
what were your like any opening thoughts you
have or anything with this album like? What was
the first time you heard Kiss Me? Did that stand
out to you at that point in time? I feel like
it's one of those bands that were playing on
the radio as a kid, but I never was like, oh
man, Sixpence is like my band. And then I think
I started listening to them more because of Steve
Taylor, because I didn't know who he was until
he came back and made his Steve Taylor in the
Perfect Boil release yeah and um so it's kind
of just this like weird like oh 2013 I discover
Steve Taylor and then I go wait he's behind this
really big song like let me give this a listen
again yeah and like I fell in love with the song
and um it was actually the uh the first dance
at me and Jordan's wedding. Oh, that's awesome.
And um, so like I fell in love with the song,
but like I never went further than that song.
Like I never dove in and it might've been, I
tried to give it a listen to 10 years ago, but
I was like, ah, this isn't my style. I'm going
to stick to like, this is my, I'm going to stick
to the chicken tenders. I'm not going to, I'm
not going to look at the rest of the menu. I'm
going to do my like normal. And um, so yeah,
honestly, See is this listen I did with this
album. This was probably the first time I'd ever
really sat down and like I listened to it, but
I Definitely paid attention to what was happening.
Mm -hmm. Yeah. Yeah, it was hard to miss like
that moment in music history because it really
was kind of such a big deal and like I said,
I I Thought it it was so cool like The funny
thing is like Steve Taylor kind of rescued this
album from like just completely disappearing.
Sixpence was on the edge of like breaking up
and maybe not going to continue making music
and he knew them and he heard what they were
working on and was like no we need to get this
out there. There's something significant that's
happening here and so yeah I kind of immediately
was was in on this, even though it was a pretty
significant departure from from the album that
came before this beautiful mess. So all right.
Well, let's kind of get into it and start working
our way through this. And so like we always do,
we would encourage you if you want to. We can't
play this for you. But while we're talking about
this kind of track by track, you're welcome to
pull it up and kind of listen to it. In the background
as we as we kind of shift through the songs that
are happening In this but let's start off with
track number one We have forgotten. What were
your thoughts on this one? I thought it was just
an okay song I didn't really like as an opener.
So when I when it started playing I thought oh
Man, this is gonna this is I'm gonna make real
people really upset with this review. Okay, I
didn't I didn't really like care for it um and
so um but given our track record you're probably
going to say brand this is my favorite song of
the whole album no i actually agree with you
um that um this this i think was one of the poorest
choices um of the album to especially in the
opening slot um i feel like you need a song that's
really gonna like pull people in. Yeah. Um, and
I don't feel like this, this did it for me. It
is a let down. Um, I mean, I say that it's still
like a good song. Um, but it's not an, it's not
an opening song. Yeah. I think it's definitely
a placement. Um, cause I think did they not perform
this when they were here? I can't remember, honestly.
Cause I remember thinking, man, I feel like if
this would have been tracked like six or seven,
it would have been, and I know that's like, Nitpicking
but it's it's it's like we've said before I feel
like it I look as an album as a concert like
yeah draw me in Let's go like have our like ups
and downs, you know, but yeah Yeah, I think I
think it's suffered because you are expecting
something to Get you yeah. No, I agree with you
completely. I agree with you completely on that
I don't think that was a problem with them on
past records, but for whatever reason yeah, I
think it's just on the wrong spot here, so Not
my favorite opener, but that's okay. All right,
track two though is kind of where I like, we
should have started the album here. That's what
I wrote into. I was like, this should have been
like the opener. Yeah, I really liked it. I felt
like it would have been a lot better kind of
this like, okay, like we're waiting the CD, like
it gets you into the album. See, I really liked
it. I think it would have been a better opener.
Yeah, opening up the album with the line. This
is my 45th depressing tune like would have been
so good Yeah, I love I love this song Anything
I love how like the guitars are so slight in
the beginning and then there's just this slow
build to them. Yeah singing I'm also one of my
favorite like lyrics some of my favorite lyrics
on the record kind of the birth of a song There's
a lot on this album about the music industry.
Yeah, interestingly enough, but I love the idea
of like giving birth to a song Here and I just
think that the chorus melody is Incredible. The
whole song is like a slow slow build. Yeah That
just gets to your really a really good high point
and it's also the first time we're On this record
where you get like that six pence like lead guitar.
Yeah line kind of the jangly 90s guitar, which
I'm just such a sucker for so Yeah, I love I
love that song. It's so good The next one we
have is the waiting room For me, I liked it I
was trying to think of how to describe this But
it felt like I was watching a movie. I felt like
one of those songs that you throw into like a
not exactly sure what the scene is, but I felt
like it was something you find on like a movie
soundtrack. Yeah. But I kind of liked it that
it's just this like almost like a background
type of light talk. And I think they Sixpence
does that well. Yeah. It's like just the the
simple things. They can have the simplest. Lyrics
and it draws you in it's like you that's they're
a band that and I mean it's kind of a spoiler
for how I feel about this But even just the EP
they released I was like after I heard that I
was like yeah, they're a band that when they
when they're doing like a Pre -order whatever,
you know, you can just purchase it because it's
gonna be good. Yeah, and that's kind of the vibe
I got from this song was that I felt like it
was like for me it was kind of like this Regular
song, but they make it feel important, right?
One of the things that this song does that's
cool is I don't know if you noticed as you were
listening to it, but the end of track two anything
Yeah instrumentally introduces the song the waiting
room and so they're like playing on guitar like
the the vocal line for waiting room at the end
of anything and the songs just kind of like go
together And and they do that often through this
whole record where there's like movements almost
It's more than just like let's put songs Yeah
in place, but it's it's kind of like one big
song In a cool way, and so I love how that how
that happens And there's perfect flow between
yeah, it's not like one of the standout songs
for me on the album But yeah, I think it's really
good All right, so the heavy hitter At least
in most people's view kiss me track four Let
me just tell you a few things that I've found
about about this song really quick to kind of
put it in a context and so this song is In what's
called the billions club on Spotify, meaning
that it's been streamed over a billion times
You know the crazy thing about that though is
that 33 % of those over a billion streams happened
last year in 2024. When I read that, that kind
of blew my mind. Like how does this song have
such like staying power to where it's like more
popular now than like it ever has been. It's
pretty wild. So in 2024, it got certified triple
platinum following its double platinum certification
in 2023. It's been in tons of films and shows
and kind of all over the place. But this song
has just become this big staple kind of in music
and pop music. And for me, I think that there's
a reason why this song is such a a heavy hitter.
I've probably heard this song thousands of times
in my life. I couldn't even begin to count how
many times I heard it. And maybe because of that
I skip over it sometimes, but I've never disliked
it when I hear it. It's always something that
I can still enjoy. It's a song my kids love that
they're super into. I can't deny it's pretty
much a perfect pop song. um yeah i don't know
what are your thoughts well like so whenever
um me and jordan playing our wedding um just
to give context she asked me to make the like
playlist for the reception afterwards and after
like two weeks i brought it to her and i had
20 songs on there and she was like brandon people
are gonna be here for hours and i was like well
i like this song but in that song the like people
they've been dating for like six years and like
one of them's going off to like war and i'm like
that's not us she's like brandon just put it
on the playlist um so like when we were like
doing our wedding we were like i was so picky
about music and the first dance was one that
i'm like man this is probably going to be the
pickiest out of them and this song stood out
because it's so simple but that's what makes
it so good is that it's just this simple like
like oh hey we're gonna go out and do this like
we're just like like a kiss is so special yeah
and um i think that's why like you said it's
nothing i don't know if there's anything about
it that's like oh that's the best like that song's
ever done yeah and it's just everything about
it's just so good and I think you know you giving
the story behind the album I think it shines
so much on this album that it wasn't a some record
label stepping in saying we have to like like
make this like money because I feel like a record
label would go okay from now on we all it all
has to be kiss me like that's what it all has
to be and I think that's what makes it so good
is that it's like it was this like organic so
it wasn't this Steve Taylor spending 10 million
on a marketing campaign um so yeah I think it's
just it's weird how something so simple can be
so special when you do it right yeah and the
fact that it took two years for like the world
to hear it um but then like just soak it in yeah
I think the Man the guitars I think are so good
the lead lines awesome. It's just like there's
nothing about this song that doesn't work I think
what you're saying is so true and part of that's
because it's just so simple. Yeah But in everything
that it does like it it just it hits really well.
So yeah For all the Sixpence Kiss Me haters,
we are not among you, but no, I think it's a
great song. Yeah. Our next one is Easy to Ignore.
I think this one, it's good because when you...
I feel like when you are following what is arguably
like, or I don't think it's arguably, I think
it is like their most popular. A lot of people
think this is their best song. I think it holds
up well. At this point, I also started to think
Six pence is just like the female version of
jars of clay Because there's so much about this
that I'm like I could picture this being charged
that like they're charging play like that's that's
a future game like is this a jars of clay or
is it a Six pence like song or lyrics or whatever?
Yeah, yeah, that's good. Yeah, I love the I just
think the line the the track title is so good
coming out of kiss me easy to ignore Because
after that song yeah But it's a song that fits
the record really well, but I think you need
a song like this after after kiss me Yeah, I
think that's good. So track six is really interesting
Quedo Escobar Escobar Escobar I'm saying that
wrong. I need to get back on my duolingo way
to Escobar Yeah, what are your thoughts on this
one? I think it's always a huge risk when you
do something like this because I I'm a big lyric
person and I feel like I didn't have time to
go through and translate like dive into them
But I think it works. Well, I think is that like
as someone who knows more about like six pence
is there a reason why like she's like gone into
because I know that's been a couple of years
ago I reviewed a Christmas album with a friend
and one of the songs on there I'm pretty sure
was all in Spanish um I was about to name like
what I thought it was but I was like that's not
the name of the song at all but um but yeah is
that something that has happened a lot or was
a or do you know if was it ever explained why
she's like oh I just love the way the language
works or yeah i don't know a lot of that i do
know this song is based on a poem by a poet named
um pablo naruta uh -huh um and so um i think
maybe um maybe they were really big in spanish
poetry yeah i don't know the reason um for it
but like like you said they it's not the only
time they've done it although they haven't done
it a ton I'm also guessing that Sixpence is probably
huge in Spain. You know, I mean, who knows? Yeah.
And so maybe this is just like a love letter
to like their fans there. Yeah. I don't know.
But it is really interesting. I kind of musically,
it's pretty fascinating, especially towards the
end. It kind of feels like the high point of
the album like musically at the end. You've got
the strings It's very orchestral and big drums
Like there's just a lot going on it feels really
big it also sits like right at the middle of
the record Mm -hmm. And so I kind of feel like
it's just serving is like this kind of high musical
point That's like really intense towards the
end and I think her vocals are great. Like yeah,
yeah She captures the passion of it well, even
if we don't know exactly what she's saying. Our
next one is I Can't Catch You. I love this song.
I was like, I don't think there's gonna be another
song that rivals Kiss Me. But I really love this
song. I felt like I just found myself really
getting into it. The guitars are so good on this
song. They're perfect. If you asked me to pick
a song that is the epitome of 90s guitar pop,
I would probably pick this song. Just because
they're perfect. They play off each other in
this beautiful way, kind of like back and forth.
It is kind of like the this is like the other
pop song on the record Mm -hmm, but in a little
like more kind of guitar. Yeah rocking kind of
way And so yeah, this one's always been one that
I love a lot. So great great song Alright track
eight the lines of my earth Thoughts I think
it's another album highlight Lyrically, I really
enjoyed it I think, too, it made me start thinking,
oh, I like that I'm towards the end of this album
and there's still stuff that I'm like, oh, I
like this. Because I think one thing that I've
noticed about music now is, for you, it might
be different because you might be like, oh, I
can answer that right now. But just on average,
I feel like most albums I listen to now are 30
maybe 40 minutes. Like it's just each song is
three minutes. Maybe you get that one four minute
song but for this one it clocked in at I want
to say a little over an hour. It was like 13
tracks. So I caught myself at one point being
like, okay, this is like this album is going
for a while and so Like it wasn't that it was
bad. It was just I was like, oh it didn't expect
to dedicate this much time to it but yeah I really
loved it and I loved that it kind of just spotlighted
that even towards the end of it there's still
it's not just front loading all of it and I think
it goes back to you don't have this giant label
stepping in and being like okay let's do this
let's cut that it's oh for better or worse like
you know maybe a label would have chose a better
opening track but you know like yeah for six
pence it was no we want to have this one here
and this is what we want to do Yeah, I really
really love this song. I think it's probably
my favorite one on the record I Don't I don't
know what it is, but it everything just works
for me the piano. It's like jazzy I think man
The vocal melody is just gorgeous and works so
well with her voice. I like literally wrote down
in my notes How is this song so good? Don't even
I remember probably about five years ago listening
to this album for the first time in several years
and I got to this point and I was just like Man,
like I like forgot about this song and it's so
so so good. It's another one about about the
music industry. Yeah but They also do this like
beautiful like music building into the last chorus
I don't yeah this this is a perfect song for
me like Everything just works. Yeah. Well, so
I love it. I love it. That's awesome All right
track 9 sister mother I Wrote down. It's just
it's a song Like I felt like this one this one
in the opener were the two tracks that Felt like
if you if you took it off the album Like it doesn't
really like change it at all I will say later
on when I was looking through like the lyrics
and got a little more context it made more sense
I was like, okay because more of it was me just
kind of figuring out. Okay, what are I? Don't
like sometimes there's just songs I listen to
and I'm like, what are they trying to go for?
This is one of them that I'm like what? What
is the message, or what is the story behind this?
So yeah, I kind of just maybe keep thinking,
what's going on? Yeah, yeah. It's not one of
my favorite songs on the record, but I think
it fits the record really well, so I get why
it's there. For me, it's not until close to the
end of the song where I'm like, okay, I'm in
on this. There's a part where, at the very end,
like on the last chorus a guitar comes in and
her vocals like jump the octave um and it's just
it's really interesting as to like what they've
built to like be able to get there yeah um but
that's probably the highlight of it for me so
uh next track is i won't stay long um how'd you
feel about this one yeah i so This was one where
as I was reading through this I saw people talk
about how this was like a highlight of the record
Uh -huh, and I was trying to remember What is
that song like even remember how it goes? Yeah
but I yeah, I like this one like it's a really
simple song about seasonal depression But But
it works. I think the vocals on it are so good.
Her vocals on this record, as much as I even
love this beautiful mess and other six pence
work, I think her vocals on this album are probably
unmatched to anything that she's ever done. And
so I think the song's a really good example of
that. Yeah, I was going to say, I think it felt
more like an interlude. but I think it was a
highlight of the album too and I um because I
think some of their songs and it it's kind of
the same thoughts I have going back to comparing
them to Jars of Clay is that sometimes a song
is really good but I'll think oh do we have to
have that like two minute like music interlude
during the song you know or after the singing
and so to me this was just a like it's a trimmed
down like song and um it made me think too like
as an opener I feel like it would have been a
really cool like either this album or just a
concert I'm like if I was at a concert and this
starts playing I'm like all right we're in for
a show um so yeah I love this song I love that
that's great that's good yeah it's a great tune
all right track number 11 love I think I don't
know if I have any notes on that one Oh Well,
I'll kind of talk through my thoughts while you
kind of remember where you are but Yeah, this
one I love the drums kind of kicking into it.
This is another one of those moments where You
get a transition from the last song kind of straight
into this. Yeah kind of a seamless thing This
song is really so This song is the most akin
to their previous record this beautiful mess
Just kind of the crazy out there super delayed
guitars That baseline Like It's cool it sets
like a really neat groove and then I for me I
kind of feel like that this this song's like
the answer to the whole record because yeah a
lot of the records about frustration with the
music industry or depression anxiety a lot of
these different things and then you get to this
point in the album and basically it all turns
into this answer of I need love it is patience
it is kindness I need love And it's like love
is the answer To the question that they've been
like, yeah throughout the record. And so I kind
of like like that thematically Moving moving
out of this. Yeah, I as someone who has no notes
for the song I will say yes, I agree with what
was said I really feel like this is a song that
you would love I don't know if you missed it
or what but I don't know I I will say One thing
that I think happened was I went to a chat GPT
and I was like, hey, I didn't want to type out
everything. So I'm like, give me the track listing.
And when I started going through making my notes,
some of the songs weren't on there. So I think
it might've pulled for maybe like a re -release
or something. So there were some tracks on here
that I'm like, this isn't even on this album.
So then it made me start thinking, oh man, I
hope we don't record and then realize that There
is a you know, cuz for this I don't know if you
were your Apple music or if you were going off
of like The vinyl but I'm like man. I really
hope it's not one of those weird Spotify things
where they You know for legal reasons they're
taking out two of the tracks or something There's
a there's a lot of different versions of this
album. The original has 12 tracks It doesn't
have there she goes at the end. Yes then they
kind of tagged on There She Goes when it became
a single onto the record and brought it up to
13. I think you would love this one. We'll have
to give it a listen. Our next song is Moving
On. I really liked the build. It made me think
of when you're at a concert and they play that
really cool song at the end. tied to end the
show and then at the end that's where they come
back out for their encore and it's like there
she goes it made me think where it's like man
this is really cool like this is a really cool
build um see i think it was a great i know it's
not the official like album like ender yeah um
i guess from what you were saying so yeah so
yeah it makes a lot of sense i think that um
Even like if you remove there she goes it still
stands as like the album could end here and I'm
very yeah Content. Yeah, it's a it's a it's a
great song. No doubt I love how the like guitars
and strings are working together at the end Yeah,
cool thing about this too is Matt Slocum who's?
The chief songwriter. He pretty much wrote the
lyrics for the whole record or most of them and
guitarist for six bits also He's the guy that
played cello on the record. So it's kind of cool
in that way. That to me, things like that bring
it down to like a, they didn't just hire some
orchestra to come in and write parts. Like he
wrote all these parts and had these things working
together with the guitar so well. and so I um
yeah I love love love that part uh love how all
that works together I think it's a great closer
um but then yeah we have the bonus that got added
on a little later um there she goes which is
probably another one that we kind of most people
know yeah maybe even more than the original of
this song yeah yeah what were your thoughts on
there she goes yeah I um I really liked it and
I think that it's always impressive when a band
can like take a Song and make a cover and make
it their own where there's people that are like
they know it more than the original because I
think that's really hard to to do Yeah, I think
I think it was really cool. I I do think it is
interesting to think of like people who I Could
see it making people upset because if you if
you listen to it when this first came out I could
see them being annoyed going. All right we end
up this really epic note why are we having this
like silly pop song but i think for me it's like
yeah i like it because i it's i i know them like
i know that they had sang it so even when i looked
at the tracklist originally i was like okay i
know at least there'll be two songs like on this
so like this i won't be getting like a zero we'll
definitely be getting there's a one there you
know yeah i um So the original version of There
She Goes was by a band called The Laws. And it's
totally one -hit wonders, right? It's the only
song of theirs that ever really went anywhere.
Although I would recommend Fair Record that this
is on. It's really good. And it's also like a
nine. It's so funny Like it's a 90s pop song
and sixpence just covered it in the 90s and like
took it through another like level But I heard
it the first time when I watched the movie. So
I'm here to an axe murderer I don't know if you've
ever seen that Mike Myers movie. It's hilarious.
But in that movie It's like, it's a comedy bit
that they do that you usually have different
songs like transition you from one scene to another.
But pretty much every musical transition in the
whole movie is there she goes by the laws. And
so it just becomes this like funny thing of like,
oh, there's that song again. And so when I heard
Sixpence cover it, I'm like, I love that song.
but um but yeah yeah it's good um i agree with
you moving on is a better closer but i understand
uh this is where record labels get involved and
then they're like no we got to put that song
on the album somewhere yeah so people will buy
it yeah yeah that's good all right well that
covers all the tracks at least in in um normal
senses there today there are even more re -releases
with even more songs on them yeah um but we'll
just kind of leave it leave it there um so what
what would you kind of looking at the song overall
what what was your overall thoughts on it and
maybe your overall rating um i think overall
like i said going into it i was thinking like
i hope i like this album um but also i was i
was really prepared to be like hey this isn't
i'm i was very comfortable with saying Am the
fan that only likes these two songs and nothing
else they've done But I I found myself really
loving this album. I think the I think other
than like kiss me I think that like I won't stay
long is probably like my track of the album I
think as a whole, I'm gonna go with 4 .5 for
the album. Wow, that's awesome. I love that.
I was very nervous. I told you this going into
this. I was very nervous about your thoughts
on this record because it's one that I love so
much. And so I kind of have, to try and be fair
to myself, the route that I've taken to kind
of rate these albums is to... Actually write
every track one out of five. Yeah, and then get
the overall rating and so and Legally speaking
my rating of this album is four point three three
three three three three three three three ongoing
But I think in my heart it probably holds a four
point five. Uh -huh So it's cool to see that
we're kind of on the same page. Yeah This one
never gets old for me. I don't it's you know,
it's not an album I listen to every week, but
every time I put it on Um, I love it and I love
most of it. And so I think, um, I highly recommend
it for people who, um, just want something that's
like easy to like listen to you, but challenging
at the same, at the same point in time. Um, the
whole record is not kiss me if that's your, your,
um, thoughts about what this band is. It's a
part of who they are, but it's not everything.
There's so much more there. So highly, highly
recommend that people check it out. All right.
We are going to talk about the lyric of the week.
All right. So the lyric of the week from the
album Sixpence None the Richer by Sixpence None
the Richer comes from what Brandon and I believe
should have been the opening track to the album,
the song Anything, and it's this, if we should
pack our tents, shut down the show, yes, we should
like to see a burning bush type sign, but anything
would be fine. It just reminds me of that idea
that sometimes we want like such clarity in life.
It's like we want God to speak to us in this
like huge way that's like super clear. I know
where I'm going. Like that's the thing that we
yearn for, but then in reality we're just like
anything would be fine. Just give me something,
give me some direction. And so I love just the
honesty that's there and that that's where the
song title comes from. Anything. Just anything.
Anything would be fine. All right. Well that
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