Rant

I went to a concert recently at a large, mainstream church. Usually I avoid large mainstream churches because, when in them, I tend to seriously consider killing someone - and I don't think that would make God very happy with me. Plus, there is always the possibility that I will have to sit next to the person I killed in heaven and that could lead to some awkward questions.

But, this singer/songwriter that I love (www.andrew-peterson.com) was playing at a large mainstream church and since he has come to the Pacific Northwest a total of two times in the last five years we decided to go. AP was great!

However, the opening act is still annoying the crap out of me two weeks later. Instead of singing any number of good cover songs, or even better, any number of sub-par songs that he wrote himself, the man decided to cover Damien Rice's The Blower's Daughter. I love Damien Rice. I REALLY love that particular song. I just don't think that, a) a song that ends with the line "I can't take my eyes off of you....until I find someone new" is exactly appropriate to sing as worship to God and b) that one should change the above lyrics to suit their own purposes.

The singer said that he loves Damien Rice too. If that is the case, he should leave Damien's songs the way they were intended to be.

The End.