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The Crossover Connection Week 38: Soft Rock That’s Somewhere Between Boston and Foreigner

The attached You Tube was a cassette that remained in my Walkman for months at a time in college. When my parents first moved to Ohio during my sophomore year of college, the Wide-Eyed Wonder album by the Choir was playing as I went running to explore nearby neighborhoods. Since the lead singer has a distinct sound, it’s hard to determine an identical match to famous secular artists.

O give thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name, make known His doings among the peoples! Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; meditate on and talk of all His marvelous deeds and devoutly praise them. Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek and require the Lord [as their indispensable necessity], Psalm 105:1-3.

What drew me to the Choir was their moving ballads like the ones I played over and over in high school by Boston and Foreigner. While the Choir may not wow you like Amanda by Boston and Hot Blooded from Foreigner, the positive lyrics will leave you snapping your fingers and tapping your toes. In their Chase the Kangaroo album, the Choir released two of their best rock songs in Consider and Cain. Meanwhile, the Choir slows it down with hit ballads Sad Face and So Far Away. I hope you enjoy listening to the attached You Tubes this week.

by Jay Mankus

The Crossover Connection Week 35: Reliving the Hard Rock/Metal Bands of the Early 1990’s

Listening to today’s featured band from New Jersey is like taking a trip down a musical Memory Lane. The best way to describe Novella’s music genre is somewhere between Guns-n-Roses and Pearl Jam. While their ballads are probably closer to the sound of Boston, Novella does have the ability to crank it up to a hard rock/soft metal.

Now these things are examples (warnings and admonitions) for us not to desire or crave or covet or lust after evil and carnal things as they did, 1 Corinthians 10:6.

My favorite Novella album is A Liquid Earth which is attached in the You Tube above. Songs like Bad Place, Stranger, and Story immediately got my attention. The sound of this album brings me back to my college days with boom boxes blasting rock and roll throughout campus. While Christian bands like Novella have been forgotten over the years, I hope that listening to this album will make you a fan of Novella.

by Jay Mankus