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I think I’m going to scare off most of my tiny listening audience with today’s episode. Christian music doesn’t have a terribly great reputation and there was good reason for that when you look into the music made by Christians in the 80’s. Much of Christian subculture was still wrestling with the idea of Rock & Roll as “The Devil’s” music. Some music was made, but a lot of it was written, so that only Christians could understand it, or it was so critical of the secular world, that no one could really listen to it.

I was talking about this on the weekend and someone mentioned that they were listening to some of the music and wanted a few recommendations. I was a little surprised but figured that this would be a great topic for a show. So I scoured the corners of my music collection and came up with a pretty full program. Some of the music is better than others, but I think it gives you a pretty good idea of what Christian music was like in the 80’s.

Here’s the playlist:

The Crucified – Jesus from “KGB”

Undercover – God Rules from “God Rules”
The Lead – Skate Or Die from “Hardcore For Jesus ‘85-’89″
One Bad Pig – Judas’ Kiss from “Swine Flew”

Daniel Amos – Props from “Alarma!”
The Choir – Chase The Kangaroo from “Chase The Kangaroo”
Steve Taylor – What Is The Measure Of Your Success? from “I Predict 1990″
L.S. Underground – Jordan River from “Shaded Pain”

dc Talk – I Luv Rap Music from “Nu Thang”
P.I.D. – Back from “Back to Back”
S.F.C. – Music Is My Life from “Phase III”

Whitecross – We Know What’s Right from “In The Kingdom”
Stryper – To Hell With The Devil from “To Hell With The Devil”
Guardian – Never Say Goodbye from “Fire And Love”

Larry Norman – Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music? from “Only Visiting This Planet”
Larry Norman – The Great American Novel from “Only Visiting This Planet”
Keith Green – You Put This Love In My Heart from “For Him Who Has Ears To Hear”

Hokus Pick Manoeuver – Sofa Logic from “Pick It Up”

Thanks for listening and I’ll see you next week.

Jared