By viewing these songs as something of the eternal rather than of the material and the here-and-now, I’ve come to appreciate country music albums more and more- I even reviewed Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty last year, and rated it quite high too!Įnter in Caleb and Kelsey’s God Gave Me You: Country Love Songs– a cover album of 10 songs originally sung by country artists and about love, being in love, or what to do when you’re ‘out of love’. How could I possibly relate to and identify with many of the country songs heard on the radio and in albums? Well along the way a few years ago, my outlook changed, and I opened myself up to listening to country music with the perspective of viewing these songs as allegories and examples of all the tiny ways God loves us and then some more. Music-wise the big sweeping guitars and the anthemic guitar strums remind me of pop music in general, yet lyric-wise, I always thought I couldn’t connect with songs about relationships, particularly since I am single at the moment, and haven’t been in a relationship before. Yet for me the country genre is the genre that I am most confused by. Metal music is a big no-no, while rap music is an acquired taste (a few songs here and there is fine, but I don’t think I could last an entire album…). Here’s something you probably don’t already know, or maybe do, about me- as a lover of CCM and all the different types of music associated with that, I don’t usually go out of my way to listen to music that is vastly different.
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