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artist:Jennifer Knapp
album:Kansas
as far as i can recall, my first experience with Jennifer Knapp came in the form of the WOW 1999 compilation CD. its kind of funny, actually, because in my mind i equate the first song i ever heard of hers (undo me) with His cheeseburger from Veggietales.
at any rate, i really liked the song on this comp, so i went out and picked up her debut CD, Kansas, and fell in love with it almost immediately. one of the measures of a good album in my mind is whether I'm able to sing along or not. my vocal range (i have a terrible voice and i know this, but that doesn't stop me from singing along...) is right on par with hers, and because its really not a whole lot more than just a girl and her guitar, the lyrics were easy to understand and therefore identify with.
I've seen Jenn in concert at least a few times, but one sticks out in my mind. Kathi and i went to see jars of clay several years back, and she opened for them. i was excited because even though she had a new CD just out that i didn't know, i knew both of her previous Cd's frontwards and backwards...its always nice to go to a show and know all of the artists on the bill. Kathi had landed us front row center tickets. i was singing along to every word of every song, until she got to a song that i didn't know. i remember her looking down at me during a break from singing during that song and saying "come on!" at the time, that was a huge deal to me. Jennifer Knapp talked to little old me! she is a recording artist and I'm just a kid! haha. (side note:this was the same concert that Kathi ended up with a water bottle from Dan from jars. its kind of legendary in our concert histories.)
i cant even begin to guess when the last time i listened to Kansas could have possibly been. i didn't even really have any specific reason for listening to it today, honestly, other than it was the first CD in the binder...i was looking for something else, but this jumped out, so i went for it. i don't have a whole lot else to say about the CD other than i don't know if ill listen to it much again. its not a bad CD by any means, just not really my style anymore, though i don't know what exactly my style is these days.
the one note that i will make here is that i do believe in signs, you know, and i think that there was a sign in me listening to this CD today. I'm struggling a lot lately with several of my "friendships." i know that people are growing up and have families and lives and everything else, but i feel like a lot of my friendships are one-sided, and I'm having a hard time deciding what to do next. i mean honestly, how many times can you attempt to make plans with someone and get shot down or totally ignored before you just give up? its possible that I'm being too sensitive about these things, but at the same time, with some of the people I'm struggling with its been going on for a year or two. at any rate, the line that i chose for the title, "You're the only one who's faithful to me" really hit home. everyone is going to fail everyone else at one point or another. its human nature. God, however, never will.
(2/13)
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