Sorta Kinda Indie Hipster Cool - i wish

This isn’t supposed to be a music theme week but it’s turning out that way. You may have read my Passion and Purpose post, where I talked about things I wish I cared more about. Well I guess music is sorta one of those things. Let me explain.

I think music people are uber cool in their hipster chic kinda way. They have this awesome lingo I don’t understand. They say really deep passionate things to a beat and rhythm that I can’t hear. And they sing in tones, pitches, keys, and harmonies that I can’t distinguish. So needless to say I probably have very poor taste in music. But it is something I have wished I was good at or understood since high school. (I am aware that the people in the hipster photo to the left are posers and a little too preppy and clean to be hipsters but I think it fits since I too am not hipster)

A couple of years ago my friend Mat (yes with one T –see music people are just cool.) Anyway Mat introduced me to PANDORA and all of a sudden I didn’t have to have good taste in indie bands to be cool. I could just tell Pandora one song that I sorta like and it would play all sorts of “good” music for me.

Now whenever I want to feel indie hipster chic or pretend like I’ve ever heard of even one band that played at ACL, I just turn on PANDORA. OK... here it goes... I am probably about to talk about an artist that everyone knows, one that they play on VH1 all the time, and one that doesn’t live up to the cool indie status I have pictured in my head. (But just go with it and humor me) –cause for reals I have NO music knowledge at all.

So I am sitting at work trying to ignore all of the work noises like fans, and staplers and the old mad down the hall’s TV. It isn’t working so I try some actual work to distract me form the sound of non-silence. Still not working; so I turn on PANDORA. I select my Matthew Perryman Jones radio station, cause it usually plays mellow but good Christian music that I can tune out and still “work.” When all of a sudden it begins playing a song called “No Envy No Fear” by Joshua Radin. So like a nerd I paused the song looked up the lyrics and really liked them, they were solid. So I did some googleing…… and I think I did it. I think I found a cool band that isn't mainstream. I mean as I You-Tubed them I found out that they have loads of acoustic instruments. How indie is that? My favorite being the classical acoustic bass. YEAH!!! (and if you are thinking that I scrolled through loads of pics to find the one where Joshua looks more hipster just to make myself look cooler - shame on you, but you're right)

All of that aside,  the best thing about them had to be the lyrics to the song No Envy No Fear. As I read them I was sure it was a Christian song. It really hit home with the things I am struggling with right now Envy and Fear. But as I continued to search and dig I found no reference to Joshua Radin claiming Christ. I can't know a man's heart but there was no evidence. How amazing is it that God can use a song not about him at all to speak to me and reach me where I am at. Thanks Jesus for the tiny daily reminders that you have not forsaken me!!!!

And yes I attached another you tube video just because I want you to hear this awesome song. There were videos where the band looked cool with their hipster clothes and acoustic classical bass but this one sounds better so I opted for it. I sacrificed hipster for sound….. (Is that a hipster cool thing to do or what??? I’m gonna go with yes just cause it make me feel sorta kinda indie hipster cool)