Every once in a while there is a song or record that comes along and just stops me in my tracks. These are the moments in music that crystallize the very deepest of emotions, and when you hear it you wonder how it is possible that anyone can possibly communicate with such absolute clarity and passion.
For me as a songwriter and a musician, these moments make me want to throw away everything and start afresh, and hope that maybe one day I will be able to write even half as convincingly as that.
Last night I got to listen to a little bit of the new record by Jars of Clay. The song I heard was a song called Come On, and I have to be honest, it stopped me dead in my tracks. Even now, I'm still haunted by this one vocal line. Amazing pure and simple.
