Tuesday, May 17, 2011

LTTP Matt Nathanson - Come on get Higher



Look, I know this song came out in 2008, but it sounds like early 2000's contemporary Christian music in the "Jesus is my girlfriend" vein.  Those songs were characterized by sounding like normal love songs, but throwing in light references to Jesus or God.  (see the Faith + 1 episode of South Park).

This song sounds like a throwaway from that time, only with the sex removed.  It has the light God allusions (talk of walking on water and such), but is definitely about a woman.

The immediacy of the lameness struck me so hard, that I Shazam'd this track and then moved on to radio that I wanted to listen to.  While I prefer to post about newer songs (since more people care), I have to stay true to the essence of the idea of posting about the worst song I hear on my drive home.

There's nothing wrong with this guy's singing, and musically it's passable, though a bit bland.  I just couldn't get past the metaphoric similarities between in and bad CCM from years ago.

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