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Old 02-02-2003, 12:07 AM   #1
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ApologetiX - Grace Period
1. Corinthians
2. Cornelius
3. I'm A Reciever
4. YHWH
5. Smooth Grandmama
6. The Devil Went Down To Jordan
7. Drop Of Lucifer
8. Born Above
9. Follow Me
10. Don't Fear The People
11. Lemonade
12. How You Rewind Me
13. Regeneration
14. Love The Jews
15. Good Guys Bad Guys
16. Flurry
17. Tom Saw Ya
18. Sufferin' Just Finished
19. Smells Like Thirtysomething Spirit
20. Baa! We're Lambs!

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Old 05-31-2003, 12:28 PM   #2
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...good CD. I like most of the songs...
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Great CD! Especially "Tom Saw Ya", "Devil Went Down To Jordon" and "Smells Like Thirtysomething Spirit". "YHWH" is taking a bit of a leap, but it works (and it's still a good song). "Baah, We're Lambs" and "Love The Jews" are kinda cute. I really like this CD!
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Old 10-12-2003, 10:07 AM   #4
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I love this cd, I'm gonna have to look at their other stuff.
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i like these guys... but i find there CD's contain to many songs i don't like. They are worth it for the good songs. Smells like 30something spirit etc.
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It is especially good, cause I won't listen to Nirvana (obvious reasons), but I love their sound.
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Old 12-09-2003, 05:36 PM   #7
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yeah i know how you feel great song. So is devil went down to jordan.
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Old 12-09-2003, 07:40 PM   #8
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ooh, and Michael Jackson's/AAF's Smooth Criminal "Smoth Granmama"
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Old 01-23-2004, 09:59 AM   #9
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This a great CD put out by an awesome band, I think they do a really good job at sounding like the original version of the song. I especially like Corinthians (In the End by Linkin Park), Smooth Grandmama (Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson/AAF), I'm a Reciever (I'm a Believer by Smashmouth) and Smells Like Thirtysomething Spirit (Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana). Overall just a great CD.
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My first ApologetiX CD, and I love it!

Corinthians is a bit of a stretch on the original because J's a 30-something man doing a 20-year-old's vocals. THe rapcore was very good, but it sounded a bit stressed when he did Chester's vocals. But hey, Chester's vocals sounds scratchy, so it didn't matter too much.

Smooth Grandmama was kind of funny to me, because it's an odd contrast to the original Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm. I dunno, it's originally a tough-sounding song, then you change it into a song called Smooth Grandmama? See the humor in it?

I loved Born Above! I love the lyrics, I like the music, it's almost a praise song!

Don't Fear the People is just all-around good! I know the lyrics to the original Dont Fear the Reaper, but the lyrics to the parody are a great message; don't fear man and what he can do to you.
Smells Like Thirtysomething Spirit was an addicting song when I bought the album, probably because I like Weird Al's "Smells Like Nirvana" so much. I've heard the original Smells Like Teen Spirit, and while I think that Kurt's voice has a bit more feeling and such, the song itself was more eerie, and the effects were a bit more interesting, I'm kind of glad that ApologetiX's didn't sound like Nirvana's. I thought SLTS was flat out depressing for that reason, and with ApologetiX's version, we're trying to get something that goes along with the lyrics, which are basically about celebrating life for it's good points. Again, another example where the message is in contrast to the original.

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I like it.. One of thier best..
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Uhhh... Apologetix has to be the worst, most lame band ever. I have never heard of such a bad idea: Take an overplayed "secular" song, and make it "Christian" by putting horribly cheesy lyrics in place... Wow.

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because it's an odd contrast to the original Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm.
The original Smooth Criminal was not by Alien Ant Farm.
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This a great CD put out by an awesome band, I think they do a really good job at sounding like the original version of the song. I especially like Corinthians (In the End by Linkin Park), Smooth Grandmama (Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson/AAF), I'm a Reciever (I'm a Believer by Smashmouth) and Smells Like Thirtysomething Spirit (Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana). Overall just a great CD.

I like all those songs you mentioned except for the Smashmouth song. However, in replacement, I like the Nickelback song.
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Uhhh... Apologetix has to be the worst, most lame band ever. I have never heard of such a bad idea: Take an overplayed "secular" song, and make it "Christian" by putting horribly cheesy lyrics in place... Wow.
Speak for yourself. Some of it is cheezy, I can admit, but they're reaching audiences all over the world for Christ. They get e-mails from people all over the world, telling how their music has touched people's lives, and about only 1% of the feedback they get is bad (it's usually from the rock-is-evil people, you're-doing-a-bad-thing-by-having-anything-to-do-with-secular-songs people, and the how-dare-you-touch-my-favorite-song people). Personally, I think they are incredibly talented to play and sing all that music as well as they do.

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How's this supposed to help your argument?
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