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  In 1999, Delirious? released their sophomore album Mezzamorphosis . The album was a sharp departure from their 1997 debut album King of Fools and the band’s previous work, formerly under the moniker Cutting Edge , a worship band formed in 1992 as part of a youth ministry in Littlehampton, England. The band changed their name to Delirious? when they decided to tour and market their music internationally. The band’s first big Christian Rock single internationally, “ Deeper ” raised interest in the band’s worship music. Songs such as “ I Could of Your Love Forever ,” “ Shout to the North ,” and “ Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble? ” became standards sung in youth groups and in the contemporary church services that had become popular around the world in the ‘90s. Mezzamorphosis was an album that had worshipful moments, but it was mostly a rock album with subtle worshipful moments. MY TEFLON COAT IS WEARING THIN. Christian Rock’s British Invasion happened around Oasis and Blur was ma

Years ago, I was singing karaoke and my friend started giggling. I was singing “ Lost Stars ” by Adam Levine and the line “Yesterday I saw a lion kiss a deer” got this friend rolling on the dirty 노래방 floor. Admittedly, it’s a funny line for a pop song. And besides colorful Taylor Swift revenge lyrics, pop music has been mostly scrubbed of quirkiness by the late ‘10s. Back in the ‘90s and even into the ‘00s, the pop charts were littered with head-scratching lines. However, that eye-rolling line in Begin Again wasn’t written by Levine or co-star Keira Knightly . That line came from the lead singer of a one-hit wonder in the ‘90s, Gregg Alexander or New Radicals .  FOUR A.M., WE RAN A MIRACLE MILE. New Radicals broke up the year after releasing their debut record, Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too . The album contained two singles, “ You Get What You Give ” and “ Someday We’ll Know .” Musically, the two hits sound like typical ‘90s pop rock. Listeners can mistake the band for The

Shoegaze  is a sub-genre of rock music that employs heavy distorted guitars to create what is called a "wall of sound." Shoegaze came out of  psychedelic rock and often creates a hypnotic effect. Not every group that uses "the wall of sound" is necessarily a shoegazer act, but some bands that have famously used this effect are  Oasis ,  The Verve , and the  Smashing Pumpkins . The etymology of  "shoegazing" is said to be a description of the guitarists of these bands because they mostly stared at their shoes.  The etymology of  "shoegazing" is said to be a description of the guitarists of these bands because they mostly stared at their shoes. While music critics don't often place  Silversun Pickups  in the subgenre of Shoegaze, what else would  you classify their 2009 hypnotic hit " Panic Switch "? IT'S NEVER WORTH MY TIME . Silversun Pickups topped the Alternative Rock chart with this song. Released in 2009, at a time when I wa