I have mentioned in earlier posts that my all-time favourite Christian rock song is Jesus Freak by DC Talk, and would get down to blogging about it. OK, here it is finally :-)Everytime I listen to the chorus, tears will flow from my eyes because it stirs up the conviction that there should be no disguising the fact that we are Christians. Paul says in Rom 1:16 that he is not ashamed of the gospel because it is the dunamis power of God unto the soteria salvation of man.
DC Talk hail from Virginia, USA and started out as a hip-hop band. Their music is usually more mellow and palatable, but this particular track borders on hard rock and that's what makes it stand out all the more. It starts off with a melody, and then goes into a rap, and climaxes with the chorus. And then, somewhere in the middle of the song, there is a very loud guitar solo reminiscent of heavy metal music.
The term "Jesus freak" was originally coined as a derogaratory label of Christians who took their faith seriously. What DC Talk has done is to make this term so fashionable that Christians nowadays (especially the youth) wear this as a badge of honour, because it declares how passionate and zealous they are for our Lord Jesus.
Here are but 2 websites where you will be able to find paraphernelia and memorabilia with that phrase printed on them.
(1) JesusFreakHideout
(2) JFreak - I bought a Tshirt from there
The song "Jesus Freak" reached #1 on the Contemporary Christian Music charts in 1995, and so did the album of the same name. It even "crossed over" into the secular charts, where it reached #16 on Billboard album chart. (Another track from the album entitled "Between You and Me" made the Billboard Top 10).
"Jesus Freak" mentions a man with a "Jesus Saves" tatoo on his stomach, as well as John the Baptist. But the climax comes in the chorus where DC Talk says "I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak 'cause there ain't no disguising the truth."
Separated I cut myself clean
From a past that comes back in my darkest of dreams
Been apprehended by a spiritual force
And a grace that replaced all the me I've divorced
I saw a man with tattoo on his big fast belly
It wiggled around like marmalade jelly
It took me a while to catch what it said
Cause I had to match the rhythm of his belly with my head
"Jesus Saves" is what it raved in a typical tattoo green
He stood on a box in the middle of the city
And claimed he had a dream
What will people think when they hear that I'm a Jesus freak
What will people do when they find that it's true
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak
'Cause there ain't no disguising the truth
Kamikaze my death is gain
I've been marked by my Maker a peculiar display
The high and lofty they see me as weak
'Cause I won't live and die for the power they seek
There was a man from the desert with naps in his head
the sand that he walked was also his bed
The words that he spoke made the people assume
There wasn't too much left in the upper room
With skins on his back and hair on his face
They thought he was strange by the locusts he ate
The Pharisees tripped when they heard him speak
Until the king took the head of this Jesus freak
People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger
That my best friend was born in a manger (2x)What will people think(2x)
What will people do(2x)
I don't really care
What else can I say
There ain't no disguising the truth
Jesus is the way
Will find time over the next few weeks to talk about the other songs in my all-time top 10.
Ciao for now
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