Our Australian brethren at Hillsong came out with this one recently. Enjoy:

In an earlier post, I talked about some of my favorite rock lyrics of all time. I thought it was a pretty good list.

Until somebody pointed out to me that all of the songs were over 20 years old.

So that got me thinking. Am I really so old (46) that I can't appreciate any modern rock?

As Paul would say, "May it never be!"

I've got a son who is 16. So I have no choice but to listen to current stuff. But by and large, I really like it.

So, in no particular order, here are some of my favorite songs of the post-Nirvana age (since everyone knows that classic rock died and modern rock was born the first time they heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit.")

• Believe by The Bravery. Man, is that a good song. Especially the opening guitar part. The album itself is full of profanity, but this song has some spiritual leanings in it.
• What I've Done by Linkin' Park. Well, maybe there is an order to all these. This one is probably my favorite of them all. When we did this song in church last Christmas Eve, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
• When You Were Young by The Killers. Another energetic, guitar-driven song with an upbeat tempo that belies its melancholy lyrics.
• The Pretender by The Foo Fighters. Could Dave Groehl have been the real talent in Nirvana?
• Man On The Moon by REM. OK, it sort of straddles the generations. But I never get tired of hearing this song. And I never meet someone named Andy without thinking to myself, "Andy did you hear about this one? Andy are you having fun?"
• Doesn't Remind Me by Audioslave. I really like the vocals. The lyrics even talk about "speaking in tongues" though I have no idea of the context. Thanks to Riley for pointing me to this one.

Enjoy the YouTube links.

Enough Revelation. For awhile.

I've been thinking about some of my favorite moments in rock songs. Not the best songs, necessarily, but what are those moments within songs that stay with you? So I put together a few of my favorites:

1. When Merry Kelly's haunting vocals kick in during the Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter.
2. When the drums blast off in U2's Beautiful Day.
3. When Randy Meisner hits the high notes on the Eagles' Take It To The Limit. I know it's a wimpy song, but I still like it.
4. When the opening guitar part launches The Bravery's Believe.
5. When Jimmy Page opens Led Zeppelin's Over The Hills And Far Away with that unforgettable picking pattern on the acoustic guitar. It sounds as good today as when I first heard it more than 30 years ago.