Tag: Salvation

Every Friday I post the Top 5 of one of my classic hit music charts based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from either 15, 25, 30, or 35 years ago this weekend (rotating each week).

It’s the 1ST Friday of the month, so I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday November 05TH 2006:

1. “Gravity” – The Fold
2. “Activate” – Stellar Kart
3. “Up Above” – High Flight Society
4. “In Such A State” – Edison Glass
5. “Waste Of Time” – FM Static

11 weeks into my salvation – before I even found and joined a church family – I was rockin’ to God and His music via my local independent Christian rock radio station – “The Call”.

Hearing these songs 15 years later gives me goosebumps. It brings me back to that euphoric time when I was a baby again – at the age of 39.

My # 1 smash 15 years ago was from The Fold – a band that is still around today after nearly 20 years. In 2006 they released their debut album – “This Too Shall Pass”. Its opening track was “Gravity”. It was their 1ST of 5 hits on my chart over the next 3 years.

I like the chorus of “Gravity”:

♫ Just like gravity – what draws You to me
Someone I didn’t know I needed
It’s like gravity – it’s stronger than me
I need You here ♫

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 25 years ago to November 1996.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going RETRO with me !

All rights reserved (c) 2021 Christopher M. Day, CountUp Ministries

Every Friday I post the Top 5 of one of my classic hit music charts based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from either 15, 25, 30, or 35 years ago this weekend (rotating each week).

It’s the 1ST Friday of the month, so I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday October 01ST 2006:

1. “Desensitized” – Jonah33
2. “Love Addict” – Family Force 5
3. “Activate” – Stellar Kart
4. “Gravity” – The Fold
5. “High Of 75” – Relient K

… And on this 1ST Sunday of October of 2006 (representing the final week of September) the transformation of my weekly hit music chart was complete. It had completely flipped from Secular Rhythmic Contemporary to Christian Rock, Pop, and Hip Hop. Falling out of my Top 5 on this week exactly 15 years ago were hits from Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Christina Aguilera, Cherish, Sean Paul (of YoungBloodZ), and Gnarls Barkley.

My #SalvationEra was in full effect. My first-ever all-Christian Top 5 represented some of the hottest artists on Christian radio during the mid-2000s.

One of my favorite bands back in the beginning was the energetic pop-punk band Stellar Kart out of Phoenix Arizona. Adam Agee was the frontman of the band, and they were together for about 13 years from 2001 to 2014 – peaking in 2006 with their hot album “We Can’t Stand Sitting Down”. That album spawned 3 hit singles on the radio and on my chart – “Activate” (# 2 for 2 weeks), “Procrastinating” (# 1 for 6 weeks), and “Finding Out” (# 1 for 2 weeks). They were the first 3 of 6 #SK hits on my chart during that era.

“Activate” is about not sitting in the shade, but having our God getting us up and moving. He’s our God with a purpose for our life. He’s the reason why we’re alive. There’s a world out there in need. It’s time to make a move. You’ll never start a revolution in your sleep. We must show love to everyone. We must – “Activate”.

Those were wise words for me as a young baby Christian exactly 15 years ago.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 25 years ago to October 1996.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going RETRO with me !

All rights reserved (c) 2021 Christopher M. Day, CountUp Ministries

Every Friday I post the Top 5 of one of my classic hit music charts based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from either 15, 25, 30, or 35 years ago this weekend (rotating each week).

It’s the 1ST Friday of the month, so I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday August 06TH 2006:

1. “Over My Head (Cable Car)” – The Fray
2. “SexyBack” – Justin Timberlake Ft. Timbaland
3. “Ain’t No Other Man” – Christina Aguilera
4. “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” – Panic! At The Disco
5. “Hate Me” – Blue October

“Hate Me” was a U.S. Rock, Alternative, Pop, and even Hot Adult Contemporary smash in 2006, and it was obviously a big hit on my own personal chart at the time. It actually spent 14 weeks on my chart – peaking at # 5 for 4 weeks in a row. Here’s the situation. I’ve never heard of the song before – or the artist – Blue October. So to refresh my memory I played it in its entirety on YouTube (just before I wrote this). Surely that would remind me of what this song sounded like. Nope. I still don’t remember it. How do I not remember a Top 5 hit that was on my chart from June to September of 2006 ?  I can’t explain it. At first listen it’s a good track. It sounds depressing though. It actually sounds like my state-of-mind at the time this was a hit. Christ rescued and saved me just 2 weeks later.

This is the final secular edition of RETRO on the 1ST Friday of the month. Starting on Friday September 03RD 2021 I’ll be looking back at the soundtrack of the start of my salvation in Christ. You’ll see how the music changed as my life changed. I’ll share the start of my fantastic journey with you every 1ST Friday of the month starting next month.

Next Friday on RETRO I’ll go back 25 years ago to August 1996.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday and Monday with 2 more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going RETRO with me !

All rights reserved (c) 2021 Christopher M. Day, CountUp Ministries