http://popdose.disqus.com/Culturally inspired writing.enThu, 16 Jul 2009 22:59:35 -0000http://popdose.com/the-cassingle-vault-michael-w-smith-i-will-be-here-for-you/#comment-12797617<p>Wow, obviously there's no agenda here except pop music. Nothing but pure critical thinking regarding common folk music (pop.)</p>steveThu, 16 Jul 2009 22:59:35 -0000http://popdose.com/the-cassingle-vault-michael-w-smith-i-will-be-here-for-you/#comment-82059<p>Christ.</p>AssclownWed, 16 Jan 2008 17:45:19 -0000http://popdose.com/the-cassingle-vault-michael-w-smith-i-will-be-here-for-you/#comment-79368<p>I asked Kershaw about writing with MWS. He said it was the same as writing pop music, except you say "Jesus" instead of "baby."</p>DavidMedskerTue, 15 Jan 2008 15:50:47 -0000http://popdose.com/the-cassingle-vault-michael-w-smith-i-will-be-here-for-you/#comment-78386<p>The Simple Minds mp3 in the "Jesus of Cool" post isn't working either. Please fix.</p>MortenTue, 15 Jan 2008 09:22:41 -0000http://popdose.com/the-cassingle-vault-michael-w-smith-i-will-be-here-for-you/#comment-77637<p>Of course Chicago would listen to this, this is basically every Cetera/Foster/Champlin song reheated. This is like what Tommy Page could have been 20 years later. And the "Santorum" nod really fits this. And between Sandi Patti cheating on her husband with the backup singer, and Amy Grant divorcing her husband to break Vince Gill's marriage up (though she's admittedly a little cooler), CCM isn't exactly sinless, eh? Well, except for works of trash like this.</p><p>He made Nelson seem like the Beatles.<br></p>twostepcubMon, 14 Jan 2008 19:05:58 -0000http://popdose.com/the-cassingle-vault-michael-w-smith-i-will-be-here-for-you/#comment-77307<p>MWS is also rumored to be playing the organ on a track on the next U2 cd. I'm not making this up. He's been fairly involved with all the stuff Bono's been doing like data, etc. I've been a fan/follower of CCM music for a while now and I always thought Smith's best secular comparison was Bolton.</p>GeorgeMon, 14 Jan 2008 16:10:01 -0000http://popdose.com/the-cassingle-vault-michael-w-smith-i-will-be-here-for-you/#comment-77049<p>Wow, are the songs so bad that they annihilated themselves? ;)</p><p>Neither link works.</p>DonMon, 14 Jan 2008 14:12:48 -0000http://popdose.com/the-cassingle-vault-michael-w-smith-i-will-be-here-for-you/#comment-76576<p>Plus, once you get past the hotness (as if you really could), Amy's got the added advantage of having Will Owsley as her guitarist. Power pop street cred, ahoy!</p>WHarrisBullzEyeMon, 14 Jan 2008 10:27:17 -0000http://popdose.com/the-cassingle-vault-michael-w-smith-i-will-be-here-for-you/#comment-76508<p>Treacly, but I always liked "Do You Dream of Me."</p><p>I was dragged to a Christmas concert featuring MWS, Amy Grant and and CeCe Winans by friends of my wife. It was a pleasant enough evening. Amy was hot.</p>David_EMon, 14 Jan 2008 09:55:55 -0000http://popdose.com/the-cassingle-vault-michael-w-smith-i-will-be-here-for-you/#comment-76383<p>The only item of trivia I have to offer in defense of Michael W. Smith is that he's co-written a pair of songs with Nik Kershaw. That's never been enough for me to actually own anything by him, but I have at least sampled the songs in question - "Let Me Show You The Way" and "Hey, You, It's Me" - on iTunes, and, yep, you can definitely tell they're from the pen of Nik Kershaw.</p>WHarrisBullzEyeMon, 14 Jan 2008 08:36:23 -0000