Ever Heard of Answer Songs?

They are fun....it is like when one artist makes a song popular in a certain year...the song becomes woven into the pop culture because the idea/tune/words (really any combo) catches on...and then another artist writes a song to answer it at the same time the pop culture is craving an answer or a sort of sequel to the first song....does that make sense?  I like when they get a little playful like that and make it into a conversation of sorts....for instance, when Ben E. King sang "Stand By Me", Damita Jo answered it with the song "I'll Be There" in the same year....and when the Drifters sang "Save The Last Dance For Me", she did it again by answering with "I'll Save The Last Dance For You"...other artists have done it and not always in such an obvious way, but I think it was way more popular to do in the 50's and 60's....at least in the fun, playful way.  I took a class on the history of music and pop culture in high school....everyone else took it because it was supposedly a cinch, but I really liked it.

Anyway, I thought of that today because I really like a song that is on the radio right now called "All Along", by Remedy Drive and every time I hear it I think it could have been a great answer song for U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"...just my random thoughts :)  Somehow those two make sense together for me.  I had to listen to them back to back today....it's really all about man's search for meaning, you know?!

Here's "All Along"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MI76zIAe1g

At some point U2 should stop running....don'tcha think? :)  It's true though....when we run from something God has planned for us or some truth He is showing us or from the forgiveness we need for our sin or any other good thing from Him....we only end up right at the very place where we started running or worse...we will never find what we are looking for if we keep running from Him!

"Lord, you have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in you"

- St. Augustine - 

HE IS OUR SOUL'S ANSWER SONG...HE STARTED THE MUSIC AND SINGS IT OVER US :)