Delirious? Rocks

Tonight, I went to see Delirious? and Tree 63 in concert. Tree 63 is a little Christian rock band from South Africa, and they are great in concert. One of their best pieces of the night was their cover of Blessed Be Your Name. Forget the cheesy, wimpy, and totally lame versions of this song that you have heard in church. The band managed to turn this song into a sonic-blasting example of what Christian rock should be like. Even their album version doesn't come close to what they can do in concert.

Delirious's performance was excellent, and they managed to seamlessly blend a rock concert with an evening of worship. I have encountered excellent Christian musicians, and excellent worship leaders, but the combination of the two is extremely rare, and Martin Smith manages to do both. Throughout the night, it was extremely clear where Delirious's focus was. I especially liked their rendition of Investigate, which was a much harder and more dynamic version than that which appeared on Glo.

The crowd was slow to warm up tonight, but that is probably due to the concert being held on a Wednesday night. There weren't nearly as many high school and college kids as I would have expected, and the energy they would have brought was missing. The crowd eventually warmed up, but I can just imagine what Delirious would be like performing for something like Cloud 9. If you were to couple an energetic young crowd with Martin's amazing energy levels (I don't think he ever sits still), the results would be totally amazing.