the OBJECTIVE JERK
Catholic Army Veteran, uses MIC / Platform as a form of "Therapy", no schedule, no script, no pressure.
the OBJECTIVE JERK
WHAT WE MOCK TODAY MAY MOVE US TOMORROW: Let's talk about something other than the chaos and headlines.
I share my musical journey of the band CREED; from being a hater to finding deep connection with their music through my Catholic faith. What started as reluctant curiosity has turned into emotional appreciation for songs I once dismissed.
• Growing up as a Pearl Jam fan who rejected Creed for sounding too similar
• How my Catholic faith has changed my relationship with music I once loved
• Finding it difficult to enjoy bands with anti-Christian messaging
• Reluctantly downloading Creed's greatest hits album
• Discovering emotional connection to their songs, especially "My Sacrifice"
• Reinterpreting lyrics through a faith perspective
• Realizing I knew most of their songs despite claiming to dislike them
• Surprise at how the band's discography dates back to 1997
• Experiencing powerful emotional response to music I previously mocked
If you have your own story about Creed or bands you've reconsidered, email me at theobjectivejerk@gmail.com. I'd love to hear from you!
Again, thanks for hanging out with me!
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Speaker 1:Creed, the, the band creed. Is anybody a fan of Creed? I know they're back together now for like a year or so or something, and they're like killing it on tour. I guess. I was never a fan, you know, I am kind of a gatekeeper-y kind of music enthusiast. So it's like, you know, you find a band at the beginning and you're like, oh man, yeah, you become a fan. And then when you see other bands that kind of seem like they're pulling from that band, you're like they suck man.
Speaker 1:So you know, I grew up listening to Pearl Jam. So I grew up listening to Pearl Jam, and so Eddie Vedder's voice brought on a bunch of people doing that baritone, I guess, or I don't know, and so it was. You had Stone Temple Puppet, but Scott Weiland had his own, complete different voice really, though, too, but they got some flack for it, and it kind of was the same way. But what's funny is like Pearl Jam is Green River, or what were they called? Yeah, green River, right, I think, is what they're called. No, green River, yeah, back in the day, but no, they were Mother Love Bone, duh, so they were Mother Love Bone and their singer died. And you know three, two, no, I think two, yeah, so the bassist and the guitarist. So you know a lot of people from Mother Love Bone went and created Pearl Jam very similar music, but different singer. So, like my sister, who's a little older, she was a Mother Love Bone fan and she didn't like Pearl Jam. But so I grew up on, you know, the 90s grunge and everything, so I like the Pearl Jam.
Speaker 1:So when Creed come out, I was like, yeah, I'm good, I don't, I don't care, and but then you know, you hear them all the time and this and that. And then there was a point where the sacrifice of my sacrifice I was like that's, that's a pretty good song, I think I want to say somebody sat me down like in a car and like, dude, just listen to this song, and it was like just blaring. I don't know if I was under the influence of anything at the time. I don't think so. But and when I mean influence, just like marijuana, I was pretty. You know I never got into anything serious. You know some mushrooms. I tried acid once, that's it.
Speaker 1:I got some stories on those, though if you want to hear them, I don't know, I don't really like talking about it really. But I mean, if you guys want to hear the stories not like I have a bunch of them, but I have a couple. I think I might have talked about it once, maybe the first time, anyway. So, and you know, I remember just sitting there and then like hearing it's. You know it's a good band, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:The music is tight, it's just, and it was, you know, I don't know, it was the singer, mainly because I just kind of felt like he was trying to sound like Eddie Vedder and he seemed kind of cocky. Plus, they were just really popular and it was just, man, you'd hear them all the time. So I just hate it. Every time I turn on the radio and there's, you know, some of their other songs. I can't think of what they are. So I just never was, you know, never. And then I know they broke up. And then, I know they broke up and then Alter Bridge became a thing.
Speaker 1:I never really listened to them. To me it seemed like it was like, you know, girl rock, kind of pop, you know what I mean, because that's the singles that you hear. But they're actually really heavy, you know, and I am, you know, struggling with my not with my faith, but little things to do with it, like music, you know, and so much of what I grew up on is very anti-Christian. You know, pearl Jam, for example, grew up loving Pearl Jam, loved Pearl Jam. I got a little Pearl Jam tattoo on my music arm.
Speaker 1:But I can't listen to them anymore. I haven't even listened to their last album or last two. I don't listen to them anymore. I haven't even listened to their last album or last two hours, I don't know. But when I do hear, even like the old stuff that I like, I just hear and I can be wrong, but I just I hear so much anti-Christian stuff and I'm just I can't listen to this. You know what I mean. Like it's, it's crazy, and so them raised against, against the Machine. Yeah, I kind of go, I don't know.
Speaker 1:I did listen to them at the gym the other day. Well, the other day was probably like a month ago or something, but and you know it's it's, you know it's it's fun, I grew up on it and everything, but it's just a lot of the things that his messaging I don't agree with. Now I mean a lot of it I do still, but the thing is is like you know they're very anti establishment government but yet now they're, you know they're straight up liberal and they're, yeah, support, and it's like what the crap? You guys used to just hate government flat out. Now you, now you love the liberals and democrats and stuff. So I have a hard time listening to it. I can occasionally, just not on a regular basis, so it's like you know.
Speaker 1:And then music that I grew up on and I do hear like a christian kind of theme. Maybe it's not even, you know, on purpose, but I just kind of that's what I hear and I'm just like, oh man, yeah, that's nice, you know. But so with creed, I know people thought they were like a christian band at first, I guess, because a lot of the, some of the lyrics and and, and the, the, the names of the song, you know my sacrifice, and there's a couple of them which I kind of get, because I think the singer, scott stapp right, scott stapps, I think. So he, I think he grew up, you know, as a christian. I think he is a christian, I don't know if he's catholic or not, but that was kind of a thing. And you know, back then I was like, yeah, christian band, you know, I was just like, you know, same, same kind of a thing. And you know, back then I was like, yeah, christian band, you know, I was just like, you know, same, same kind of whatever. But now it's like man when I hear. So so I started.
Speaker 1:You know, I'm on this journey because of my faith. I'm, I'm hearing, I'm listening to things that I used to love and finding out I don't like, it's just not, it's not, it's not, I don't know, it doesn't work. So always listening to some other stuff I'm listening to like some Christian metal bands. There was one that I it's kind of cool, I guess, but maybe it's because I'm getting a little older, like the real heavy stuff, I don't know, I can listen to Metallica, but anyway. So I started kind of dabbling with Alter Bridge and it's kind of cool, I like it.
Speaker 1:The singer I have no idea what his name is. I don't hate it or nothing, but I don't know. I think it's just something that's going to have to grow on me. It's kind of like Chris Cornell. I never was into Soundgarden when I was growing up, during that grunge era, it was, you know, pearl Jam, alice in Chains, a lot of the other ones. I didn't hate Soundgarden but I was just like, yeah, no, it's not really my thing. I didn't really like Chris Cornell until he was an audio slave and then I was like dude, this is badass. And then now I go back and I'll listen to some Soundgarden and I like it. You know so. But yes, it's kind of the same thing for me with I don't know what his name is the guy that sings for Alter Bridge.
Speaker 1:So Alter Bridge is Creed, just with a different singer, and so I was kind of listening to it. And you know, I see all the Creed stuff on like Instagram or something or just whatever, and I just was like I don't want to, I'm good, I don't want to do it, I don't want to do it, I don't want to do it. And then, finally, I was just like you know what, whatever, okay, so I downloaded their greatest hits you know I'm not sure when it came out and I'm listening to it. Like I put it on as I'm doing some chores or picking up the kitchen or something, and I'm just it's like I know all the words to like every song not all of them, but most of them, just just from hearing them on the radio or in bars or whatever. You know what I mean. It's like I know all the words and I can sing along to it and I'm just like this is nuts. I'm just like singing along and I'm enjoying it. But the other thing is is like like my sacrifice right.
Speaker 1:So I'm listening to it again, but through a Catholic perspective and I guess you know the song was written about his, his struggles with, you know, substance abuse and some you know, past love and stuff like that. But the way he wrote it it's very like man, if you, you just kind of, if you imagine the song and put jesus in it, like it's to jesus or whatever, I don't know, it's like whoa, okay, this kind of hits a little different. But and then I'm just kind of listening to some other songs and I'm like kind of singing along and I'm kind of like getting emotional and I'm like doing the dishes and I'm like you know what? I mean I'm what the hell is going on and I don't know it's like I'm loving it, you know.
Speaker 1:So it's like man, why did I hate Creed so much? So I don't know. I mean, you know I'm at the very beginning, so it's like I'm very anti-greatest hits, but that's when I'm checking out bands like Creed or something, and so what I'll do is. I'll get the greatest hits and give it a chance and then I'll start getting the albums and listening to them, like how they were released and stuff like that. So that's what I'll do. I don't know, I just kind of thought it was kind of funny.
Speaker 1:Do anybody out there are you a Creed fan? Do you have a similar story? I don't know, I just kind of thought it was kind of funny. Does anybody out there are you a Creed fan? Do you have a similar story? Do you hate Creed? I don't know.
Speaker 1:I know they're popular. They're very popular. They were back in the day when they were. When did they break up? Let me see. I'm going to look that up real quick. Okay, so this greatest hits I'll close that. Hold on. I don't know. So let's see. Okay, so this 2004? Oh wow, I didn't realize it was that old. Their greatest hits, yeah, soon after them, as, oh, they broke up right after. So that's when they broke up 2004. They were at night in 2009. So I know they got back together in the last two years or something like that.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, creed, what album is this? Weathered Came out in 2001. It doesn't seem like it's that long ago. It seemed like man. So it's like they kind of. The whole thing was 20 years ago when they were all the first time they were together and that's kind of crazy formed in 94.
Speaker 1:Okay, I didn't realize they have been around that long. Human Clay was 99. So that's when they got big, which had my Own Prison, which is our higher. See it With arms wide open. I get that song stuck in my head all the time. Oh, but they Hold on. So 97. Oh, no, this is Okay. I recognize this album cover. I don't know if you can see it. Turn the phone. See that. I remember this album cover. This came out in 97. My Own Prison what's this line for? One One's a cool song. That's on the greatest hits, man. So yeah, I didn't realize they 97, dude, that was just not long after I graduated high school. All right, I was thinking they were.
Speaker 1:They came out in the 2000s and stuff, and I, a band that loving that's been around and you know, has a catalog, and so now it's like, yeah, because I've been always kind of searching, I don't know, it's just, you know, like ever since, you know, I noticed things I've talked about before with like film. I hear my fan. Hold on. I need to turn my fan. I can hear the fan blowing on the microphone a little bit, so, oh, it's still there, huh, like it's got the silencing, the cancelling. I've got to turn it off.
Speaker 1:I hate when I'll do a podcast and then I'll listen to it afterward and I just hear like some kind of weird noise. I'm like, oh my gosh, it's going to be annoying for people. It's like that's why you don't have, you know, many listeners, because you, I need to get a padded room, not because I'm crazy, but you know. Not because I'm crazy, but you know. Anyway, so you know, since I've been, since I've been, I'm not reborn, I'm a Catholic, but, you know, I've been baptized. I focus on Christian things and I read the Bible and I try to be good and I go to Mass every week. I got to go this week. My wife was out of town so we didn't get to go.
Speaker 1:But I notice things though, with film and everything. Even like some of my—I can't think of a film that I grew up and loved. I think I don't really watch movies too much and I have a bunch. I collect movies. I used to be a big film buff and I'm kind of afraid to like. I want.
Speaker 1:You know, my kids I think my oldest has seen like Fight Club I'm seeing it right now, that's what I'm thinking about. And my other son like he talks about it cause he sees memes and whatever and he's like, oh, do we have Fight Club? And so you know, and he's like, oh, do we have fight club? And so you know, and I'm like gosh man, but is it? I'm trying to remember I know it's like a anti-establishment, you know, and monopoly, and you know the big companies kind of film and just about all the crap. So I think it's fine, but I'm kind of afraid to watch something like that and just be like, ah yeah, this ain't jiving with me anymore.
Speaker 1:You know, things that I used to just love and be a fan of was the liberal mindset, you know. And now I'm just like, but, like I said, like old movies that like used to be favorites, I haven't like Back to the like, back to future or something, or in glorious bastards. You know, there's nothing in there that's I can think of right now, you know. So I'm good, but like I think I talked about it before, I was watching a movie that's pretty popular that I had never watched.
Speaker 1:Oh crap, I can't even think of what it's called. I probably said the same thing oh, this is a movie I don't know what it is, but it, what was it Like? The King's, king's Gentleman or something like that King's Gentleman? Oh, is that it? Am I right Kingsman? Okay, kingsman, the Secret Service, there, it is Okay.
Speaker 1:So this movie was pretty popular, I guess, and I just never watched it. You know, just, I don't know. And then it's on, or was on, netflix, and so I started watching it and then there was a scene where he's in like a Baptist church or something. You know, why do I always forget this? You have Catholic and you have Protestant. There we go. I always forget the word Protestant for some dang reason, anyway. So it looks like it's at some kind of Southern Baptist, I don't know, it's a Protestant type church and it just shows people there being just redneck, racist, whatever, and it was just like, and that is so common in film and stuff.
Speaker 1:And you know, I never noticed it that much because I was a liberal, you know, and it didn't. You know, I have, I don't know, I, I never, I never thought of myself, or I mean, I never thought of myself as anything really. But, looking back, I wasn't an atheist, I was agnostic. I always kind of felt like there was something, but I just didn't know and whatever, I didn't try and look for it or you know. But so, yeah, so this movie like, and I turned it off, like I was like dude, whatever, and it's just so.
Speaker 1:I am noticing these things, and so then I notice it when, like, there's a band and there's, it has like a message, and then I'm hearing something that's very pro-faith, you know, christianity, jesus, or something like that, and they don't have to go out and say it. I like it when it's, you know, like my sacrifice song. It's a great song because you could take it a multitude of ways, and for me I took it as like somebody who kind of maybe used to be strong or was very faithful excuse me, you know believed in jesus and all that stuff, and then kind of went astray and whatever, and then it's coming back to jesus or something like. That's kind of how I interpret it, you know, and I know that's not what it was written, but the way they write it. It's all up for interpretation, which is, I think, which makes a great song, and then you could have, you know, some crazy liberals that look at it differently and you know.
Speaker 1:But whatever, yeah, so it's just, you know, kind of music-wise. It's like I'm forcing myself to listen to stuff. I'm forcing myself to listen to stuff I'm trying to find, you know, like I listen to Metallica a lot, just at the gym, because the pace and the timing and everything just kind of I don't know. And then I don't know, when I'm at home I just kind of like lately I have been kind of listening to some 90s more Like I have the Singles soundtrack. I don't know if you've listened to that.
Speaker 1:I loved that movie because that was right around the time, you know I was a teenager. And Singles movie comes out and oh, look, there's Pearl Jam in the movie and you know it was a big thing and I had the soundtrack soundtrack. It's still pretty good, you know. But yeah, that's kind of I think somebody's here it's probably my son, looks like my son and some friends. Why are they bringing friends over? I got a little camera in there. What the crap? Oh, no, it's okay, there he is. Anyway. Where am I at 22, okay? So the point is I'm, I'm like I, I'm just, I'm a little.
Speaker 1:I'm happy that I have found creed the way that I did. I don't know, you know, I just gave it a chance and it's like the music is great and it's like it seems like I know all the songs. I mean, I don't know, you know, I just gave it a chance and it's like the music is great and it's like it seems like I know all the songs. I mean, I don't know them all. These are all like the hits, so of course, you know, I heard them from the radio. Man, okay, just one. I'm almost done. I thought I locked it. It was JB. Yeah, I saw it. I got, didn't lock the door anyway, but yeah, so it's like, and it was just man, it was hitting me in the heartstrings and you know the music. I've always recognized the fact that the music was good. You know the they could play. It was just the singer that just kind of I was like I don't know, but yeah, so I don't know, that's kind of crazy. I'm enjoying it a lot. I kind of hope that they come to the Philippines. Man, take my son because he's into that kind of music. The Smashing Pumpkins are coming to Manila next month.
Speaker 1:I think I don't remember if I went to see the Smashing Pumpkins. You know, I went to a lot of shows and a lot of concerts and sometimes I'll be like, oh crap, I did see them. I remember that. You know, like it's crazy how, man, I don't know like a lot of people go to shows and like, oh man, I went, I saw Nirvana and I got that memory of seeing Nirvana and so that's kind of cool. I never saw Nirvana and I got that memory of seeing Nirvana and so that's kind of cool. I never saw Nirvana, but it's like I've seen many other bands and then sometimes I forget that I even seen them, not because I was like wasted or anything, it's just I don't know. It's kind of all the same, like I don't know, like I enjoyed going to see bands live, but I don't. It's not like I have to go and see them. You know what I mean? I don't know, but I would kind of like to bring my son to experience that. So it's like I'm kind of debating on going to see the smashing pumpkins because he likes some of their older stuff. Go see them in manila, that'd be kind of cool. I don't know, I should look and see what bands are coming to manila. Maybe creative will come. I know bands do come not too often, but anyway, that's it.
Speaker 1:Do you like Creed? Is there anybody that's liked him from the beginning? You got a little story about Creed. Let me know Also. So I had a couple comments that was cool. I gotta. I mean I give them like a little thumbs up.
Speaker 1:But one guy had some stuff to say and just a basic hey, this is cool, I like what you said, you should do this or whatever. But it's like, if you're like dude, I like this dude but he needs to do this or something. Send me an email. Just be like bro dude. You know I like this dude, but he needs to do this or something. Send me an email. Just be like bro dude, I like your podcast, but I think you need to do this or you should do this. Yeah, theobjectivejerk at gmailcom Hit me up.
Speaker 1:That's kind of what I, you know, and if somebody wants my opinion on stuff or I don't know, I mean my opinion. I'm not a big opinionated guy, but I can find an opinion on something I guess. I don't know, but that's kind of it. I just wanted to, you know, talk about something a little little less dreadful, and I was just kind of jamming out to creed while I was doing some stuff and it was like kind of wanted to talk about it. So anyway, let me know what you think. I appreciate your time. I hope everybody's doing well and God bless Bye.
