That was good I REMEMBERED SOME OF THEM SONGS WHEN I WAS GOING TO TECHNICAL SCHOOL BACK IN THE MID 1980.s Praise the Lord .Some of them I Liked 😮 .overall some of the Artists are still here in The Lord amen MR JAMES 8+7-2023Ad
Brought back a lot of great memories of the early 80's in my high school days and also during my time in the Marine Corps from '85 to '89. It was great to reflect where I was stationed at when those songs came out. Loved David Martin, Michael W Smith, Rob Frazier, and Margret Becker. Great Music. Thank you.
Thanks this weas the music I wanted so bad but got very little of it despite living 12 miles from the Agape Farm where the Jesus Festivals were held in Mt.Union Pa. We got some on WTLR in State College and some on the College radio station at Juniata College but it wasn't looked on favorably by the local Christian leadership. But it was enough to get me hooked on it. Without it I would have walked away from God. Thanks Jesus for loving Jesus Music.
I wasn't born until 1990, but I've always loved Christian music from this decade; as well as Christian music from the 1970's and 1990's! Thanks for putting these out, I have enjoyed them very much!
Man, this is so nostalgic! I was the music buyer for one of the largest Christian bookstores called Maranatha Village, right next to Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. During those years, I had a radio agency that used to run ads on KYMS...then later I worked at Frontline Records ('83)...fun to see the covers of albums I used to sell!
Likewise. I was on staff at a church in Orange County. Used to shop at Maranatha Village and also briefly did voice-overs on KYMS. Also, as a college student in Chicago, I had volunteered with a Christian Concert promoter. Over the years, I worked with so many of these bands/vocalist. What a trip down memory lane!
I went to UC Irvine and Maranatha Village was an awesome Christian store for books and records. What memories. My journey started around 1979 so this is my decade :)
I was a DJ at KWJC 9.19 FM Today’s Christian Music (William Jewell College - Liberty, Missouri) Format- CCM and on Friday nights Rock/Alternative/Metal
My late husband was a Christian DJ during that time. San Antonio, Austin, West Memphis, Pittsburgh, Jackson. This music was in our home and lives all the time. I still have so many CD’s from this time.
Thank you so very much...such nostalgia...I gave my life to Jesus in 1978 in a Assembly of God church 6 years old. Grew up listening to Crouch, Petra, Evie, Grant, maranatha, Gaither music... Grateful for this culture that us still alive and well in our modern day Spirit filled musician artists and song writers...let us continue to pray for them that the Holy Spurit anointing be upon this industry. JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!
Worked at our college 30000 watt fm station between 1978 and 1982. All these albums came through the studio. Listening to this reminds me of cueing up a record and sharing the message with the listeners
Amy, I hope you see this. You need to follow your own advice. There was a time you wouldn't compromise. I had as well, but I came back. Come back to your senses. We still love you.
These bring back so many thoughts and memories that lighten my heart. Only sad point is recalling those you loved and shared times with have left this earthly dwelling but then rejoice in knowing where those have gone to.
Turning distracted hearts and minds back fully to the Lord can result in heartfelt song lyrics that could be as impactful to this generation as the Jesus music of the 70s was to mine.
Thanks for this history lesson. I am especially grateful for the Tonio K. reference at 45:47. I have racked my brain for years trying to remember the correct Artist's name and album title so I can buy this again. This album was in my collection back in the 80's.
Michael Card, Twila Paris, Amy Grant, Sandi Patti, Chuck Gerard, Rich Mullins (RIP), Carmen.....and a U.S. band not mentioned here "Spin 180". I sang the song Perfect Union (Michael Ward) to my wife at our wedding in 1990 😍
I can't WAIT to check out these playlists. I can't listen to Hillsong and Jesus Culture and their self-centered, empty music any more. I've been curious about 80's Christian music for a couple of decades now, but never knew where to find it. Thank you for compling them for us!!
Thank u 4 making a list of the songs. I found some of the ones my mom recorded and listened to them ever since i was a pre teen. Now i can share them with my mother .God bless you
Awesome to see rockers Stryper, Rez, Shout, Jerusalem, Zion, Whitecross and Idle Cure. Better to see alternative bands Undercover, Altar Boys, Mad At the World and Vector on the list. Thanks for taking us down memory lane.
@@christopherskipp1525 KLTT was eventually bought out by Crawford Broadcasting. The current incarnation of KLTT is on AM670 as a Christian Talk station while 800 AM was moved to AM810 and is now able to broadcast 24/7. AM810 is now an Adult Standards format.
In the 70s we had what we called "Jesus Freaks" it was not a derogatory word. It meant people who were all ready to talk about Jesus and God. I knew one as a friend in college. he always carried his Bible . Sometimes he'd start something and sometime I would.
I often wish someone from CCM Magazine would release all their weekly song charts from when I began I believe in 1978-2002 when it ended. I started to listen to CCM radio in the mid 1990s, but didn't discover the CCM charts until 1998. I do remember many of these songs still getting played in the 90s. For the past 25 years, I've been keeping track of the CCM weekly radio charts. I wish I knew how well the songs charted in the early years.
I think by this time I was starting to not listen to Christian music as much. I was so influenced by the 70's music scene - there was so much at that time - Christian Rock was new and exciting - Maranatha, Larry Norman, Phil Keaggy, and then the British Punk/Ska stuff - Ishmael United. In the 80's I still loved Larry Norman, the Call and U2 but for me, Christian music started getting really cheesey. I was never into Carman, Amy Grant or the other pop stuff or even the heavy metal stuff. There was a lot of good gospel coming out at that time, but the 80's, aside from the British stuff kind of trailed off for me. The 90's and 2000's however really started to pick up again. Just my opinion and personal thoughts :) I love and appreciate all your hard work Steven. I have been around long enough to appreciate all the different decades of Christian music. I still love to listen to it and it still brings me great joy and blessings!
Such a wonderful look back at my spiritual childhood. Awesome memories come flooding back, and the smile on my face is bright. Is there a 90's version?
i crew up in that time .and i know some of this.but iam suprised about how much of this i have never heared of.and i crew up a chrisitian boy born 67. and in the 80s i went to every christan rockconcert posible in germanny.
As with your video of the 69-79 songs, this brings back loads of memories. Overall, I think the 70s was the best decade for Jesus Music, maybe because it was a new, developing kind of music. I remember when the closest thing to CCM that I knew about was Andrae Crouch (still love Andrae), the Bill Gaither Trio, and Truth. Top concerts I saw in the 80s - 2nd Chapter of Acts a few times, Mylon and Broken Heart 2 or 3 times.
I saw 2nd Chapter of Acts when i attended a large church in Cedar Hill - which was only about 100 miles from their home in Lindale, TX. Matthew did one of his hard rock solos and the older people in the front row walked out.
Steven! This is so fantastic! Thank you for your labor of love in doing this one and the 70's Timesweep. So nostalgic for me. During Covid when I had more free time, I put together a TH-cam radio show featuring 80's Christian rock that tells many of the stories behind the music. It compliments this Timesweep perfectly! th-cam.com/play/PLrwtxG0TZQjY5ErxgEMMJFMj42Z7-MwEp.html
Jerusalem Dancing on the Head of a Serpent was released in 1987 in Europe with a European mix. It wasn't released until 1988 in North America with a different mix. They didn't show Honestly by Stryper which was a mainstream hit in 1987. I'm wondering if that was on the CCM charts like Calling on You, Free and Sing Along Song was. Maybe someone can verify. They showed the wrong album for Shout "When the Love is Gone". They showed the It Won't Be Long (1988) album cover then that song is from In Your Face (1989). Nice mention of Zion, Barren Cross and Rez. Russ Taff has one of the best voices in music.
I absolutely loved the first Timesweep from 69-79. I'm about to dive into this one. I do have a question. So, I was born in 1975 and I didn't get saved until 2004, so I really didn't listen to any CCM between this timeframe. If you would have asked me what Jesus Music or CCM music was I couldn't have told you. But, for those who lived through this time period, did you notice the music or the message begin to change at all once it became a "business"? Like once the secular record labels saw that there was money to be made off the backs of CCM music did you notice the difference. The one thing I took away from the first video is that at the beginning of Jesus Music in the early to mid-70's, is that you heard Jesus's name all throughout the songs. But, as time has gone on, you don't hear is name as much as you do pronouns "He" and "Him." I'd love for someone to speak on that. I just loved the rawness and purity of the message of Jesus Christ and the Gospel in the early years.
That's a great question and comment. My only connection to this music was from what I heard on the air, first on the independent radio shows (as I outlined in the intro to the first video) and then on stations that played the songs for more of the day (as I mention in the intro to this video). I can speculate and give my opinion. 🙂 As more and more artists came on the scene playing this kind of music, I would imagine that it became a challenge to find a new way to present the message, in a winning way that would capture the interest of an audience, and be a performance that the artist liked. Some artists disliked the industry (Larry Norman comes to mind), some were getting started and had to depend on the advice of the early record companies who were investing in them by recording and pressing discs to sell. And the more that was made available, the more content was demanded, particularly as radio stations grew and needed more music to play. Also recognize that the big labels (Sparrow, Myrrh, etc) were Christian-focused to begin with, and were ostensibly concerned about the message and artists not straying too far into unusual territory. (I think of Sandy Patti compared to Steve Taylor, for example). As for the lack of Jesus' name being mentioned in later music, I *believe* this would be an attempt to not overuse his name, but still communicate the message. Sometimes, perhaps, the point would be to grab a listener's interest with a song style or interesting lyrics, and letting a listener later dig deeper in to those lyrics to see what they meant. As for the secular record labels: When the big companies purchased the Christian labels, they did it to make money, not to try to change the music they made. The secular labels wanted successful artists who would sell product to their niche audience. Now, this is not to say that everyone's start and their finish is the same. U2 was a Christian band early on, but not so much today. Some artist have strayed away from their beginnings (as any of us can do). I do agree that the early "rawness" and earnestness of those artists is a reflection of the enthusiasm of their early encounter with the Savior.
@@StevenWeyhrich Thanks for responding man. I love stuff like this and studying the history of things. Funny thing is, my family and I have been attending Calvary Chapel here in my area for the last 19 years and I had no idea about Jesus Music until I watched a documentary on Chuck Smith...and then went to see the Jesus Revolution movie. It made me want to look into it and that's how I ran across your videos. I've come across some great music, and I think my favorites have been Love Song, 2nd Chapter of Acts, and Keith Green. Man I love how on fire Keith Green was for Jesus. I appreciate you doing these videos.
If you want to hear full versions of many of these songs, check out these playlists: 1980 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoUrKUOpB1-yjJGxtcYATY1z.html 1981 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoXllHgrRnPvzI2gB4lhtNdr.html 1982 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoUNuxyJjWMaqOdYt3JTmZQc.html 1983 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoUBkr6X_ZblUGtotchKItfZ.html 1984 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoXWLhnjaLxopxq3cJjSp2qr.html 1985 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoVjMjeZTv9jELY75neemxCs.html 1986 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoXq0dX87pr5Pf21l3BAZEVB.html 1987 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoW5nBGFPlvsY3fQIH5T87ww.html 1988 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoXzX4lqbXuOTve6DV1_bl4h.html 1989 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoXAf3tJN1AKHxTO4ZX_AcVn.html And for a taste of Christian radio from the 1980s, here are songs played on WHME-FM 103.1 in South Bend, Indiana, KYMS 106.3 Santa Ana, California from 1984, and WCFL 1000 AM, Chicago, in 1984: th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoXx1lW2BrbVczMmNKWRJoQW.html The Larry Black Show from the 1980s: th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoVhS2BSVyJyBGlWX58InYSr.html
Too bad Christians didn't put any real value on their old music. Why the Hell we don't have classic christian music stations? All the good music is out of print.
Agreed. I’m so tired of endlessly hearing the same songs by a few artists on the Fish in Los Angeles. Some of it is awesome but let’s not forget the great music preceded the modern stuff.
It’s not that Christians don’t appreciate the early music, the Christian music industry controls what gets played and the old stuff doesn’t generate dollars for them. Many Christian labels are owned by major secular music labels so it’s about the bucks, not blessing people or ministry. The artists may be serving the Lord but the record labels serve the almighty dollar.
Totally agree Svetlana! I'm so tired of hearing the same songs and all the same sort of genre - it's all the same. What happened to all the great Christian bands and great songs? Not to knock Hillsong, Maverick City and Elevation Worship, they all have their place and worship music is beautiful, but I do miss the old bands of the 2000's.
You need to add the Trinity album from 1973, Jesus When the Sun Goes Down. The title of the album is somewhat misleading as that song is not on the record. It really was the first rock Jesus album because we pressed it in 1971 and it actually came out in 1972. So the 1973 moniker on your website is not accurate.
This is unclear. Which song by which artist is listed as 1973 and was actually 1972? I can't change the video (it's been completed for nearly 7 years) but if there is a song in one of the playlists that is in the wrong year, that I can change. (And, BTW, this is the 1980-89 timesweep - are you referring to the 1969-79 timesweep video?)
Bj Thomas Jesus on my mind, Esta cancion la escuché del grupo Generación de Jesus, segun veo esta es la version original, aunque ellos la sacaron hace muchos años.
@@Just_in_Rich I recognize that. Here are my limitations, however. First, the 1970s and 80s were my golden age of CCM. I listened to the music heavily during that time. I understand that for others, the 1990s, or 2000s or 2010s may be THEIR golden age, and that's why they'd like to hear clips of those songs again. However, after I married in the mid-1980s and had a family, my available time to keep up with the new music dwindled rapidly. I have other music I recorded off the radio that are on other videos on this channel, but it was just not as intense as before i married. I do enjoy some of the music of the 1990s, but don't know a large amount of it. The other limitation is that to create the 1970s and 1980s Timesweep videos was a fair amount of work; finding the music to take clips of, getting album art, etc, is involved. And I still have a full time job that actually pays my living expenses; these videos out TH-cam are completely non-monetized, as I do not own the rights to any of it, so I put them up just because I want to share it with others who may also enjoy it. So, yes, I do have an interest in creating a Timesweep for the 1990s, but it's just not on the forefront of my projects at this time. Pray that God gives me the time and enthusiasm!
From back in the day when there was talent and high production values in the industry. The predictable, monotonous dreck that passes for praise music these days all sounds like it came out of the same studio from the same producer.
Maybe it's just me, but I found the vast majority of this decade sounding like the same studio band playing in the background for each singer or duet, with little variation in the style of the music. I found the music from 1969 - 1979 far more interesting, as it was more free-form, and the genre didn't refine itself, which, to me, was moreso using the same formulaic music and style, with little deviation. The reality is that Christian "pop" music has painted itself into a corner, IMO, because there is little in the way of experimentation going on. This is why I liked the first decade much more. This is NOT to say that the people can't sing, or the musicians can't play well. It's just so...bland. Well, it is to me, anyway.
That is an interesting comment. There are a number of the songs from this of which I am particularly fond (Keith Green, Don Francisco, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, the Imperials, and so on), but there are a number of others that "charted" that are less enjoyable to me. I can speculate that what differs the 70s from the 80s is the rise of the CCM industry, wanting content for new CCM-focused stations to play, a change in the output from older artists who have had their salvation for a while, and singing to an audience that is similar. There is less of an intensity of "confess your sins and come to the Lord", and more of the "here's the Christian life and how to live it". And then there are songs that are just trying to make a point. Some that are not formulaic would be those by Steve Taylor ("I Want To Be A Clone", "Whatever Happened To Sin", and "Meltdown") which point at various things in the world or Christian life or the world that need attention, but in a more subtle way than in the music of the 1970s. Also, so many of those 80s artists used so much synthesizer. It was new and cool, but does seem overused. That being said, I am still fond of this decade in a different way than I am fond of the 70s. I guess it might be like the difference between a first love and a later more mature love; both important, but both different.
@@StevenWeyhrich Yeah, I'm not saying all of the music fit into a particular mold, if you will. But a lot did. Still does, for that matter. From a music only POV, it's...pretty limiting. In the case of Christian music, there are some genres that get virtually no airplay, so it must be very difficult to garner any sort of fan base, because it never gets heard on the air. One has to do some investigating. Nowadays, it's easier to do. But it just wasn't possible in the 80's, on up to the mid-90's at all. The 70's, it appears, gave everything a chance, lol I noticed the shift in the late 70's. Through much of the decade, the music wasn't fitting into any particular mold, if you will. The 80's was an over-produced (in the studio that is) decade. There is a reason for that. We moved into the digital realm. It allowed more tracks. It allowed more digital effects, and, because people COULD use them, they used too much of them, and far too often. It was like that for all genres of music. I am not critiquing the singers. They are fine. I'm just looking at the music.
Born again 1983! Praise God for the Christian Book Stores that had these wonderful songwriters: Agape Christian Bookstore and Val Peplers Christian Book Store both at Longmont ,Co .and Ken and Linda Miller Family who helped me with so much music at their Music Store ,thanks for this inspiration . I feel so much life here!
This is Rock and Roll.... Christianed.... but not bad as they are now. .... this U can listen to....in one way or another!!!... today all music is Garbage 🗑️!!!!!
Oh, early on they were Christian in their lyrics. Where were their hearts, did they just get tired of doing that type of music, I don't know. But KYMS was really digging U2 in 1984!
@@StevenWeyhrich - I used to listen to KYMS FM Eagle 106.3, I even taped some songs off the radio while I listened, I still have that cassette tapes, 1990 & 1991 and 1992 - 1994.🤔😊✝🎵🎵🎶🎶🎼🎼
So many great memories. Lots of fantastic music here. Thanks for sharing these!
That was good I REMEMBERED SOME OF THEM SONGS WHEN I WAS GOING TO TECHNICAL SCHOOL BACK IN THE MID 1980.s Praise the Lord .Some of them I Liked 😮 .overall some of the Artists are still here in The Lord amen MR JAMES 8+7-2023Ad
Brought back a lot of great memories of the early 80's in my high school days and also during my time in the Marine Corps from '85 to '89. It was great to reflect where I was stationed at when those songs came out. Loved David Martin, Michael W Smith, Rob Frazier, and Margret Becker. Great Music. Thank you.
Thanks this weas the music I wanted so bad but got very little of it despite living 12 miles from the Agape Farm where the Jesus Festivals were held in Mt.Union Pa. We got some on WTLR in State College and some on the College radio station at Juniata College but it wasn't looked on favorably by the local Christian leadership. But it was enough to get me hooked on it. Without it I would have walked away from God. Thanks Jesus for loving Jesus Music.
I wasn't born until 1990, but I've always loved Christian music from this decade; as well as Christian music from the 1970's and 1990's! Thanks for putting these out, I have enjoyed them very much!
1981 is the best year. 🎉
I really miss those days.
Man, this is so nostalgic! I was the music buyer for one of the largest Christian bookstores called Maranatha Village, right next to Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. During those years, I had a radio agency that used to run ads on KYMS...then later I worked at Frontline Records ('83)...fun to see the covers of albums I used to sell!
Onigosh! I've been there! Came down with my family to go to Disneyland and saw it. I PLEADED to stop for awhile! I remember!
My mom took me to Maranatha Village when I was a little girl. Loved it! Was there a water feature there?
Likewise. I was on staff at a church in Orange County. Used to shop at Maranatha Village and also briefly did voice-overs on KYMS. Also, as a college student in Chicago, I had volunteered with a Christian Concert promoter. Over the years, I worked with so many of these bands/vocalist. What a trip down memory lane!
The original Calvary ❤️🙏
I went to UC Irvine and Maranatha Village was an awesome Christian store for books and records. What memories. My journey started around 1979 so this is my decade :)
Kathy Trocolli Stubborn Love . Oooo how that tugged at my heart .
I was a DJ at KWJC 9.19 FM Today’s Christian Music (William Jewell College - Liberty, Missouri)
Format- CCM and on Friday nights Rock/Alternative/Metal
Such great music and talent!
My late husband was a Christian DJ during that time. San Antonio, Austin, West Memphis, Pittsburgh, Jackson. This music was in our home and lives all the time. I still have so many CD’s from this time.
Thank you so very much...such nostalgia...I gave my life to Jesus in 1978 in a Assembly of God church 6 years old. Grew up listening to Crouch, Petra, Evie, Grant, maranatha, Gaither music...
Grateful for this culture that us still alive and well in our modern day Spirit filled musician artists and song writers...let us continue to pray for them that the Holy Spurit anointing be upon this industry.
JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!
Heard Petra when they were practicing out of a garage in mid 70's.
Worked at our college 30000 watt fm station between 1978 and 1982. All these albums came through the studio. Listening to this reminds me of cueing up a record and sharing the message with the listeners
You should listen to the WHME airchecks in the playlist message that is pinned!
Wonderful, inspirational, brings back some treasured memories of my walk with the Lord Jesus. He is Faithful!!!
1985 on SOUNDS JUST LIKE THE WORLD ,,,, WITH CHRISTIAN LYRCS
This brings back so many memories.
When I was younger I was judged harshly by my pears for listening to Jesus
Thank you for putting all this together, Steve! I'm sure it took a LOT of work. It brings back some great memories from back in the day. Thanks again!
Yes…. Part of that Jesus Revolution! Nostalgic! Do IT Again Lord!✝️🎼🔥✝️🕊🎼
Thank you for posting. You are preserving history.
I was born in 74 - wow this music I heard a lot.
Wonderful memories . I wish I had heard every album . But had many .
Amy, I hope you see this. You need to follow your own advice. There was a time you wouldn't compromise. I had as well, but I came back. Come back to your senses. We still love you.
Amen 🙏 let's say a prayer for Amy.💥
What memories all of these songs have brought back!
Awesome! Thank you so much for this! I am 65 years old now and this music continues to hold a special place in my heart!
I know what you mean! The 70s and 80: were a particularly amazing time for Christian music!
So many good memories! At 12:12 - I LOVE that song, "No Other One" duet with Dallas Holm. It's a shame the music today isn't this good (or inspired).
I found it! I found it!!!!
I have been looking for this song for years!!
A new beginning by Silverwind
Even better - here is the full song:
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@@StevenWeyhrich
thank you so much!😊
So many great memories/songs from when I was becoming spiritually awakened during the 70s/80s Thanks for posting!
Thank you Steven for this labor of love you have done for the body of Christ!
These bring back so many thoughts and memories that lighten my heart. Only sad point is recalling those you loved and shared times with have left this earthly dwelling but then rejoice in knowing where those have gone to.
I worked in Sales at Benson Music during some of this Timesweep. So many memorable songs! Thank You!
Thanks for the work you did for Benson, and helping these songs get into stores!
I love these album covers!
It was one of the perks of albums. Used to decorate the walls with album covers.
My favorite is Love Crucified Arose by Michael Card
Great song (and album)!
Thankyou for this compilation. I connected back to my youth. A lot of this music carried me through depressing times. Praise to God !
We need this back again . 2023
Turning distracted hearts and minds back fully to the Lord can result in heartfelt song lyrics that could be as impactful to this generation as the Jesus music of the 70s was to mine.
My favorite Band and first my concert- Petra This Means War!
Thanks for this history lesson. I am especially grateful for the Tonio K. reference at 45:47. I have racked my brain for years trying to remember the correct Artist's name and album title so I can buy this again. This album was in my collection back in the 80's.
Michael Card, Twila Paris, Amy Grant, Sandi Patti, Chuck Gerard, Rich Mullins (RIP), Carmen.....and a U.S. band not mentioned here "Spin 180". I sang the song Perfect Union (Michael Ward) to my wife at our wedding in 1990 😍
Amazing! So much excellent music and fun memories, thank you for creating this compilation!
I can't WAIT to check out these playlists. I can't listen to Hillsong and Jesus Culture and their self-centered, empty music any more.
I've been curious about 80's Christian music for a couple of decades now, but never knew where to find it. Thank you for compling them for us!!
Yes, I hope you enjoy the songs as much as I do!
The Vigil by Kemper Crabbe is one of the best praise albums I have ever heard.
man I miss this music this was worshipful
REALY ? from 1985 sounds just like the word
Wow, brought back many great memories.
we watched both all over again! Still amazing Steve!!! thank you for all this hard work!
To be honest, I have listened to them more than once also ...😁
I've listened to both timesweeps and noticed that the music became decidedly rockier from 1985 onward.
Yes, it was definitely more folk-oriented in the early to mid 70s.
Thank u 4 making a list of the songs. I found some of the ones my mom recorded and listened to them ever since i was a pre teen. Now i can share them with my mother .God bless you
Grew up on this music!!
Thank you for all the work you did to put these together.
Good stuff, man! Thanks for the effort of putting these together and perfect little segments of various styles of music through the time frames!
Awesome to see rockers Stryper, Rez, Shout, Jerusalem, Zion, Whitecross and Idle Cure. Better to see alternative bands Undercover, Altar Boys, Mad At the World and Vector on the list. Thanks for taking us down memory lane.
I remember listening to KBRN 810 AM in Denver during the late 1970's and early 1980's. All these artists were played on that station.
Later became KLTT aka 80 K-Light and was for a time sister station to KYMS in Orange County for a time.
@@donmccullen1973 What is it now?
@@christopherskipp1525 KLTT was eventually bought out by Crawford Broadcasting. The current incarnation of KLTT is on AM670 as a Christian Talk station while 800 AM was moved to AM810 and is now able to broadcast 24/7. AM810 is now an Adult Standards format.
@@donmccullen1973 Thank you for that history.
In the 70s we had what we called "Jesus Freaks" it was not a derogatory word. It meant people who were all ready to talk about Jesus and God.
I knew one as a friend in college. he always carried his Bible . Sometimes he'd start something and sometime I would.
I often wish someone from CCM Magazine would release all their weekly song charts from when I began I believe in 1978-2002 when it ended. I started to listen to CCM radio in the mid 1990s, but didn't discover the CCM charts until 1998. I do remember many of these songs still getting played in the 90s. For the past 25 years, I've been keeping track of the CCM weekly radio charts. I wish I knew how well the songs charted in the early years.
Thanks Steven for this incredible work of love! Glory to God!!
Great compilation!!
I heard some Keith Green “How can they live without Jesus”! Song music at the beginning of this video.
I think by this time I was starting to not listen to Christian music as much. I was so influenced by the 70's music scene - there was so much at that time - Christian Rock was new and exciting - Maranatha, Larry Norman, Phil Keaggy, and then the British Punk/Ska stuff - Ishmael United. In the 80's I still loved Larry Norman, the Call and U2 but for me, Christian music started getting really cheesey. I was never into Carman, Amy Grant or the other pop stuff or even the heavy metal stuff. There was a lot of good gospel coming out at that time, but the 80's, aside from the British stuff kind of trailed off for me. The 90's and 2000's however really started to pick up again. Just my opinion and personal thoughts :) I love and appreciate all your hard work Steven. I have been around long enough to appreciate all the different decades of Christian music. I still love to listen to it and it still brings me great joy and blessings!
Andre Crouch “it’s gonna rain” was written at Ichthus festival a couple of years earlier. I was there, it was raining, it was a great jam!
Wow! Such memories! Great music!
Such a wonderful look back at my spiritual childhood. Awesome memories come flooding back, and the smile on my face is bright. Is there a 90's version?
I did not move this into the 90s. Maybe some day. Until this past two months, the views were not enough to warrant doing the work.
i crew up in that time .and i know some of this.but iam suprised about how much of this i have never heared of.and i crew
up a chrisitian boy born 67. and in the 80s i went to every christan rockconcert posible in germanny.
❤ praise God
Wow!! Very good!!!
As with your video of the 69-79 songs, this brings back loads of memories. Overall, I think the 70s was the best decade for Jesus Music, maybe because it was a new, developing kind of music. I remember when the closest thing to CCM that I knew about was Andrae Crouch (still love Andrae), the Bill Gaither Trio, and Truth. Top concerts I saw in the 80s - 2nd Chapter of Acts a few times, Mylon and Broken Heart 2 or 3 times.
I saw 2nd Chapter of Acts when i attended a large church in Cedar Hill - which was only about 100 miles from their home in Lindale, TX. Matthew did one of his hard rock solos and the older people in the front row walked out.
KCFO Tulsa! Changed my life!
Thank you!
I have been looking for 'One heart at a time' for years...but couldn't figure who sang this/nor the title. Thank you.
The Maranartha Singers were the best!!!
Steven! This is so fantastic! Thank you for your labor of love in doing this one and the 70's Timesweep. So nostalgic for me. During Covid when I had more free time, I put together a TH-cam radio show featuring 80's Christian rock that tells many of the stories behind the music. It compliments this Timesweep perfectly! th-cam.com/play/PLrwtxG0TZQjY5ErxgEMMJFMj42Z7-MwEp.html
Great, thanks for the link!
Still listening haven't gotten to the end of the video yet but wondering if wdba in DuBois Pennsylvania was listed as one of the stations
Sorry, it is not. It was REAL hard finding things from stations other than those that I had personally recorded.
Jerusalem Dancing on the Head of a Serpent was released in 1987 in Europe with a European mix. It wasn't released until 1988 in North America with a different mix. They didn't show Honestly by Stryper which was a mainstream hit in 1987. I'm wondering if that was on the CCM charts like Calling on You, Free and Sing Along Song was. Maybe someone can verify. They showed the wrong album for Shout "When the Love is Gone". They showed the It Won't Be Long (1988) album cover then that song is from In Your Face (1989). Nice mention of Zion, Barren Cross and Rez. Russ Taff has one of the best voices in music.
Sorry for the mistake
85 on sounds just like the world
I can still remember the day that Keith Green was killed in a small plane crash. July 1982
And 2 of his 4 children. He founded LAST DAYS MINISTRIES.
Me too.
I absolutely loved the first Timesweep from 69-79. I'm about to dive into this one. I do have a question. So, I was born in 1975 and I didn't get saved until 2004, so I really didn't listen to any CCM between this timeframe. If you would have asked me what Jesus Music or CCM music was I couldn't have told you. But, for those who lived through this time period, did you notice the music or the message begin to change at all once it became a "business"? Like once the secular record labels saw that there was money to be made off the backs of CCM music did you notice the difference. The one thing I took away from the first video is that at the beginning of Jesus Music in the early to mid-70's, is that you heard Jesus's name all throughout the songs. But, as time has gone on, you don't hear is name as much as you do pronouns "He" and "Him." I'd love for someone to speak on that. I just loved the rawness and purity of the message of Jesus Christ and the Gospel in the early years.
That's a great question and comment.
My only connection to this music was from what I heard on the air, first on the independent radio shows (as I outlined in the intro to the first video) and then on stations that played the songs for more of the day (as I mention in the intro to this video). I can speculate and give my opinion. 🙂
As more and more artists came on the scene playing this kind of music, I would imagine that it became a challenge to find a new way to present the message, in a winning way that would capture the interest of an audience, and be a performance that the artist liked. Some artists disliked the industry (Larry Norman comes to mind), some were getting started and had to depend on the advice of the early record companies who were investing in them by recording and pressing discs to sell. And the more that was made available, the more content was demanded, particularly as radio stations grew and needed more music to play.
Also recognize that the big labels (Sparrow, Myrrh, etc) were Christian-focused to begin with, and were ostensibly concerned about the message and artists not straying too far into unusual territory. (I think of Sandy Patti compared to Steve Taylor, for example).
As for the lack of Jesus' name being mentioned in later music, I *believe* this would be an attempt to not overuse his name, but still communicate the message. Sometimes, perhaps, the point would be to grab a listener's interest with a song style or interesting lyrics, and letting a listener later dig deeper in to those lyrics to see what they meant.
As for the secular record labels: When the big companies purchased the Christian labels, they did it to make money, not to try to change the music they made. The secular labels wanted successful artists who would sell product to their niche audience.
Now, this is not to say that everyone's start and their finish is the same. U2 was a Christian band early on, but not so much today. Some artist have strayed away from their beginnings (as any of us can do).
I do agree that the early "rawness" and earnestness of those artists is a reflection of the enthusiasm of their early encounter with the Savior.
@@StevenWeyhrich Thanks for responding man. I love stuff like this and studying the history of things. Funny thing is, my family and I have been attending Calvary Chapel here in my area for the last 19 years and I had no idea about Jesus Music until I watched a documentary on Chuck Smith...and then went to see the Jesus Revolution movie. It made me want to look into it and that's how I ran across your videos.
I've come across some great music, and I think my favorites have been Love Song, 2nd Chapter of Acts, and Keith Green. Man I love how on fire Keith Green was for Jesus. I appreciate you doing these videos.
Glad you liked the video! I enjoy listening to it again and again!
Can we get a 90s time sweep?
K What a Mess! I remember that station had such weak signal it was so irritating. There was nothing else out there so what could we do?
Is there a radio station that play all the 'old' Christian music like these? not just the new ones?
I'd suggest CCM Rewound - Google for that - they play things at least from the 80s and 90s
I definitely preferred the older ones, but heh now l'm old fashioned. Come on now so are you!🥱
Anyone from the Seattle/Tacoma area remember KBIQ from the late 1970s and early 1980s?
Can you do the 90s?
It's on my to-do list, but other priorities have pushed it back. Some day, I hope!
Jaciinda 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
If you want to hear full versions of many of these songs, check out these playlists:
1980 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoUrKUOpB1-yjJGxtcYATY1z.html
1981 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoXllHgrRnPvzI2gB4lhtNdr.html
1982 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoUNuxyJjWMaqOdYt3JTmZQc.html
1983 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoUBkr6X_ZblUGtotchKItfZ.html
1984 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoXWLhnjaLxopxq3cJjSp2qr.html
1985 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoVjMjeZTv9jELY75neemxCs.html
1986 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoXq0dX87pr5Pf21l3BAZEVB.html
1987 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoW5nBGFPlvsY3fQIH5T87ww.html
1988 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoXzX4lqbXuOTve6DV1_bl4h.html
1989 - th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoXAf3tJN1AKHxTO4ZX_AcVn.html
And for a taste of Christian radio from the 1980s, here are songs played on WHME-FM 103.1 in South Bend, Indiana, KYMS 106.3 Santa Ana, California from 1984, and WCFL 1000 AM, Chicago, in 1984:
th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoXx1lW2BrbVczMmNKWRJoQW.html
The Larry Black Show from the 1980s:
th-cam.com/play/PLwTsizEQYXoVhS2BSVyJyBGlWX58InYSr.html
Too bad Christians didn't put any real value on their old music. Why the Hell we don't have classic christian music stations? All the good music is out of print.
Agreed. I’m so tired of endlessly hearing the same songs by a few artists on the Fish in Los Angeles. Some of it is awesome but let’s not forget the great music preceded the modern stuff.
It’s not that Christians don’t appreciate the early music, the Christian music industry controls what gets played and the old stuff doesn’t generate dollars for them. Many Christian labels are owned by major secular music labels so it’s about the bucks, not blessing people or ministry. The artists may be serving the Lord but the record labels serve the almighty dollar.
Totally agree Svetlana! I'm so tired of hearing the same songs and all the same sort of genre - it's all the same. What happened to all the great Christian bands and great songs? Not to knock Hillsong, Maverick City and Elevation Worship, they all have their place and worship music is beautiful, but I do miss the old bands of the 2000's.
It is all Garbage now!!!
I see Matthew Ward. Wow.
You need to add the Trinity album from 1973, Jesus When the Sun Goes Down. The title of the album is somewhat misleading as that song is not on the record. It really was the first rock Jesus album because we pressed it in 1971 and it actually came out in 1972. So the 1973 moniker on your website is not accurate.
This is unclear. Which song by which artist is listed as 1973 and was actually 1972? I can't change the video (it's been completed for nearly 7 years) but if there is a song in one of the playlists that is in the wrong year, that I can change. (And, BTW, this is the 1980-89 timesweep - are you referring to the 1969-79 timesweep video?)
Kemper Crabb The Vigil.
Amazing! Light some incense and candles, get out your Bible and catechism and lose yourself in Him.
Bj Thomas Jesus on my mind, Esta cancion la escuché del grupo Generación de Jesus, segun veo esta es la version original, aunque ellos la sacaron hace muchos años.
Does anyone remember BLOODROCK.🤓
I WONDER WHERE ALL THESE SINGERS ARE NOW? IF THEY STILL FOLLOW JESUS
Not enough Keith :(
in this group....W and amy grant
Do you have a smiliar thing for Jesus Music between 1990 - 1999?
Have not moved into that decade yet. Perhaps some day … :-)
@@StevenWeyhrich There is a demand for it as I am going through the comment section
@@Just_in_Rich I recognize that. Here are my limitations, however.
First, the 1970s and 80s were my golden age of CCM. I listened to the music heavily during that time. I understand that for others, the 1990s, or 2000s or 2010s may be THEIR golden age, and that's why they'd like to hear clips of those songs again. However, after I married in the mid-1980s and had a family, my available time to keep up with the new music dwindled rapidly. I have other music I recorded off the radio that are on other videos on this channel, but it was just not as intense as before i married. I do enjoy some of the music of the 1990s, but don't know a large amount of it.
The other limitation is that to create the 1970s and 1980s Timesweep videos was a fair amount of work; finding the music to take clips of, getting album art, etc, is involved. And I still have a full time job that actually pays my living expenses; these videos out TH-cam are completely non-monetized, as I do not own the rights to any of it, so I put them up just because I want to share it with others who may also enjoy it.
So, yes, I do have an interest in creating a Timesweep for the 1990s, but it's just not on the forefront of my projects at this time. Pray that God gives me the time and enthusiasm!
From back in the day when there was talent and high production values in the industry. The predictable, monotonous dreck that passes for praise music these days all sounds like it came out of the same studio from the same producer.
Maybe it's just me, but I found the vast majority of this decade sounding like the same studio band playing in the background for each singer or duet, with little variation in the style of the music. I found the music from 1969 - 1979 far more interesting, as it was more free-form, and the genre didn't refine itself, which, to me, was moreso using the same formulaic music and style, with little deviation. The reality is that Christian "pop" music has painted itself into a corner, IMO, because there is little in the way of experimentation going on. This is why I liked the first decade much more.
This is NOT to say that the people can't sing, or the musicians can't play well. It's just so...bland. Well, it is to me, anyway.
That is an interesting comment. There are a number of the songs from this of which I am particularly fond (Keith Green, Don Francisco, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, the Imperials, and so on), but there are a number of others that "charted" that are less enjoyable to me. I can speculate that what differs the 70s from the 80s is the rise of the CCM industry, wanting content for new CCM-focused stations to play, a change in the output from older artists who have had their salvation for a while, and singing to an audience that is similar. There is less of an intensity of "confess your sins and come to the Lord", and more of the "here's the Christian life and how to live it". And then there are songs that are just trying to make a point.
Some that are not formulaic would be those by Steve Taylor ("I Want To Be A Clone", "Whatever Happened To Sin", and "Meltdown") which point at various things in the world or Christian life or the world that need attention, but in a more subtle way than in the music of the 1970s.
Also, so many of those 80s artists used so much synthesizer. It was new and cool, but does seem overused.
That being said, I am still fond of this decade in a different way than I am fond of the 70s. I guess it might be like the difference between a first love and a later more mature love; both important, but both different.
@@StevenWeyhrich Yeah, I'm not saying all of the music fit into a particular mold, if you will. But a lot did. Still does, for that matter. From a music only POV, it's...pretty limiting. In the case of Christian music, there are some genres that get virtually no airplay, so it must be very difficult to garner any sort of fan base, because it never gets heard on the air. One has to do some investigating. Nowadays, it's easier to do. But it just wasn't possible in the 80's, on up to the mid-90's at all. The 70's, it appears, gave everything a chance, lol
I noticed the shift in the late 70's. Through much of the decade, the music wasn't fitting into any particular mold, if you will.
The 80's was an over-produced (in the studio that is) decade. There is a reason for that. We moved into the digital realm. It allowed more tracks. It allowed more digital effects, and, because people COULD use them, they used too much of them, and far too often. It was like that for all genres of music.
I am not critiquing the singers. They are fine. I'm just looking at the music.
Any chance of getting the full list of songs on this video.
There is now a link in the description for this video. Thank you for the reminder!
No Daniel Amos or Swirling Eddies??
Born again 1983! Praise God for the Christian Book Stores that had these wonderful songwriters: Agape Christian Bookstore and Val Peplers Christian Book Store both at Longmont ,Co .and Ken and Linda Miller Family who helped me with so much music at their Music Store ,thanks for this inspiration . I feel so much life here!
No 2nd Chapter 😠
What a shame. They are the BEST. AND SHOULD BE I. THE FOREFRONT OF ANYBODY.
You did not listen carefully. They have songs in 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, and 1988. And of course are featured in the earlier 1969-1979 timesweep.
Why is U2 included in this list?
They were playing Christian songs back in 1984, believe it or not.
This is Rock and Roll....
Christianed.... but not bad as they are now.
.... this U can listen to....in one way or another!!!... today all music is Garbage 🗑️!!!!!
Trying to find a singer's name who sang love the lord does anyone knows
There is a FB group for oldies Christian music
WBFG We Broadcast for God Detroit.
Great use of call letters! For a brief time in the 1980s we had a Christian station in Lincoln, NE called KBHL, "Kept By His Love".
How on earth did U2 have a Christian hit?
Oh, early on they were Christian in their lyrics. Where were their hearts, did they just get tired of doing that type of music, I don't know. But KYMS was really digging U2 in 1984!
@@StevenWeyhrich - I used to listen to KYMS FM Eagle 106.3, I even taped some songs off the radio while I listened, I still have that cassette tapes, 1990 & 1991 and 1992 - 1994.🤔😊✝🎵🎵🎶🎶🎼🎼
I was told that Bono came from a Christian family. He's 100% the opposite now.
El sheddi michael card is better than amy grant that is my opinion
I like them both, but I agree Michael Card's version is just a little better. 🙂
realy crap