David Bazan, so fascinating and so confusing

I've been listening to a lot of David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) recently, and he's such an amazing artist, and such a complex one as well. Back on my xanga site, I wrote a big post, that was somewhat critical of Bazan, even though I hadn't heard much of him. But it seemed like he wasn't exactly the best role model of what a Christian singer should be.

Then I saw him in concert, and I changed a lot of my views. First of all, I liked his music. My friend Jeff had played his CDs in the car sometimes on the way to and from Geneva, but I didn't really like it that much. But when I saw him in concert at Geneva, I really liked him a lot. He was also so friendly and funny. And his songs just had so much spirit in the way he sung them. I could tell there was a lot to this man.

Now, I like his music more and more I listen to it, but I still don't know what I make of it all. It's definitely not the happiest music, and he's got some pretty heavy stuff in his songs. He also is very obtuse in his thoughts on Christianity. He says a lot of contradictory things it seems, and it seems like he still has a lot of stuff that he's working out. He definitely isn't church friendly in his choice of language, that's for sure, and after reading a bunch of his interviews, I get the sense that he's a very jaded guy in general.

But with all of that said, I love his music right now, and he's just a very veyr interesting person to me. I wish I could sit down and chat with this guy, and know what the deal is. I want to know what God has done in his life, because I'm sure it's a lot, but it's hard to know how Bazan percieves it all.

Well, without further introduction, here's a couple links to youtube songs that I think are a good representation of him:

First song: Bands with Managers:



Second song: Priests and Paramedics:



Third song: L'Amour Stories (Deerhoof cover)