Last, but not the end - A Song of Scandal

In 1991, Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong Released a concept album entitled At The Foot Of The Cross, Volume 1 - Clouds, Rain, Fire. The album was ahead of its time, and I don't believe Christian audiences were ready for an artistic endeavor of this magnitude. This was not a rock album as much as it was a creative force of worship and story-telling. It was followed by Volume 2 which was just as stellar. Unfortunately, these guys were part of the rock music collective of the time, and unless you were Sandy Patty or Steven Curtis Chapman or 4-Him, nobody was going to pay attention to you.



Beautiful Scandalous Night was one of the tracks off the album. Though the song was released in 1991, it did not get widespread attention until about 10+ years later, when the song was re-released on Daugherty/Hindalong worship project, City On a Hill. I still like the original version better.

Of all the songs I've posted, this one merits being read:

Go on up to the mountain of mercy
To the crimson perpetual tide
Kneel down on the shore
Be thirsty no more
Go under and be purified
Follow Christ to the holy mountain
Sinner sorry and wrecked by the fall
Cleanse your heart and your soul
In the fountain that flowed
For you and for me and for all

(Chorus)
At the wonderful, tragic, mysterious tree
On that beautiful scandalous night you and me
Were atoned by His blood and forever washed white
On that beautiful, scandalous night

On the hillside, you were delivered
At the foot of the cross justified
And Your spirit restored
By the river that poured
From our blessed Savior's side

(Chorus)

Go on up to the mountain of mercy
To the crimson perpetual tide
Kneel down on the shore
Be thirsty no more
Go under and be purified

(Chorus)

There were many other great and notable songs during that time, but I'm getting bored and VH-1 isn't paying me for this, so I'll end my list with this one great song.

Allow me a short rant. A song like this not getting any airplay in Miami, and not being used as a key worship song in South Florida until over 10 years after it was written is testament to how badly Miami sucks. The church in general in South Florida is so CLUELESS when it comes to worship that it is almost comical. But hey, second rate city, second rate churches. Hopefully, a change is a'comin.