Making My Friend Listen to Christian Rock

Episode 12 - Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace) by Bob Carlisle

February 23, 2022 MMFLCR
Making My Friend Listen to Christian Rock
Episode 12 - Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace) by Bob Carlisle
Show Notes

Did you know what a butterfly kiss was before this song? Did you ever figure it out? Have you received them or given them out?

In 1997, Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace) by Bob Carlisle went sicko mode in minivans across America. Carlisle cut his teeth with the band Allies in the 80s and enjoyed a modest CCM solo career in the early 90s. However, this song shot the 40-year-old Boltonesque  crooner into the national consciousness with a loving, soul-baring tribute to his daughter's innocence. The album knocked the SPICE GIRLS out of the number one spot in the summer of 1997.

John and I discuss our memories of the song, and we delicately touch upon the obvious: Buttefly Kisses  is weird. Are the other songs like this on the album? Will John and I talk about them at all? How does it relate to the Evangelical messages surrounding the family at the time? And is Bob Carlisle the inspiration for the main character in the Michael Keaton movie Jack Frost?