SONG #56: Dogs Of Peace - Necessary Pain

Inducted on Dec. 31, 2016

The Teen Era

Okay, so this song, no one in the world will probably know. It is very obscure, created by an incredibly obscure group called Dogs of Peace. Gordon Kennedy is one of the members of Dogs of Piece, and he is a songwriter and musician who has played with Eric Clapton, and helped to write the popular song "change the world". He was also deeply involved in the infamous Chris Gaines project (look it up). I'm pretty sure I got the Dogs of Peace album through the BMG music club. I was really just blown away by its unique sounds, although apparently according to critics, it is very much in line with 60s/70s rock - I'm just not familiar enough with that era of music to make comparisons. So this song, Necessary Pain, was another song that really played into my feelings as a loner in my middle school and high school years, though I don't remember exactly what year this song came out. I just really, really struggled with feeling out of place and feeling like I didn't have any talents or abilities.  And I was just a loner to be honest. but I've talked about that before. This was, however, undoubtedly one of the top songs that just helped me feel like I wasn't alone. It was a reminder of the reality of pain, necessary pain. Does it mean that these painful experiences are something God wants us to experience? No. But in a sinful world... a world broken by sin... everyone goes through pain. You can't avoid it, no matter how hard you try. Personally this song was very relatable and actually gave me hope. That opening guitar riff is my favorite elements of the song. The beats and the chord structure, well.. just plain ROCK! It's just an incredibly catchy piece of music for me. I really leaned in hard with Christian music in those days. Currently I find most modern Christian music to be emotionally shallow and Musically boring. But I definitely appreciated the Christian music that I listened to growing up.. and this is an example of that.

I would never have listened to Dogs of Peace if it wasn't for the BMG music club. The entire album is a good one for me. I really like several of the tracks. But this is by far the peak and most important song from Dogs of Peace. Period. I think that's all I have for this one