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orinoco
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response 25 of 33:
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Apr 22 13:30 UTC 1999 |
I like the analogy, but IMO Christian rock isn't just a weak substitute for
'real' pop music. I'd rather listen to 88.1 than any of the local 'real' rock
stations, because there's less emphasis on attitude, so there isn't so much
posturing to get in the way of decent music.
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scott
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response 26 of 33:
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Apr 22 14:42 UTC 1999 |
Christian rock has a much smaller talent pool than mainstream pop. That, and
there is usually a desire to remove what are perceived as "dangerous"
influences.
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happyboy
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response 27 of 33:
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Apr 22 16:55 UTC 1999 |
<snort>
contemporary x-ian muzac is
propaganda jesus disco.
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mcnally
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response 28 of 33:
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Apr 22 17:08 UTC 1999 |
I won't dispute that for the majority, but then I've got similarly cynical
opinions about the majority of modern "rock" music (almost an oxymoron),
"alternative", current "country", and the syrupy mess that passes as R&B
these days.
It's certainly not fair to judge a genre by the quality of the average
offering. I don't know how the very best "Christian" and "praise" music
stacks up to other categories ("praise" music makes my skin crawl, so I'm
fairly confident I wouldn't like even the best of it..) but I won't presume
to judge it by what I hear from flitting between radio stations.
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cloud
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response 29 of 33:
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Apr 23 01:11 UTC 1999 |
I don't know if this has been mentioned, but one of the things my dad and I
have notaced about christian pop is that the words are almost always much
easier to understand. I suspect this has something to do with it being
difficult to "spread the word" if nobody can understand what they are!
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happyboy
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response 30 of 33:
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Apr 23 15:10 UTC 1999 |
right...we don't want our fundie x-ian
propaganda to be garbled.
that's what satan would do.
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eeyore
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response 31 of 33:
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Apr 25 13:05 UTC 1999 |
I actually really enjoy Jars of Clay (This should really surprise those that
know me. :), and another favorite one of mine is Marc Cohen. He's not
really religious, but more spiritual, but he's got alot of really great
songs. :) Other than that, I have listened to some of the christian rock on
10something, (accidentaly found it one day, and listened to it), and for the
most part was a little appaled to hear how 'beat you over the head you must
love God and Jeasus' it was. But hey, each their own. It's not my style,
but I don't really approve of alot of other topics in music either, so...
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orinoco
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response 32 of 33:
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Apr 25 21:52 UTC 1999 |
<shrugs> I don't really care much about smaller talent pool, or dangerous
influences, or whatever. The only thing I listen to pop radio for these days
is catchy background noise, and the local Christian station
(88.somethingorother) plays stuff that sounds better than what the rock
stations play.
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happyboy
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response 33 of 33:
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Apr 25 22:17 UTC 1999 |
forget
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