[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
Except for some of the metal stuff, none of this is too appealing musically.
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Is this stated as your opinion?
I really would like to keep all personal opinions of different types of genres of music to ones self unless it is uplifting. This is an open thread for all types of genres as long as it is Christian in nature.
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So stating the truth is not uplifting? What is this Klove?
Whatever, I tried. I get told the stfu on my first post. I’m out.
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I did not tell you to stfu. By the way it was not the truth you stated but an opinion. Just because you do not like a genre of music does not mean it has no appeal musically.[/quote]
Not my opinion. But, okay.
I’m not 40+ years older than you. And, hymns shouldn’t be sung in Church, not unless the antiphons have been sung. Hymns are for the Liturgy of the Hours and prayer in general. And, at that my personal preference is an austere worship: chant, no organ, no piano, and definitely no band. When you bring such things in it tends to allow in the egos of the band members/music director into worship.
That’s good that you’re using music with scripture in it. I applaud you for that. I just don’t want to be at a rock concert when I’m worshipping and communing with my God.
And, I think the issue is that there should be a context to when certain music is played. I don’t want to hear lil Wayne in Church, I don’t want to hear Tantum Ergo at my pool party. Sacred music is for time set apart: sacred.
That doesn’t mean that music that we listen to outside of worship shouldn’t give glory to God, it should do it in another mode and manner though. Good music can give glory to God, even if it doesn’t have the wonderful lyrics of God Pleaser. Who can deny God when listening to Mozart or Bach? How about Audrey Assad (though I am not a fan, she is good and an acquaintance…buy her album ;)).
I’m not dissing genres of music, I’m saying that some of this is not good music. If you’re going to make Arena Rock…make good Arena Rock. Though, I do hold to the fact that there is an order of “beautiful” music (classical being on the high end and metal being on the low end). That music has a continuum from art to noise. Now, I personally love metal/rock/rap stuff on the lower end of music, I do not have an innate appreciate for higher forms of music, that maybe because I haven’t the knowledge to like it. Interestingly enough the Christian Rap music genre is getting pretty good, though it seems to be a copy cat game, which makes me sad. It be pretty crazy if a faithful Christian rapper would become the #1 rapper on the charts.
I never questioned the genre of music. I have no problem with the genre, like I pointed out I listen and like to listen to the lower end of the spectrum of “music” (old people tell me that I listen to noise, and I turn up the volume) so I have no room to speak about on my genre of music is better than another genre.
Anyway, sorry I didn’t make myself clear on my first post.[/quote]
Thank you for clarifying, and thank you for your honesty. I was not trying to be an ass, but sometimes I come across as such.
I really just love music, and I would also love for a Christian rapper to be #1.
There is a Secular station down here in Houston that played this song, and it went big down here. Never went #1 but made the chart on the local station here in Houston. All my friends and I bombarded the station to play it more.[/quote]
But did they play Carman? I can say that the first concert I ever attended was Carman. DC Talk played at a youth gathering I went to when I was like 14.
