(Vanity) Thoughts on A Music Video

grey_whiskers ^ | 11-19-2013 | grey_whiskers

[grey_whiskers]

Late night insomniac thoughts from last night. Transcribed *this* evening...

Cheers!

[mylife]

Spocks Beard was great.

[Mad Dawgg]

"One, of course, is money: it takes money to produce high-quality music properly,"

Two words: "Bull" and "Sh!t"...

[GeronL]

First, there is the long-standing Protestant backlash in the United States against anything "Worldly" -- which, alas, includes rock music.

or maybe they just have a different opinion of what they like than you do, maybe they think modern rock music is what "sucks" to use a common obscene sexual reference that even some FReepers like to use.

[KC_Lion]

Wow Whiskers, you are alot more intellectual than I am.

Tell me what you think of when you listen to THIS song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc56moy0poA

[grey_whiskers]

Progressive birdcage liner here.

Link to music video here. Warning: more than 1 hour long.

Cheers!

[GeronL]

What you are saying is that Christian music needs to be less Christian in order not to [vulgar reference] and sound more like “mainstream” or “worldly” music.

[grey_whiskers]

(Sound of grey_whiskers purring...loudly.)

I'll have to check out their music.

But as for what it makes me think of? *Another video*, of course:

Glass Hammer's *When We Were Young*, Live

Cheers!

[mylife]

Spock's Beard~Crack The Big Sky

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"...what "sucks" to use a common obscene sexual reference"

I don't think the phrase "it sucks" is a sexual reference. At least, it never used to be. I suppose in our hyper-sexualized society these days its seamlessly taken on sexual meaning.

[grey_whiskers]

Not a bit.

There is a hypersanitized version of "SWPL" Christian music. There are ways to convey Christian thought in music, without beating the user over the head with it. (The lead vocalist / musical driver for Transatlantic, Neal Morse, is a pretty outspoken Christian: one of his albums is entitled Sola Scriptura -- and, come to think of it, he converted after moving from L.A. to Nashville. Which partly argues against my thesis, come to think of it. ;-) )

Try looking up his live concert Neal Morse: Testimony Live: One of the songs deals with how his infant daughter was healed of a physical hole in her heart after prayer...but that's several hours INTO the concert.

Cheers!

[KC_Lion]

OOHH! Very 80’s!

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

In fact I just googled it, and it appears the term "sucks" originated in the 1950's in the jazz music scene. If you were lousy at playing your saxophone or horn what have you, it was said that you must be sucking on it, instead of blowing into it.

[KC_Lion]

I still can't tell you what this song is about 0_O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5xd2HFIIYU

[GeronL]

religious music is supposed to be religious, otherwise it is POINTLESS like most music

[grey_whiskers]

Good to meet you, Wyrd; I don't think I've made your acquaintance.

You are correct, I was using "it sucks" as a general pejorative.

Cheers!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for sharing your insights, dear grey_whiskers!

[Viennacon]

If you find bands with Christian leads and such, their music will often have an undertone of theology to it, even if its not immediately obvious. Echoing Green is an example.

[grey_whiskers]

"...POINTLESS like most music"

If you mean most secular music nowadays is technically well done but spiritual/emotional junk food or worse, yep.

IF you mean, music was originally designed by God for worship, and any other purpose falls short of that intended purpose; maybe; I don't know for sure.

But if you mean that all music except religious music is useless, that it cannot touch emotions, I happen to disagree.

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

Sorry I haven't posted in ... years, it seems.

Someday I'll have to renew your acquaintance: you and betty boop have often been in my thoughts, and on occasion, prayers. :-)

P.S. Don't you *ever* sleep??!! :-)