[power2]

What's wrong with rock music?

I wanted to share an article I recently read in which the author's premise was that music elicits a response from the listener independant of the words accompanying the music. He went into the fact that "soothing", quiet music has been used forever to calm babies.

His theory was that heavy-metal, hard rock, certain Rap,(again, regardless of the lyrics) etc. evokes a response from the sub-conscience that would not be considered a "good" (i.e, Christian) response.

All I'll say is that this really makes sense to me, but I'm no expert. Just sharing the thought for discussion.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I appreciate that, but I have to disagree. I honestly don't believe pitches and rhythms have spiritual value. I think people associate them with different things (like creepy music in a horror movie), but by themselves, they have no spiritual power.

Now, it just makes sense that if you're trying to calm a child, you don't shout and scream - but I don't think a better option is singing dirty lyrics softly.

The idea that Christian rock is a bad thing seems to me to be a perception by people who don't find it appealing, and nothing more.

[RobRoy]

So what you are saying is that it really DOES have an evil jungle beat?