You hear it in Catholic churches, too. to get away from it, ironically, you probably have to go to a liberal mainline downtown Presby or Methodist or Episcopal church, where they tend to have traditional music and even paid choirs. Also, a Lutheran church or any synod still understands the value of good music.
That's odd...in his day C.S. Lewis described hymns as being fifth-rate lyrics set to sixth-rate music.
Cheers!
They play that drek in our church. The same lyrics are repeated six or eight times instead of having 6 or 8 novel verses; I guess modern songwriters can't be bothered to do something as tiresome as writing several verses.
I love my church but now I just go there in time to hear the pastor's brilliant sermon; the music gives me a nervous breakdown and Mr. Fairview silently protests by crossing his arms across his chest if we have to listen to much of it.
What's so wrong with the beautiful old hymns that have inspired believers for centuries? And what's with having a sax played in church? Every time I hear it I think of bill clinton, which definitely puts me in a non-reverent mood.
Beethoven's "Ode To Joy" can be heard often at today's United Methodist and Presbyterian services. The words are different, of course.