I'm Catholic too, and those same ditties make me want to scream too. I try, if at all possible, to get to the earliest non-musical masses. As I did when I was a Protestant. I think Colson's article is a hoot and so correct.
I like Chuck Colson a lot and always read his little articles. I can just imagine his "No!" rising from the congregation.
I go to the early Mass to avoid the music, too. The early Mass here is usually celebrated by an ancient, semi-retired monsignor who comes out and growls a few words of a song, one of the old Catholic chestnuts (Holy God, or Immaculate Mary, for example). Once we can figure out what he's trying to sing, we do one verse of it and that's that. It may not be beautiful, but at least it's not offensive and New Age heresy-laden stuff that puts me in a complete state for the rest of the day!