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Posted: September 01 2015 at 22:21
Epignosis wrote:
Kati wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
NEAL Morse uses profanity. Doesn't preclude one from being a Christian, since, you know, English didn't exist when Paul was around.
Hello Epignosis
Morse does? I did not know that! I am surprised, really.
You don't give a sh*t about anything.
Well f**k YOU.
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That's from "The Water," but Morse using profanity before he converted doesn't rule out the point: English didn't exist 2,000 years ago, so "profanity" as we know it can't be sinful as they knew sin. It's a linguistic and cultural thing. Phonemes are not evil.
Yes .... YES... YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! F**k you too!!!!
hahaha that's from Coming to America ;) the movie hahaha
NEAL Morse uses profanity. Doesn't preclude one from being a Christian, since, you know, English didn't exist when Paul was around.
Hello Epignosis
Morse does? I did not know that! I am surprised, really.
You don't give a sh*t about anything.
Well f**k YOU.
++++
That's from "The Water," but Morse using profanity before he converted doesn't rule out the point: English didn't exist 2,000 years ago, so "profanity" as we know it can't be sinful as they knew sin. It's a linguistic and cultural thing. Phonemes are not evil.
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Posted: September 01 2015 at 19:48
JD wrote:
There are sooooo many "religious" lyrics, in not just christian music but in rock in general, why is it such big deal. Are people afraid they're being subjected to subterfuge and may inadvertently be turned into...GASP, a christian? Who care what the influence is for lyrics anyway. If the song is good it's good. Is ELP's version of Jerusalem not to be listened to because it's religious? (insert snide comments about why you don't listen to ELP here). But really, some religious lyrics are sappy and that detracts from the song, others are intelligent and enhance the song. I don't believe you can really generalize on christian or religious themes.
Well, I would say in general there is something suffocating about overtly religious content (for the non religious listener). It depends on whether the religion in question in the music is the same as your religion or not. My all time favourite musician ever, Ilayaraja, did a whole album of hymns in praise of Lord Shiva fused with Western classical music, including operatic vocals and heavily symphonic orchestration. I could APPRECIATE the album from a distance but never fell in love with it. I am Hindu only by birth and certainly not a devout one. I find it more inspiring when Stevie Wonder talks about how leaves turn to brown when autumn comes around (as a blind man he can't actually see that) than about God this and God that (Fulfillingness first finale). I respect that it works for people who are religious but I personally find that kind of music suffocating.
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Posted: September 01 2015 at 15:34
I have a vague idea (isn't/wasn't Neil Morse a Christian progger at one juncture?). All I know is I love it when the late actor Jay Robinson shouts, "Chris-tian!" as Caligula in the '50's movies The Robe and Demetrius and the Gladiator.
"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Posted: September 01 2015 at 15:23
"Christian Progressive Rock" is the same sort of classification along the lines of "Christian Alt-Rock/Hard Rock/Heavy Metal" and "Christian Contemporary Music."
Kerry Livgren's A.D., Ajalon, Neal Morse (of course), Iona and Geoff Mann's post-Twelfth Night solo albums and bands Eh! Geoff Mann Band and The Bond are all examples of CPR.
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Posted: September 01 2015 at 12:13
progresssaurus wrote:
O666 wrote:
By this POV You have tooooooo many options to add new genres. Imagine.....
I think, that is possible artists, which axplicitly claims, that they are CPR, additionally to nornal genres mark extra as CPR. Not that we must create table, where in rows are prog-rock sub-genres and in columns Christian denominations
Phenomen "CPR" is interesting thing in history of prog-rock
By this POV You have tooooooo many options to add new genres. Imagine.....
I think, that is possible artists, which axplicitly claims, that they are CPR, additionally to nornal genres mark extra as CPR. Not that we must create table, where in rows are prog-rock sub-genres and in columns Christian denominations
Phenomen "CPR" is interesting thing in history of prog-rock
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