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Re: Music while building
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Date: 
Thu, 22 Mar 2001 13:10:08 GMT
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James Simpson wrote:

IMO, as a Christian, the music you listen to is a matter of conscience.

Interesting - personally I listen to music that sounds good to my ears. I find the notion that because you are X you must
listen to a certain type of music odd - for example, as a Scottish person I don't feel any great compulsion to listen to
music made in Scotland, although saying that, I am generally pleased when I see a Scottish band doing well.

As a matter of conscience, however, I agree that if a lyric (for example) offended me I would probably not wish to listen
to the song.

There
is some good contemporary folk/alternative Christian music out there, but it
takes some persistence to find.

Indeed - for many modern genres, it would indeed appear that the devil has the best tunes. I have no idea why this should
be - perhaps it comes from a degree of contrivance, i.e. bands that try to *be* something tend not to come across as well
as bands that just *are*. I also find that music with an overt message can sometimes leave a bitter aftertaste as well, be
it political, religious or what have you.

Jennifer Clark



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(...) I think your above point pretty much nails it: bands that consciously try to imitate the sound/success of others usually are 1) not very good, and 2) always lagging behind the market. As you said, bands that are just themselves regardless of (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) IMO, as a Christian, the music you listen to is a matter of conscience. There is some good contemporary folk/alternative Christian music out there, but it takes some persistence to find. I went to a Petra concert once...because I had a crush (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)

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