What are you listening to right now?

Izdaari said:
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I knew only very little about Rammstein, but the title of this video and its thematic content made me do a little googling of them (for curiosity of their politics, because I loathe musicians who get overly preachy with their politics, either in their concert performance, or their music).  Those dudes are pretty disgusting if what was written about them and their stage theatrics was accurate (sexually graphic onstage imagery).  Sorry, but it's hard for me to imagine a Christian associating with those types and advocating their "art".
 
ALAYMAN said:
Izdaari said:
http://youtu.be/ntYrAQVQZKs
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I knew only very little about Rammstein, but the title of this video and its thematic content made me do a little googling of them (for curiosity of their politics, because I loathe musicians who get overly preachy with their politics, either in their concert performance, or their music).  Those dudes are pretty disgusting if what was written about them and their stage theatrics was accurate (sexually graphic onstage imagery).  Sorry, but it's hard for me to imagine a Christian associating with those types and advocating their "art".
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So far as I've been able to discover, they're East Germans, secular and Social Democrats, but I am an amateur politico myself (semi-retired libertarian activist), so very aware of politics, and not many of their songs seem political to me. They have done some sexual imagery onstage but no worse than than many other popular artists. The main thing is they're creative, put on a great stage show, and their music is awesome. They're the band I would pick to do the metal version of A Mighty Fortress is Our God (if they'd do it... ). They have the sound for it, and their singer, Till Lindeman, has the voice for it.
 
Izdaari said:
So far as I've been able to discover, they're East Germans, secular and Social Democrats, but I am an amateur politico myself (semi-retired libertarian activist) and not many of their songs seem political to me. They have done some sexual imagery onstage but no worse than than many other popular artists. The main thing is they're creative, put on a great stage show, and their music is awesome. They're the band I would pick to do the metal version of A Mighty Fortress is Our God (if they'd do it... ). They have the sound for it, and their singer, Till Lindeman, has the voice for it.
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Politics injected into music and art aside, as that is only a peripheral issue, the point is that affiliation with such filth ought not be, and the latest Minaj video/lyrics is beyond the pale.  I realize you come from a different understanding of what it means to live out your Christianity, but that song is demonstrably vulgar and unChristian, and it just seems to me that you'd be more respectful than to post that sort of thing on an evangelical/fundamentalist Christian website.
 
ALAYMAN said:
Izdaari said:
So far as I've been able to discover, they're East Germans, secular and Social Democrats, but I am an amateur politico myself (semi-retired libertarian activist) and not many of their songs seem political to me. They have done some sexual imagery onstage but no worse than than many other popular artists. The main thing is they're creative, put on a great stage show, and their music is awesome. They're the band I would pick to do the metal version of A Mighty Fortress is Our God (if they'd do it... ). They have the sound for it, and their singer, Till Lindeman, has the voice for it.
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Politics injected into music and art aside, as that is only a peripheral issue, the point is that affiliation with such filth ought not be, and the latest Minaj video/lyrics is beyond the pale.  I realize you come from a different understanding of what it means to live out your Christianity, but that song is demonstrably vulgar and unChristian, and it just seems to me that you'd be more respectful than to post that sort of thing on an evangelical/fundamentalist Christian website.
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Alrighty, since you object to that Nicki Minaj song, and since I respect your opinion even when I don't share it, I've removed it and replaced it with the relatively innocuous TV-safe version of Freedom.  :-*
 
Izdaari said:
Alrighty, since you object to that Nicki Minaj song, and since I respect your opinion even when I don't share it, I've removed it and replaced it with the relatively innocuous TV-safe version of Freedom.  :-*
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Thanks, though ya went from X to NC-17. ;)


You say you don't share my opinion.  Just curious, how does "High School" reflect your opinion of what constitutes something morally acceptable for a professing Christian?
 
ALAYMAN said:
Izdaari said:
Alrighty, since you object to that Nicki Minaj song, and since I respect your opinion even when I don't share it, I've removed it and replaced it with the relatively innocuous TV-safe version of Freedom.  :-*
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Thanks, though ya went from X to NC-17. ;)


You say you don't share my opinion.  Just curious, how does "High School" reflect your opinion of what constitutes something morally acceptable for a professing Christian?
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Freedom actually is a better song, one that I think comes from Nicki's heart and that's a good performance of it. I wouldn't give it (that version, anyway) any worse than a PG rating myself.

I'm not really sure why I like Nicki Minaj so much, but there's something about her look, personality and voice that connects with me. I don't normally even like pop/hip-hop crossovers. I guess she's in my "guilty pleasures" category, like a pastry from Starbucks.

I don't expect pop music to be Christian, unless I'm listening to a Christian band. It is after all the music of the regular culture, not the Christian bubble. But I don't know, you might not like all my selections even if I limit myself to Christian artists.  :-\

 
Izdaari said:
Freedom actually is a better song, one that I think comes from Nicki's heart and that's a good performance of it. I wouldn't give it (that version, anyway) any worse than a PG rating myself.
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"Freedom" ain't the first song you inserted as the edit for "High School" is it?

Izdaari said:
I don't expect pop music to be Christian, unless I'm listening to a Christian band. It is after all the music of the regular culture, not the Christian bubble. But I don't know, you might not like all my selections even if I limit myself to Christian artists.
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Yeah, and I think you know that I'm real enough to not expect pop music to conform to a Christian ideal/ethic too, but what I was asking was different than that.  When a song glorifies sexual debauchery, how is it an acceptable form of communication for a Christian to consume?  How does that glorify and honor Christ?
 
ALAYMAN said:
Izdaari said:
Freedom actually is a better song, one that I think comes from Nicki's heart and that's a good performance of it. I wouldn't give it (that version, anyway) any worse than a PG rating myself.
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"Freedom" ain't the first song you inserted as the edit for "High School" is it?

Izdaari said:
I don't expect pop music to be Christian, unless I'm listening to a Christian band. It is after all the music of the regular culture, not the Christian bubble. But I don't know, you might not like all my selections even if I limit myself to Christian artists.
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Yeah, and I think you know that I'm real enough to not expect pop music to conform to a Christian ideal/ethic too, but what I was asking was different than that.  When a song glorifies sexual debauchery, how is it an acceptable form of communication for a Christian to consume?  How does that glorify and honor Christ?
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No, I put in Super Bass first, but decided it wasn't a worthy replacement. Too pop, too trite, and the clean version of it is too incoherent.

And High School probably wasn't worthy either on that basis, but it was the first time I heard it and it was pretty good artistically, I think. I won't be adding it to my playlist. Freedom I probably will though, so you actually helped me there.  :-*
 
Izdaari said:
No, I put in Super Bass first, but decided it wasn't a worthy replacement.

And High School probably wasn't worthy either on that basis, but it was the first time I heard it and it was pretty good artistically I think. I won't be adding it to my playlist. Freedom I probably will though, so you actually helped me there.  :-*
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No reply on how listening to such corrupt communication honors Christ?
 
ALAYMAN said:
Izdaari said:
No, I put in Super Bass first, but decided it wasn't a worthy replacement.

And High School probably wasn't worthy either on that basis, but it was the first time I heard it and it was pretty good artistically I think. I won't be adding it to my playlist. Freedom I probably will though, so you actually helped me there.  :-*
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No reply on how listening to such corrupt communication honors Christ?
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High School doesn't, so I appreciate your reminding me of that. That's why it isn't going on my playlist (which consists of a USB flash drive plugged into my stereo).
 
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