I've said it before and I'll say it again: Christian music sucks.
Wait. Does it?
Well, as far I've heard, it does. Everything I've heard been either contemporary (boring!) or just some knock off of whatever is popular (lame). I remember being at church when I was kid and some of my church friends talked about DC Talk. I think I heard one song and almost vomited in my mouth. After hearing the likes of Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, and Wu Tang, these weak Christian rappers didn't stand a chance. How could they compete? Not to mention, they talked about "not having sex" and "Jesus" where these other guys were talking about guns, drugs, and women. You know, exciting stuff.
A lot of Christian music is just a knock off of popular music. To some people, that's good enough for them. If the singer is good and it's got a good beat, they like it. But for a music snob like me, I need something more. I need new, creative, innovative, eclectic, and interesting.
I remember seeing that chart in church that said "If you like this band _____ then you'll like this Christian band _____" Yeah right. I'm sure if I like Nirvana then I'll love Stryper. Do they take me for a fool?
But I do feel a certain sense of guilt for not listening to Christian music. I feel like I should listen to it.
Also, I love finding and listening to new music. Anyone who knows me knows that I take a lot of pleasure in listening to things that no one else has heard of (ever heard of Buffalo Daughter? Didn't think so!).
And that leads me here: I'm going to be exploring Christian music. I'm convinced that if I look hard enough, dig deep enough, and really set my mind to it, I can find some good Christian music. Music that I could actually put into my CD player and not feel weird listening to it. Music that my secular friends would turn an ear to .
Even now, I have found one group that I might like. But you'll have to wait to hear about them.
The Wandering Reverend wanders into the land of Christian music. It'll be scary, weird, and most certainly corny.
Rev it up!
Rev.
Good Christian music simply does not exist. Wait, that sounded a little cycnical. Let me know when you find some worth listening to.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny, the ONLY Christian music album I can listen to all the way through is Delirious? Glo (what the heck is up with that dumb question mark at the end of their name, anyway?) I don't even know if I like any of their other music, but I just really like Glo as a worship album. It's one of those albums that are good for turning up loud while you're at home alone in your worship time. Warning: Not sure when this album came out, but it sounds suspiciously like they are trying to copy aspects of U2....driving guitar w/ reverb-laden delay and a few Bono-esque falsetto "Ah's" But it doesn't sound like enough of a copy cat to annoy me.