There's one bus driver on my route from the commuter lot to my stop who insists on playing contemporary Christian tunes. Jesus freaks don't neccesarily bother me or anything; it's just that their music...well, it sucks.
It was this dude softly singing, in this moderately high (and decidedly wimpy) tone; backed up by some generic soft rock-ish band. Not surprising. Being a resident of the Bible Belt, I've been exposed to a decent range (to use the term loosely) of contemporary Christian music; and it's all the same. Musically non-descript and (ironically) devoid of inspiration; this genre is similar to pop in that it's not created out of a love for music or artistic expression. That's what makes it so bland. I've heard a few good bands, but they only sounded good because they were imitating the sound of a more mainstream artist/band.
However, since I was locked inside a moving vehicle this morning, silently enduring the sounds of mediocrity; I decided to listen to the words. I almost burst out laughing. Here's this singer, in near falsetto, repeating the following chorus:
God Cooooome, God Cooooome, God Cooooome...
I smirked on the inside, and continued to listened to the verses.
...I can feel you inside of me...
Wait. Do what?
...Fill me up with your warmth...
Oh come on. I hope I wasn't laughing out loud at this point; because I was either listening to a seriously warped closet case elicit his cry for help, or this band was purposefully trying to mess with people's minds.
The moaning lyrics, about being touched by the spirit/bathed in white/etc with regular returns to the choral plea for God to cooooome; continued nearly the entire ride. Funny, yes. But also disturbing. I mean, I kept picturing people singing along with this kind of stuff, like; what's going through your head when you sing the words "I can feel you inside of me, fill me up with your spirit"? Seriously, if Christina Aguilera was singing that song, the MPAA or Mothers Against Filthy Sluts or somebody would be smashing CD's in the street.
Music sales declined again in 2006. I blame music execs for the horrible state of affairs in general. There is a huge void in music today...the product in general is just horrible.
In the 50s you had some great jazz, i.e. Coltrane, Miles, et cetera. Ground breaking stuff which continued into the 60s and early 70s. What happned after that? I don't know, but I believe the market for real jazz was diluted in the 80s & 90s to include no talent idiots like Kenny G. The market for mainstream jazz was diluted.
In the 50s you had the birth of rock and roll. Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Elvis, Chuck Berry. Huge explosion. The british invasion took over in the 60s. The Beatles, the Who, the Stones, et al. Great stuff.
Meanwhile, the Brits dug into Delta blues and migrated it into heavy rock, ala Zeppelin, Cream, Clapton. Motown was producing great sounds and great groups. Soul music was fantastic. It eventually evolved into funk, which was also great.
In the 80s, college age kids rebelled against hard rock and college radio became huge. At the same time, the sex pistols emerged, followed by the clash, et cetera. Much of that was good music, though much of it was crap. Musicianship as a whole took a plunge as the guitar gods were no longer worshipped.
Meanwhile funk was overtaken (and pretty much dissapeared) by rap, which ruined the whole world. No need for melody or for that matter musical instruments. Good by sweet soul music.
Modern R & B is a tragedy and has no resemblance to soul. Idiot based pop.
Rock went the way of Seattle and moan rock wasn't bad until it all began sounding the same. Then there was Oasis, who reviewers started calling the new Beatles. Yeah, my ass.
Now it's a big giant stagnant pool of shit.
Totally agree.
It seems that the percentage of well-known and truly talented musicians to simply well-known musicians has significantly decreased in recent decades. I suppose it just could be that hindsight and history have thankfully forgetten the crappy ones; but the fact that a vast segment of the population is completely put out by contemporary mainstream music is quite telling.
That bimbo the Edwards campaign was fired for writing shit like that. Is shank history?
Music execs stumble upon a "sound" and then there are fifteen sound-alike groups flooding the radio with songs. Mostly the names are forgettable and interchangable.
Putrid.
Yes, Ted. Unfortunately, I no longer work for the Edwards campaign.
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