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Posted over 5 years ago
I wrote a mog post the other day about a cd that turned out to be by a christian band. That post and the comments on it got me thinking about where I draw the line. Below are lyrics from Flyleaf that I find exceptionable and lyrics by Ozzy Osbourne that I don’t find exceptionable. They both allude to a higher power. The first is feels very negative to me, while the second is positive. But, that’s me. My husband can’t stand anything with any religious connotations and some people I count as friends will only listen to gospel or G rated music. To each his own, it’s all about your own comfort level.Perfect in weaknessI'm only perfect in just your strength aloneAll my efforts to clean meLeave me putrid and filthyAnd how can you look at meWhen I can't stand myselfFlyleaf – PerfectI Was Down, But Now I'm FlyingStraight Across The Great DivideI Know You're Crying, But I'll Stop You CryingWhen I See You I See You On The Other SideYes, I'll See You, See You On The Other SideI'm Gonna See You, See You On The Other SideGod Knows I'll See You, See You On The Other Side, YeahOzzy Osbourne – See You on the Other Side
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  1. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says mmmm Wine is fine But whiskey's quicker Suicide is slow with liquor Take a bottle drain your sorrows Then it floods away tommorow Await tommorow Evil thoughts and evil doings Cold, alone you hang in ruins Thought you'd escape the reaper You can't escape the master keeper 'Cause you feel life's unreal And you're living a lie Such a shame who's to blame And you're wondering why Then you ask from your cask Is there life after birth What you saw can mean hell on this earth Hell on this earth Now you live inside a bottle The reaper's traveling at full throttle It's catching you but you don't see The reaper is you and the reaper is me Breaking laws, Knocking doors But there's no one at home Made your bed, Rest your head But you lie there and moan Where to hide, Suicide is the only way out Don't you know what it's really about Wine is fine But whiskey's quicker Suicide is slow with liquor Take a bottle drown your sorrows Then it floods away tomorrow
    Permalink posted 07/24/2006
  2. B42
    B42 says Most of what I have heard over the years and still listen to {and love} has been influenced by the religious and spirituals. Hope, Faith,... Desperation, it's all covered in the old-timey tunes. Where I draw the line is in the evangelical and fundamentalist views where there is "shoulding on", and lack of open-mindedness....thanks for turning the wheels...
    Permalink posted 07/25/2006
  3. Dale
    Dale says Maybe I'm nuts, but I think there's some beautiful religious symbolism in "secular" music. For example, I submit "Soul Meets Body" by Death Cab For Cutie: I want to live where soul meets body And let the sun wrap its arms around me And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing And feel, feel what it's like to be new I think that if you're looking for religious imagery, you'll find it. Cheers!
    Permalink posted 07/25/2006
  4. fairportfan
    fairportfan says One of the most beautiful "gospel" pieces i know is The Five Blind Boys of Alabama's cover of Richard Thompson's "Dimming of the Day". "Dimming" is a love song, but it's almost in a gospel form, anyway, and when the Blind Boys get done with it, in a beautiful quiet gospel type setting, almost a capella, with just a little percussion backing them... this old house is falling down 'round my ears i'm drowning in the river of my tears when all my will is gone, you hear me pray i need you at the dimming of the day you pull me like the moon pulls on the tide you know just where i keep my better side bad days have come to keep us far apart a broken promise or a broken heart niow all the bonny birds have wheeled away i need you at the dimming of the day come the night you're only what i want come the night, you could be my confidante i see you on the street in company why don't you come and ease your mind with me i'm living for the night we can steal away i need you at the dimming of the day (Back in 1987 or so, a fan published a book about Richard Thompson, entitled Twenty Years of Doom & Gloom. In 1987, he updated it, and retitled it Twenty-One Years of Doom & Gloom.)
    Permalink posted 07/29/2006

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