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Originally Posted by trickyy
i don't gravitate toward it because it is too predictable. to me, if a groups falls under the wing of the christian media empire, the band will be limited in their ability to express themselves. they have to be acceptible for the shelves of a christian bookstore, so the content and tone of the music will be a certain way. not always, but usually.
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This is the same with almost every other genre of music. Usually, but not always, punk bands' lyrics for a good chunk of their music should be anti-governmental and bashing of mainstream society. Country should be about getting drunk, losing a girl/guy, or being a cowboy. The stigma that comes with limiting yourself to listening to one type of music nearly exclusively just doesn't sit well with me (to make me credible: here are some exerpts from my "Most Played" playlist on Winamp: first is Shinedown-.45 with 41 plays, tied for 2nd is Story of the Year-In The Shadows w/28, tied for 3rdth is Lil' Flip-Game Over w/ 27 plays; tied for fifth is OAR-That Was A Crazy Game Of Poker w/ 23; t for 6th is Whitesnake-Here I Go Again; t for 7th is POD-Revolution; t for 8th is Blindside-Sleepwalking. Browsing down just a bit I see names like Project 86, Jay-Z, Garth Brooks, J.S. Bach, Metallica, and Marvin Gaye). I so often see stereotypes associated with people that listen to a certain type of music, including Christian music. I listen to Christian music, and am a Christian. Does that mean that I won't listen to music that has lyrics that I don't agree with? Absolutely not (I listen to Tool and Marylin Manson frequently). It sickens me that music is being separated into genres not only by their sound, but by their lyrics, and it especially makes me ill to see that music is now almost synonymous with poetry and language to the point that people think "instrumental" music sucks.