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Originally Posted by KWSN
I like some Christian bands for their music and completely disregard their Christianity. It doesn't make any difference. If the music is good, the music is good.
I hate both Evanescense and Creed. If their music was good, I wouldn't hate them, Christian or not.
Norma Jean are a Christian band, and I love their music. I like Five Iron Frenzy, and they're a Christian band. Dead Poetic, Zao, Underoath, As I Lay Dying, The Beautiful Mistake, Blindside, and many more, are Christian bands whose music I like. Conversely, I like numerous artists that are (at least to some extent) anti-Christian (Slayer and Bright Eyes for example). It's not about the message, it's about the music.
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Well put. I love Slayer. I love Blindside (in fact, I am listening to them right now). I was just listening to a song by Propagandhi that talks about him being gay (I had to read the lyrics to figure it out), which is against my moral code, but hey, while I don't like the fact that he's gay, I like the guy, and his music especially. The music just has that special something about it. Lyrics just make it easier for shallow or lazy people to get meaning out of the music. I treat the voice as another instrument, usually the melody. Someday I'll write a song, and just for this reason, make lyrics for it that totally are unintelligible and meaningless. Then I'll write one where the words contradict themselves. Now, it won't sell extremely well probably, but somebody will be able to connect with it, and will like it. For example, I have no idea what Rammstein's songs are about, or even what any of the words mean, but I absolutely love it.