Re: Brandon Bruce -Seduction Of The Church Part 1 (Exposes Rock Music In Church & Mor
Rock Music...
Symptom Of a deeper problem?
Root cause of the problems of the church?
Neither?
Not all modern music is "rock".
Actually, I haven't heard a song that sounded like the Beatles in Church since we stopped singing Rez Band, Phil Keaggy, Keith Green and Tommy Walker songs.
But following the church-held definition of "rock music", I would have to go with answer C: neither.
If you define "rock" as music written under the influence of drugs or alcohol that includes a "back-beat",
then I would go with answer A.
Oddly enough, most modern music has eliminated "back-beat" in favor of cross-beat and/or 16/32 syncopation (sliding snare). R&B/Gospel styles still use it... but they haven't changed much since their invention.
Backbeat music (which is the only musically valid definition of "rock") sounds as old as most hymns to my generation... and hymn styles often preferable.
Play a 1800s hymn, and all the kids know and like it. Play it in syncopated "hyper-beat" at a very slow tempo, and they love it.
Try the "Praise God from whom all blessing flow" in the "Old 100th" tune, playing every note as a quarter note (holding last note of every 2nd bar as 5 beats), at half tempo. No instruments needed. It "rocks" regardless,
because it praises the Rock of our salvation.