I generally stay away from secular music, especially if it has lyrical content.
I do mostly stay away from rock music, especially rock music from the 60s-80s.
It is almost entirely dishonorable.
You are what you eat, and that's not just your physical body either.
I used to listen to 97.7 out of Sedalia and Knob Noster, MO. (site:
The Home of Central Missouri's Rock and Roll!)
I became a Christian part way through high school, and the documentary made me examine the lyrics I had never really paid close attention to.
Examples:
ZZ Top - La Grange
Rumour spreadin' a-'round in that Texas town
'bout that shack outside La Grange
And you know what I'm talkin' about.
Just let me know if you wanna go
To that home out on the range.
They gotta lotta nice girls ah.
Have mercy.
A pow, pow, pow, pow, a pow.
A pow, pow, pow.
Well, I hear it's fine if you got the time
And the ten to get yourself in.
A hmm, hmm.
And I hear it's tight most ev'ry night,
But now I might be mistaken.
Hmm, hmm, hmm.
George Harrison - Sweet My Lord, is about his devotion to Hinduism.
My sweet LordOh, my LordMy sweet LordMy sweet Lord
I really wanna be with YouI like to see You, LordOh, it takes so long
My sweet LordOh, my LordMy sweet Lord
I really wanna know YouI'd like to go with YouI wanna show You LordThat it won't take long, my Lord(Hallelujah)
My sweet Lord(Hallelujah)My sweet Lord(Hallelujah)My sweet Lord(Hallelujah)
I really wanna know YouI really wanna see YouI'd like to see You LordI wanna see You LordIt takes so long, my Lord(Hallelujah)
My sweet Lord(Hallelujah)Oh my sweet Lord(Hallelujah)My sweet Lord(Hallelujah)
I really wanna know You(Hallelujah)I'd like to go with You(Hallelujah)
I'd like to show You, Lord(Hallelujah)And it won't take long, my Lord(Hallelujah)
My, my, my Lord(Hallelujah)My sweet Lord(Hallelujah)Ooh hoo hmm(Hallelujah)
Hare KrishnaHare KrishnaKrishna, KrishnaHare Hare
Hare RamaHare RamaAahHallelujahHallelujah
Hallelujah(My sweet Lord)Hallelujah(My sweet Lord)
Hare Krishna(My sweet Lord)Hare Krishna(My, my, my)
Krishna, Krishna(Hey, my sweet Lord)Hare Hare(My sweet Lord)
Gurur Brahma(Oh my Lord)Gurur Vishnu(Oh my sweet Lord)
Gurur Devo(My sweet Lord)Maheshwara(My sweet Lord)
Gurur Sakshaat(My sweet Lord)Parabrahma(Oh my sweet Lord)
Tasmayi Shree(My, my sweet Lord)Guruve Namah(My sweet Lord)
Hare Rama(My sweet Lord)
My sweet Lord
I'd pull up some others, but I really need to get to reading for a class I have in a couple of hours. Those are just a couple personal examples.