I admit I listen to Dark Wave on Pandora at times. Yea, I can sense that it's not good for my soul.
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Yes, the Chipmunks were in the humor/novelty genre. Chippettes?
By para-Christian I mean songs that promote Christian morality but are not CCM because they do not mention Jesus.
Michael W. Smith composed a few of this genre (cf. "Picture Perfect", "Go West, Young Man") as well as his CCM and praise songs.
Interesting..
"Sittin' in the mornin' sun I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come Watching the ships roll in And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah"
Yeah.. to us here on this earth .... this song.. its not evil bad at all....its has nothing what so ever to do with GOD. This is what neutral?
There is no such thing. GOD has always been yes? We have the fall Satan Adam and Eve sin .. death. This is not the real realm. All this will be gone. Even Christ said.. on earth as it is in heaven. How is it in heaven? According to scripture, all of heaven—including angels, elders, and creatures—perpetually worships, sings praises, and gives glory to God. Who would sing about about anything else?
We only think these things "neutral" on this earth...this fallen earth. On earth as it is in heaven. If its not of Him.. what is it then? There is no scripture for "music by it self is neutral". Its hard to understand for some it seems. Take a National Geographic Mag. Christ looks through it and puts it down says "no life in it". Some don't understand that. We look at it and wow very nice cool! Some would say its not evil at all. No life in it.
We can sing read watch do anything we want and ..shh listen? Yeah God says nothing (He did in His word). But your free. You can sing about listen to anything you want...for you. Not trying to do anything here.. oh music and me hand in hand. I don't know how to say it.. I know the songs.. the old songs.. the words. But something in me.. does not want to listen sing about anything other then Him.
Yet.. will there be boats in heaven? Some kind maybe sure I think. Christ walks up to you.. "what you doing?" you start to singing "
Sittin' in the mornin' sun I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come Watching the ships roll in". Sounds nice huh.. at the heart it must be for Him... as I see it
'Sittin' on the Dock of the bay' is a blues song. It's about the futility of life on earth, nothing happening, wasting time.
Blues is a yearning for the spiritual, an expression of it.
'What I've got they used to call the blues - nothing is really wrong, feeling like I don't belong' - Karen Carpenter. It's depression.
Blues is a yearning for the spiritual, an expression of it.
'What I've got they used to call the blues - nothing is really wrong, feeling like I don't belong' - Karen Carpenter. It's depression.
I have been pondering this issue for a while in terms of whether it is permissible to do things that are recreational/for fun
(such as games, hobbies, music, etc.), and your stating it in terms of neutrality prompted this insight:
The NT indicates that food is neutral (Rom. 14:2-3, 1Cor. 10:25-27, 1Tim. 4:4-5, Mark 7:19),
which implies that other things also may be neutral, if they do not promote/encourage/approve of immorality/atheism.
I will add that solution to my threads.
Thanks!
You made me realize that my song "When You're Alone" could qualify as blues as well as thrash metal.
It contains the line, Sadness is when you're alone, where you don't belong, even in a throng, when love is gone.
I must admit I do not know what all these terms mean. Even so, my last song used "upbeat darkwave"
as one of my style prompts. Another in the same version was "trap beat." Again? No idea what it meant.
But after ten hours of trying to get a decent rendition form my lyrics? Yeah. I was willing to try such
things. And it worked. LOL Another song I randomly selected genres from a very long list of offered
defaults. Sufi post grunge. Sure, why not? Haha. Because the generators were not giving me anything
I could use, time and time again. The Sufi post grunge was not that bad either! But, my tastes vary
from those of others, and in composing and generating songs, I do hope others will listen to them,
and find some redeeming quality in them. Really I hope they feed the spirits of those who listen.
Some of you may have heard this new song already... "upbeat darkwave" and "trap beat" LOL.
if a band intentionally makes music evil, then the music is evil. why would a Christian listen to that? motley true & acdc are some of the biggest offenders along with ozzy. since Christians are indwelt with the the Holy Spirit, we have the H.S.'s guidance on what is Godly or ungodly. in 1990, i was still catholic but my spirit told me to throw out some evil music & i did. for the past 30 years, three are death metal, black death metal, doom, occult, sonic horror, hardcore grunge types of music, i mean NOISE. i don't know any Christian listening to that garbage.
what a coincidence Magenta. this morn, just b4 i woke up, my mind said to me, "no more led zeppelin"! now we know that God's mercies are new every morn & joy arrives non the morn. actually, by no meaning, i haven't listened to zep in about 2 months!
I thought it was a boy group with Alvin being the lead singer? What do I know? I'm not really musically inclined.
Heh, I can hardly understand anything he is saying. I hear the the roar of a big machine. I got that bit LOL
Hmmm, some song I saw recently was being feted on its 50th anniversary...
I can't recall? Maybe it is on this list LOL. Lotta memories there...
100 Songs That Turn 50 Years Old in 2026
1. Slik - Forever and Ever
2. The Sweet - The Lies in Your Eyes
3. Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
4. Hall & Oates - Sara Smile
5. Tina Charles - I Love to Love
6. Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
7. The Sylvers - Boogie Fever
8. Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You
9. Barry White - You See the Trouble with Me
10. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love
11. Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
12. Brotherhood of Man - Save Your Kisses for Me
13. Silver Convention - Get Up and Boogie (That’s Right)
14. Andrea True Connection - More More More
15. Olivia Newton-John - Come on Over
16. John Miles - Music
17. 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me
18. Kiss - Shout It Out Loud
19. Sailor - Girls Girls Girls
20. ABBA - Fernando
21. John Sebastian - Welcome Back
22. Sutherland Brothers and Quiver - Arms of Mary
23. Diana Ross - Love Hangover
24. Pratt and McClain - Happy Days
25. Fox - S-S-S-Single Bed
26. Wings - Silly Love Songs
27. Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around
28. The Manhattans - Kiss and Say Goodbye
29. Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
30. Heart - Crazy on You
31. Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
32. Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
33. Steve Miller Band - Take the Money and Run
34. Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town
35. Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
36. Real Thing - You to Me Are Everything
37. Rod Stewart - Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
38. Lou Rawls - You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
39. Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel
40. Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together
41. England Dan & John Ford Coley - I’d Really Love to See You Tonight
42. Carpenters - I Need to Be in Love
43. Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
44. Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More
45. Neil Diamond - If You Know What I Mean
46. Sherbet - Howzat
47. Queen - You're My Best Friend
48. Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
49. Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
50. Wings - Let ‘Em In
51. Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me
52. KC and the Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
53. David Dundas - Jeans On
54. Johnny Wakelin - In Zaire
55. Orleans - Still the One
56. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
57. Boney M - Daddy Cool58. Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
59. Rick Dees and his Cast of Idiots - Disco Duck (Part 1)
60. Steve Miller Band - Rock’n Me
61. ABBA - Dancing Queen
62. Tina Charles - Dance Little Lady Dance
63. Rod Stewart - The Killing of Georgie
64. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Blinded by the Light
65. Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
66. Kiss - Beth
67. Kiss - Detroit Rock City
68. Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - You Don’t Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)
69. Bee Gees - Love So Right
70. Boston - More Than a Feeling
71. Smokie - I'll Meet You at Midnight
72. Yvonne Elliman - Love Me
73. Tavares - Don’t Take Away the Music
74. The Sylvers - Hot Line
75. Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise
76. Rose Royce - Car Wash
77. Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
78. Electric Light Orchestra - Livin’ Thing
79. Bonnie Tyler - Lost in France
80. Showaddywaddy - Under the Moon of Love
81. Elton John - Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
82. ABBA - Money Money Money
83. Mary MacGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers
84. Queen - Somebody to Love
85. Smokie - Living Next Door to Alice
86. Tina Charles - Dr. Love
87. Stevie Wonder - I Wish
88. 10cc - The Things We Do for Love
89. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
90. KC and the Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin’ Love
91. Barbra Streisand - Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)
92. Bob Seger - Night Moves
93. Al Stewart - Year of the Cat
94. David Soul - Don't Give Up on Us
95. Boney M - Sunny
96. Thelma Houston - Don’t Leave Me This Way
97. Eagles - New Kid In Town
98. Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle
99. Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
100. Julie Covington - Don't Cry for Me Argentina
Where have you been living? Under a rock? lol no seriously
If you have children or grandchildren you probably know
From L to R -Eleanor, Brittany, Jeanette
Our Lord has all the greatest most talented Christian musicians ever created !!
Holy Spirit is looking for Psalmists.!!
Karlon,
I hope our paths cross one day .
I recall in the 90s there was an actual rock band called Garbage. Looks like they still together...and touring. One of their songs was called Stupid Girl.
I think it was just in rebellion to their parents, as most rock bands are. Their parents probably said what you are playing is garbage, and so they named the band after what their parents called them.
Actually rock bands where the lead singer is female shrieking can be a lot more listenable than a male screaming his lungs out.
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Don't know what it means
And I say yea
--as sung by Nirvana
I think it was just in rebellion to their parents, as most rock bands are. Their parents probably said what you are playing is garbage, and so they named the band after what their parents called them.
Actually rock bands where the lead singer is female shrieking can be a lot more listenable than a male screaming his lungs out.
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Don't know what it means
And I say yea
--as sung by Nirvana