Okay Allie, what's going on here? Well I'm trying to bring up the subject that no one likes to avoid... MUSIC!! Let me look up music in the dictionary, let's see music, music... uh... aha! Music!
Music: the art of combining vocal and instrumental tones in a rhythmic form; such an artistic combination of tones; any pleasant combination of sounds; melody, harmony; musical taste; musical score. music to ones ears, something that one is pleased to hear.
Wow! That is an awesome description of music, isn't it? So now I'm going to look up lyrics... uh, ooh! That was easy!
Lyric: suitable for singing; of poetry, expressing the individual emotions of the poet. a lyric poem; a song; verses used in lyric poetry; the words of a popular song.
Again, Wow! I don't think I've ever looked up music and lyrics in the dictionary before (oops)! Awesome descriptions for both of these words.
In the past year I have stumbled upon a song that had an awesome beat, music, everything... until I listened to the lyrics. (please note that I am not trying to put down this artist in anyway, I am just expressing my feelings for this song.) I had gotten Selena Gomez's new album A Year With Out Rain from the library and I was listening to one of her songs called Rock God. I loved the beat and the music! Then the lyrics... not so much.
preacher man walked into the club and he said, he said
hey girl can't you walk a mile straight
father i'm torn and i'm selling my soul to the rhythm, the beat and the bass
father i'm torn and i'm selling my soul to the rhythm, the beat and the bass
cause i can't confess my rock and roll ways
cause i'm so possessed with the music, the music he plays
[chorus]
i can't stop my feet dancing from the sound of his drum
oh no, i fell in love with my rock god
i can't keep my hips from swaying to his sweet melody
you see i fell in love with my rock, rock god
preacher man took my hand and looked in my eyes and said,
hey girl can't you live your life right
father things aren't the way so black and white
don't cast the first stone cause i'm not alone
and it's not like i'm hurting anyone
but i can confess my rock and roll ways
[chorus]
oh i wouldn't change a thing even if i could
cause i chose a path and i'm not looking back
and i'm sorry if i left the angels crying over me
[chorus]
Okay... as a Christian that kinda bugged me (a heck of a lot!), and if you are a Christian as well you understand my point. If you go back to the description of lyrics one of the lines were, expressing the emotions of the poet, and the poet (Selena) was expressing her feelings (like big time) to people about her faith, which is praising the "rock god". Selena is saying that someone was trying to tell her about Jesus , who is the one and only God, and she was basically telling that someone that she was selling her soul (that means giving her whole life) to the "rock god" in her way of putting it to music. Now I can understand at one point that since Selena is an artist, that she loves music; but on the other hand she was saying that she loved music so much that she doesn't want to live for anything else but, the "rock god".
So you're saying we shouldn't listen to music any more Allie? Of course NOT! Music is an amazing thing, that's how we worship God (the one and only God of course)! Just don't give up God for anything; God is more powerful, stronger, and caring than anything in his creation.
As a New Years resolution, I decided to listen to better and cleaner music/lyrics! Allie, that's like kinda hard for a Christian girl like me. My friends my think I'm a freak or something. Let me give you some advice: if your friends think you're a freak I don't think they're very friendly.
Awesome Christian Artists who Sing Awesome Christian Music/Lyrics
BarlowGirl: BarlowGirl is a mix between pop and rock and roll, and are amazing poets! My Mom and I have all of their albums, and they truly inspire me. My favorite song of theirs would be Never Alone; I listen to it like, all the time.
Bethany Dillon: Bethany Dillon plays on her acoustic guitar and has a soft spoken voice. I learned how to play two of her songs on the guitar a year or so ago, and I love them! She has a folksy style of music and it is really nice and calming.
Britt Nicole: I just discovered Britt Nicole like a year ago and she is at the top of my list. With her up beat pop songs, I promise you, you will always be inspired!
Jump5: With Jump5, you always feel like they're your closest friends. When you listen to their songs, you just want to jump five times and sing along with them like you would with a true friend.
Awesome Artists with Really Good and Pure Songs
Taylor Swift: Okay I usually don't listen to country music, but Taylor Swift is awesome! I just got her latest album Speak Now and I love it! Though I must warn you that in her first album in her song Cold As You she says the "D" word in it once, and that was like the only one in all of her albums (I don't usually listen to that song, I just wanted you to know). And I do want to make it clear that as Taylor comes out with more albums, the songs get more mature in the dialogue. In most of her songs she talks about love stories, love stories falling apart, stories that become love stories, or just what is. So overall she's really clean and I think she's a christian.
Aly & AJ: I have been listening to these sisters since I was like eight! Though these christian girls don't sing christian songs, their pop songs are clean and pure for all ages. They have really inspired me to play guitar (same with BarlowGirl).
Demi Lovato: With her up beat pop music, Demi has made two albums and pure ones at that. I have read that she is a christian and lives for God! In all of her Thank Yous in her albums, God always comes first, "God- Without him, I wouldn't be hear, I wouldn't have a second album. All my passion comes from Him, and I hope that this album inspires someone because this isn't my work, this is His." - Demi Lovato
I hope you can join me on this New Years resolution. We can work on it together, *hehe*! Music is like life, don't use it in the wrong ways.
*Allie*
2 comments:
Dear Allie,
I am so glad you are thinking about the lyrics to the songs to which you are listening. I think they can influence your thoughts and attitudes even though you didn't think you were paying attention and were just enjoying the music or beat. It is the start of wisdom when you question things that are written or stated and compare them to God's truth. Then you take action and eliminate taking in thoughts that are not building good character.
Love, Boppa
Really like that you're thinking through what you are listening to, Allie! Music is so important in our lives and has so much influence on how we feel and think...and because you're "getting a handle" on all of that at this point in your life, it puts you SO ahead of the game - especially in the wisdom department! LYL, Grammy
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