heartoflesh
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I was just listening to an old Albert Martin sermon the other day titled "The Effect of Music on Human Personality" http://www.sg-audiotreasures.org/singular/am_musicinflu.mp3 wherein he spends a good deal of time he critiquing "Rock Music". A pretty general category, I know. I couldn't help but agree with some of his analysis, especially about the general atmosphere of a rock concert being "lawless frenzy". Also Mick Jagger's comment that a rock concert is not a success until it turns into "total madness".
I see from another thread here that there seems to be a general consensus that rock music is no big deal. So what gives? Is this just a generational thing? Is Albert just out to lunch? Honestly, it's been years since I've been to a "rock concert". I used to go to a lot of Grateful Dead shows back in the 80s and caught a lot of other great bands-- but that was before I had any inkling of who Christ was. I really couldn't imagine going to one of those concerts now. I just associate all that stuff with huge clouds of pot smoke, and maybe it's just not that way for everyone.
Not trying to start anything here or come off as a legalist-- just interested in other's thoughts on this. Is there any legitimacy in saying rock music in itself as a musical form and the atmosphere it creates and sustains is in any way diametrically opposed to the Christian life?
I was just listening to an old Albert Martin sermon the other day titled "The Effect of Music on Human Personality" http://www.sg-audiotreasures.org/singular/am_musicinflu.mp3 wherein he spends a good deal of time he critiquing "Rock Music". A pretty general category, I know. I couldn't help but agree with some of his analysis, especially about the general atmosphere of a rock concert being "lawless frenzy". Also Mick Jagger's comment that a rock concert is not a success until it turns into "total madness".
I see from another thread here that there seems to be a general consensus that rock music is no big deal. So what gives? Is this just a generational thing? Is Albert just out to lunch? Honestly, it's been years since I've been to a "rock concert". I used to go to a lot of Grateful Dead shows back in the 80s and caught a lot of other great bands-- but that was before I had any inkling of who Christ was. I really couldn't imagine going to one of those concerts now. I just associate all that stuff with huge clouds of pot smoke, and maybe it's just not that way for everyone.
Not trying to start anything here or come off as a legalist-- just interested in other's thoughts on this. Is there any legitimacy in saying rock music in itself as a musical form and the atmosphere it creates and sustains is in any way diametrically opposed to the Christian life?