[ SECRET POST #2797 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2797 ⌋

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Comments

[mechanosapience]

This is why most Christian rock sucks, too. Too much focus on the message, not enough focus on aesthetics.

[ex_mek82]

Oh Lord, do I agree there. I'd rather have more Christian rock bands like Red and Flyleaf than, say, TobyMac or whatever. The message is there, but it's not overly treacly and in-your-face to be offputting to even people who share similar sentiments.

[sarillia]

Aww, but TobyMac's music is so cute! I feel that way about so much really earnest, corny Christian music.

TIL Flyleaf is a Christian band.

[elephantinegrace]

This makes two things I've loved for years that are apparently Chrisitan-themed. Am I just very oblivious or is the message very subtle?

[brightblueink]

Well, it's that, and it's also that the Christian music industry is hyper-focused on "positive, not challenging, alternatives to mainstream popular music." (Seriously, as a teen growing up in a Christian household most of the magazines I subscribed to would mention modern rock bands like "If you like Popular Band Y you should listen to Christian Band X instead, they sound just like them BUT THEY'RE HOLIER." I'm exaggerating they didn't say holier, but the implication was that secular bands were only about sex/drugs/violence/etc

In fact two Christian bands I loved as a kid, Luna Halo and Earthsuit, got dropped by their Christian record label because they were "too weird." :( ...Hilariously both have gone on to have mild success spectacularly (Luna Halo got attention because Taylor Swift covered one of their songs, some of the members of Earthsuit went on to found MUTEMATH.)

tl;dr the Christian record industry (or really Christian media in general) pushes for homogenization and that also contributes to how bad Christian music has gotten.