Tragedy, or contemporary Christian music ruins everything.

[roo_ster]

I really doubt it's actual Gregorian chant, but if so you are a lucky dog.  I'm sorry you don't like choral music. You should learn to appreciate it. 

"It's all downhill after Bach," says my pastor.  I am inclined to agree, though there are a few composers who come close.

[Scout26]

Chicago's classical station -->  http://www.wfmt.com/

We used to have another WDRV, but it went to classic rock.  I mean good classic rock.  I didn't have to reset my programmed buttons in the car.

[230RN]

"It's all downhill after Bach," says my pastor.  I am inclined to agree, though there are a few composers who come close.

LOL (Does not necessarily imply agreement, only amusement.)

I really doubt it's actual Gregorian chant, but if so you are a lucky dog.  I'm sorry you don't like choral music. You should learn to appreciate it.

Oh, I should, should I? 

Thank you for your advice.

Feh.

Terry, 230RN

[Jocassee]

We used to have another WDRV, but it went to classic rock.  I mean good classic rock.  I didn't have to reset my programmed buttons in the car.

That's a blessing.

[Balog]

"Classic rock" is code for middle age guys trying to relive their youth.

[Ron]

WDRV Chicago streams online also:   http://den-a.plr.liquidcompass.net/player/flash/audio_player.php?id=WDRVFM&uid=11

I've warmed up to the modern worship music even though the old hymns "feel" more like church to me. As far as the message is concerned, I tend to like the songs that have more meat just like I like my sermons with more meat. Not everybody approaches their faith like I do though, for some it is a more emotional experience and less cerebral.

[BlueStarLizzard]

"Classic rock" is code for middle age guys trying to relive their youth.

i like classic rock. does that mean i'm a middle age guy?

[makattak]

i like classic rock. does that mean i'm a middle age guy?

Yes. Everyone knows any girl on the net is really a middle aged guy.

[BlueStarLizzard]

Yes. Everyone knows any girl on the net is really a middle aged guy.

  wait! you mean people on the net arn't who they say they are!?!?1?!?!11? 

[zxcvbob]

[Jocassee]

"Classic rock" is code for middle age guys trying to relive their youth.

One of the reasons I like classic rock is same reason I like milsurps--it connects me to the past.

[Balog]

I always just find the idea of liking music from a certain era for it's nostalgia vs the actual sound interesting. Obviously not everyone who listens to CR is like that, but enough are that I find it amusing.

[Perd Hapley]

Oh, I should, should I? 

Thank you for your advice.

And I'm sure your local classical station thanks you for yours. 

[BlueStarLizzard]

I always just find the idea of liking music from a certain era for it's nostalgia vs the actual sound interesting. Obviously not everyone who listens to CR is like that, but enough are that I find it amusing.

yeah, its about what the music sounds like rather then nostalgia for those of us who wern't even born back then. 

[seeker_two]

wait! you mean people on the net arn't who they say they are!?!?1?!?!11? 

Of course....I'm actually an 11-y.o. girl pretending to be a dirty old man.... 

[doczinn]

I've found very little contemporary Christian music worth listening to ('course, I haven't looked very hard either), but I luvs me some good gospel. Lighthouse family, for example, or Elvis (yep, that guy), or the Five Blind Boys of Alabama. Or Johnny Cash, mustn't forget Johnny Cash's gospel.

[BlueStarLizzard]

I've found very little contemporary Christian music worth listening to ('course, I haven't looked very hard either), but I luvs me some good gospel. Lighthouse family, for example, or Elvis (yep, that guy), or the Five Blind Boys of Alabama. Or Johnny Cash, mustn't forget Johnny Cash's gospel.

i love the blind boys. my uncle got to see them once. gave my mother a cd, which i promptly ripped.

[Balog]

I think some of this is the %90 rule.

%90 of everything is crap, and some at the fringe or totally outside the rap/Christian/hardcore/doom metal etc etc group generally only sees the %90 and the small fraction of the non-crap that's mainstream.

[lee n. field]

I think some of this is the %90 rule.

Sturgeon's Law

"90% of science fiction is crap" --famous science fiction writer

"gasp!" --fannish audience

"90% of everything is crap." --famous SF writer.

[Balog]

Thank you, I knew it was a "law" but couldn't remember who originated it.

[gunsmith]

well, I looked at a "gospel" rock channel last night, they featured "Flyleaf"
I had no idea they were a Christian band, they had a hit a few yrs ago
"Sick" I think, a tiny girl with a huge voice screaming "sicccck" in that heavy metal sound the kids like to do nowadays, then going back to girl voice. ... I really like that song
i hope this is it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWIADZKU9dw
the pc I'm using has no speakers

[lee n. field]

Before he left to get his PhD, he planned on a contemporary remastering of "A Mighty Fortress" into a metal tune, IIRC.  Never happened, but the potential is there.

Which reminds me.  A Mighty Fortress is often sung with the wrong rhythm.  So I have been told, by music geeks.  This is the right way.  Gives me chills when I hear it.

Then there's this.  Acapella psalmody.  Psalm 102, one of the anti-happyclappy ones.

An ev'ning shadow are my days;
Like grass I wither soon away.
But You, Jehovah, sit enthroned
Forever; Your memorial
Abides through generations all.