Bohemian Rhapsody

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Gregoria’s chant is very nice. Some Christian songs are very nice. You are saying ALL christian music is bad or boring and folks give you hearts for that but shouldn’t we TRY to find some we enjoy that glorifies God or it’s not even worth it because it’s bad across the board?
 
What general terms? Most of the gay people I know, including the famous ones, are virtually indistinguishable from those who aren’t, and certainly, not being gay myself, they are no influence on me in that way.
 
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The general terms I referred to were about the talent in my previous post.
 
Again, what general terms? You say people who are both artists and sinners (and all artists are) are bad influences? Why? Why should that be taken as a general truth?

Why on earth would someone who, at the end of the day, I don’t really know and never really will, and who certainly doesn’t know me at all, make me want to sin?
 
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What I stated earlier was that it sounded like as long as someone had a talent that’s all about the person that mattered because we’re all sinners. I may be mistaken but you sound outraged at my interpretation. I tried to explain it in the last 2 or 3 posts.
If i’m living a lifestyle contrary to God and someone famous doing the same they can influence . Is that an outrageous claim.
 
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One more thing I’d like to add is that yes, there is always a possibility that artists/sinners can be bad influences. In my own family there is one person I can think of in which the heavy influence of a certain music he was thankful when removed from his life. This seems common. My neighbor/sinner whom I like very much can also be a bad influence, it happens and is not very outrageous.
 
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Not sinful, but I won’t be watching it. I liked the Beatles better.
 
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I am immortal, I have inside me blood of kings, yeah, yeah
I have no rival, no man can be my equal
Take me to the future of you all
 
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wow. Someones voice is more important than any moral way they lived their life?
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When it comes to judging their music, yes.
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Exactly … we’re not, nor should we be for the most part, judging them as people. Most musicians, if you ask them, by no means either see themselves as, or set out to be, moral influences or rolemodels of any sort.
 
You don’t think pop stars are held up as celebrities who give their opinion and voice to all kinds of issues?
 
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Oh just judging the voice then ok, if a pedophile who raped children had a great voice I’d still not appreciate him as a person at all.
But sure, great voice.
 
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You don’t think pop stars are held up as celebrities who give their opinion and voice to all kinds of issues?
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Some are, for sure. The question is whether it is always fair to impose such a burden upon them, especially on those occasions when it is done against their will and even (as some will tell you) against their own express wish and intention.

I may be a musician who simply makes music to express and enjoy myself, and hopefully connect with enough likeminded people to make a living out of it as well. But no thought of being put up on any sort of pedestal by my audience, or being any sort of spokesperson for anyone but myself. Nor any wish for either.

In such a case, why does anyone have the right to tell me “you must be an example of moral rectitude, and if you are not, everyone must boycott your music”?
 
No one should tell them they need to be an example of moral rectitude, and at the same time artists and their fans should respect people who just don’t care for their music or how they live their lives. Don’t you think?
 
Geek version…

Incredible, guy did this for his Masters Thesis…

 
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No one should tell them they need to be an example of moral rectitude, and at the same time artists and their fans should respect people who just don’t care for their music or how they live their lives. Don’t you think?
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Who is talking about artists and fans not respecting those who don’t care for their music or their lives? It is no skin off my nose - or theirs probably - if you choose not to listen to or buy Queen’s music or attend the movie or dislike their private lives.

I It IS skin off my nose when you tell me - or at least strongly imply - that I somehow am obligated to care about their private lives when said private lives don’t affect me - or the vast majority of their fans - in the slightest. In fact I am so little interested in or affected by their private lives that I won’t watch the movie purely for lack of interest.
 
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Oh just judging the voice then ok, if a pedophile who raped children had a great voice I’d still not appreciate him as a person at all.
But sure, great voice.
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Since I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not, I’ll just say that we can appreciate music while still not liking, or even wanting to support, those behind it for whatever reason. That reason, however, does not detract from the fact that they still made good music (assuming they did). One’s ability to make great music is not tied to their moral character, and we should be able to see such beauty regardless of where it comes from. Again, that doesn’t mean we have to support them, but we can at least recognize what good they do bring to the world.
 
Who’s obligating you to do anything?! Private lives of artists I listen to may affect if I want to support them, are they staunch pro abortion etc…buy buying or listening to their music. I could care less if this isn’t you but it’s me and me and many folks i know. No where did I say you are obligated i don’t care what you do at all.
 
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I agree to a point but somehow even if there is a beautiful melody if I know the artist did something heinous repeatedly a part of me stops appreciating even the music. I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing.
 
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