Can we go back in time?

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thechrismyster said:
yeah, but i’m right and my grandfather was simply mistaken. 😃
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You’re right on the most part. Music is just crapola today. I got so tired of flipping through music stations so now I listen to NPR and the local news station.
 
StratusRose said:
What you say about music is exactly what my grandfather said about the Beatles and Elvis. Happens in every generation. I think our generation does have some good music, just harder to find because now music is based on image rather than talent.
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So folks of any generation who criticize the current one, are doing it for the same reasons as those who had a problem with Elvis? Is it possible that these days they may be right?

The music of Elvis and the Beatles was less reserved than people were used to–less delicate. So they were suspicious. Maybe they were too parenoid about corruption of our sexuality.

But lately we’ve been assaulted by a different problem. Music that celebrates not love, but sexual selfishness, that doesn’t honor women, but insults them and objectifies them, deserves to be criticized–for reasons very different from those who objected to early rock-and-roll.
 
That’s exactly right. There was no such thing as “explicit lyrics” coming out of the radio in the 1950s and 1960s. The way Elvis swung his hips on stage was considered provocative. I agree. Too many Christians have gradually accepted the so-called pushing of the envelope for so many decades that filth is pouring out of the car radio next to you in traffic.

It’s time to say “This is wrong.” Politely complain and buy none of it, much less actually waste time listening to it.

For those who don’t think American culture has changed significantly in the last 40 or 50 years, look up the Top Ten hits in 1957 and 1967. Listen to them.

God bless,
Ed
 
edwest2 said:
That’s exactly right. There was no such thing as “explicit lyrics” coming out of the radio in the 1950s and 1960s. The way Elvis swung his hips on stage was considered provocative. I agree. Too many Christians have gradually accepted the so-called pushing of the envelope for so many decades that filth is pouring out of the car radio next to you in traffic.

It’s time to say “This is wrong.” Politely complain and buy none of it, much less actually waste time listening to it.

For those who don’t think American culture has changed significantly in the last 40 or 50 years, look up the Top Ten hits in 1957 and 1967. Listen to them.

God bless,
Ed
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I will be the first one to condemn some of 50 cent’s lyrics, and Christina Aguilera’s “Candyman”.

However-A lot of rock n roll of the 1950s was based on black rhythm and blues and was explicit. You might not have realized it, but it was. “Tutti-Frutti on Rudy” and “Sweet Little Sixteen” are only two of them. The early 60s also had them.
 
I know those songs by heart. I invite anyone who wants to to listen to them.

God bless,
Ed
 
edwest2 said:
I know those songs by heart. I invite anyone who wants to to listen to them.

God bless,
Ed
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They are both sexually explicit.

The term “rock n roll” indicates action of the maritial embrace, although not within the framework of marriage.
 
OutinChgoburbs said:
I will be the first one to condemn some of 50 cent’s lyrics, and Christina Aguilera’s “Candyman”.

However-A lot of rock n roll of the 1950s was based on black rhythm and blues and was explicit. You might not have realized it, but it was. “Tutti-Frutti on Rudy” and “Sweet Little Sixteen” are only two of them. The early 60s also had them.
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Which reminds us that we ought not to think we’re criticizing or lauding an era, but the wrong–or right–attitudes pertaining to that era. To the extent that a time period’s art or music tried to “sneak in” lousy selfish attitudes, that ought to be condemned.
 
john_ennis said:
Which reminds us that we ought not to think we’re criticizing or lauding an era, but the wrong–or right–attitudes pertaining to that era. To the extent that a time period’s art or music tried to “sneak in” lousy selfish attitudes, that ought to be condemned.
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Thank you. The “code” words and such did not matter to most young people listening to the words. We purposely separated ourselves from the kids who did bad things and cussing and swearing were right out.

The JDs tried but could not go mainstream with being Juvenile Delinquents. Today, their equivalent is on the radio.

God bless,
Ed
 
john_ennis said:
Which reminds us that we ought not to think we’re criticizing or lauding an era, but the wrong–or right–attitudes pertaining to that era. To the extent that a time period’s art or music tried to “sneak in” lousy selfish attitudes, that ought to be condemned.
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Exactly! It’s not the era, it’s the attitude!
 
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