Psychedelic rock

[Help_me_please_1]

I love rock. Pink Floyd the beach boys foxy music Brian eno I love all that pretentiousness. But much of that was in some way influenced by drugs. Take brian Wilson for example. He mad some of the most amazing music ever. (til I die, god only knows, surfs up, yes please!). But much of that was influenced by drugs. Evil influence if you will. Is it a sin to listen to it? Tell me your opinion.

 

[KScoyote]

Music was one of the most volatile subjects in the church’s I grew up in (protestant)!

It was even said that songs written in a minor key were satanic! Christian or contemporary!

One of the churches we attended would not even let a musical instrument be played during church service.

I always was quite upset that so many “christian” groups sounded as if they had never taken a music lesson nor paid attention in English class. They could not write a decent lyric nor put two good sounding notes together.

What passes as contemporary christian music today is just plain shameful.

As to your question, well is there anything sinful within the lyrics of the music you enjoy listening to?

As far as the music, what is a sinful note, chord, rhythm, beat, sound, etc?

 

[RubyT]

It is not the music you listen to but rather what is in your heart. Just because the guy was on drugs doesn’t mean he didn’t write a good tune worth listening too.

I love all the same stuff and find my toes tapping but it doesn’t influence my convictions nor does it separate me from God.Thats my story and I am sticking to it with my :twocents:

I must say the older I get the more refined my taste are; like this morning I listened to the William Tell Overture and thought this is a great song to describe how a good cup of coffee makes me feel.

youtube.com/watch?v=xoHECVnQC7A

 

[Joe_5859]

We are under no obligation to play detective and attempt to ascertain if every piece of music, art, or literature we come across was composed by someone under the influence of drugs.

It’s not as though the artist’s drug use is transferrable to us via their art so that if they used drugs while making it, we will suddenly have a strong desire to use drugs while listening/reading/viewing it and/or suddenly abandon our previous moral positions because the art forces us involuntarily to accept drug use as morally legitimate.

If the music does cause you to do these things, you probably want to avoid it, but it’s not inherent to the music.

 

[LoyalViews]

Personally I don’t like psychedellic rock, it scares me. I never grew up with it, and never really paid any attention to it. But, that’s my preference. You can like it, nothing wrong with that! As long as you’re not listening to anything satanic or the likes, I don’t see why you could be falling into sin or anything. It’s music! If you like it, listen to it!

 

[ChadS]

I wonder how many “Catholic” artists would be able to stand the scrutiny? For example Mozart composed many beautiful Mass settings yet had a bit of a wild streak. I’m sure there are other artists, both musicians and painters whose private lives might raise some eyebrows on here.

ChadS

 

[LoyalViews]

I wonder how many “Catholic” artists would be able to stand the scrutiny? For example Mozart composed many beautiful Mass settings yet had a bit of a wild streak. I’m sure there are other artists, both musicians and painters whose private lives might raise some eyebrows on here.

ChadS

Indeed. It’s not the artist, it’s the song.

 

[Newbie2]

Consider St. Augustine in his early wild days…

 

[edwest2]

I was there for all of the psychedelic rock. In the early 1960s, at least, many musicians were role models. Young musicians I knew were inspired by other musicians and very much wanted to know about their influences, their lives in general and worldview.

It was the drugs that ruined a lot of people, emotionally and sometimes, intellectually. I was there for peace, love and “flower power.” On the surface, it seemed agreeable and harmless. But once drugs became part of the scene, what kinds of role models did we have? After hearing “Here Come the Warm Jets” by Brian Eno, I decided to look at what he he was about. The same with Roxy Music. Jimi Hendrix died from illegal drug related causes. He was a great guitarist.

When the Beatles began covertly and overtly promoting illegal drug use, I began to wonder and eventually, could no longer relate to some of their later music.

Peace,
Ed