Why is bad music like rap so popular instead of music like heavy metal or rock?

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RandomAlias said:
The other thing is that too much of current Country music dwells on drunkenness and fornication.
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True, but this is hardly a modern phenomenon. Call it “wine, women, and song” or “sex, drugs, and rock and roll”, it has been a theme of popular music as long as popular music has existed. Since the advent of the so-called “bro country” (I got my truck, I got my beer, I got my girl, let’s go party in the back 40), it does seem disproportionate, but it’s anything but new.
 
HolySpirit said:
Since I returned to the church, being a metal fan has made me rethink my tastes…Use care when you listen to metal. It can lead you away from God, and you don’t ever want that to happen.
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I’m with you 100%. When I became Catholic my musical tastes certainly changed, even just within the metal genre. While I never listened to the Satanic metal bands (even when I was an atheist), I certainly became far less interested in certain worldly themes prevalent in metal. And I have spent time seeking out Christian metal bands, so they are a much higher percentage of my collection now.

There’s no doubt there’s a lot of crap in the metal world and much that can harm one’s spiritual life; discernment is required!
 
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Wampa said:
And I have spent time seeking out Christian metal bands, so they are a much higher percentage of my collection now.
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Any recommendations? Most Christian metal I find hasn’t really resonated with me.
 
Not all metal is screaming. Nightwish seems to sing opera style,Black Sabbath sings clean singing,hammerfall sings opera singing

 
Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden has one of the best voices on the planet. No unintelligible screeching there.
 
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OK…I guess I’m thinking more of death metal bands…they just sound evil…(sorry)…I guess the “heaviest” my taste would be groups like ACDC…Rolling Stones…Status Quo etc…it’s the driving rock beat that I like…so I guess it’s called hard rock…and I guess I’m showing my age with those bands.
 
Rap these days is bad, really bad. A lot of older rap music can sound like poetry to a beat though. Sometimes the subject matter is stuff people can relate to better then what Rock music can offer them. Yes, sometimes the lyrics can glorify bad things. That can go for any genre though. Rap music is not “bad” in and of itself even if that is your opinion. I cant stand heavy metal. To me, it is “Bad music” but I know lots of people like it so I wont state my opinion as a fact.
 
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What is “Catholic taste” and what did you listen to before Vatican II?
 
The late rapper “Tupac” has a rap called “Keep your head up” dedicated to single black women who are struggling “I know they like to beat you down a lot. When you come around the block they clown (Make fun of you) a lot. But please, dont cry, dry your eyes, never give up. Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up”

Not every rap song is about “Anger” some have positive messages. A lot do not, but a lot does. It all depends on the group/rapper.
 
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OK…I guess I’m thinking more of death metal bands…they just sound evil…(sorry)…I guess the “heaviest” my taste would be groups like ACDC…Rolling Stones…Status Quo etc…it’s the driving rock beat that I like…so I guess it’s called hard rock…and I guess I’m showing my age with those bands


Good hard rock…
 
metalwolf said:
Nightwish seems to sing opera style
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That really depends on which album. Their original vocalist sang operatic, though she toned it down a bit as her time with the band went on. Eventually, she was replaced by a vocalist with a more pop rock style, which really divided the fans. Their current vocalist is somewhere in the middle.
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OK…I guess I’m thinking more of death metal bands…they just sound evil…(sorry)
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Both death metal and black metal are pretty well-known for incorporating growling vocals. Bands in other genres may use them as well. For instance, a lot of female-fronted symphonic metal bands have backup male vocalists who use growling as an aggressive, bestial contrast to the lead vocals. (And in Kamelot’s case, it’s a male doing the clean vocals while a woman does the growling, though they’ve only done that in a handful of songs.) That said, black metal is definitely trying to sound evil with the growling, so I can’t blame you there.

In contrast, other genres like power metal are much more focused on clean vocals, and the genre in general has a more “sing along” aspect to it than a lot of metal. That’s also present in a lot of the classics, such as Iron Maiden.
 
Lol I’m 50 and remember AC/DC when Bon Scott was still alive lol 😛
 
ZMystiCat said:
For instance, a lot of female-fronted symphonic metal bands have backup male vocalists who use growling as an aggressive, bestial contrast to the lead vocals.
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This is especially true with Goth Metal bands (see Lacuna Coil).
 
When I see young girls wearing AC/DC t-shirts, I always want to go up to them and just say “Bon Scott” and see what the reaction is. 😝

My motto is “if you don’t listen to the music, don’t wear the t shirt”
 
DeniseNY said:
My motto is “if you don’t listen to the music, don’t wear the t shirt”
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Maybe they just like the design on the shirt and thought the $2 price at St. Vincent DePaul’s was in their price range?
 
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