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Here's a thought: Did you know that there is no such thing as "Christian Music" ?

If there is "Christian Music" then what is all the rest of the music called that doesn't talk about God? That's almost religion talk! Music is music. Instruments make music, not words. Lyrics, however - can be Christian. Meaning the Lyrics can match up to any genre you want. It's the message you are listening to. There are so many messages out there - so many that are negative, sexual, emotional, hurtful, positive, artistic, and sometimes fun. What message do you want to send as a Christian? What genre do you listen to?

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+1 #1 pianomanjeremy 2010-07-05 00:11

I believe that the style of music you listen to says something about your character. I have a hard time accepting "Christian screamo" as being spiritually enriching. On the other hand, it's not my place to say that, especially considering I can't even start to listen to the stuff. My personal tastes lie in quieter music with more variety and musical ingenuity than the average hard rock song. Let's put it this way: I would be beyond thrilled if there were a Christian version of Josh Groban! Aside from musical genre though, it's important that the lyrics honour God and don't dwell on the pain in life. Yes, there is pain, and there's certainly room for sad songs and such, but we must remained focus on the hope we have in Christ.

#2 GodChick 2010-07-05 19:34

Quoting pianomanjeremy:

I believe that the style of music you listen to says something about your character. I have a hard time accepting "Christian screamo" as being spiritually enriching. On the other hand, it's not my place to say that, especially considering I can't even start to listen to the stuff. My personal tastes lie in quieter music with more variety and musical ingenuity than the average hard rock song. Let's put it this way: I would be beyond thrilled if there were a Christian version of Josh Groban! Aside from musical genre though, it's important that the lyrics honour God and don't dwell on the pain in life. Yes, there is pain, and there's certainly room for sad songs and such, but we must remained focus on the hope we have in Christ.

I listen to some "Christian Screamo" but only two songs. One of them is Cassie by Flyleaf, which I do believe can inspire. Some of the lyrics are:
"Do you believe in God?
Written on the bullet,
say yes to pull the trigger...
I will pull the trigger"
Like, standing up for your faith. The other one is Perfect by Flyleaf and it's about being perfect in weakness.
But it's definitely not my favorite kind of music. I do like rock/pop music, but it has to be Christian or clean or I won;t listen to it.
I like:
By Your Side by Tenth Avenue North
American Dream by Casting Crowns
What if His People Prayed? by Castign Crowns
I Can Only Imagine by MercyMe
and lots more... It really puts me in a better mood, especially when I listen to it on the way to school :)

#3 JaimeC13 2010-07-06 03:24

Ahhh, I'd been looking for a thread like this!

I had a very hard time finding non-secular music, but then on a whim I checked out the 'Christian' stations on my radio streamer and found one called 'The Crossing.' They have alternative genre music with God-centered lyrics, which is exactly what I needed and wasn't even sure existed. Whenever I listen to it I hear a song that I want to buy (if only I had more money!). This station brought me to the Sidewalk Prophets, Britt Nicole, Tenth Avenue North, and countless other favorite songs. I thank God for showing it to me. (It was the first Christian station I tried, and it had a good song on when I found it which made me pay attention. I later tried the other stations and didn't like them as much.)

For those who want to check out The Crossing, the station is listed under Radio in itunes, is available through CBS and AOL radio players, and has a live streaming player at it's website thecrossingfm.com. I hope I could help someone find some good music!

#4 Nate the Great 2010-07-13 22:54

What gets annoying is when a band claims they are christian but they only have one or two songs on their cds that mention God. i think its ok to have a meaningless song once in a while but christian bands should focus more on God than they normelly do.

#5 *SmileyGirl* 2010-07-16 15:30

Oh yay!! I can tell more people about my favorite christian singers. Theryare a band called PureNRG. it is sung by teenagers!! nothing like a good pick me up...

+1 #6 *SmileyGirl* 2010-07-16 15:38

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8GRY3YyDHw
if it worked heres a link.

#7 *SmileyGirl* 2010-07-16 15:41

let see if this works...

#8 Nate the Great 2010-07-17 00:21

lol i kind of like purenrg too

#9 *SmileyGirl* 2010-07-17 15:30

Quoting Nate the Great:

lol i kind of like purenrg too

did you try the link nate?

#10 Ravagence 2010-07-17 17:54

Quote:

I listen to some "Christian Screamo" but only two songs. One of them is Cassie by Flyleaf, which I do believe can inspire.

Fly Leaf isn't screamo... Well not by me and I listen to Screamo full time. You may not be able to hear the lyrics if you aren't attuned to them but a good band is I Am Terrified who sings fully about how God influences everything. They sing and scream of how they worship.

I like screamo (christian screamo) because I seem to get a power from it. Another good band is As I Lay Dying.

#11 Nate the Great 2010-07-17 18:16

Quoting *SmileyGirl*:

Quoting Nate the Great:
lol i kind of like purenrg too

did you try the link nate?

yeah i did it worked

#12 GodChick 2010-07-18 02:32

Quoting Ravagence:

Quote:
I listen to some "Christian Screamo" but only two songs. One of them is Cassie by Flyleaf, which I do believe can inspire.

Fly Leaf isn't screamo... Well not by me and I listen to Screamo full time. You may not be able to hear the lyrics if you aren't attuned to them but a good band is I Am Terrified who sings fully about how God influences everything. They sing and scream of how they worship.

I like screamo (christian screamo) because I seem to get a power from it. Another good band is As I Lay Dying.

FlyLeaf is slightly screamo, but not a lot. Not like some of those songs you hear where all you here is scream after scream after scream... it does have it's moment though.
I do think Christian Screamo is good too, and I'll be sure to check out those bands. It really shows the emotion that God draws--in a good way because it gets them excited.

#13 Ravagence 2010-07-22 00:10

Well God Chick, Fly leaf is classified barely as hard rock. They are not screamo, if they were I'd be listening to them probably.

From Wikipedia: "Flyleaf is an American rock band, formed in the Belton and Temple"

Last.fm calls Flyleaf: "alternative rock, rock, alternative, hard rock "

Sorry to dwell on this a tad too long, but they aren't screamo.

On another note, I lsitend to 'Cassie' and the only part where you might have mistakened her to scream is around the 2;15 mark but it's actually a raspy yell...I know I sound really weird saying that but screamo is from the diaphragm not the throat.

#14 GodChick 2010-07-22 03:05

I don't really listen to screamo, so I may have over estimated it.

#15 Ravagence 2010-07-22 23:27

Just maybe. Listen to 'Confined' by As I Lay Dying. Compare it to what you think.

#16 GodChick 2010-07-23 00:18

It's no big deal. I believe you :)

#17 Nate the Great 2010-07-23 21:42

hey off the subject of screamo listen to the newsboys new album its really really good

#18 HeyGuppy 2010-07-25 20:24

Quoting Nate the Great:

hey off the subject of screamo listen to the newsboys new album its really really good

Yes, I agree.

#19 HeyGuppy 2010-07-25 20:26

Do any of you listen to Sanctus Real?

#20 Ravagence 2010-07-26 00:57

Nope, anyone listen to I Am Terrified?

#21 krystaa 2010-07-28 19:56

okay so... this is what i think of music. in Ezekiel 28:13-15 it says: "you were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. you were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. you were anointed as a guardian *cherub*, for so i ordained you. you were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. you were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you."
okay so .. this whole verse is talking about Lucifer (Satan when he was an angel in heaven) .. if you dont know what cherub means, it means the head angel of music. so Lucifer was the head angel of the Lord's music in heaven..

what do you think is one of Satan's most powerful and enticing tools in the world today?? haha, music!

secular music today that is not spirit-filled and glorifying God is obviously coming from some place else. Music may have a sick beat and the music is just too catchy. but really the lyrics are influencing your heart. even if you ignore the lyrics and what they mean while listening to the songs, they are still pouring into your heart and into your mind. so remember that!! because you may not realize it, but music effects you majorly.. !!

anyways, thats the way i feel :)

#22 Nate the Great 2010-08-01 17:57

yeah that makes sense

#23 GodChick 2010-08-01 19:15

Quoting krystaa:

okay so... this is what i think of music. in Ezekiel 28:13-15 it says: "you were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. you were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. you were anointed as a guardian *cherub*, for so i ordained you. you were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. you were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you."
okay so .. this whole verse is talking about Lucifer (Satan when he was an angel in heaven) .. if you dont know what cherub means, it means the head angel of music. so Lucifer was the head angel of the Lord's music in heaven..

what do you think is one of Satan's most powerful and enticing tools in the world today?? haha, music!

secular music today that is not spirit-filled and glorifying God is obviously coming from some place else. Music may have a sick beat and the music is just too catchy. but really the lyrics are influencing your heart. even if you ignore the lyrics and what they mean while listening to the songs, they are still pouring into your heart and into your mind. so remember that!! because you may not realize it, but music effects you majorly.. !!

anyways, thats the way i feel :)

This is so true Krysta, absolutely true. In fact, the songs by the Marilyn Manson band in the 90's influenced things like the Columbine Massacre. It's crazy that such things are considered Freedom of Speech, I'm pretty sure that's not what our founders meant when they wrote that, considering most (if not all) were Christian... Of course, if you aren't from the USA you might not get it

+1 #24 Logan.Fox95 2010-08-03 00:49

Quoting JaimeC13:

Ahhh, I'd been looking for a thread like this!

I had a very hard time finding non-secular music, but then on a whim I checked out the 'Christian' stations on my radio streamer and found one called 'The Crossing.' They have alternative genre music with God-centered lyrics, which is exactly what I needed and wasn't even sure existed. Whenever I listen to it I hear a song that I want to buy (if only I had more money!). This station brought me to the Sidewalk Prophets, Britt Nicole, Tenth Avenue North, and countless other favorite songs. I thank God for showing it to me. (It was the first Christian station I tried, and it had a good song on when I found it which made me pay attention. I later tried the other stations and didn't like them as much.)

For those who want to check out The Crossing, the station is listed under Radio in itunes, is available through CBS and AOL radio players, and has a live streaming player at it's website thecrossingfm.com. I hope I could help someone find some good music!

My favorite station is Air1, which comes in in my area as well as like oklahoma and stuff but it has great christian centered music, all different styles. It has a little for everyone. Check it out at www.air1.com and click listen now. :)

#25 GodChick 2010-08-03 03:16

I don't know if this counts, but I've watched the famous Christian music artist Nick Thurmond at a church camp I went to.

#26 TheBlackMamba24 2010-08-03 22:36

Sorry for bringing back the discussion on Christian Screamo but when I listen to music I listen to the lyrics. Which is one of the only reasons I listen to it sometimes.

#27 lumos-maxima 2010-08-05 14:07

I think that different people interpret songs in different ways. For example, my mom was born in the 60s with the Beatles and the Mamas & Papas. I personally love all of those songs. Does that make me a bad person?

Yes, they were sometimes done under the influence of drugs, but my mom never did drugs, and doesn't associate songs like 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' with LSD like other people might, while someone else might think of drugs and be influenced by the song differently.

So it depends on your perspective.

#28 Nate the Great 2010-08-05 15:11

sometimes i think its ok to listen to a song that other people might think is bad but i dont know about a song that is as blatent about it like that song. a lot of people probably started taking drugs because of songs like that. but if your mom listens to it for other reasons i guess it would be ok

#29 Ravagence 2010-08-05 16:43

I go for the music not the singing.

#30 krystaa 2010-08-13 02:47

well lumos-maxima .. as long as you personally feel it's praising God, then it should be fine. if you dont think that it was meant to glorify Jesus' name or to be uplifting to Him, then i reccomend that you dont listen to it.. but it's tottally based on what you think and how you feel.. just what i think :)

#31 Courtneyy Esch 2010-08-22 19:41

I love this! Thank you for sharing with us! :)Quoting krystaa:

okay so... this is what i think of music. in Ezekiel 28:13-15 it says: "you were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. you were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. you were anointed as a guardian *cherub*, for so i ordained you. you were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. you were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you."
okay so .. this whole verse is talking about Lucifer (Satan when he was an angel in heaven) .. if you dont know what cherub means, it means the head angel of music. so Lucifer was the head angel of the Lord's music in heaven..

what do you think is one of Satan's most powerful and enticing tools in the world today?? haha, music!

secular music today that is not spirit-filled and glorifying God is obviously coming from some place else. Music may have a sick beat and the music is just too catchy. but really the lyrics are influencing your heart. even if you ignore the lyrics and what they mean while listening to the songs, they are still pouring into your heart and into your mind. so remember that!! because you may not realize it, but music effects you majorly.. !!

anyways, thats the way i feel :)

#32 GodChick 2010-08-22 22:44

Quoting Courtneyy Esch:

I love this! Thank you for sharing with us! :)Quoting krystaa:
okay so... this is what i think of music. in Ezekiel 28:13-15 it says: "you were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. you were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. you were anointed as a guardian *cherub*, for so i ordained you. you were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. you were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you."
okay so .. this whole verse is talking about Lucifer (Satan when he was an angel in heaven) .. if you dont know what cherub means, it means the head angel of music. so Lucifer was the head angel of the Lord's music in heaven..

what do you think is one of Satan's most powerful and enticing tools in the world today?? haha, music!

secular music today that is not spirit-filled and glorifying God is obviously coming from some place else. Music may have a sick beat and the music is just too catchy. but really the lyrics are influencing your heart. even if you ignore the lyrics and what they mean while listening to the songs, they are still pouring into your heart and into your mind. so remember that!! because you may not realize it, but music effects you majorly.. !!

anyways, thats the way i feel :)

Krystaa is great :) She's very smart and definitely knows what she's talking about!

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