Spoon-fed Lazy “Christian Music” Zombies

Haven’t put anything on this blog in far too long… but I wrote a response to the responses on a pretty powerful blog post from the lead singer of the band Gungor, Michael Gungor… read the original post HERE. (super good read…) And the responses to that blog both pumped me up and pissed me off. Pumped that people said they agreed, but upset because so many people defended the “Christian Music” label. Yucky. Anywho, this is my response to the responses…

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I’m tired of people being so lazy with their music choices. Way better stuff out there now than what is available in a “Christian/Gospel” section. It is not hard to listen to lyrics and research bands now with the internet. WAY more sources for good music that has powerful lyrics. Just listen to what’s out there and talk to people about music, find sources you trust, subscribe to a good magazine, go to concerts, find out what your favorite artists are listening to… go start a band. ( Indie Vision Music, Paste Magazine, Liisten, www.hopecore.com, BandsOnFire, Facedown Records, http://comeandlive.com/ )

Bands like Mumford & Sons, Thrice, Concerning Lions, King Charles… all bands that will hopefully never be labeled as “Christian Music” that are chock full of Gospel Truth. If you need to be spoon-fed, my zombie friends, keep walking right past beautiful music that enriches your life on Earth and head to the Christian/Gospel section fro the latest re-churned “Christian Hits” found on WOW 2011 from Kutless, Steven Curtis Chapman, Petra (reunited?), Jump 5, Plus One, Jeff Bodley… I might throw up, excuse me…

Anyway… I also find Truth in bands that probably offend a lot of Christians… Sigur Ros, U2, Dashboard Confessional (have you HEARD the lyrics to DC’s “Get Me Right”?), Brand New, Radiohead, Regina Spektor… I think God surprises you, as Jesus surprised his disciples with whose house he ate dinner, with where He shows up in lyrics and which transparent artists (a lot of them not even Christians! Whoa! Look out!) communicate the struggle, success, joy, and pain of the journey Home.

Put on your thinking caps, brush up on your Bible reading, eat your veggies and drink up your discernment juice… now go listen to good music, you lazy Christians.

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