./~ Middle-aged Wasteland, oh yeah, it's only middle-aged wasteland ./~
/me air-guitars a perfect Pete Townsend windmill, using the iBook as my axe.
Okay, maybe you didn't need that visual...
Philthy's post about contemporary Christian radio (CCR for short) has been rattling around inside my skull for a while (Heaven knows there's nothing up there to prevent that...).
Maybe I've been a bit too hard on CCR as of late, because I realized aside from the occasional foray into the 70's/80's funk/old school station that comes in poorly to my home, I really don't listen to any music on the radio anymore, it's either my iPod or sports talk radio. There used to be some great alternative stations here, on either AM or low-power FM, but they're long gone, and Clear Channel's "Best Of The 80's, 90's and Today!" station here doesn't even begin to play The Pixies, The Jam or any music from R.E.M. before Green, so my tastes aren't that commercial anyways, no matter the genre.
So I'll give CCR a pass. Sure, it sucks. But no more than any other radio format. I don't expect to hear The Stone Roses on a Clear Channel station, so why do I expect to hear Glenn Kaiser on a CCR station?
Hopefully, with podcasting, better 'net promoting and alternative buying outlets like Amazon or iTunes, we'll see more ways for the good cutting-edge bands of all genres to break thru the wall of blandness. Until then, I'll be in the corner, listening to Larry Norman's "In Another Land", and looking at my old New Order album covers.
You kids and your music these days.
Okay, maybe you didn't need that visual...
Philthy's post about contemporary Christian radio (CCR for short) has been rattling around inside my skull for a while (Heaven knows there's nothing up there to prevent that...).
Maybe I've been a bit too hard on CCR as of late, because I realized aside from the occasional foray into the 70's/80's funk/old school station that comes in poorly to my home, I really don't listen to any music on the radio anymore, it's either my iPod or sports talk radio. There used to be some great alternative stations here, on either AM or low-power FM, but they're long gone, and Clear Channel's "Best Of The 80's, 90's and Today!" station here doesn't even begin to play The Pixies, The Jam or any music from R.E.M. before Green, so my tastes aren't that commercial anyways, no matter the genre.
So I'll give CCR a pass. Sure, it sucks. But no more than any other radio format. I don't expect to hear The Stone Roses on a Clear Channel station, so why do I expect to hear Glenn Kaiser on a CCR station?
Hopefully, with podcasting, better 'net promoting and alternative buying outlets like Amazon or iTunes, we'll see more ways for the good cutting-edge bands of all genres to break thru the wall of blandness. Until then, I'll be in the corner, listening to Larry Norman's "In Another Land", and looking at my old New Order album covers.
You kids and your music these days.
posted by Kevin Creighton | 6/14/2005 11:15:00 PM
2 Comments:
Your right. CCR is no better or worse than 90% of what is on the radion now. But thing is when you do things in the name of God, you expect there to be a higher level of quality and honest. As followers of Jesus we are expect to rised above mediocrity and glorify God with the quality of what we do. Plus there is the whole in the world not of the world bit. But we don't expect people who don't follow God to understand.
But now maybe I am being to judgemental.
problem with CCR is that there is no clamoring for better artists. i know the guys from Smalltown Poets, and i asked them if they were going to try and market their song to the secular realm. they said no, that it was worth it just to go to christian music stations and stay withing CCR. they have good music, but they cater it to what is wanted - parents want tame music that is "hip"... but nothing too wild. i agree with philthy, that christian musicians should have a higher degree of professionalism. that's why i like Lifehouse. they've managed to produce strong music while keeping a great witness. CCR musicians seem to think that having a christian message will hurt their secular success... but all the people want is good music.
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