tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14368873.post5278027477776397505..comments2022-11-09T09:51:21.193-05:00Comments on Meanderings and Musings: "elpoeP erA diputS"!!!nettiemachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00835731271577804010noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14368873.post-53510460996603322922007-03-01T23:04:00.000-05:002007-03-01T23:04:00.000-05:00I moved to Hot Springs in 1982 just in time for th...I moved to Hot Springs in 1982 just in time for that town to be hopping all over that crap. One of the 'Assembly of God' churches - on that small hill across from the mall on 7 South - used to have regular "Rock Seminars" where they'd 'analyze' those songs and make a case for rock 'n' roll's complete abolition, turning back the clock to 1953.<BR/><BR/>Their credibility with me was lost when the minister actually said with a straight face that it was okay for Conway Twitty to sing about laying women in curlers, because C&W was "American" music. <BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, and the small matter of the pamphlet spelling the name of that little-known Liverpool group. You know 'em: The Beetles.<BR/><BR/>*snort*<BR/><BR/>-TGTalmadgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398182312942014436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14368873.post-71401556964018604732007-02-25T20:45:00.000-05:002007-02-25T20:45:00.000-05:00Hey Nettiemac - your post is just proof positive t...Hey Nettiemac - your post is just proof positive that we have all fallen for a hype before. That's all the backward masking stuff was - a hype. Oh God - the hypes I fell for... where do I begin? Rap music, teen sensations... for example, I swore that Run D.M.C. would be the Beatles of rap music (they were, of course). I absolutely loved the first two Debbie Gibson albums before she started repeating herself with the rest of her recorded output. And to go back even further, who didn't like the Osmond show? Of course, everyone knows that the Cowsills were the original singing family, and Ricky Nelson is the best teen sensation of all time... and that Run D.M.C. did become the Beatles of rap music. It's all hypes that we have fallen for.<BR/><BR/>In 1986, shortly before graduating from high school, I attended what was called a "LOVE" meeting at a church somewhere in NE Arkansas. I do not remember who the speaker was, but I remember the topic: "Who is the God of Rock"? This preacher played bits of songs that were considered "demonic" - I may put a list on my next post. What was strange was that every song he played, I have!! I was concerned about it - but that lasted about 12 hours. <BR/><BR/>People will believe what they want to believe. I remember John Denver saying that when you write a song for the public to hear, they will have their own interpretation of the song. Classic example: "Rocky Mountain High", which is a great song. Denver wrote it about the feeling of living in Colorado - listeners tried to find a drug reference in the song, just by mentioning the word "high".<BR/><BR/>What I do think is blasphemous is musicians who have no business making music do god-awful interpretations of classic songs. Michael Bolton, anyone?bolivarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10015149614073494842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14368873.post-27008645487070456292007-02-25T16:48:00.000-05:002007-02-25T16:48:00.000-05:00Oh I too remember getting caught up in this music ...Oh I too remember getting caught up in this music is evil crap. Oh how naive we were.Grasshopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035012555566207867noreply@blogger.com