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Traditional Catholic Faith => Catholic Living in the Modern World => Topic started by: Pelele on December 17, 2013, 10:18:36 PM
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I believe most if not all are straight up idolatrous, because most - if not all - say things like "I can't go on/live/exist/be/survive/etc. without you" and excessive and exaggerated things like that.
If it is a male who sings, he puts the woman like the greatest thing ever and like a god and his only reason to be and exist. I think women are less excessive than men in this.
I know most today are of course straight up immoral and pure lust, but i am referring mainly to the "old songs" like the ones from the 60's and 70's etc.
What was the Church's stance on so-called pop music before Vatican 2?
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I needed this to jog my memory:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/100-huge-hits-of-the-60s-70s-mw0000741117
http://www.allmusic.com/album/40-years-of-jukebox-hits-the-50s-60s-70s-80s-mw0000216422
So now that it's jogged, I can't agree with you, Pepele. My memory of the 60's was good clean fun. My favourite album which I played at the party for my 15th birthday was Buddy Holly. Now I'm not saying these singers were good role models but we were innocent and fun-loving.
I can't answer your question, though maybe somebody else can.
(by that I mean the question in your post, not in the title. The answer to the question in the title is NO.)
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Normally bad. The passions they work up are the wrong ones, at the wrong time.
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I believe most if not all are straight up idolatrous, because most - if not all - say things like "I can't go on/live/exist/be/survive/etc. without you" and excessive and exaggerated things like that.
If it is a male who sings, he puts the woman like the greatest thing ever and like a god and his only reason to be and exist. I think women are less excessive than men in this.
I know most today are of course straight up immoral and pure lust, but i am referring mainly to the "old songs" like the ones from the 60's and 70's etc.
What was the Church's stance on so-called pop music before Vatican 2?
Such songs may be bad, but not for the reason you mentioned. It's called hyperbole, and is certainly an acceptable literary device.
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bad only if they have racy or vain selfish lyrics.
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Most popular songs are pure garbage, rot the brain and soul.
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Normally bad. The passions they work up are the wrong ones, at the wrong time.
this
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Most popular songs are pure garbage, rot the brain and soul.
and THIS. popular songs have no structure and no methodology, especially when compared to music of the Baroque period or Gregorian chant
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What Joe agreed above