Firstly... if someone believes something as deeply as scientologists believe in their thetans, and christians in christ, and so forth, it is their right to include it in their artwork, and may God (should you choose to believe in the existence of God) help this country if that changes. (Also may he give me the means to beat cheeks to canada.) In many cases, for these artistic choices are speculative until you hear it from the artist themselves--depending on how obvious the artist wishes to make it, if they are engaging in advocacy, or just observing, etc.
Secondly... if it bothers you, in most cases it is not forced on you. I'll concede that arguably it is being psuedoforced in a club/DJ situation. But if I'm not mistaken you're talking about a record that you may or may not choose to buy, in fact correct me if I'm wrong, is this one track on the record? You could choose to not play it. Thirdly... are you absolutely certain that Green Velvet's Preacher Man track is not mocking? I'm kind of shocked, I was certain it was. It's just so wacky. Just depends on how things are done. I am not bothered by people choosing to touch on/discuss/sing/rap about their spiritual/metaphysical beliefs in and of itself, not even necessarily advocacy. Is it a good track or not? My 2c. On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Frank Glazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am shocked and amazed at the number of people who are completely > willing to brush aside the possibility that a techno producer could be > involved in some mass-marketed new age cult nonsense akin to > scientology. Those of you who have tried to push it under the rug or > dismiss it as an attempt at comedy puzzle me to no end. And those of > you who are trying to stifle discussion of it - why? Why is it so > terrible to discuss the meaning behind some lyrics, regardless of > whether they're ironic or serious? > > Also, it's no secret that Curtis of Green Velvet/Cajmere fame is a > born again christian, so whoever said that the preacher track isn't > serious is mistaken. > > -- > peace, > > frank > > dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com >
