i thought he became born again long long after preacher man i dont think that makes it mocking as much as tongue in cheek. though he may view the track differently in hindsight
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Thor Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > >
