did you just refer to slayer as christian rock? i must be getting sick. you might mean stripper
On 9/29/05, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a feeling that might be your opinion. :) I know that alot of > apparently paradoxical Christian bands have been around for some time > (ie: Slayer), but hadn't ever seen a Jewish rock or Reggae group till > Matisyahu... > > -Cameron > > On 9/29/05, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judith's brother has been doing Jewish rock music, including rap for the > > last 20 odd years. I personally dislike his using rap as he does not know > > the cultural context of the words and phrases he's using. Does he know that > > one phrase is a reference to a pimp calling his whore to the curb? No he > > doesn't nor does he really care because the words are just words with no > > cultural context to him. > > Reggae is a music that is linked directly, though word, cultural context and > > action to the Rastafarian religion. Using the words and phrases out of > > context is still referencing that religion which is basically not allowed in > > Judaism. I know people here will think this a bit extreme in thought, but > > think about it. How happy are you when someone takes something that is > > directly linked to you and uses it outside of your context? That's basically > > what's going on here. If you want to take it another logical step, ask him > > why he doesn't sing Latin church music from the gospels? Basically the same > > thing. > > So no, I'm not a fan and I have some problems with him singing in the > > religious manner of another religion. > > > > p.s. Judith's brother has quite a number of albulms out (25 current and some > > more out of production) and has some really good stuff. I just disagree with > > him on that one issue. > > http://shlockrock.com/ > > > > > Here's a question for MD, JD, and anyone else on the list of the jewish > > > faith... > > > > > > Matisyahu is a Hasidic Jewish Reggae artist who sold out a local San > > > Diego venue in about half a second when he came here. I am curious > > > about opinions good, bad, or ugly as to the apparent paradox or a > > > Hasidic-beat-boxing-reggae-artist. > > > > > > More: > > > http://www.hasidicreggae.com/ > > > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175531 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
