• givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Depends what you call Christian music

    NF got pretty big for a while, and pretty sure he never swore because of his religion and talked often about Christianity and his faith while promoting the Christian beliefs that are actually in the Bible and admitting his own struggles and overcoming them thru faith and hard work.

    That is Christian music to me.

    I mean, it’s not even really debatable, he’s signed to a label exclusively for Christian musical acts.

    But music that is explicitly all about Jesus is usually just cashgrabs with zero meaning behind it. It’s playing to the low denominator for things where “safe” is the most important part of music.

    So, TLDR:

    NF

    • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I hate cashgrab music. You can clearly tell the difference between it and Christian music written (much of it centuries old) out of passion and love

  • vonbaronhans@midwest.social
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    3 months ago

    I’m a former Christian, if that counts.

    DC Talk - the album Jesus Freak is peak Christian Rock, but the earlier, hokey rap stuff was fun, too.

    Five Iron Frenzy - ska band that I absolutely adored as a teen. Saw them live at a reunion tour a few years ago (as an atheist) and had a great time.

    Audio Adrenaline - more Christian Rock, just a good all around band.

    Relient K - really fun and melodic punk/alternative. Went more rock than punk over time, but always solid quality. They made one of the better Christmas albums on offer, too.

    And just for fun, try singing Amazing Grace to the tune of Gilligan’s Island!

    • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      You just described my teens. Also Jars of Clay (I went to one of their concerts once), The News Boys, and some more obscure ones like Pillar and Paul Ruben. I also loved P.O.D… It’s really weird to hear them on secular radio these days.

      Now-a-days, all of that is only for when I’m wallowing in self pity. There have been times in my life when casually mentioning a secular song around my family would make the shit hit the fan.

      • owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        My first concert was Newsboys and Supertones (Newsboys was the opener, it was pretty early for them). Saw FIF a year or two later. Saw Insyderz at a smaller event a few years after that. To this day I get to say I’ve seen the three “big” Christian ska bands live.

        What a wild time. Jars is still on a regular rotation for me (Flood and Liquid are both bangers, and their Christmas album is one of my favorite holiday albums).

      • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        I did not know P.O.D. was a Christian band. I saw one of their music videos at a Hard Rock Cafe.

        • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Right?

          I remember the local contemporary Christian station would sometimes play P.O.D., but only late at night. It was too “hard” or something for during the day when I guess kids might be listening or whatever. The DJ even chastised listeners once for requesting P.O.D. during the day.

      • FrChazzz@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Amazing Grace is one of those songs that uses a particular meter that allows for these kinds of tune changes. You can sing it to the tune of House of the Rising Sun as well (among others). One of my supervising/mentoring priests (Episcopal) from when I was in seminary did a Lent study on Amazing Grace and had people listen to all these different versions.

      • vonbaronhans@midwest.social
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        2 months ago

        Just one of those things kids learn at church, at least in the areas I grew up in. Kinda like the “cool S” but not quite as universally iconic.

  • MoreFPSmorebetter@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    It’s not technically a Christian band but Creed has a couple banger songs that are very clearly about God/religion.

    If a song slaps a song slaps. I don’t care if it slaps while it talkes about something I don’t personally believe in. I still listen to all kinds of hardcore rap and I have never done any drugs harder than shrooms or shot anybody.

  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m less of a former Christian and more of a thinks-outside-the-box Christian, but I think Mat Kearney is pretty solid regardless of what you believe. Sufjan Stevens is awesome too, but a bit of an aquired taste.

  • OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Flyleaf and Super chick are great female-lead Christian poprock bands that I still can jam out to today.

  • geekwithsoul@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Black gospel music has often been the only Christian-oriented music that really did it for me. A lot of blues, soul, etc was created by folks who got their start in black gospel music, and used what they learned there in secular genres. Hugely influential in so many different types of music.

  • BreadOven@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    There’s always Calibretto 13 (I copied the name hence the large font). A Christian punk band. I’ve only heard a couple songs.

    I just know of them because at least some of the members (including the guitarist/singer/songwriter aka the frontman) made another band:

    Harley Poe

    Pretty much the opposite of a Christian band, and I love it (used to be religious long ago). But it’s pretty much peak folk/horror punk. Really great music. But like I said…the opposite of Christian music.

    Would recommend (their version of) “the hearse song” or “transvestites can be cannibals too” (same album) or "Music for teenagers.