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Thrillho:

--- Quote from: sjbrot ---Of course, he released some iffy and flat out bad albums. But, I would say that Slow Train Coming stands as one of my favorite albums by him. It is an entirely solid album, and, if you can't see past the religious imagery to see a set of great songs, that's your loss.
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Quite frankly, I'd be more of the opinion that if you have to see past the religious imagery to see great songs then you need to open your mind some more.

KharBevNor:
I dunno.

Overstated submissive dualistic religious clap-trap does have a tendency to make me sick up a little in the throat.

And nothing is quite overstated submissive dualistic religious clap-trap in the same way as 'You Gotta Serve Somebody'. I find that song philosophically repugnant. I must admit I've never heard the whole album. Never had the desire. I'll swallow religion in, say, Masters of War, or even some Johnny Cash to the extent of songs like 'The Mercy Seat' and 'Ghostriders in the Sky'...but I cannot take a track dedicated to preaching concepts I despise and reject.

Plus it's no great shakes musically either.

tania:
If an extremely well-written, well-composed song happened to be about, say, killing babies, I'm sure that would still be a perfectly valid reason not to like that song.

Of course, that is a HUGE extreme from religious preferences, but it's still the same idea: Agreeing with the viewpoint of the artist and with what the song is about is almost always a factor in liking their music, whether you realise it or not. it doesn't make that kind of music "good" or "bad", but just states that a christian is probably going to like christian rock a lot more than I do. It's not a matter of him being more open minded than me, it's just human instinct. Haven't you ever heard someone say they like a song because they can "relate" to it? Same principle. Christian rock is just meant to appeal to Christians more.

Kid Modernist:
I think The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is my favorite. My favorite of his electric years is Blonde on Blonde, but Freewheelin' blows them all away.

The first time I heard A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall played on the Live at the Gaslight where the listeners sing the chorus with him, I got the heebie jeebies.

About religious songs: I think it is silly that people get uptight when someone sings about their faith but don't mind when writers talk about other things they believe in wholeheartedly. Sure, the songs can be bad but to blank it out just because it talks about icky Religion is pretty dumb in my opinion.

KharBevNor:
Actually, I quite like several songs about killing babies.

My religious beliefs oppose christianity quite strongly, particularly the strands and viewpoints of that song. The line 'It may be the devil, or it may be the lord, but you have to serve someone' encapsulates the entire logic behind close-minded christian persecution of other faiths, and one of the major things wrong with christianity. I serve no-one, neither the devil or the lord.

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