![]() Listening To Censored Music Doesn’t Block The Content But listening to censored music also raises several concerns. It seems like a reasonable alternative to listening to “bad words” or “vulgar content” that would be problematic for most church people. The idea of listening to edited versions of popular music is pervasive in the Christian world. I’d take it home, and feel confident that I made a wise choice that any good Christian kid would make.Įxcept that I didn’t make a wise choice, and I wasn’t a good Christian kid. I’d go to Warehouse Music, grab two copies of the same album, and pick the one that didn’t have the “PARENTAL ADVISORY: EXPLICIT CONTENT” sticker in the bottom right corner. ![]() That led me to do two things: I would hide music from other Christians OR, more commonly, I would choose to buy edited CDs and listen to radio edits of popular music. I remember being told that bands like MxPx and Ninety Pound Wuss weren’t REALLY Christians and their music was inappropriate for someone who claimed to love God. I recall my youth pastor chastising me for listening to Christian metal because the beats and lyrics were demonic. I remember skipping that song every time, or, if I was brave, playing that song in my room as quietly as possible. “I don’t want it, I don’t want it, want it If that wasn’t bad enough, my embarrassment grew when I heard the hook, sung in the sultry, R&B style of the time. I IMMEDIATELY turned my cassette player down so my parents didn’t hear what I assumed was vulgar and inappropriate language coming from my room. That was until I heard the following intro to the song “I Don’t Want It.” I remember being a 10 year old kid, buying DC Talk’s album “Free At Last,” and enjoying every song. Even “Christian music” made me uncomfortable, even shameful at times. ![]() And I don’t just mean enjoying music like Outkast, Blink 182, and Rage Against The Machine. The tension of loving music and being a child growing up in a Christian home was real. ![]()
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