Post by Brother Ben on Apr 24, 2006 20:31:09 GMT -5
On the post, 'The spirit of entertainment.' Bro. George made this statement:
I would like to say that the basic beat in March Music is o.k. Beat in and of itself is not bad. Rythem is one of the parts of music. However there is an improper use of beat which excentuates sensuality by stimulating and glorifying the flesh.
I am not an authority on this topic, but I've been around long enough to recognize the beat that was brought into the the pop music world and eventually the churches. Pardon any spelling errors here, but there is the basic 4/4 beat which would be best described by some of that march music, you know, left, left, left, right, left (Jordon's Stormy Banks). The down beat is emphasized right up front. The other beat is your typical waltz beat, as in, one, two, three, one, two, three. These are the beats for 99% of the hymns in your hymnbook. When the down beat is extracted from the front and moved back in the tempo, i.e., one, two, three, silent, one, two, three, silent you have the popular syncopated beat seen in rock, rap, jazz, country, etc. This beat was made popular in sports events as people would stomp twice and clap once. The rock band, Queen, brought this beat to forefront of peoples attention with their song, 'We will rock you.'
This beat was brought into the American music world by the blues/jazz scene in the south (New Orleans, Memphis, etc.) It finds it's roots in tribal music of Africa and other tribal people groups. The folks from Haiti call it the Voodoom where we get our word Voodoo. It is the beat hammered out in pagan worship services to get the Voodoom spirit (a demon,) to come up and jump on one of the participants. Ask the missionaries.
NOTE: The slaves who came to Christ did not use these tribal beats, but instead wrote some of the great negro spirituals that have been brought down to today, i.e., 'Let My People God,' and 'Steal Away.'
As this music (blues/jazz) spread throughout our country, the syncopated beat was worked into the country and pop music of the past. There was a time when Country Western was about the country and the west, but with the onset of a jazzed up beat even Country music became more focused on drunkenness and fornication. The Southern country/ swing bands were made up of primarily white people, but they began to minnick the blues boogie woogie tunes of the blues/Jazz music scene. Eventually it found it's way into the "gospel" music of the south, thus creating Southern Gospel.
In the 1950's a young man, who was hooked on blues music jumped on the scene; his name was Elvis Presley. Soon the white people were coming out all over the place with this type of music. It was only a matter of time that the people in the more fleshy, experiencial churches would use this mode of music and adapt it to a "beaty" gospel alternative.
As the hippy movement of the mid to late 60's birthed the "Jesus" movement, rock became infused with the gospel music scene. It has only moved along with the changing shades of the rock music scene. So, now you see these guys like Michael W. Smith, who lot's of people love saying in interviews that one of his favorite bands still, that influenced his music is the Satanic rock band, Led Zepelin.
If you go to the following link, go down to the fifth post and read it and following posts that explain the problem with beat.
coveredbaptists.proboards31.com/index.cgi?board=fundamental&action=display&thread=1092803652&page=2
There is much talk about the "beat' in this type of music. I have been struggling with that concept because as I have said before there are songs that have a "beat" to them that are not ungodly nor wrong.
I would like to say that the basic beat in March Music is o.k. Beat in and of itself is not bad. Rythem is one of the parts of music. However there is an improper use of beat which excentuates sensuality by stimulating and glorifying the flesh.
I am not an authority on this topic, but I've been around long enough to recognize the beat that was brought into the the pop music world and eventually the churches. Pardon any spelling errors here, but there is the basic 4/4 beat which would be best described by some of that march music, you know, left, left, left, right, left (Jordon's Stormy Banks). The down beat is emphasized right up front. The other beat is your typical waltz beat, as in, one, two, three, one, two, three. These are the beats for 99% of the hymns in your hymnbook. When the down beat is extracted from the front and moved back in the tempo, i.e., one, two, three, silent, one, two, three, silent you have the popular syncopated beat seen in rock, rap, jazz, country, etc. This beat was made popular in sports events as people would stomp twice and clap once. The rock band, Queen, brought this beat to forefront of peoples attention with their song, 'We will rock you.'
This beat was brought into the American music world by the blues/jazz scene in the south (New Orleans, Memphis, etc.) It finds it's roots in tribal music of Africa and other tribal people groups. The folks from Haiti call it the Voodoom where we get our word Voodoo. It is the beat hammered out in pagan worship services to get the Voodoom spirit (a demon,) to come up and jump on one of the participants. Ask the missionaries.
NOTE: The slaves who came to Christ did not use these tribal beats, but instead wrote some of the great negro spirituals that have been brought down to today, i.e., 'Let My People God,' and 'Steal Away.'
As this music (blues/jazz) spread throughout our country, the syncopated beat was worked into the country and pop music of the past. There was a time when Country Western was about the country and the west, but with the onset of a jazzed up beat even Country music became more focused on drunkenness and fornication. The Southern country/ swing bands were made up of primarily white people, but they began to minnick the blues boogie woogie tunes of the blues/Jazz music scene. Eventually it found it's way into the "gospel" music of the south, thus creating Southern Gospel.
In the 1950's a young man, who was hooked on blues music jumped on the scene; his name was Elvis Presley. Soon the white people were coming out all over the place with this type of music. It was only a matter of time that the people in the more fleshy, experiencial churches would use this mode of music and adapt it to a "beaty" gospel alternative.
As the hippy movement of the mid to late 60's birthed the "Jesus" movement, rock became infused with the gospel music scene. It has only moved along with the changing shades of the rock music scene. So, now you see these guys like Michael W. Smith, who lot's of people love saying in interviews that one of his favorite bands still, that influenced his music is the Satanic rock band, Led Zepelin.
If you go to the following link, go down to the fifth post and read it and following posts that explain the problem with beat.
coveredbaptists.proboards31.com/index.cgi?board=fundamental&action=display&thread=1092803652&page=2
) and it all had the exact same beat. So much so I thought I was hearing the same songs over and over again and the same thing with disco.(I'm telling my age here 
. The same ridiculous beat! 
We still listen to classical and celtic instrumental music once in a great while, but not too often (it's mellow stuff at that; not the 'harsh' or fast stuff). Hymns keep me thinking about Christ all day long. They pop up in my head when I need them most too. Also, when another old favorite song from my past sneaks in, I just replace it quickly with a hymn and it is soon forgot. Just like old TV programs I used to watch, it's hard to get the trash out of my head. It gets easier as time goes by, but it's still there waiting to entice me at the right (or wrong) time.
) I just don't like the way it's gone downhill. Since when has it become okay to have hip hop at church? 