Hej!

En af mine venner gav mig en CD med bandet Evanescence! Efter gennemlæsning af teksterne opdagede jeg at næsten alle sange er religiøst orienteret, ja selv mega-hittet "Bring me to life". Mit spørgsmål er om nogle ved hvem de synger til? Er de kristne, Gudindedyrkere eller hva? Jeg syntes de har mange tekster der drejer i forskellige retninger "Goddess of my dreams", "Will I be dinied? Christ tournequit, my suicide!" osv.

Hvem ved noget?

Christian

Rent umiddelbart virker det ikke som om, de er kristne i det mindste.

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"'Bring Me To Life' is about discovering something or someone that awakens a feeling inside them that they've never had before," says Moody. He continued, "You discover there is a world that is bigger than just your safe bubble." Also significant is the vibrant anthem "Tourniquet" and the eerie "Haunted," with its pummeling beats and jarring melodies (augmented by chamber choir arrangements courtesy of Lee). Of the latter, Moody asserts, "It's the song that is the most 'us'. That best sums up what we strive to sound like."

Lyrically, Evanescence explores dark, introspective themes of love, desperation, and despair. But the group insists its fundamental message is a positive one. "The point of this whole record and band is to let people know that they're not alone in dealing with bad feelings or pain or anything that they go through," says Lee, who pens most of the words. "That's life and that's human. They're not alone, and we're going through it, too."

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Evanscences hjemmeside

Især måske ikke når man tager en bid af et en artikel om bandet fra VH1 i betragtning:

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The pair recently made headlines with an Entertainment Weekly profile in which Moody used the "f" word, and played fast and loose with Jesus’ name. Early in their career Evanescence amassed a fan base in the sizable world of Christian music; indeed, Fallen has several songs with spiritual/religious imagery. The disc was serviced to Christian radio and retail, but after Moody's comments in the EW piece, Wind-Up quickly pulled it from those outlets, suspecting the cherished demographic might be offended. The flap didn’t hurt the band in the mainstream world. The album has been part of Billboard's top 10 for two months.
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VH1: Can you settle the whole Christian retail thing once and for all? Did you guys purposely try to get the album pulled with that Entertainment Weekly interview?

Lee: I'm still not really sure. I think it was mentioned to me that we'd be in those stores. The EW article came out and it was fairly offensive. I thought it was funny. Some things went too far, but Ben's humor doesn't always get taken the right way. I have to laugh now.

VH1: Did you initially want to be seen as a faith band? What changed?

Lee: I certainly didn't. Other members of the band did. We've always had our own beliefs. I don't think two people in the band think the same thing. In the past, other members of the band, who I won't name, stepped out of their bounds of representing the band and talking about their personal beliefs and it got thrown into the band's beliefs. That's not what this band is about. I don't want to alienate anyone. If you get a Christian message out of our music, cool, that works for you. We're just trying to write about our lives.

VH1: Some of your songs certainly beg the question - like "Tourniquet," which has lyrics about salvation and God, but it also seems like it could be about drugs. Is it vague on purpose?

Lee: A lot of our songs are written in a way that you could take them to mean several different things. That one was written by our drummer Rocky [Gray], who was in a Christian death metal band before he joined us. He told me that it is coming from a Christian standpoint, but it's about suicide. It's from the perspective of someone who has just committed suicide and it's about the controversy in Christianity that if you commit suicide, will you go to heaven or hell? If all sins are forgiven after accepting Christ, why would there be an exception?

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http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1472058/05232003/evanescence.jhtml

Det blev vist nogle lidt lange citater. Beklager.

Nej, det ser ikke ud til at de er kristne.

Det er ærgeligt ............. "Bring Me To Life" rykker ellers ret godt.

Well.....
idag findes der efterhånden en hel del bands med åndelige og religiøse tekster og budskaber.
Nogle bands har tekster som kan få dem til at stå som kristne bands uden at de er det.

Et band jeg er glad for er fx. CREED. Det har en del sange som har "historier" og budskaber som virker kristne
Men selv har bandet udtalt at de ikke er kristne.
Så det er svært at se forskellen, hvis man ikke går i dyben eller bag om bandet...








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fed kristen musik;
Thirdday
Eli
Burlap to Cashmere
Paul Oakley
Lifehouse
Michael W.
Delirious
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mvh. PC

Hey

nej de har også selv udtalt at de ikke var kristne.. så det er de ikke.. men det kan da være at Gud inspirere dem alligevel.. Man kan da altid tro at Gud altid vil vende sådan nogle tekster til noget positivt..

María

Hmm, man kan vist godt få noget kristent ud af teksten: "Bring Me To Life" Lyrics

Så hvem ved...........

Selv om et band ikke er kristent kan de jo godt ramme nogle sandheder i deres tekster. Så hvis man kan få noget kristent ud af teksten i en sang, så synes jeg ikke, at der fx er noget i vejen for at anvende det i en andagt eller lignende. Nogle gange kan det også være en indgangsvinkel til samtaler med ikke-kristne, fordi de kender sangen i forvejen.

På samme måde som man kan trække nogle kristne pointer frem fra en film som "The Matrix" selvom filmen også har inspiration i mange andre religioner.

Jeg er næsten enig, men jeg synes det vil være ærgeligt, at bruge en sang fra et ikke-kristent band, til en andagt og efterfølgende opdage, at deres sangtekster udvikler sig i en uheldig retning.....

Men man kan selvfølgelig argumentere for, at den enkelte sang kan nydes, uden at tage hensyn til bandets/solistens samlede værker.