From: vapspwi@prism.gatech.EDU (Jerry B. Ray, Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Re: Galactic Cowboys, Extreme and King's X
Date: 20 Nov 92 19:24:55 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1egfeeINN8a1@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> sdstpk@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (the bearded one) writes:
>Also, I must kindly ask you to get a life if you put King's X in the same
>catagory as Extreme.  I've been listening to them since Silent Planet
>(I see the blind lead the blind/in the search for the mind/heaven knows
>what they'll find/In the New Age).  Maybe its time for you to accept that 
>many Christians have shed the label of 'religion' in favor of something on
>a more personal and real level (Who are these people behind the stained 
>glass windows?/Have they forgotten just what they came here for?)  I fear
>that the folks who critisize groups such as King's X are either completely
>ignorant of what they are critisizing or they (for whatever reason) feel
>that the lyrics are talking about them.
 
Ok, i've been patient on this group for i guess about two years now.  I listen
to endless streams of praise heaped on King's X.  Now this guy slams on
Extreme because somebody compared them to the hallowed King's X.  I really
like Extreme.  Their music is complex, their messages are (for the most
part) rather cryptic and complex, and they rock and roll.  I also own
two King's X albums, bought largely due to recommendations from the net.
I have also listened to their first two albums.  IMHO, they for the most
part suck.  Mind you, that's MY OPINION, but their songs tend to be quite
lethargic and to drone on endlessly in various minor keys, with the 
occasional distortion effect thrown in to make things moderately more
interesting.  I like 'Over My Head.'  I like 'The World Around Me.'  I
like 'Not Just for the Dead.'  They are talented musicians who happen
to play music that i generally do not like.  However, i respect the rights
of everyone else to enjoy their music, if not to place them on a plateau
shared only (it seems) by Keith Green.  So may i respectfully request
that _you_ get a life :-).

>As far as Extreme goes, I trust I missed a (now-expired) article that talked
>about them in the same breath as the other two groups.  I too see nothing
>spiritual in these guys (though their music is good).  Anyway, enough said
>for now...
 
Try _listening_ to their music.  Even More Than Words, which gets loads
of airplay, is more than just a 'Sleep with me or i won't love you anymore'
song (sorry Jason, but we've been over that...).   Read the Heaven's Metal
interview, which i refuse flatly to summarize to the net YET AGAIN.  Check
out their new album, which is full of direct and indirect Scripture references
(in context, even...), and features both excellent vocals and excellent
musicianship, without even a hint of lethargic droning.

We now return to our regularly scheduled 'Music vs. Art' debate...

JRjr
-- 
'Let's not pretend to justify, Rather amend where treasures lie.  Straight
through the heart peace can be found.  That's where you start, not all 
around...'  Extreme -- Rest In Peace
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