It is the day after “Thanksgiving” and I am beginning to play Christmas music. It makes me thankful for modern technology. A combination of CD’s, lap top and I-Pod make it possible for me to collect all my Christmas music, legally purchased, and shuffle it so that I can listen to the joy of the season without the pollution that is passing for Christmas music today.
I don’t know if you ever tune in to the radio stations that are claiming to be all Christmas music. I used to tune in and get enough good stuff to keep listening. Every year there is less music celebrating the incarnation and more informing us of some tragic love affair in December. Not only is it musically handicapped but it is morally vapid. Because of modern technology I can go anywhere and listen to pieces that are worth listening to. I currently have enough to listen to 1.2 days of music without repeated.
Merry Christmas.
homo unius libri
I have very mixed feelings about Christmas, but I love the music. Modern "music" of most any kind isn't worth listening to. It's not just because we're old codgers, either, it truly is repulsive.
ReplyDeleteI think I would go with the 80/20 rule on modern music when I am in a good mood and have not been to contemporary worship recently. Since I attended such a beast yesterday, I am more in a 99/1 mood.
DeleteGrace and peace.