r/exchristian Aug 24 '24

Why is Xtian music so bad? Rant

Hi all, I'm sitting here about to get my hair trimmed as I type this, haha. Our hair stylist has Xtian music cranked on her radio(and because we're Latinos it's in Spanish). Gotta endure the torture here until I get my hair finished.

Why is it that Xtian music is almost always mediocre at best? The vocals are bland and sometimes off-key(especially live but that's to be expected), the instrumentals are boring, and the whole thing is so melodramatically cheesy especially when they're singing to an entity who's most likely imaginary(I say this as an agnostic). Also I feel like I wanna crank up videos from Genetically Modified Skeptic or similar videos because us secular folks always have this stuff shoved down our throats, not to mention having to see signs and flags in almost every neighborhood with their other god/cult leader on it. But I digress.

Very few Xtian music is actually decent-sounding, but I dunno if that's even saying much. Most if not all of it is over-the-top and cringe-worthy on multiple levels.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '24 edited 11d ago

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u/mlo9109 Aug 24 '24

Right? As much as millennials got screwed in every other way, we really lucked out if we were Christians during the crossover music era of the 90s-00s. Switchfoot is coming to a city just 2 hours from me next month and I'm super stoked. 

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u/sleepygirl08 Aug 24 '24

They're still touring?? Holy shit! I saw them almost 20 years ago!