The more I think about it, the more I realize that my personal spirituality is more in line with songs such as "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Breathe" than any dogma of an organized religion.
And when you get right down to it, is there any differance between reading the words written by man in the Bible and applying them to your life, or listening to the words sung by man on Dark Side of the Moon or the White Album and doing the same?
I'm not suggesting that I have alters to these musical artists or that I pray to them for guidence, more like I listen to what they have to say and think "Yeah... I can dig that."
What do you think of this? Wrong? Right? Crazy?
In closing, I'll leave you with my favorite scene from the movie Michael.
"Remember what John and Paul said."
"The Apostles?"
"No, the Beatles. All you need is love."
2007-01-09 05:48:27 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
carmilla_delioncourt, Jim's defanently in there too. The Beatles and Pink Floyd aren't the only musicians that I feel this way about, they were just the most prominent two. :)
2007-01-09 05:53:51 · update #1
as long as it's not "Mother" from "The wall"
2007-01-09 05:53:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Considering that music was the original human ritual, it is more fitting than any of the fake dogmas circulating the modern world today. Before humans could speak they could make music, the beating of logs became the pounding rhythmic pulses of the drums. Weather it is a pre-stone age man beating drums around a fire, or the pulsating electronic rhythms of a 21th century Rave, music is a spiritual experience.
2007-01-12 12:46:58 · answer #2 · answered by vertical732 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like the Fab Four too, but I couldn't base a religion on them.
What about "Run For Your Life"...should I be abusive to women?
What about "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" ...that's not a good one either with the 10-20-Life laws now
Or "Revolution I" where John says, concerning destruction, etc., "You can count me IN"?
Or what about "Octopuses Garden"...they bite! Ouch!
And what about "Come Together"...Here Come Ole Flatop/He Come Groovin Up Slowly/He Got Ju Ju Eyeball"...etc...it would take me years to figure out the theology of that one! You might as well run off and join Scientology!
And of course "Hey Majesty"...getting drunk and defiling the political figurehead of the UK is just something I don't want to do. Not to mention I'd be in hot water with my wife! And what does the missing note at the end signify???
So, I still stick to Jesus. He said a lot stuff about love too.
2007-01-10 21:49:19 · answer #3 · answered by The Notorious Doctor Zoom Zoom 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Awww heck no, Roger Waters has lead me spiritually more than Billy Graham has.
"As the windsheild melts
and my tears evaporate
Leaving only charchoal to deffend
Suddenly I understand the feelings of the few
Ashes or diamonds
Foe or friend
We are all equal, in the end"
2007-01-09 13:54:40 · answer #4 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Music is, by far, the most spiritual thing in existence. Even if we don't like the same music as someone else, it's one of the few things that unifies us.
I don't think your theory is outlandish at all.
2007-01-09 13:54:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't find this crazy at all. If God lives in all of us, who is to say he doesn't use our voices, and our art to inspire us from time to time. I think that it's a beautiful idea, and I'm going to listen to the Beatles more often.
2007-01-09 13:53:45 · answer #6 · answered by elfkin, attention whore 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
United Church of Pink Floyd. Sounds good to me. I wonder what the "blessed sacraments" would consist of...
What time is service? I'll show up for sure.
2007-01-09 13:55:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
And here I thought I was the only Beatles fan left. Good for you!
2007-01-09 13:56:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hey you....
You should check out the lyrics to the song "Drive" by Incubus. Does the same thing for me...
2007-01-09 13:58:32 · answer #9 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to do what fits you.
A pastor once said it was not who he was, but who he knew (meaning Jesus) that made him what he is.
If that fits you with Pink Floyd or the Beatles, then so be it.
grace2u
2007-01-09 13:58:50 · answer #10 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am christian but I don't see a problem with it. As long as you live your life in peace, love your fellow man, and help others when you can, it's all good in the end.
2007-01-09 13:53:38 · answer #11 · answered by crazyhorse19682003 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋