Is it just me or are you tired of tuneless songs? They run the gamut of music genres but are especially irritating in hymns and songs of praise and worship. I’m not sure how it became so prevalent. It was probably started by people who wanted to be rock stars but couldn’t hit the notes or were simply tone deaf. I’m not going to just attribute it to rap music because no effort is made to make legitimate songs out of their performances. They found a niche and are making plenty of money from doing their particular thing.
Few songs today have a melody that replays itself over and over in your mind. Too bad there’s nothing around like ABBA today.
The mind-numbing sameness is especially disconcerting in music targeted for the church. Often the words are quite moving when read but to try to sing them with their repetitive and monotonous string of notes is extremely difficult and unsatisfying. Sadly, most of the newer contemporary praise songs fit that description. What happened? Not too long ago some really moving contemporary songs were coming out and were welcomed by those who longed for meaningful worship. Is it possible? Can we bring those real songs back to the forefront?
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