I’ll file this under “I’ll be darned.”
To start with, I should clarify that no matter the trend, more than likely a Christian somewhere has “cleaned it up” and “Christianized” it. This especially applies to music.
What’s so interesting is, as always, the juxtaposition of incongruent elements. Case in point: Matthew Parker. Nice young man, rather nerdy, not exactly what I’d expect a dubstep musician to look like (I’m not sure what I expected, but it wasn’t this fellow) and this:
Matthew Parker has gotten a lot of hype ever since he collaborated with Christian T. Dubstep on “Life”, one of the first and best abortion-step tracks. His verse is profound:“Life is big it’s something you don’t play with, but babies are being annihilated / It’s called abortion, the American holocaust, we didn’t fight a war but millions of lives are lost”.And then that stanky drop. In addition to having a face that could make any girl rethink their celibacy vow, Parker’s debut album Meet Your Maker is filled with deeply spiritual tracks like “Christ is my King” and “He Died to Give Me Life.” And then there’s this from his Facebook: “Hey. I’m a guy who makes (rockin’ cool) music. God has given me a life and the talents to make music. He deserves my praise. So I will praise Him with the talents He has given me. In other words, I want to glorify God with my music.” What a guy.
http://youtu.be/cWyM3M7gjZA
We also have a Hungarian Christian Dubstepper.
You can experience a ton more of these eyebrow furrowing wonders after the jump. My thoughts on the subject are best summed up by this reader’s comment:
The Christian spin on pop culture is kind of like arriving late at party with a vegetable plater. (sic)
