Re: Perhaps this will be a "Later to all the real listers"

From: "Lee Reed" <creedyrn@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM>
Date: Wed
20 Jun 2001 23:54:19 -0400

very good points, jim...and altho we have discussed the creed/christian thing to death, it is always interesting to hear folks interpretations of their songs...as long as we leave the "my religion is better than your religion" aspect out of it...(not meant personally towards you, jim...)
Lee
 
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From: Creed - 7M3 - Live
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 10:20 PM
To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM
Subject: Re: Perhaps this will be a "Later to all the real listers"
 
Jon,

I have to agree with you on the religious aspects of Creed's
music.Especially towards the Christian theme.

At times, i feel that a great deal of the songs were religiously based.
Though a few sewem to be just songs about life.

Now to give a little insight into how I first got into Creed's music.

My wife was having trouble with a deceptive Amway dealer that she worked
for. They fired her and had the intention to keep her last paycheck and
accused her of stealing.
The reason that they fired her was that she is a great worker. But they
wanted to fire her. so that they could get away with not paying
unemployment.
Anyway, I was very "initialized" and brought out in my faith. Which is
not Christianity.nor any of the other commercialized theocracies.

Anyway, I was listening to the radio and heard the Creed song "MY Own
Prison" playing on the radio. I commented to my wife. "See, Rock and
Roll isn't about Satanic crap. Listen to this song!
Anyway, MOP was my fight song to fight the deceptive Greed monsters. It
was mainly the vocals were so strong that I could release my pent up
frustrations and anger through singing the song.
My wife ended up getting a job a day after she was set up by her prior
employer and we got her paycheck.
Getting on the BB and the mailing lists have made me more interested in
Creed. Than I would of been otherwise. But it there is no way to say
that they are stealth Christians or just musicians.

To bring out the connection with my 7M3 address. I used the song
Cumbersome as my fight song against the Greed establishment for dealing
with Bank One. Since the vocals of that song kept me going for a release
of energy and emotion through song.

Basically, I like musicians that i can sing along with. Mostly, they are
strong and course vocalists. The weak and moaning or the unintelligable
growling ones do not appeal to me.

Feel free to discuss how or why Creed songs strike you as religious. But
don't claim exclusivity of Creed being a Christian band or that others
that believe in Christ as the proxy or fall guy as not being Christians.

Sorry to all of those that find the subject totally inappropriate. And
to the Christian music enthusiests. I think that Stavesacre is another
worthy Christian influenced band. But for DC talk. I didn't really care
for them.
Christian music labeling does not scare me off. Nor does t dictate my
musical selections.

JC



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