Lady GaGa's song topics, for the most part, and all of her outfits, aren't halal. I'm not condoning messing round with a stranger's disco stick, or texting whilst dancing. Her songs are mostly vapid, vacuous, and only fit for when you really don't want to think about anything and you just want something brainless to bop around to.
But I've been listening to her a lot, and it got me thinking about God. More to the point, it got me thinking about our relationship with rhythm and how it relates to our relationship with God. Since the first time some ancient proto-human discovered that banging rocks together could produce a rhythm, or that hollow logs of varying sizes made different noises, or that stretching their vocal chords in a certain way made a pretty noise, music has been an integral part of humanity. A strong, deep, steady beat is one of the most primal things you can experience these days, and can serve to jazz you up far more than a pep-talk from your coach. In fact, when my sister was at soccer practice one day, there was some sort of drum group going on and we could only hear the drums, but she herself said that it got her more enthused about practice.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
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