Transatlantic - superb band, but those religious..

Oh god no.

Not again. We have religion/atheism/pastafarianism/deism/paganism/troll threads for this purpose.

(No offence intended to the poster, but we have a few thousand of these threads per day)


Edited by Any Colour You Like - December 14 2009 at 17:36

I'm not trolling or trying to stir up a religious argument at all, my friend. I apologies if it's brought up a lot here, but I was just wondering if it bothers anyone else. I'm more than happy to listen to Christian bands, but sometimes with Transatlantic I feel as though I'm listening to a band on God TV...


Edited by mamboboy - December 14 2009 at 17:36

Yep.  Do a search on Neal Morse, and you will probably find 10 threads worth of folks who are turned off by his religious overtones.  For the most part, his lyrics don't bother me too much.  I take them for the positive message that they are trying to convey, even if the message doesn't agree with my own beliefs or lack thereof.

The lyrics might be about god but that is Neal Morse , it's his style.

I don't know why, but actually, I really like the lyrics on The Whrilwind... I generally can't stand Christian bands (that really áre Christian, of course!), although I am a Christian myself... With the Whirlwind, I kind of like it, hearing those cheesy, God-washed lyrics of Neal Morse... It makes me happy

 I'm a fan and a Christian so I guess you may think I'm not very objective on this matter, but I must say that I like some lyrics of The Whirlwind quite a bit. Especially parts like "Rose Colored Glasses" and "On the Prowl" have some clever and good lyrics. And I seriously can't say that from all of Morse's albums (Lifeline comes first in mind). Anyway, I don't find Whirlwind particularly over-cliché-Christian (with possibly  an exception of the last track).

Religious lyrics do not bother me. To me prog is a style of music that lends itself to any and all subject matter (as, I suppose, all types of music do.) If the music is good and the lyrics are at least halfway intelligent, I'll listen!   

miketheorganist wrote: What amazes me is that atheist prog fans get so offended by lyrics about God.

Speaking as an atheist prog fan, I do not get offended by lyrics about God.  I've mentioned this in another thread, I just don't like Christian lyrics that are "preachy".  I'll admit an almost complete ignorance or Neil Morse's lyrics.  I've just read enough opinions that I trust on here to say, thanks, but I'll pass.  Huge fan of 70's Kansas, though.  I think Kerry Livgren was most responsible for the religious themed lyrics back then, but they never impressed me as explicitly Christian (Epignosis will correct me if I'm mistaken).  I think Nobody's Home came the closest to being eC.  Jesus returning home to Earth to find we had wiped us all out. 

J-Man wrote: You don't like the lyrics. You post a thread stating how you don't like the lyrics. You waste my time by having me look at it. I'm sorry but starting a thread about EVERYTHING WE DON'T LIKE is just poor forum behavior. If you don't like it, so what? We don't care, buddy. You're an atheist. I'm a Christian. I agree with Neal Morse. You don't. Get over it! Wow, I'm actually getting angry right now -Jeff

As a person who is quite adept at divorcing himself from the lyrical content of a song (I bump the odd gangster rap album despite finding many of the values espoused completely wrong-headed) I can't say the religious aspect of The Whirlwind bothered me. No, what gets me is that it's an awful, soulless, all shiny wrapper and no actual candy album, an Emperor's New Clothes if ever there was one.