Noise pollution

When I was in High School most of my friends listened to R&B, rap, jazz, and/or variations thereof. And during college my classmates (and instructors) played weird alternative rock music while everyone completed projects. I have a degree in Art (believe it or not), which necessitated long hours in the Art building completing huge paintings, drawings, sculptures, to the tunes of Hootie and the Blowfish and such like. I was elated when I would come in outside of class hours to work on a project, and the room would be empty. I would quickly unplug the radio, which was *always* playing, and enjoy a few hours of quiet before more students arrived.

In the last few years I've noticed that supposedly Christian artists have taken the sounds of the drivel I listened to in school and slapped on supposedly Christian lyrics. And called it Christian. They even have a new sub-genre called Christian Rock. What an oxymoron. Proponents will say that the logic here is that if the head-bangers and rappers won't come to us, why we'll just go to them. OK, fine, but why do you have to be *like* them?

Nowadays, when you pull beside a car full of long-haired groupies you can't tell whether they're listening to "Christian" music or...something else, without listening closely. We were in a store recently that was playing rock-and-roll over the intercom, but on closer inspection the words were about Jesus. Sounded like rock-n-roll to me.

What are you listening to?