Satanic Roots of Rock

[DaveAG]

... Well technically the story of the origins of rock is pretty infamous.
It's in a movie called Cross Roads.
Basically an African-American man was walking at night with his guitar when he stopped at a crossroads. A man appeared before him and said : If you give me your soul, I'll make you play music no ones ever heard before. He accepted.
From then on, he always saw/heard a small demon on his shoulder. He played at various gigs and the sound he made was utterly revolutionary.
He died at i think the age of 29 by what people say was poisoning.

But as many people had said before. Everything Satan uses was originally made by God. Rock was also something that originated from God and no other.

Okay, so all rock has originated from a guy who you don't know (funny, I would have thought that somebody who had started the worlds most successfull music form would be a little more recognisable) from an encounter with Satan? Let me just clear up a few things here.

Firstly, Crossroads is a complete work of fiction. As in, it was a movie (from the same guy who brought us Karate Kid and who was originally offered to direct Alien but turned it down and Ridley Scott took his place), the character you are referring to is Willie Brown (as played by Joe Seneca). You'll find that he does not exist, just a character in a fictional film loosely based around a myth.

What you are referring to is an urban myth about blues legend Robert Johnson (it's also referred to in the Coen Brothers "O Brother, Where Art Thou?") who some claimed to have sold his soul to play so well at a set of cross roads. The concept dates back to African Folklore. The diety Esu was believed to be the guardian of the crossroads, and was an intermediate between gods and humans. When Christianity was brought to African Culture, these pagan gods were labeled as being similar to the devil. Hence, the concept that one could find the devil at a crossroad.

Robert Johnson was a blues musician who died long before rock really took off or started to develop as a style in itself, what Johnson did was push blues that little bit furthar, but to say that he was the one who created rock is, if you'll pardon me saying, quite laughable (he died in 1939, rock n roll didn't even exist until the 50's) regardless of whether he really did sell his soul or not. Rock would have come around without him as a culmination of so many different influences, to credit one person with it's birth is to misinterpret it's roots, granted there have been pioneers who developed and pushed it forward but it would have evolved on its own accord.

... Well technically the story of the origins of rock is pretty infamous.
It's in a movie called Cross Roads.

Well technically:

Essentially hybrid in origin, rock music includes elements of several black and white American music styles: black guitar-accompanied blues; black rhythm and blues, noted for saxophone solos; black and white gospel music ; white country and western ; and the songs of white popular crooners and harmony groups. Emerging in 1954-55, rock music was initially referred to as "rock 'n' roll." After 1964 it was simply called "rock music." The change in terminology indicates both a continuity with and a break from the earlier period; rock music was no longer just for dancing. (Source http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/rockmusi_OriginsofRock.asp)

 

[brettnolan]

Oh Lord. Haven't we all heard this little lecture enough. Oh my, I must be going straight to the ninth level of hell now because I enjoy bands like slipknot (you have to say the music is good, maybe not the singers themself but the music). I'll make you a deal, you make a band with christian singers and lyrics with the sound of slipknot then I will happily listen to that band

I'm not completely familiar with Slipknot, I'd probably recognize it if I heard it. But if you don't think there are any good Christian bands out there, it's because you aren't looking. Granted, there aren't a LOT of Slipknot type sounds there, but there are a lot of hard rock Christian bands.

POD, Kutless, Skillet, Pillar, GS Supertones, Disciple, East West, Chevelle, Radial Angel, there are more. You can't download most of these, but I can send you some if you're interested.

Also, Relient K is a Blink182 sound-alike if you like them.

If you have to have lyrics with foul language, then you're not really interested in Christian music, and I would question your sincerity. I think the whole point of Christian rock is to prove that you can still rock your face off without the negative messages found in many secular songs.

I'm all for listening to all types of music, but "all" includes Christian bands. Sometimes I'm in the mood for some AC/DC or Staind, but knowing that there are alternatives when the secular messages start to intrude is helpful.