Good band/Evil band

[Kevin2]

This is from a Religious Right website.

Safe Music:

The Right Brothers (a roaring lamb!)
Dresden Dolls
UnderOath
Cyndi Lauper
Falling Up
Flyleaf
THE TURNING
Disciple
P.O.D
Evanescence
By The Tree
Scott Reed
Michael W. Smith
Jars of Clay
DC Talk
Danielson

(Someone is having a joke at God's expense here for The Dresden Dolls certainly are out of place on this list; and Cyndi Laupers "She-Bop" alone should place her on The Evil List. Evanescence... )

The Evil List,
or as the site calls it,

Gay Bands:
The Spores (endorse suicide)
Scissor Sisters
Rufus Wainwright
Merzbau
Ravi Shankar
Wilco
Bjork
Tech N9ne
Ghostface Killah
Bobby Conn
Morton Subotnik
Cole Porter
The String Cheese Incident
Eagles of Death Metal
Polyphonic Spree
The Faint
Interpol
Tegan and Sara
Erasure
The Grateful Dead (AIDS)
Le Tigre
The Gossip
The Magnetic Fields
The Doors
Phish
Queen
The Strokes
Sufjan Stevens
Morrissey(?questionable?)
The Pet Shop Boys
Metallica
Judas Priest
The Village People
The Secret Handshake
The Rolling Stones
David Bowie
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Man or Astroman
Richard Cheese
Jay-Z
Depeche Mode
Kansas
Ani DiFranco
Fischerspooner
John Mayer
George Michael (texan)
Angel Eyes
The Indigo Girls
Velvet Underground
Madonna
Elton John
Barry Manilow
Indigo Girls
Melissa Etheridge
Eminmen
Nirvana
Boy George*
The Killers
Lou Reed
Lil' Wayne
Motorhead
Jill Sobule
Wilson Phillips
DMX
Lisa Loeb
Ted Nugent (loincloth)
Dogstar
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Lil' Kim
kd lang
Frank Sinatra
Hinder
Nickleback
Justus Kohncke
Bob Mould
Clay Aiken
Arcade Fire
Bright Eyes
Corinne Bailey Rae
Audioslave
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Panic at the Disco
Elton John(really gay)

(This is the first time I've ever had a complimentary thought towards Nickelback.)

[Al Truest]

And why K,D. Lang. Just 'cos she is homosexual.

What a load of crap! ;D Thanks for posting it just the same.

[Kevin2]

I was surprised to see: Kansas listed in the evil section; George Michael's sin to be "(texan)"; the Grateful Dead and AIDS (?) - as far as I am aware it was a case of too many hot dogs and too much chili - though perhaps this is referencing someone other than Garcia; Ted Nugent for loincloth.

[matanchik]

I can't understand how sufjan Stevens got into the Evil Bands list? if you'll look at his lyrics you'll see he is a very religious guy and he isn't gay either. Dresden Dolls and Cyndi Lauper are really in the wrong list too.

[Al Truest]

matanchik said:

I can't understand how sufjan Stevens got into the Evil Bands list? if you'll look at his lyrics you'll see he is a very religious guy and he isn't gay either. Dresden Dolls and Cyndi Lauper are really in the wrong list too.

Passing judgement on the worth of artists that are so beyond these critics in enlightenment and inspiration, to me, is the sin.

[Kevin2]

matanchik said:

I can't understand how sufjan Stevens got into the Evil Bands list? if you'll look at his lyrics you'll see he is a very religious guy and he isn't gay either. Dresden Dolls and Cyndi Lauper are really in the wrong list too.

I have a feeling that while some artists on the lists are certainly placed there by jokers (The Dresden Dolls for example) that Sufjan is placed where he is through intentional design - precisely because he is very religious.

There so happens to be the good religious and the bad religious - Leonard Cohen, and here I am on more familiar territory than I am with Sufjan (Look at his lyrics? I can't even get past his song titles! Here, for those unfamiliar with Sufjan, is a randomly picked song title: A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good Reasons) is an example, certainly, of bad religious for he is not of the Religious Right and neither, I assume, is Sufjan Stevens, which means that he was sent by Satan to deceive young impressionable minds.

[matanchik]

kevan said:

matanchik said:

I can't understand how sufjan Stevens got into the Evil Bands list? if you'll look at his lyrics you'll see he is a very religious guy and he isn't gay either. Dresden Dolls and Cyndi Lauper are really in the wrong list too.

I have a feeling that while some artists on the lists are certainly placed there by jokers (The Dresden Dolls for example) that Sufjan is placed where he is through intentional design - precisely because he is very religious.

There so happens to be the good religious and the bad religious - Leonard Cohen, and here I am on more familiar territory than I am with Sufjan (Look at his lyrics? I can't even get past his song titles! Here, for those unfamiliar with Sufjan, is a randomly picked song title: A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good Reasons) is an example, certainly, of bad religious for he is not of the Religious Right and neither, I assume, is Sufjan Stevens, which means that he was sent by Satan to deceive young impressionable minds.

you forgot: "The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You're Gonna Have To Leave Now, Or, 'I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight... "

i actually doesn't think sufjan is that good as a lyricist, he is much more a musician to me

[Kevin2]

matanchik said:

kevan said:

i actually doesn't think sufjan is that good as a lyricist, he is much more a musician to me

More a musician than lyricist... I've heard Illinois though I can't recall any individual songs. Well, when Sufjan gets around to extolling the artistic, cultural, and societal wonders of Texas, his first instrumental album I believe, I'll be sure to give it a listen.

[hurricanehugo]

Metallica's so weak these days - hell, since '91, imo - that they should be 1st on the safe list. At least Top 5.

plur