My evolution of musical taste
Being a child of the 70′s my taste in music was influenced by my older siblings – Disco Europop.
Abba
The 80′s started with a bang, and like most kids my age I whittled away many a Saturday cradling my poor-man’s ‘Ghetto Blaster’ listening to Casey Kasem’s American Top 40.
Too many classics to mention but one band pretty much sums it up:
A-Ha
The 90′s began, and so did my guitar playing. Overnight it seemed my taste in music matured from cheesy pop to Christian heavy metal…
King’s X
King’s X would still be one of my favourite bands if it weren’t for their public turning away from the Christian faith.
Someone must have been praying for me during this time because folk music started to be played on my system more and more…
Keith Green
During the 90′s and early 2000′s because of my loathing of ‘artificial music’, I simply refused to listen to, let alone buy any band that featured a keyboardist. One band caused me to repent of my syth-descrimination…
Delirious
The early 2000′s showcased some simply amazing New Zealand guitar driven worship – which I might add, has shaped my music style permanently. Props to Dean Rush (Form), Bruce Conlon (Eight), Brian Platt (Solace), and Mark Bourgeois (Elephant). Amazingly, all of the above attended the same church in Auckland.
Eight
One band has dominated my stereo in recent years: David Crowder Band (which genuine Christian isn’t a fan of him?)
David Crowder Band
2010 is just around the corner, and where is my taste in music heading? I’m not too sure, but thanks to a good friend of mine, my latest musical purchase is reminiscent 80′s disco synthpop.
Owl City
And so, my life defined by music genres…
1970′s – Disco
1980′s – Pop
1990′s – Christian Heavy Metal
2000′s – Guitar Driven Worship
2010′s – Reminiscent 80s disco synthpop???
Full circle it seems. (I don’t know whether to laugh or cry 
Mysterious Mr. X and the perfect body
A doco screened recently which showed that only 2 women out of 60 had the ‘perfect’ body proportions for their size.
- 3% = perfect body proportions.
If only 3% of women have one, that means that 97 out of 100 have ‘imperfect’ body proportions (imperfect being the opposite of perfect).
- 97%= imperfect body proportions.
The dictionary defines the word ‘imperfect’ as: characterized by faults, mistakes, etc.; defective. Not good news for you ladies reading this who are in the 97%.
Good grief. Have any of you actually wondered who decided what was the perfect body shape (and what wasn’t) in the first place?
Let’s call him (or they) Mr. X.
Fact #1: Most people are slaves to Mr X’s personal opinion.
Whoever Mr X. is, he sure wields a lot of power… Or perhaps we give him that power when we choose to believe he is right? Has anyone actually taken the time to think if Mr. X is wrong? Have we become so stupid that we absent-mindedly believe what he says without any hesitation?
Fact #2: Mr X can’t make up his mind.
The ‘perfect’ body seems to change from generation to generation. Breasts, the waist, buttocks and legs have all been in or out of fashion. Women (and men) have subjected themselves to endless bodily transformations, ridiculous contraptions, and dangerous fads followed to force their bodies into fashionable shapes (as highlited in the book ”Vanity: A Very Peculiar History”)…
- 450BC: Lean muscular physique (Greece)
- 1400s: Small bust, big stomach (Europe)
- 1600s: Cellulite, fleshly rounded figures (Europe)
- 1800s: High rounded bust (Greece), Fatness & large stomachs for men (Germany)
- 1870s: Large backside (Western Cultures)
- 1900s: Wasp waist – ridged corset distorted spine’s alignment (Western Cultures)
- 1920s: No bust – chest flattening corsets, Boyish look (Western Cultures)
- 1960s: Adolescent figure (Western Cultures)
How much of a hold does mysterious Mr. X have on you?
