Beyoncé Review - Tone Deaf
I like your show - the savvy, the principles, the humor. That’s why I was appalled at the recent review of Cowboy Carter. Mind you I’m not a fan of country music and I’m mostly agnostic about Beyoncé’s music. I checked out her new album, based on glowing comments from Nicole Martin, Charlie Peacock, and Mike Cosper. Nicole had even used the word “brilliant”. Twice. But I was appalled. Several songs are pornographic, with descriptions of explicit sexual activity, replete with f-bombs. Is this “Christianity Today”? It’s one thing to endorse the product, it’s another to endorse the product with no caveat whatsoever. I’m still in disbelief that this could happen on The Bulletin. Another non sequitur was Charlie Peacock comparing Beyonce’s album to John Coltrane’s “spiritual” album “A Love Supreme”, with “liner notes that read like a Bible study”. Sorry, Charlie. Coltrane’s notes could have been read aloud in a mosque. No mention of Christ or the gospel - just “spirituality”. As a jazz musician I am still in awe of Coltrane’s work with Miles Davis and beyond, but to my knowledge he never embraced the exclusive claims of Christ or any biblical convictions. So, shilling for Beyoncé on The Bulletin? How the mighty have fallen.
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