| InfinityZero says : You listen to Arch Enemy right? Kay, tell your mom about the song Carry the Cross--it uses the metaphor for Jesus carrying a bigass slab of wood up a hill to symbolize society and whatnot. Just tell her, look, just 'cause they're metal doesn't mean that they can't have Christian standpoints (obviously AE don't have those ideals but make it up if it Means your mom will let you listen to the music). And tell your mom about bands like DemonHunter that're Christian and such. That's what I did with my grandmother so now she's fine with me listening to Death Metal (though I haven't told her about those lyrics--she thinks I just listen to Christian-based metal  ) |
| pavel says : I don't get it guys, why should she defend her music and explain it to her mother? fuck that, just listen whatever the fuck you like, why bother ? |
| pavel says : I don't know, maybe it's a matter of age, but I can not recall any moment in my life when my parents were interfering in my music/books/movies because they were concerned of their content. I can not even imagine that situation |
| InfinityZero says : No Offense to LittleRebel's mom, this is hypothetical, but Pavel, why do you assume everyone's super open-minded to strange things with extremist points of view? Sad to say, most people aren't very open minded and don't want or refuse to accept things like Black Metal or Nietzsche. The person we're talking about happens to be one of those people. And let's not forget that she is thinking of what's best for her kid, even if she's going about it the entirely wrong way. I don't even think her mom is refusing to let her listen to metal--she just doesn't like the idea of it. By the way, LittleRebel, does it bother you that we're taking this conversation on this tangent? I can stop talking about it if it's too personal or whatever. |
| InfinityZero says : Defenitely, but some people just have a certain Capacity of trust. And it's not always about that either, sometimes no matter how much someone trusts you they still think you have a plastic mind and are susceptible to manipulation through propaganda or extremist metal. Although, Little Rebel, your mom seems completely misguided with metal and I would take the time to explain Heavy Metal to her so she knows it isn't all Satan Worship, and in fact, I can only think of maybe 3 bands that are actually satanic (and those ones are LaVey Satanists anyway and LaVey Satanists are usually more chill than fundamental Christians). And that's from 7 years of metal under my belt. Now if your mom is the type who quotes the bible to prove points about who's going to Hell and hates Abortion and gays etc, then the whole 'convince mom metal is okay' thing might be a little more difficult. |
| LittleRebel says : Thank you, I think this could help a bit. Thank GOD, she isn't THAT intolerant. She has no problem with gays or anything. No, she understands a lot of stuff, usually she is open-minded but I think she has a real problems with - how she calls - "such a dark view of life". That Means she has a problem with metal, horror stuff, goth-outfit and I think also S&M (not Metallica's album here). The weird thing is this (except the last) is the stuff I love. Weird, huh? And Sad somehow. |
| InfinityZero says : Wellllllll actually I thought that when I realized there was a remake of the Wicker Man staring Nicholas Cage and a remake of Psycho starring Vince Vaughn, but other than that... |
