Singer-turned-writer, Etcetera Says “God won’t listen to Nigerian songs”!
Singer-turned-writer, Etcetera is back with another thoughtful nugget, and this time is saying “God won’t listen to Nigerian songs“.
His article, originally published to his website – Etcetera Live, states that some Nigerian songs like ‘Shakitibobo‘ is “raucous noise“, “some of these artistes should be taken for mental evaluation” and that “This is now a SICK SOCIETY and, therefore, it produces SICK MUSIC.“
Read more below;
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Shoki hey hey Shoki!” cries a voice from
the radio to the beat of a nerve-wracking pandemonium that seems
designed to drive you insane.
A quick flick of the dial and “Shakiti
bobo” is playing. The worse thing is that the raucous noise emitted by
the artiste is no match for the loud, odious din coming from the beat.
The lyrics are completely lost – which may not be regrettable to some –
but the whole tumult sounds more like bad static than music.
I tuned the dial again. This time it was Olamide screaming “VANESSA VANESSA.”
As the last strains of the song died
away, the OAP cheerfully and enthusiastically breaks in, “Yes, that’s
for all you listeners out there. That’s the way we do it right here at
your cool station. We personalise our playlist to make you feel cool.”
Cool kor, cooler ni…. I felt like telling the OAP that his choice of songs made me feel SICK.
This is simply today’s Nigerian music!
Something is terribly WRONG with it! Yet millions around the country –
especially the young people – listen to it by the hour. WHY?
What is there about this music that is
so gripping? How can something so meaningless hold millions under its
spell? Why does it serve as a common denominator – as “the tie that
binds” – for so many youths?
Judging from how and what they’re saying
and singing, it is easy to conclude that some of these artistes should
be taken for mental evaluation! Music mirrors our emotions; it reflects
our thoughts; it echoes our activities – it shows us the way we really
ARE!
Most Nigerian artistes are confused and
bewildered – or they wouldn’t sing songs about not being able to tell
right from wrong, or songs which purposely don’t say or mean anything,
or which try only to “embody an emotional state that points indirectly
to marijuana and crazy sex positions.”
Music – just like other forms of art –
is like a social barometer. A strong and healthy society produces
dynamic and stimulating music; a diseased and decaying society produces
sick and decadent music.
It’s a simple matter of cause and effect!
This is now a SICK SOCIETY and,
therefore, it produces SICK MUSIC. It’s just that simple! Both parents
and the young people are to blame. My point is, we all don’t have to be a
part of this sick society – or its sick music.
Even talking about today’s gospel songs,
many are lacking in purpose and quality. The gospel singers are
forgetting that God believes in QUALITY. Look at the universe He
created! He also believes in human improvement and GROWTH. “Become ye
therefore perfect” (Matt. 5:48) and “Grow in grace and knowledge” (II
Pet. 3:18), He commands.
God wants His people to grow in the
right kind of culture – the right kind of appreciation for the finer
things in life. He says that mature Christians are “those who by reason
of use have their senses exercised to DISCERN both good and evil” (Heb.
5:14).
God wants us to EXERCISE our five
physical senses. He wants us to learn what the true values for the
enjoyment of the senses are. One of these senses is hearing. And one of
the ways we need to exercise our hearing sense is in the appreciation of
quality music. Quality in music involves, first of all, the way it is
composed or arranged. Secondly, it involves how the music is performed.
And thirdly, the setting (the place and occasion) in which the music is
heard.
You attend a concert only to see
artistes with a hodgepodge of idiotic noise played from a CD and the
audience seated at round tables like they are in a canteen, screaming
with mouthful of small chops and ‘samosas’ as every new song is
introduced by the performer. What utter nonsense! What is WRONG with us?
How did we completely lose our sense of value regarding music? Do we
even know the purpose of music?
A mother justifies her daughter who’s
listening to an obscene song by saying, “If you listen to the words of
that one, it’s pretty rough. But it has a real good beat. My daughter
says she doesn’t pay any attention to the words anyway.” Are we really
that naïve? What erroneous reasoning! Go along with the crowd – even if
the crowd is on the way to suffering, misery, pain, extinction? Do we
think that these songs have no part in the tidal wave of promiscuity,
venereal disease, illegitimate babies that are all over the country
today? If you are one of those who like today’s Naija music, you ought
to honestly and truthfully ask yourself WHY.
Jos – Five people were killed and 50 others injured in a chemical explosion at Lamingo Water Treatment Plant, Jos, on Saturday.
The spokesperson of the police command in Plateau, Emanuel Abu, who confirmed the incident, tsaid in Jos that the explosion occurred around 4 a.m.
“An explosion associated with chemicals used in treating water at Lamingo water treatment plant injured about 50 people.
“Those injured were rushed to the hospital where five were confirmed dead and the rest put on admission.”
Abu said the police command had deployed experts from its explosive device unit to ensure safety, while efforts were being taken to prevent recurrence.
A source at the Water Board said that the explosion followed a chlorine burst at the plant, which injured many an razed down nearby houses.
The source said the affected persons were being treated at Jos Specialists Hospital. (NAN)
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/chemical-explosion-kills-5-injures-50-in-plateau/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#sthash.0sTUJCMC.dpuf
The spokesperson of the police command in Plateau, Emanuel Abu, who confirmed the incident, tsaid in Jos that the explosion occurred around 4 a.m.
“An explosion associated with chemicals used in treating water at Lamingo water treatment plant injured about 50 people.
“Those injured were rushed to the hospital where five were confirmed dead and the rest put on admission.”
Abu said the police command had deployed experts from its explosive device unit to ensure safety, while efforts were being taken to prevent recurrence.
A source at the Water Board said that the explosion followed a chlorine burst at the plant, which injured many an razed down nearby houses.
The source said the affected persons were being treated at Jos Specialists Hospital. (NAN)
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/chemical-explosion-kills-5-injures-50-in-plateau/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#sthash.0sTUJCMC.dpuf
Chemical explosion kills 5, injures 50 in Pl
Chemical explosion kills 5, injures 50 in Plateau
Chemical explosion kills 5, injures 50 in Plateau
Chemical explosion kills 5, injures 50 in Plateau
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