Musicians with wacky religious beliefs

  On 12/10/2010 at 5:47 PM, triachus said:

  On 12/10/2010 at 2:32 PM, funkaholic said:

ah man, i love prince, what are these shitty things he's done?

 

Kevin Smith answers:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy_cLJ19HMg

LOL, chukka mad

Chick Corea

Apparently, Angelo Badalamenti is also into Transcendental Meditation

Thanks a lot, David Lynch...

a part of TM is Yogic Flying:

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The TM-Sidhi program is a meditation technique that was introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1975, and is based on the Transcendental Meditation technique which was introduced in 1955 by the Maharishi.[1][2] Described as a natural extension of Transcendental Meditation, the purpose of the TM-Sidhi program is to accelerate the benefits gained from the TM technique by training the mind to think from the level of what is called Transcendental Consciousness, the mind's source.

 

"Yogic Flying", a mental-physical exercise of hopping while cross-legged,[3][4] is a central aspect of the TM-Sidhi program. The TM website says that "research has shown a dramatic and immediate reduction in societal stress, crime, violence, and conflict—and an increase in coherence, positivity, and peace in society as a whole".[5] This is termed the "Maharishi Effect".

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According to the Maharishi, Yogic Flying is a phenomenon created by a specific thought projected from the simplest state of human consciousness called Transcendental Consciousness.[22] Maharishi states that there are three distinct stages of Yogic Flying - 1) hopping, 2) floating, and, 3) flying.

 

The hopping stage is described as "the body moving forward in short jumps".[27] Since 1986, there have been public demonstrations of the hopping stage of Yogic Flying in numerous countries including many locations in the United States.[28] There have been no demonstrations of stage two: hovering or floating, nor any demonstrations of stage three: flying through the air.[27][29]

j mascis is a hindu cause hinduism is pretty fucking awesome.

all your favorite reggae musicians are rastafarians. rastafari is a weird-ass collection of ideas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tfLtU8Vtns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyv5ILPTaz0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV7dqCk3SzY

It's like, "shit, Todd, we get it, Jesus is your homeslice."

stockhausen (hilarious interview)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrzi4YNhvig

  On 12/10/2010 at 1:51 PM, Iain C said:

in the last few years of his life, committed goth and general tonk-man Pete Steele re-embraced roman catholicism:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cTU0Q4Uw4I

 

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There are no atheists in foxholes, they say, and I was a foxhole atheist for a long time. But after going through a midlife crisis and having many things change very quickly, it made me realize my mortality. And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what’s after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it’s a frightening thought to go nowhere. I also can’t believe that people like Stalin and Hitler are gonna go to the same place as Mother Teresa.

 

i have a lot of respect for pete steele despite his theological ignorance - mother teresa was, in many respects, a big twat. but pete was one of the tonkest men in music and had a brilliant sense of humour. sadly, this neil young cover is my favourite song of theirs - which isn't to say they didn't have some good songs.

This whole scenario weirded me out quite a bit. Especially since their last album was terrible (and I'll be honest, I think it had quite a lot to do with the injection of these really strained religious beliefs). I can understand where he is coming from, in regards to that quote above, as he seemed to be predicting his death for quite a while before it actually happened. But in a selfish way, I was hoping for one last super mega type o album. He went out on such a limp note.

  On 12/10/2010 at 9:11 PM, chenGOD said:

j mascis is a hindu cause hinduism is pretty fucking awesome.

U serious sir?

I find it weird how westerners are enamoured with Hinduism (and trips to India) when there's plenty of darkness to go round in those beliefs and practices, just as in any.

I don't mean to be unpleasant, and I'm sure you're aware of these issues... I'm just saying. If I hear one more person talk about Hinduism this way! :)

[youtubehd]tOTQ9TVkG98[/youtubehd]

  On 12/11/2010 at 2:20 PM, Lianne said:

  On 12/10/2010 at 9:11 PM, chenGOD said:

j mascis is a hindu cause hinduism is pretty fucking awesome.

 

U serious sir?

 

I find it weird how westerners are enamoured with Hinduism (and trips to India) when there's plenty of darkness to go round in those beliefs and practices, just as in any.

 

I don't mean to be unpleasant, and I'm sure you're aware of these issues... I'm just saying. If I hear one more person talk about Hinduism this way! :)

There's good and bad in everything, i don't practice or follow a religion, but if I had to choose, it would be a tough choice between hinduism (probably along the lines of original vedic brahmanism) and mahayana buddhism.

I could forgive Prince for his whack-ass stupidity if he still played his best shit live. Don't get me wrong, his concerts still kick ass but where the fuck is My Name is Prince??? He won't do it anymore because it's "blasphemous"...

I've heard some classic stories of him actually door-knocking (with security guards, of course) to try to convert people in his local area.... I'd probably invite him in just so I could chat with him for a while, even if it is about something as bent as his religious ideologies...

  On 12/10/2010 at 11:35 PM, vamos scorcho said:

stockhausen (hilarious interview)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrzi4YNhvig

That's fantastic, he seemed extremely intelligent, well considered and humble. Interesting to see him praising his performer and telling them he thinks that the way they played the part was very beautiful and that he would write that performance notation into the score so it could be reproduced at every performance.

  On 12/11/2010 at 7:45 PM, chenGOD said:

There's good and bad in everything, i don't practice or follow a religion, but if I had to choose, it would be a tough choice between hinduism (probably along the lines of original vedic brahmanism) and mahayana buddhism.

I'm a Mahayanan Buddhist, as is Herbie Hancock I believe. He has a fantastic story about what drew him to it, I'll have to find a youtube link

  On 12/10/2010 at 5:18 PM, xxx said:

I don't know what you would call it but the Dead Prez are part of the church of...kill whitey I think hahaha. I think that they are 5 percent'ers because they talk about bean pies and changing their names. The album "Let's Get Free" is so good but as a white man, I don't think that they meant for me to like it!Some select verses:"same people who control the school system control the prison system...and the whole social system...ever since slavery""I was reading Malcom/changed my name in '89/cleanin' parts of my brain""they only get a spot if they're European/sayin' Africans were only 3/5ths of human beings""I'm a runaway slave/watchin' the North Star/shackles on my forearms/runnin' with a gun in my palm"in the song, "I'm A African" [sic], they give shout outs to Rwanda and Nigeria. I always wonder how it would really go down if Afrocentric black Americans really relocated to these places. I feel like the romance would fade pretty fast.Check the intro of this video for a complete perspective of Dead Prez...shit, the whole thing is an outline on how to shake down society and call it "reparations" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGjSq4HqP9Y

Brand Nubian are the other big group associated; Lord Jamar's solo album was entitled The 5% Album. They seem ok with whitey people though, seeing as I was at 2008 show where over half of the attendees were white people.

And I think in this KMD video (i.e. woot MF DOOM back when he was Zev!) starts with the guys selling 5% material.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWpklv3m9S4&feature=related[media]

  On 12/10/2010 at 9:11 PM, chenGOD said:

j mascis is a hindu cause hinduism is pretty fucking awesome. all your favorite reggae musicians are rastafarians. rastafari is a weird-ass collection of ideas.

I had an atheist professor say that the Rastafari movement was one of the more sane and interesting offshoots of Abrahamic religions in his opinion, and I agree. Definately a very specific, and rather baffling, set of beliefs in regards to its origins though. The worst part is that just about any major college contains white, drum circle starting, dreadlock-sporting neo-hippies are influenced by it, usually via Bob Marley. Somewhat annoyingly, most Rastas tolerate this because they aren't assholes, despite their movement is highly (and understandably) Afrocentric.

Freddie Mercury was Zoroastrian i believe.... don't know much about it but it has a Z in it so is probably awesome.

  On 12/14/2010 at 9:04 AM, joshuatxuk said:

  On 12/10/2010 at 5:18 PM, xxx said:

I don't know what you would call it but the Dead Prez are part of the church of...kill whitey I think hahaha. I think that they are 5 percent'ers because they talk about bean pies and changing their names. The album "Let's Get Free" is so good but as a white man, I don't think that they meant for me to like it!Some select verses:"same people who control the school system control the prison system...and the whole social system...ever since slavery""I was reading Malcom/changed my name in '89/cleanin' parts of my brain""they only get a spot if they're European/sayin' Africans were only 3/5ths of human beings""I'm a runaway slave/watchin' the North Star/shackles on my forearms/runnin' with a gun in my palm"in the song, "I'm A African" [sic], they give shout outs to Rwanda and Nigeria. I always wonder how it would really go down if Afrocentric black Americans really relocated to these places. I feel like the romance would fade pretty fast.Check the intro of this video for a complete perspective of Dead Prez...shit, the whole thing is an outline on how to shake down society and call it "reparations" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGjSq4HqP9Y

 

Brand Nubian are the other big group associated; Lord Jamar's solo album was entitled The 5% Album. They seem ok with whitey people though, seeing as I was at 2008 show where over half of the attendees were white people.

 

And I think in this KMD video (i.e. woot MF DOOM back when he was Zev!) starts with the guys selling 5% material.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWpklv3m9S4&feature=related[media]

 

  On 12/10/2010 at 9:11 PM, chenGOD said:

j mascis is a hindu cause hinduism is pretty fucking awesome. all your favorite reggae musicians are rastafarians. rastafari is a weird-ass collection of ideas.

 

I had an atheist professor say that the Rastafari movement was one of the more sane and interesting offshoots of Abrahamic religions in his opinion, and I agree. Definately a very specific, and rather baffling, set of beliefs in regards to its origins though. The worst part is that just about any major college contains white, drum circle starting, dreadlock-sporting neo-hippies are influenced by it, usually via Bob Marley. Somewhat annoyingly, most Rastas tolerate this because they aren't assholes, despite their movement is highly (and understandably) Afrocentric.

it might be interesting but it's not sane. it's a racist, sexist, homophobic mess of a religion. like most of them.

Alice Cooper converted to Christianity some time ago but he didn't publicize it like every other celebrity conversion, smart thing to do imo.

Merzbow

pretty much into PETA

not a religion, but they sometimes tend to bend to somewhat whacky proportions

  On 12/14/2010 at 5:03 PM, triachus said:

Merzbow

 

 

pretty much into PETA

 

 

not a religion, but they sometimes tend to bend to somewhat whacky proportions

sometimes? they're an animal rights group that runs shelters that kill 95% of the animals they take in. they're completely whackadoo.

  On 12/14/2010 at 6:19 PM, disparaissant said:

  On 12/14/2010 at 5:03 PM, triachus said:

Merzbow

 

 

pretty much into PETA

 

 

not a religion, but they sometimes tend to bend to somewhat whacky proportions

 

sometimes? they're an animal rights group that runs shelters that kill 95% of the animals they take in. they're completely whackadoo.

jesus

hypocrisy much?

Brandon Flowers (of the killers) is a mormon.

  On 12/10/2010 at 5:35 PM, luke viia said:

  On 12/10/2010 at 4:23 PM, Capsaicin said:

Sun Ra

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Sun Ra presents a unified conception, incorporating music, myth, and performance into his multi-leveled equations. Every aspect of the Sun Ra experience, from business practices like Saturn Records to published collections of poetry to his 35-year career in music, is a manifestation of his equations. Sun Ra seeks to elevate humanity beyond their current earthbound state, tied to outmoded conceptions of life and death when the potential future of immortality awaits them. As Hall has put it, 'In this era of 'practical' things men ridicule even the existence of God. They scoff at goodness while they ponder with befuddled minds the phantasmagoria of materiality. They have forgotten the path which leads beyond the stars.'[16]

 

+1

+2

  On 12/10/2010 at 4:30 PM, Iain C said:

j. mascis from dinosaur jr is a hindu for some reason:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJGLp33KsFE

lol that's pretty cool. He's also a very decent golfer and skier apparently, which is just a random I reckon!

i agree with xxx but keep this shit out of my wacky religion thread, peta isn't a religion, go grind your axe somewhere else

  On 12/14/2010 at 8:57 PM, sneaksta303 said:

Brandon Flowers (of the killers) is a mormon.

this is fascinating, just fascinating, i was trying to find info on LDS musicians with a cursory google search when i heard about Low and this didn't come up.