Idolator
You had to see this coming, right?
Chris Sligh, the "American Idol" contestant who has won fans thanks to his curly mop of hair and soulful voice, has a few people concerned with his departure from strictly Christian music. ...
Jonathan Pait, a spokesman for fundamentalist Bob Jones University where Sligh attended for several years, said: "We really are somewhat disappointed with the direction he has gone musically."
He nonetheless tunes in each week to monitor Sligh's progress.
And here we thought anyone who'd use a DC Talk song as their ticket to the top 12, and list Jesus as their No. 1 hero, would get a free pass. Maybe Pait is smarting from the fact Mute Math—whose "Typical" also got the Sligh treatment—sued its label after being marketed more aggressively to the Christian community?
'Idol' Contestant's Faith Questioned [AP via Breitbart]
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I had no idea he went to b.j. "University". Sad to say but that changes my view of him.
Can he have it both ways? On the one hand, he's picking songs that aren't obviously about the J-man to avoid being pigeon-holed and voted off post-haste. On the other he's picking songs with veiled messages to C-Rock fans. (See "Endless Love" as in the J-man's endless love for mankind.)
I don't see this working for long. It's slowly dawning on viewers that he's more DC Talk than Mute Math. I think he's going to have to pick a song that has nothing to do with God to keep in it to win it.
I'm a cynical atheist, but I would vote for him if he were the best regardless of religion.
Well, now I know what the son of King Buzzo and Gerard Way would look like.
Wait... I don't vote.
Hurry up, Rapture, so I don't have to listen to this crap any more. And, despite their protests, please take Creed and Evanescence too!
based on that pic... it's safe to say that Cartman's "faith + 1" project influenced someone. Look! It's got the powersquinting and everything!
Good catch Jude. The similarity is blinding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:709_Christian_Rock_Hard...
No wonder he looked like he was having such a blast with the Modest Mouse tune. Please, let them sing a Prince song this week!
I was willing to overlook the blatant JC thing, but Bob Jones? No more.
Eh. Don't let the BJU connection sink this guy. He's a former student, right? That means he probably wised up to the fact that he wanted to go to a school where he could actually talk to a girl without getting expelled for sexual harassment.
The whole MuteMath thing really bothers me. I think we should all stop buying records by Christian rock bands who turn their backs on their faith to sell more records. That's it, no more Switchfoot records for me.
I'm thinking BJU hands out scholarships like candy, and a guy who's already a believer isn't gonna turn down a free ride to a Christian college, no matter how conservative-right they are. Like I've said before, until Chris starts witnessing in the middle of his tunes or throws bibles in the audience (a la Stryper), I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.
Aw, give him a break. His song choice last night, "She's Not There," is hardly preachy. C'mon, he loves the Zombies!
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