Comments on: “The world’s first Mormon rock concept album” http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/21/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/ A Mormon Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:16:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: justsomedude http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/21/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51225 justsomedude Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:48:27 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51225 Alan Sparhawk is my hero. I'm a young single adult living in Provo... I'm LDS. I'm far from perfect and sometimes I don't feel like I fit in the BYU scene because I don't try to pretend I'm perfect and I guess I just don't really identify with most BYU kids around here. I got into low a couple years ago because I liked their music. It touched me... only later I found out Alan and Mimi are Mormon. I read a lot about them. Alan went to BYU for a while and had a very similar experience to mine. Alan and Mimi seem like very genuine, good people, trying to do what is right. Alan has admitted that he's got some WoW problems but they are active mormons as far as I know. I guess knowing they exist, identifying with the emotions expressed in their music, and knowing that they aren't perfect and yet still are trying to be good mormons gives me some hope and strength to endure and lets me know I'm not alone in some of my struggles. While I don't think the church needs to hold people up as mormon icons, i'm glad that people like the Sparhawks and Brandon Flowers identify themselves as Mormons... it's also helped some people who are totally turned off by religion take a look at what mormonism is really about. I've heard so many atheists and agnostics describe listening to low as a religious or spiritual experience.. they sense there's something deeper than just whats on the surface. Alan Sparhawk is my hero. I’m a young single adult living in Provo… I’m LDS. I’m far from perfect and sometimes I don’t feel like I fit in the BYU scene because I don’t try to pretend I’m perfect and I guess I just don’t really identify with most BYU kids around here. I got into low a couple years ago because I liked their music. It touched me… only later I found out Alan and Mimi are Mormon. I read a lot about them. Alan went to BYU for a while and had a very similar experience to mine. Alan and Mimi seem like very genuine, good people, trying to do what is right. Alan has admitted that he’s got some WoW problems but they are active mormons as far as I know. I guess knowing they exist, identifying with the emotions expressed in their music, and knowing that they aren’t perfect and yet still are trying to be good mormons gives me some hope and strength to endure and lets me know I’m not alone in some of my struggles.

While I don’t think the church needs to hold people up as mormon icons, i’m glad that people like the Sparhawks and Brandon Flowers identify themselves as Mormons… it’s also helped some people who are totally turned off by religion take a look at what mormonism is really about. I’ve heard so many atheists and agnostics describe listening to low as a religious or spiritual experience.. they sense there’s something deeper than just whats on the surface.

]]> By: Carolyn Wilkerson http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/21/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51224 Carolyn Wilkerson Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:12:44 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51224 Just listened and watched a video. I think I'm too old for that. Think I'll stick to soft rock, country or hymns. Bit too suggestive and gory for me with the skeletons, etc. I'm outta there. I like peace. You young dudes can have it. Sweet, but old, Caroline Just listened and watched a video. I think I’m too old for that. Think I’ll stick to soft rock, country or hymns. Bit too suggestive and gory for me with the skeletons, etc. I’m outta there. I like peace. You young dudes can have it. Sweet, but old, Caroline

]]> By: Carolyn Wilkerson http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/21/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51223 Carolyn Wilkerson Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:05:10 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51223 About word of wisdom, was recommendation in time of Joseph Smith and wasn't commandment until later, during Brigham Young's time. Lord sometimes gives us time to make big adjustments. And I know of no one ever being excommunicated over Word of Wisdom or tithing. Only on morality or false teachings, really serious stuff that could affect faith of others usually or to call to repentance. Lots of people sure have wrong ideas about Mormons as well as about our very deep faith in our Savior, Jesus Christ. Sweet Caroline About word of wisdom, was recommendation in time of Joseph Smith and wasn’t commandment until later, during Brigham Young’s time. Lord sometimes gives us time to make big adjustments. And I know of no one ever being excommunicated over Word of Wisdom or tithing. Only on morality or false teachings, really serious stuff that could affect faith of others usually or to call to repentance. Lots of people sure have wrong ideas about Mormons as well as about our very deep faith in our Savior, Jesus Christ. Sweet Caroline

]]> By: Carolyn Wilkerson http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/21/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51222 Carolyn Wilkerson Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:00:48 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51222 Isn't so much that God is man, but that man is like God, in His image and with ability to become as he is - truly God's Son or Daughter. We can be co-inheritors of the Kingdom with our Savior Jesus Christ. I have yet to hear this group but heard about it and hope to hear it. Sweet Caroline Isn’t so much that God is man, but that man is like God, in His image and with ability to become as he is – truly God’s Son or Daughter. We can be co-inheritors of the Kingdom with our Savior Jesus Christ. I have yet to hear this group but heard about it and hope to hear it. Sweet Caroline

]]> By: Justin http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/21/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51221 Justin Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:59:41 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51221 On the contrary.. in his heyday, Joseph Smith was a wine drinker himself. The WOW was merely a suggestion of health, until Brigham Young seriously took it on during the big prohibition era. Let's do some church history, folks. On the contrary.. in his heyday, Joseph Smith was a wine drinker himself. The WOW was merely a suggestion of health, until Brigham Young seriously took it on during the big prohibition era. Let’s do some church history, folks.

]]> By: JKC http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/21/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51220 JKC Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:36:59 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51220 The Dude abides. The Dude abides.

]]> By: Peter P. http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/21/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51219 Peter P. Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:03:33 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51219 42.: Well, the WoW isn't really a test for fellowship now. That is, the CHI says a church court should NOT be held for members who do not keep the Word of Wisdom. And, in fact, there were members who were tried and excommunicated for Word of Wisdom violations during Joseph Smith's day. At least among some saints, the WoW has from the beginning been taken very seriously. My point was simply to courteously and respectfully point out that there is today and has always been a substantial percentage of the Mormon population that does not toe the line 100% of the time where the WoW is concerned and, indeed, even leaders of the church have been among those numbers historically. 42.:

Well, the WoW isn’t really a test for fellowship now. That is, the CHI says a church court should NOT be held for members who do not keep the Word of Wisdom. And, in fact, there were members who were tried and excommunicated for Word of Wisdom violations during Joseph Smith’s day. At least among some saints, the WoW has from the beginning been taken very seriously. My point was simply to courteously and respectfully point out that there is today and has always been a substantial percentage of the Mormon population that does not toe the line 100% of the time where the WoW is concerned and, indeed, even leaders of the church have been among those numbers historically.

]]> By: J. Stapley http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/21/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51218 J. Stapley Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:38:06 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51218 Eauality, the WoW wasn't a test of fellowship while they were alive. Eauality, the WoW wasn’t a test of fellowship while they were alive.

]]> By: Equality http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/21/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51217 Equality Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:28:27 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51217 Guy, If Brandon Flowers is not a role model because he doesn't perfectly "keep" the Word of Wisdom, does that mean you think Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Orson Pratt, John Taylor, Joseph F. Smith, and other prominent leaders of the church who did not abstain completely from alcohol or other WoW substances are also not role models for the church? Guy,

If Brandon Flowers is not a role model because he doesn’t perfectly “keep” the Word of Wisdom, does that mean you think Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Orson Pratt, John Taylor, Joseph F. Smith, and other prominent leaders of the church who did not abstain completely from alcohol or other WoW substances are also not role models for the church?

]]> By: Wes http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/21/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51216 Wes Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:09:59 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/10/the-worlds-first-mormon-rock-concept-album/#comment-51216 I'm surprized not to hear any word of Panic! at the Disco lead singer Bredon Urie. He's mormon and has fronted a band that has been at the top of the charts for almost a year now. Apparently, he and Flowers have <a href="http://www.spin.com/features/hotbeef/2006/07/060706_emofight/" rel="nofollow">exchanged</a> words several times. <strong>Call Out:</strong> "All those bands, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, they [are] only influenced by each other and Blink-182. How can that be a good thing? Emo, whatever you want to call it, is dangerous." -- Killers frontman Brandon Flowers <strong>Response:</strong> "Do I think of myself as dangerous? Not at all! It's a shame that [Brandon Flowers] feels that way really." -- Panic's Brendon Urie Sounds like the foyer between Sunday School classes if you ask me! I’m surprized not to hear any word of Panic! at the Disco lead singer Bredon Urie. He’s mormon and has fronted a band that has been at the top of the charts for almost a year now. Apparently, he and Flowers have exchanged words several times.

Call Out: “All those bands, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, they [are] only influenced by each other and Blink-182. How can that be a good thing? Emo, whatever you want to call it, is dangerous.” — Killers frontman Brandon Flowers

Response: “Do I think of myself as dangerous? Not at all! It’s a shame that [Brandon Flowers] feels that way really.” — Panic’s Brendon Urie

Sounds like the foyer between Sunday School classes if you ask me!

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