I saw a video clip of the performance. Garish and definitely out to pander to the chic "rebel" demographic. The "all about me" atmosphere was cloying. For good or ill, I couldn't make out the lyrics of the song (I have a hearing deficit and it is worst when there is a lot of background noise), though I have no doubt they are puerile. Now that I think about it, I'm not even sure the music was musical. It seemed more like sound effects.
I regard the performance as more stupid than evil (but I've run into a good argument that stupid is worse than evil). Definitely secular atheist, and a display of the bankruptcy of that position. They have no belief in or respect for Christ, yet they can't think of anything to "rebel" against, so they engage in heretical stylistic excess as a substitute for rebellion. Rebellion without slapdown---the "talk is cheap" version of rebellion. If you think about it, this is pathetic. These are adults with nothing better than a perverted child's imagination and no authenticity in their self-image. Real Satanists would turn up their noses from them and walk the other way.
I didn't have any problem with Madonna's appearance. Her garb was a bondage costume (wasn't it?) and her face has lost the feral appearance she started out with. That made her distinctive, but appreciation of it had to be an acquired taste. Now she is less revolting, but unremarkable.
That song he sang is about a family man cheating on his wife. The part kim petras (who is a man btw, not a woman) sings is the part of the prostitute that enjoys doing things for said family man because she gets money and fashion designer items out of him.
I didn't hear it through. Like you, it also sounded like a bunch of sound effects to me lol. Curiosity got the best of me and I looked up the lyrics. It's trash for sure and could be considered a waste of my time but on the plus side I now know what I'm working against so that my children are not exposed and brainwashed by this filth. In my eyes there is no reason or explanation for anything that they did. Out of all the costumes, props, lyrics, and stage set.....this is what they went with. The options are infinite and they chose this? Rediculous.
I saw a video clip of the performance. Garish and definitely out to pander to the chic "rebel" demographic. The "all about me" atmosphere was cloying. For good or ill, I couldn't make out the lyrics of the song (I have a hearing deficit and it is worst when there is a lot of background noise), though I have no doubt they are puerile. Now that I think about it, I'm not even sure the music was musical. It seemed more like sound effects.
I regard the performance as more stupid than evil (but I've run into a good argument that stupid is worse than evil). Definitely secular atheist, and a display of the bankruptcy of that position. They have no belief in or respect for Christ, yet they can't think of anything to "rebel" against, so they engage in heretical stylistic excess as a substitute for rebellion. Rebellion without slapdown---the "talk is cheap" version of rebellion. If you think about it, this is pathetic. These are adults with nothing better than a perverted child's imagination and no authenticity in their self-image. Real Satanists would turn up their noses from them and walk the other way.
I didn't have any problem with Madonna's appearance. Her garb was a bondage costume (wasn't it?) and her face has lost the feral appearance she started out with. That made her distinctive, but appreciation of it had to be an acquired taste. Now she is less revolting, but unremarkable.
That song he sang is about a family man cheating on his wife. The part kim petras (who is a man btw, not a woman) sings is the part of the prostitute that enjoys doing things for said family man because she gets money and fashion designer items out of him.
Never fails. Mere trash. Reminds me of C. S. Lewis's treatment of "the banality of evil."
But thanks for summarizing it. And, now knowing, I tip my hat for your willingness to hear it through.
I didn't hear it through. Like you, it also sounded like a bunch of sound effects to me lol. Curiosity got the best of me and I looked up the lyrics. It's trash for sure and could be considered a waste of my time but on the plus side I now know what I'm working against so that my children are not exposed and brainwashed by this filth. In my eyes there is no reason or explanation for anything that they did. Out of all the costumes, props, lyrics, and stage set.....this is what they went with. The options are infinite and they chose this? Rediculous.
Here's the link to the discussion of why stupidity might be worse than evil. https://bigthink.com/thinking/bonhoeffers-theory-stupidity-evil/ I think, on a more subtle level, stupidity is actually evil, not just "as bad as," but I need to ponder it more.