Argument Over G-d Continues

You might be wondering how this argument got into my blog. Warning: I am about to ruffle feathers.

Well, it’s to do with fiction and music, and its overall ‘holiness’. That’s why I’ve chosen a song lyric as the title of this blog post (Black Fingernails, Red Wine). We see Christmas carols and hymns as holy music, but we wouldn’t call some of the greatest songs written on this planet holy. An obvious one is Bohemian Rhapsody, in which Freddie Mercury shouts “Bismillah!”

But they can’t be holy - they’re not ‘of G-d’. But G-d is in all things according to the Kabbalah (if you can’t tell, I’m Jewish), so why aren’t they holy?

That’s the basic argument, and it’s the argument I come across when I show my work to people who simply don’t try to understand. But let’s look at the definition of holy: that is, something that’s set apart from other things. Bohemian Rhapsody is set apart from That’s Amore. Twin Peaks is set apart from Stranger Things. They are unique, iconic, works.

When something is so unique, it is set apart from other works you’ve seen. It is holy. And because they are holy, they matter.

Someone has taken the TLC to create something people remember. You forgot about My Wife and Kids, didn’t you? Chances are, I’ve reminded you of that sitcom’s existence only now. No one remembers it because it wasn’t that memorable. But you’d never forget King of the Hill. KotH was a subversion of the family sitcom trope, and each character would have their own moment. I’ve never watched an episode on my own, but I was always curious as to what it was about.

That’s the kind of commentary I like to put into Starlight Radio. It’s about musicians who care about the music they make. What’s with the culture of making, but taking no care in the product you make? We need to slow down and truly think about the environment we’re creating when we don’t care.