Morte Et Dabo- Asking Alexandria..
So I heard from my Atheist friend that this song was literally about gouching Jesus' eyes out... O.O
I'm non-religious..but wtf..
is this song going against Christianity, or what?
YouTube - Morte et Dabo- Asking Alexandria (with lyrics)

I'm not some place where I can listen to that, but I looked up the lyrics... that's... disturbing.

I'm not Christian, but I'm Buddhist, and I believe in respecting all religions. Reading that song made me very, very uncomfortable.

Looked up the lyrics, lol'd heartily. Sounds like someone doesn't like religion much. :lol:

Who would even care if it does or doesn't? Seems like a big bunch of nothing to me.

Asking Alexandria is a horrible band to begin with. They don't have any talent and sound just like every other shitty "metal" band who thinks they're "hard core" because they say "fucking" every other word and use violent lyrics. Sorry but when I listen to music, I actually want to be able to understand what they're saying and having their music actually sound half way decent. Good lyrics are a plus too. I really do not understand how someone can write lyrics like that and think that they're actually good. O.o

I'm Christian, the song disturbed me. Meh, just another band trying to be cool, trying to fit in with the "Go against religion" kind of fad there is in the music industry. This is why mostly I listen to classical music.

It's in to hate everything. Lol.

Ehh, I don't really care much about bands like that.
They're all going to get throat surgeries in a few years, or some new fad is going to rise.
Either of which, I've heard worst about religion. Hating religion is overrated.
To each his own man, and it's funny how in most of those hipster bands pictures they throw peace signs.
LOL.

I didn't click the link, but from the lyrics I found, I believe the genre is metal? That would be your answer. Metal is for hippy kids who think they're emo and raging against the man, throwing hissy fits over everything and using swear words as currency. Pretty much all of that.

Pretty funny, though, how god is portrayed as having a body. So much anger.

Why does it matter? Are you going to send them a letter asking for the lyrics to be changed? There's really no point in finding out.

On another note, I adore AA. (:

Originally Posted by NeuzaKC

I didn't click the link, but from the lyrics I found, I believe the genre is metal? That would be your answer. Metal is for hippy kids who think they're emo and raging against the man, throwing hissy fits over everything and using swear words as currency. Pretty much all of that.

Pretty funny, though, how god is portrayed as having a body. So much anger.

I find this offensive. I listen to this type of music a lot and I'm nowhere near what your description states.
Also I've heard plenty of songs/bands that don't "rage against the 'man'."

I found it offensive, too. Not every metalhead is a freak, and how you got "hippie" out of metal is beyond me. :P

Lots of incoherent angry screamy shouty metal which I do not like but hey each to their own... As for the song I didn't find it offensive, I just found it perplexing. Religion is a double edged sword, there is the good the bad and the ugly. When people trash talk religion in this medium they do it for the shock effect. If they really wanted a good old whine about the ills of the world they could have composed a song about some oppressive dictator. Jesus might not be real, but people like Robert Mugabe, Colonel Gadaffi are so why not go and gouge out their eyes.... anyway the songs not offensive, it's just a little ridiculous.

I did not like the song, for a few reasons. One, I'm just not huge into metal. Nothing wrong if you are, but I just can't enjoy screaming and swears every couple of words... just not what I like. Another thing is it seems to be a "fad" to sing about hating religion... or at least that's what I got from that song. Eh, I'm Christian, but I don't shove in peoples' faces, I don't quote scripture to people, and I actually don't really like listening to Christian music. I, personally, wasn't truly offended necessarily because the song was about hating Christianity (as that's what I got from it- it seems like the singer is addressing God but also directed towards "closed-minded" Christians), but I could see how it COULD be offensive to others. I was uncomfortable listening to the song... I really didn't like it.

Originally Posted by Zombee.

I find this offensive. I listen to this type of music a lot and I'm nowhere near what your description states.
Also I've heard plenty of songs/bands that don't "rage against the 'man'."

So? I find a lot of things offensive about how people portray rap. You don't see me telling anyone I find it offensive. It's my opinion. I'm entitled to it. You are entitled to think otherwise.

I'm not a big fan of Asking Alexandria. I only like one of their songs, and it sure as hell isn't that one. As far as I'm concerned, excluding Not an American Average, the band sucks major gorilla nuts.

That song was definitely disturbing and stupid. Wtf is the point of going around screaming shit like that? They're definitely not cool, if that's what they're going for.

Lyrics are average, angry silly stuff. Not all that great of a band either. I'm sure God's not gonna tweak one way or another.

Originally Posted by Itch

I'm Christian, the song disturbed me. Meh, just another band trying to be cool, trying to fit in with the "Go against religion" kind of fad there is in the music industry. This is why mostly I listen to classical music.

Kind of like that "Burn Fags" fad.
Or that "Lynch Blacks" fad.
Oh boy, were those the days.

You follow a religion that glorifies the mistreatment of women and homosexuals, and you're "disturbed" by this?

Originally Posted by the_paper_crane

Kind of like that "Burn Fags" fad.
Or that "Lynch Blacks" fad.
Oh boy, were those the days.

You follow a religion that glorifies the mistreatment of women and homosexuals, and you're "disturbed" by this?

I'm not Christian, but could we avoid calling people out? The last thing we need here is a religious debate. GD is supposed to stay lighthearted. 8D

I believe that Asking Alexandria is just expressing themselves. Perhaps they're tired of hearing about this god, to whom we MUST bow before, that we MUST adore. They're revolted. They want to just tear everything related to such deity that no one has proven to actually exist, but, mostly, all of the people say we need to rever.
Also, they don't say it's jesus they're talking about, so you can't go presuming anything (though it really seems that it's christianism the're talking about).
I have nothing agaist them, but can't say I love them for doing such song. They probbably knew that it'd cause controversy when they published it.
But who am I to judge them? Perhaps, it's better to let them be, and try to respect this song, for there's a lot of thought in it, surely.


Also, @anaxilea is right, if we're going to have a deeper discussion, we shouldn't do it here.

Lighthearted would be a simple "No" answer and then the thread should be locked.

I agree with Ruska.

They never say it was Jesus. If any "Christian" was offended it was because of their own ego. However, one does have to assume that's exactly who they're talking about since they speak English and most English speaking people are most familiar with that deity.

Look past the fowl language and hateful barbs of the song and look at it's message. There actually is one for those seeking true knowledge of god.

Any man that claims they are god without also telling the people that they too are the same god are war warmongering tools of the sons of the serpent head priesthood government of Babylon.

The same dragon with many heads that destroys and re-births itself under new guises to fool the masses. The age of pieces and Jesus is coming to an end, that's why so many people are becoming disillusioned with that religion. We are one under the SUN and the sun is moving into a new place amongst the stars. The Age of Aquarius will wash the current version of the solar deitiy away. Most people don't know anything about that though.

Their really isn't a light hearted answer for people with topic about religion. It probably shouldn't have been posted in GD to begin with.

There*.

I agree, I was a little uncomfortable when this was brought here. Hope it gets locked soon.

Also: I was made totally uncomfortable by this song, and I am not in any way Christian. Whatever it's aimed at, it's twisted, and disturbing. Some people like to listen to music like that, and that's fine. I just can't. It's not an ego thing, it's an ethics thing.

surely if its about gouging jesus's eyes out .. then they must believe jesus exists... to believe he exists must not the that much blaspheomous... MEH ... i dont know religeon much.... tho i do like the views brought up by the ZEITGEIST documetary/film... its wierd but makes sense... but even if that is what religeon is based on... does it really matter...
one persons views should not be discriminated... its what you yourself think that should matter!

Feel FREE to ignore ME i,m quite drink!

I don't think that the thread should be locked since it's supposed to be about opinions on a SONG although the contents of the song are questionable. Eh...people just are overly sensitive about things. Songs like that are written for attention and this proves that it gets people talking. It's supposed to be offensive if it wasn't then they wouldn't have such violent lyrics. I'm not saying I support the song because I find it to be really ignorant and not in good taste but people need to remember that the thread is about just that, a song.

I just find it funny that they're talking about finding a god that they claim they don't believe in in the first place. XD It's like "way to contradict yourself". XD