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You know, I was raised conservative Catholic in the Midwest. Grew up really sheltered in that regard. I specifically remember driving with my family back from church when I was a kid, and my parents had the radio on. The news story mentioned the rising popularity of Latin music. I thought it odd that Gregorian chants and Latin hymns were apparently having a surge in popularity among the general public.
Oh, and then there was the time I got really confused when the priest started talking about the evils of the Youth in Asia. I thought it might be anti-Chinese communist thing. But I couldn't figure out why the priest would have an entire homily talking about the evils of specifically the young people of Asia. Just so oddly specific.
i mean, there was a brief period in the 90s where Gregorian chants were like, the hot thing.
Swing music also came back for a little while in the '90s. That decade was a nexus point in the space-time continuum.
I would give anything to live through the 90s again.. preferably with money this time.
The tech advancements, the tech weirdness, the TV shows, the music.. everything was just experimental, wild and absurd. Was fucking amazing.
All those glorious transparent electronics
And it's been down hill ever since the squirrel nut zippers.
A brief period? It lasted an entire Era (album).
I'll publicly embarrass myself here: what's the context for the youth in Asia thing?
It's an old SNL skit from the 70s
Euthanasia: legal assisted suicide.
Yup! Catholic Church has long had an opposition to assisted suicide. This would have been back during the time when [Dr. Kevorkian](Jack Kevorkian) was a subject of national discussion. So it's understandable why the priest would have been talking about it. Meanwhile, I was just a dumb kid in a pew wondering why the hell this priest, who had never been heard being racist against anyone, had this sudden inexplicable hatred for Chinese kids. And not Asians in general, but specifically the youth in Asia!
Ah! Gotcha. I feel like a putz, even with the context I didn't consider saying it out loud lmao
I did have a youth group leader that was quite hostile to east (or probably all of) Asia. He went off on me once when he caught me talking about Judo, berated me about engaging with all that esoteric shit (his words, not mine) and how it's all unchristian and godless and such.
There was nothing spiritual about my dojo, unless you want to consider bowing to one another an act of ritual significance rather than just courtesy and respect. A respect my parish was decidedly lacking, but when you're an impressionable kid, having a supposed religious authority put the literal fear of God in you is quite effective at making you question your own judgement rather than others' hypocrisy.