If being Christian is so great, why is the music so bad?

I suppose that I am saying that very little great art has come out of contentedness. Art comes from pain and struggle and ecstacy and passion and huge emotions.
If Christians are so filled with joy, then why don't their songs sound like "Walkin' on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves?---Art should also be delivered with some semblance of "talent" as well. All humans experience "pain and struggle and ecstacy and passion and huge emotions" (as you put it), regardless of their religious inclinations or lack thereof (yes, even Christian Rock bands have emotions, even though they arguably don't convey them very well). Far too many "artists" today simply create "art" for pure shock value. Great American / Christian artists such as Rockwell or, more currently, Kinkade, produce(d) beautiful pieces which instill emotion. The Christian religion is full of "pain, struggle, ecstacy, passion and emotion", particularly during this time of Lent whereby we re-visit Christ's final days. Song is only one small form of artistic expression. The beauty of art is that it truly is in the eye of the beholder and although Christian music isn't my listening preference, there must be a considerable amount of people who enjoy it and consider it "musical art" because many "Christian Groups" sell their music fairly well.

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Originally posted by leekim:
Art should also be delivered with some semblance of "talent" as well. ... Far too many "artists" today simply create "art" for pure shock value. Great American / Christian artists such as Rockwell or, more currently, Kinkade, produce(d) beautiful pieces which instill emotion.

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Not Thomas Kinkade, soi disant "Painter of Light" and mass marketer of "art-based products" as he calls them? I think it is profoundly sad that the religion that inspired Bach and Grunewald should be reduced to Christian rock music and Thomas Kinkade.
It seems as if it is not the world which has lost faith in Christ, but Christianity which has lost faith in its own meaning and emotional power.
---Sure, Kinkade is certainly not Michalengelo, but he possess talent and some of his works (although mass marketed) are very well done. There are also many, many musical artists that are of the Christian faith that do not dub themselves as a "Christian Artist / Musician" (even though their faith "inspires" them musically). Certainly Bach didn't market himself as the "Christian pianist savant", rather he was simply one of the greatest pianists / composers of all time. I would certainly agree with your assertion that Christianity, particularly Catholicism, has "lost faith in its own meaning and emotional power". That is why the Church has, in my opinion, made poor decisions in trying to modernize the faith (ie Vatican II, etc) to seemingly "keep up with the times" rather than remain steadfast in their positions. A position of inconsistency is one of weakness. Oh well, I digress, this issue is best debated on a different site...