Sign Seeking – Music is Evil

Who else loves Swedish pop groups?

Jesus said “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” Believe it or not, this is an important thing to remember when making listening choices.



Drake Bell - You can tell he's
evil. Just look at the hair.

 For example, Drake Bell’s ballad to an unnamed girl titled I Know says “Baby, give me a sign, give me a reason, make up your mind.” In fact, Drake sings those words THREE times in a single song.
Fortunately, because of Jesus’ teachings we know that Drake Bell is EVIL and to preserve ourselves, we should not listen to his music. We must not pay attention to the last line in the song, “I’m out of my mind in love with you.” If it weren’t for Jesus we might think this was a nice song to a girl that Drake was courting, but thankfully we know better!


Issa went so far as to actually give a song the title Give Me a Sign. At first glance it seems like a guy who is in a troubled relationship wants to work things out, but he wants a “sign” that his girlfriend wants to keep things going too. Because of Jesus, we know this is EVIL and we should avoid Issa too. 



Issa - Obviously Evil



Now, the Swedish band Ace of Base is not widely considered a “Christian” band; but by examining the lyrics of their title The Sign we can see that not only are they devoted, they are God’s chosen prophets. The line “I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign” proves it.

Jesus said the sign of the prophet Jonah was the only sign anyone could ever receive. What’s the sign of Jonah you ask? “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” Yep, the only possible sign is that the Son of Man (Jesus) would die, be buried, and come back to life three days later. The members of Ace of Base clearly saw this sign. We can accept these particular Swedes were not alive 2,000 years ago so they only way they possibly could see the sign would be through a prophetic vision given by God.



Ace of Base - Clearly Rightous

To spread the good word of Christ’s resurrection as widely as possible, Ace of Base wrote the song The Sign assuming that everyone would already know the only possible sign is the resurrection. Because of the importance of the message, the album Happy Nation/The Sign was the first debut album to have three top 40 number 1 singles, including The Sign. The album went on to become one of the best selling debut albums of all time and was certified nine times platinum in the United States. This helped Ace of Base become the third most successful band from Sweden of all time.

Moral: using music to express the truthfulness of Christ’s resurrection is a great way to make loads of cash.

Ref: Matthew 12:39-40