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Results: Contemporary Chrisrian Music Crooner Carman Passes On

Published on 02/26/2021
By: jlrake
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Music
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If you hung out in evangelical Christian circles in the 1980's through early '00's, you likely know of Carman. At his popular peak during those years, the man born Carmelo Domenic Licciardello sold millions of units of his music and videos. More recently, Carman has been acknowledged by some general market (secular, if one must) music journalists as a source of bafflingly bold niche entertainment. Were you familar wth Carman before this survey?
Yes
10%
240 votes
Possibly
7%
165 votes
No
82%
1895 votes
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To say Carman's style was difficult to categorize is an understatement. Throughout the course of any given album, he might flit from hard rock to country and jump to hip-hop and the kind of balladry that earned him his greatest radio play on Christian-oriented stations. His desire to be all things musical (OK. many) to all people may have come at least in part from his pre-conversion work as a lounge singer. Do you appreciate it when a singer you like tackles many genres?
Yes
16%
357 votes
Sometimes/It depends on certain factors.
40%
915 votes
Unsure
16%
376 votes
No
28%
652 votes
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Though he was a musical gadabout, Carman was arguably best known for sometimes-lengthy spoken-word pieces that, when budgets allowed, were complemented by often hammy miniature movies. This aspect of his artistry was probably most divisive among contemporary Christian music aficionados of his era. Do you have the patience to listen to musically-accompanied stories of five-to-ten-minutes' duration, even if you agree with the storyteller's perspective?
Yes
7%
163 votes
Sometimes/It depends on certain factors.
30%
695 votes
Unsure
19%
441 votes
No
44%
1001 votes
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Carman's music and theology weren't always agreeable to me, but I admire his chutzpah and desire to edify fellow believers and evangelize non-believers. In one of his final hurrahs before his star faded, he starred in and helped script a boxing movie, The Champion. Though not quite Rocky, it got a fairly positive review in entertainment trade magazine Variety. Are there any singers whose acting (and screenwriting?) you like along with their music?
Yes
27%
620 votes
Undecided
29%
669 votes
No
29%
672 votes
There aren't any singers whose music I like whom I also know to be actors.
15%
339 votes
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Though he had a couple bouts of cancer toward the end of his life, complications during a hernia surgery resulted in Carman's death in February 2021 at the age of 65. Polarizing to the end of his musical career, his last recording may have been the funny blues number dedicated to Donald Trump's presidency linked with this question. Do you approve of gospel/sacred music singers performing political material?
Yes
9%
211 votes
Uncertain
12%
275 votes
Sometimes/It depends on certain factors.
21%
482 votes
Not Applicable
19%
434 votes
No
39%
898 votes
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