In the "City of God" discussion, hopefully now running out of steam, a larger issue that I don't recall ever thoroughly being addressed here or at the cafe seemed to emerge from one of Adam Wood's observations:

My (Episcopal) parish has a sizable contingent of people who like "praise music," which (sometimes) means 70s-era Catholic folk, and I don't mind programming it (in theory) when the text fits (and you all know I like a lot of the genre). But I have to agree with Gavin about the quality. And, from first-hand experience- it's difficult to sing and feels strangely stressful from the congregation.

I tend to think our discussions here are naturally focused upon the premises of our personal affection (and affectation) for and of the principles CMAA/Musica Sacra. So we often argue points, even if they're related to what is happening in our own domains, from a principled point of view- Jeff Tucker put it succinctly in describing a certain monk's refusal to acknowledge the concept or reality that there is such an animal as "sacred music." But, when Adam describes his experiences as a millenial growing up in fear and loathing of the banality of music in his bailywick, his POV is much closer in years to the formative adolescent period where a lot of "prejudices" as as well as principles are solidified. I'm not saying he's wrong, or that Flowerday is right. I'm saying that it would be interesting to see if there are stories and experiences where the reforms coexist without contention from Mass to Mass in a weekend schedule. Are they're places of collaboration, of invention, of integration or eclecticism that don't cause people to wince, kvetch or flee in disgust? And if so, how is that accomplished?
Yes, were it up to me, I'd work day and night to effect turning our four parishes into a Cantius. But, in abject reality, I don't have a cadre of FSSP who'd crank up a mission statement, work to meet with the bishop and sell the idea of "building a new city" upon the Mahrt paradigm. And, believe it or not, there are young as well as mid-aged and senior parishioners who have deeper relationships with music that we belittle and disdain, and for good reasons in their own eyes. They're intelligent and reasonable people.
The so-called "Big Tent" of our institutional church calls forth an image of "The Greatest Show on Earth." And we use that (sometimes rightly) to illustrate where worship has gone off the tracks. But, we never hear accounts of dignified programs that integrate varied styles at varied Masses with FACP and in full accord with the GIRM, MS, CSL and even TLS. Is this impossible, or are places like that a mirage? Do tell.