What happened to music?

[Elinor]

A thousand years from now, some bright young doctoral candidate will write a dissertation exploring literary parallels between "Lonely Girl" and Homer's Ilead.

Oh, man! I would LOVE to be around to read that! :roflol:

[STG]

For ex., my mom would die of a heart attack if she heard any of Kesha's music.

OMG!!! That's exactly the singer I was referring to in this thread!!

[PonyGirl93]

Sounds like we may have similar parents. I wasn't allowed to drink coca cola (it's a hard drink) or see any movie that wasn't rated G. Even then, our movies would get shut off for any situations that were even mildly uncomfortable. I remember once having a movie shut off because someone used the term "opposite sex." The word 'sex' even in that totally harmless context meant that the movie was bad.

Not to knock strict parents, but kids are smart. They can understand why things are bad if you have a conversation and let them draw their own conclusions.

Uhyep, sounds familiar.

OMG!!! That's exactly the singer I was referring to in this thread!!

Abouta zeese i had afunny feelingg

[Ruddigore]

"Reality" is one of the least apropos ways of describing it.

This is where the core of the discussion lies. The question is not "Is this alright for our generation?" -- but "Was this ever right?"

Some stuff out there makes me sick. In my earlier teen years, I knew I wasn't fond of much of the music, but I wasn't sure why. Now that I understand a bit more of what they're saying... :ack:

The [ahem] unsavory behavior itself is ancient; it's just exalted now, immortalized in popular music.

[methibosheth]

Why is it that nowadays a lot of singers have such inappropriate songs?! Why do they make all the people listening to it think that all these immoral things are what should be done. The people listening consider these singers "role models" when they are really not! I am a teenager but I listen to older songs...why weren't the olden songs as trashy as the songs today?

Cornelius Van Til (a philosopher) wrote that culture is religion externalized. In a cultural context, religion has a broader definition than usual. It can be defined as follows: an object of praise and reverence, and the beliefs that can be inferred or deduced from this praise and reverence. Thus, whatever or whoever a society praises and reveres is the god of that society.

What does today's music praise? The answer is the lawless autonomy of man. Autonomy simply means to be under nobody's authority. Lawlessness is the lack of morality. Think about it: today's music tells you to do whatever you desire (usually to seek pleasure), with no regard at all to the morality of your actions or your accountability to a higher authority.

However, this does not answer the question of why today's music is less moral than yesterday's music. The answer is simply that our culture has shifted from a more or less Biblical culture to a humanistic culture. Its impossible to pinpoint exactly when this shift began, but the 1925 Scopes trial is often noted as a watershed moment in America's cultural revolution. In other words, our culture (including it's music) has gradually exchanged the authority of God for the authority of the individual.

Some may argue that a moral culture (and hence moral music) can be achieved without the authority of God, but without sufficient authority morality becomes nothing more than individual preference. If we desire moral culture, we must reaffirm Biblical authority in culture.

I apologize if this comes off as too preachy or too deep, but questions of morality & religion are inextricably linked, and I do tend to swim in the deep end

[irnbru]

Wrote some stuff about "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" and concluded with the freedom to do good works despite there being lots of rubbish music.

[ryoder]

I put most of the blame on hip hop and rap even though i enjoy them. Those two genres reinforce the single mom, no father in the picture lifestyle that is so harmful to the country.

[skyfall123]

This will put a smile on someones face....the song is from 1958 but the lyrics are from 1911.....100 years ago....timeless...maybe the best make up song ever???? this was from back in the day when we used to do something called slow dancing

YouTube - It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards

[Maniac Craniac]

This will put a smile on someones face....the song is from 1958 but the lyrics are from 1911.....100 years ago....timeless...maybe the best make up song ever???? this was from back in the day when we used to do something called slow dancing

YouTube - It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards

I miss the 50's even though I missed the 50's. Hehe, not even my mother was around for them, but here's a link that will clarify what I mean.

YouTube - Everly Brothers - All I have to do is dream + Cathy's Clown

[Elinor]

YES!!! I love the Everly Brothers, and that "All I Have to do is Dream" is one of my favorites by them! Roy Orbison also had a few songs that I really enjoy, but if I start listing all the artists I enjoy from around then I'll be posting all night. :p Suffice it to say, that's one of my favorite eras for several genres of music. It's fun music!