A book I'm reading lays much blame on hippy rock music (OK, she calls it "rock 'n' roll") for today's ills. Maybe, but I'm wondering if she's giving it too much credit (not blame, but credit).
For instance, she notes the openness rock has with sexual activity. OK, I guess. I was listening to "Blue Moon" on the radio yesterday and thought of this book. How different the sentiment in "Blue Moon" and, let's say, "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" Does that make any difference? Again, I wonder. No doubt, "Road" is crass and, IMHO, not nearly the song that "Blue Moon" is. Yet, do songs/music make a difference?
Do people actually listen to the words? I guess, obviously, today they must. Since there is no real music in much of today's rap/hip hop, etc., they only thing is to listen to the words? Maybe. But earlier rock and even the screamin' stuff of today...can the words even be understood? "Louie Louie" is the usual example, but who can understand much of what the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, etc. "sing" (I'm using that term loosely)? So, if we can't understand the words, how can the word have an effect on us? Just asking....
Is this much ado about nothing? Or is it a small piece of a larger problem/phenomenon?
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