Violent / Negative lyrics

Theres still alot of negative music in this world. Ppl get selfdestructive when listening to that kind of music. Emotional hardcore for example, a genre which is alot like punk except the lyrics, they tell about depression, suicide and that kind of stuff..

DJ Levant wrote:

With the current influx of MJ tracks on the radio, I heard ‘Man In The Mirror’ this morning and was thinking about how great the lyrics are – "If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and then make a change". Then the next few songs played were current pop tracks and the lack of quality in the lyrics of popular songs today became clear. I support individual opinions and creative expression and I’m not for over censorship or anything but it’s slightly worrying to see young girls idiolising artists as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Pink which don’t necessarily push the best messages in their music.

Good post. I agree completely.

Hopefully the trend of ridiculously-negative/senseless lyrics will follow the same pattern as most trends and phase out.

DJ Levant wrote:

it’s slightly worrying to see young girls idiolising artists as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Pink which don’t necessarily push the best messages in their music.

Oh really? What the hell? Out of all artists, you pick 3, strong independent women and accuse them of pushing "not necessarily the best messages" in their music?

I had a whole bunch of stuff typed here but got rid of it. Long story short, I think you just picked the wrong 3 chicks to lump into that group.

[quote quote="DJ Levant":16j79mm7][quote quote="GMoney":16j79mm7]Oh really? What the hell? Out of all artists, you pick 3, strong independent women and accuse them of pushing "not necessarily the best messages" in their music?

I had a whole bunch of stuff typed here but got rid of it. Long story short, I think you just picked the wrong 3 chicks to lump into that group.[/quote:16j79mm7]

Fair reply. I had nothing against the women in question or their independence. My issue was simply the lyrics to some of their songs and seeing young girls under 10 singing them. ie "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick" (Gaga) does not have the same message of the Jackson lyric in my previous post, nor does the video clip for Pink’s ‘Please Don’t Leave me’ send the same message of peace.

You brought up a good point, they do send a positive image regarding women freedom and rights etc but again my post was intended around the general lyrics of pop tracks today. I know I am generalising but I think your misinterpreting the point of that quote. The key word in that quote is "young". Children may not have the knowledge to challenge the values put onto them by popular culture & peer pressure. I’m sure the three artists do good things but they have used themes (messages) in some of their songs to do with promiscuity, bi-curiosity, or violence against males. My point was that these themes differed from those of Michael Jackson’s. It’s no secret that younger audiences are targeted and the use of taboo themes such as sex, voilence, drugs or the occasional f bomb are used to sell cds.[/quote:16j79mm7]

Ya, sorry. I know you were speaking of their lyrics but lets be honest. Anybody allowing their "young daughter" to listen to "I Kissed A Girl" or Poker Face or Love Game should be smacked around a bit. My apologies if I came off with a bit of an attitude, I’m just a bit touchy ’round these subjects.

I’m gonna’ stop now before I go off on a totally off-topic parenting rant.