Posted in: Musicouching by Sabbi C. on May 8th, 2009 | 6 Comments
Music might not seem like the most influential thing ever, but I assure you, it is. Being a teen myself, I have been greatly influenced by music, and I have also noticed how others are changed just because of a few string plucks and drum beats. Speaks about what music can do to people, make them good or bad.
Maybe gangster situations happen a lot more than Goth situations, but the Goth ones are far worse. Usually, their music drives people to the extremes and makes them do insane things. For example, when I was passing by the office, a Goth student tried to literally stab a teacher and the principal with a pair of scissors! This is madness, and I later went to ask the student why he did what he did. He then said: “They pissed me off!” I have seen this as very unreasonable, because if everyone was like him, there would be no one left in this world. He once invited me to listen to music with him during lunch hour, and I was quite fascinated about what this music talked about. It said some very awful things about killing, and about how violence is the only way out.
Music has many effects on a person, mostly bad effects. Sure there are inspiring songs, but that doesn’t mean that a person will listen to them. Statistics show that teens from ages 14-17 that listen to heavy metal/rock and/or rap are 20% more violent than those who do not. This might not seem like much, but it can be a big number when it comes to the whole country or even the whole world. Music can cause strong beliefs and disbeliefs, emotions, violence, and in some rare cases even insanity! I am sure that if a person just realized that the artists or bands that are making these songs have lifestyles that are not even closely related to the lyrics of the song. A good example of this is rap; it talks about violence and crime and murder, but the rappers themselves do not even have a criminal record. Rock stars sing songs about hating the world, but they love every bit of it, mostly because they are rich and famous.
If people would just take into consideration that most (not all) music is built upon a lie, then the world would be a lot better of a place. Some music may inspire us, but most just offer false inspiration. It really drives us to do what we would have never considered doing without music. It makes us do good, evil, strong, weak, and emotional. It inspires us, demonizes us, and becomes one with us. Music; the most influential thing in the world…
chris73 May 8th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Interesting points
payge May 13th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
You make some good points,I like music pretty much except modern day rap and goth music.
Joseph February 27th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
i go to a pretty f***ed up school to have kids trying to stab teachers and spitting at them and hitting them
while i agree with music affecting the way people act, i have never seen anything as extreme as those, not even close actually
i do see people that listen to rap be a little more violent in a few situations but only to other students and not physical, mostly name calling and put downs to the extreme like ‘yeah you keep on walking you p***y [other word for homo starting with an f]‘
and the goth kids i have never seen be violent, yes they may be super emotional and be loners always sad but they generally tend to leave everyone alone and just listen to their music
Joseph February 27th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
**i meant ‘you go to a pretty f***ed up school’ not i**
saebyeok May 25th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
most teens these day are very influenced on everything
DD March 31st, 2011 at 10:53 am
I don’t agree with you. I agree that music is indeed very influential but not all rap music thrives on selling drugs and violence. Rap just has a bad cover because it’s a mostly black genre, not because it’s actually terrible. Research rap, discover the underground rappers who are actually good (not the mainstream ones) and you’ll discover that rap is poetry. And poetry is very influential.