Music is an extraordinary gift which I feel helps in evoking various emotions. When doing particular things like say running or writing I’ll set the music to fit the mood and it makes the experience so much better. I wouldn’t be able to write thoughtfully to pop music as it disgusts me. At the time of writing I’m listening to Smashing Pumpkins and that’s doing the job just fine. For some, pop music is where it’s at, so maybe to them I’m just not where it is. Most of the time I prefer it loud however there are other people in this house who would prefer to hear what they are doing. One genre I believe to stand out as sounding good loud is metal. Metal is not in the slightest, part of the mainstream music associated with commercial radio. Otherwise commercial radio would be far more interesting to listen to. I’d be pleasantly surprised to hear some Children of Bodom spilling from the radio at work but people don’t want to hear that. So what do they want to hear? If they don’t want to hear ‘loud’ music then does that make it offensive? Really it doesn’t. When listening to the radio all you hear (with poorly written lyrics) is sex, going out and songs with incoherent messages. This is a rough generalisation but I haven’t heard anything lately that’s made me think, “Wow they put some thought into that song.”
Metal could fit nicely in the background of violent activity because of it’s, at times relentless tempo and breakdowns. Not to mention the screaming used in metal bands. The screaming is a nice touch at some stages as it adds more power to the song. There is on many accounts plenty of swearing in metal music. This doesn’t make it the music of demons though; there are plenty of metal bands that don’t also and still have the same sound while giving an uplifting message. A band in particular is Becoming the Archetype. Offensive music and lyrics is spread out across all genres. Except perhaps country, I don’t believe I have heard of one disgustingly nasty country song. Slim Dusty liked singing about beer but he drank in moderation, so he didn’t condone getting off your trolley drunk.
Grunge music is ok and I don’t mind Nirvana, there was quite a bit of music potential in that group. Nirvana weren’t exactly that happy looking though and I think the way a band composes themselves affects the listener. Kurt sometimes sang about the darker things in life which isn’t all that great when he was such an influence to so many teenagers with problems of angst. Cobain later committed suicide and some of his fans followed suit. There is certainly a message in music and we should not let it drag us along with the person who wrote it. Nirvana is still played on the radio to this day, not that this is a bad thing, but kids killed themselves because Kurt Cobain did. Those picking the mainstream music should really think about what they are trying to feed young adult minds who are so easily led without thought. Now back to the theme of sex. If sex is so widely sung about with little uproar then why not throw some loud metal tracks in there every now and again. In my view Katy Perry is much more dangerous to adolescents than what Protest the Hero could ever be.
Metal could fit nicely in the background of violent activity because of it’s, at times relentless tempo and breakdowns. Not to mention the screaming used in metal bands. The screaming is a nice touch at some stages as it adds more power to the song. There is on many accounts plenty of swearing in metal music. This doesn’t make it the music of demons though; there are plenty of metal bands that don’t also and still have the same sound while giving an uplifting message. A band in particular is Becoming the Archetype. Offensive music and lyrics is spread out across all genres. Except perhaps country, I don’t believe I have heard of one disgustingly nasty country song. Slim Dusty liked singing about beer but he drank in moderation, so he didn’t condone getting off your trolley drunk.
Grunge music is ok and I don’t mind Nirvana, there was quite a bit of music potential in that group. Nirvana weren’t exactly that happy looking though and I think the way a band composes themselves affects the listener. Kurt sometimes sang about the darker things in life which isn’t all that great when he was such an influence to so many teenagers with problems of angst. Cobain later committed suicide and some of his fans followed suit. There is certainly a message in music and we should not let it drag us along with the person who wrote it. Nirvana is still played on the radio to this day, not that this is a bad thing, but kids killed themselves because Kurt Cobain did. Those picking the mainstream music should really think about what they are trying to feed young adult minds who are so easily led without thought. Now back to the theme of sex. If sex is so widely sung about with little uproar then why not throw some loud metal tracks in there every now and again. In my view Katy Perry is much more dangerous to adolescents than what Protest the Hero could ever be.
