The Impact of Today s Music on Our Youth TOPICS: 5 themes in

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The Impact of Todays Music on Our Youth

• TOPICS
• 5 themes in todays music
• psychological impact / our kids are desensitized
• social impact / the MTV Generation
• Gods Word v. the attitude and perspective in
  todays music
• lifestyles of todays artists
• Daydream Believer / Heaven and Hell

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• 5 Major Themes in Todays Music
• Sex
• - 1 Corinthians 618-20
• - Galatians 519-20
• - 1 Corinthians 613
• - Matthew 527-28
• - Galatians 513
• - Ephesians 417-19
• - Ephesians 53
• - Colossians 35-7

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• Sex (older examples)
• - Rolling Stones / Aerosmith / Elton John /
  Led Zeppelin / KISS / Prince / AC/DC / Queen /
  Blue Oyster Cult / David Bowie / The Doors /
  Foreigner / Deep Purple / Jimi Hendrix / Ted
  Nugent / Alice Cooper / and so many more
• Sex (recent/current examples)
• - Britney Spears / Jennifer Lopez / Mariah
  Carey / Christina Aguilera / Destinys Child and
  Beyonce / Blink 182 / Janet Jackson / Red Hot
  Chili Peppers / Sugar Ray / P Diddy / Jay-Z / Dr.
  Dre / Eminem / Kid Rock / Limp Bizket / Snoop
  Dogg / Missy Misdemeanor Elliot / Lady Gaga /
  Rihanna / B2K / Akon / Lil Wayne / Usher /
  Jessica Simpson / and so many more

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• Sex ( a few examples / a snapshot look )
• - Britney Spears (Circus) On Lace and
  Leather she refers to herself as a b and is
  eager to make a mans sexual fantasies come true
• - Beyonce Knowles (Dangerously in Love) On
  Naughty Girl she wants to take a man home and
  makes clear that shes feelin kind of nasty
• - Christina Aquilera (Christina Aquilera)
  she refers to being rubbed the right way /
  she admits in So Emotional that I feel ready
  and I lose my self control
• - Missy Misdemeanor Elliot (Da Real World)
  she glamorizes promiscuous and even vulgar sexual
  behavior in You Dont Know, U Cant Resist,
  and Dangerous Mouths
• - Usher (U Remind Me) talks openly about
  men prowling nightclubs looking for one-night
  stands in Hottest Thing and U Are the One
• - Jessica Simpson (Irresistible) in
  Irresistible she finds herself past the point
  of no return sexually and says I just cant
  stop myself
• - Mariah Carey (Rainbow) in After Tonight
  she wonders if her partner will stay around after
  theyre finished having sex / in Heartbreaker
  she sings with Jay-Z about premarital sex

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• University of Pittsburg (study on explicit
  lyrics)
• Question Can listening to sexually aggressive
  lyrics prompt teens to have sex?
• Conclusion They asked 711 students aged 15 to
  16 at three local high schools about their music
  preferences and their sexual behavior. Overall,
  31 percent of the teens had had intercourse. But
  the rate was only 20.6 percent among those who
  had been least exposed to sexually degrading
  lyrics and 44.6 percent among those highly
  exposed to the most degrading lyrics. The studys
  lead author, Brian Primack, said music by itself
  was not the direct spark for sex but helped mold
  perception and was thus likely to be a factor
  in sexual development.
• The authors of this study go on to conclude that
  parents should be aware of what their kids are
  listening to, and should be proactive in placing
  limits
• Especially interesting
  considering that this was a secular study not
  at all taking into account the spiritual element
  / Christian perspective.

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• Drugs
• The Greek word pharmakia is
  translated sorcery. We get the English word
  pharmacy (drug house) from the Greek word
  pharmakia. A sorcerer is identified in Scripture
  as someone who devotes themselves to the magical
  arts, especially as it relates to the use of
  drugs, potions, spells, enchantments, or
  incantations. The term pharmakia, then, signifies
  the use of drugs as it relates to witchcraft.
  Does the Bible refer to sorcery in relation to
  drugs yes. A scary and sobering perspective on
  it all!
• - Deuteronomy 1810-11
• - Galatians 519-20
• - Revelation 218
• - Revelation 921
• - Revelation 2215

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• Drugs (older examples)
• - Beatles / Rolling Stones / Pink Floyd / Jimi
  Hendrix / Stone Temple Pilots / ZZ Top /
  Aerosmith / The Doobie Brothers / Iron Butterfly
  / Jefferson Airplane / Grand Funk Railroad /
  Fleetwood Mac / and so many more
• Drugs (recent/current examples)
• - Kid Rock / Limp Bizket / Eminem / Dr. Dre /
  Beck / Bone Thugs-N-Harmony / DMX / Insane Clown
  Posse / Jay-Z / Juvenile / Master P / P Diddy /
  Beastie Boys / Outkast / Blink 182 / Foxy Brown /
  and so many more

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• Drugs (a few examples / a snapshot look)
• - Eminem (The Slim Shady LP) he talks openly
  in song after song about smoking dope, taking
  pills, and shooting up
• - Beastie Boys (Hello Nasty) talks about
  marijuana use in Unite
• - Foxy Brown (Chyna Doll) the song 4-5-6
  glamorizes smoking marijuana and getting drunk /
  Bonnie and Clyde Part II talks about a quest
  for cocaine
• - Juvenile (400 Degreez) talks frequently
  about alcohol, marijuana and crack cocaine You
  about to buy you a gram and treat your nose
• - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (BTNHResurrection)
  in Show Em they mention drinking Hennessy /
  they talk about hiding all the LSD / have a
  song called Ecstasy / four cuts including Weed
  Song talk of marijuana use / actually link drug
  use to violent behavior Im too high, wanna
  hurt somebody
• - DMX (Its Dark and Hell Is Not) Stop
  Being Greedy talks about getting drunk and high
  at the same time
• - P Diddy (Forever) he strongly endorses
  using marijuana in Pain / endorses selling
  drugs in Reverse / encourages mixing drinking
  and driving on Do You Like It, Do You Want It /
  talks about rum and cocaine on other tracks

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• Drugs (a snapshot look continued)
• - Master P (MP Da Last Don) seven different
  cuts promote manufacturing, using and then
  selling drugs
• - Jay-Z (Vol. 3Life and Times of S.
  Carter) 6 different raps glamorize illegal drugs
  and alcohol / refers to pushin powder /
  encourages people to drive drunk
• - Dr. Dre (2001) Dre glamorizes alcohol and
  various drugs including Hennessy, leaves, Cali
  weed, cognac, hashish, chronic, hydro, blunts,
  and Ecstasy
• - Limp Bizket (Three Dollar Bill, Yall) in
  Indigo Flow the singer makes clear that life
  is all about drinking
• - Smash Mouth (Astro Lounge) he turns to
  marijuana as a way to deal with lifes pain and
  problems e.g., Waste and Come On Come On

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• Rebellion (older examples)
• - Beatles / Black Sabbath / Blue Oyster Cult /
  Alice Cooper / the Doors / Fleetwood Mac /
  Foreigner / the Grateful Dead / Judas Priest /
  KISS / Lynyrd Skynyrd / Ted Nugent
• Rebellion (recent/current examples)
• - Kid Rock / Limp Bizket / Eminem / Dr. Dre /
  Insnae Clown Posse / Jay-Z / P Diddy / DMX / Korn
  / Metallica / NAS / Rage Against the Machine /
  Moby / Slipknot / Snoop Dogg / Lil Wayne

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• Rebellion
• Todays music stars have been
  arrested, sued, evicted, shot, and even killed.
  They take pleasure in thumbing their noses at any
  form of authority. The word rebellion is actually
  used over 90 times in the Old Testament alone.
  The word used in its various forms means to turn
  aside to make bitter to transgress to provoke.
• - Numbers 149
• - Joshua 2219
• - Psalm 510
• - Isaiah 120
• - 1 Samuel 1523
• - Proverbs 1711
• - Psalm 667
• - Isaiah 301

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• Rebellion (a few examples / a snapshot look)
• - Kid Rock (History of Rock) the f word
  is found throughout each track / he boasts of
  stealing everything in sight / takes Gods name
  in vain / talks on one track about suicide
• - Limp Bizket (Significant Other) in Break
  Stuff the singer makes malicious threats,
  including rippin someones head off and then
  using a chain saw to skin someone alive / the f
  word appears throughout the album
• - Eminem (The Marshall Mathers LP) talks of
  killing his own mother in Kill You / he
  threatens to stab people he doesnt like / he
  threatens to shoot aggravating toddlers / he
  threatens to smack the preacher while hes
  preachin / in Amityville he glamorizes violent
  shootouts
• - Rage Against the Machine (The Battle of
  Los Angeles) in New Millennium Homes he states
  that violence in in all hands/embrace it if need
  be / in Ashes in the Fall he blames the
  Christian church for people being poor and
  homeless also specifically blames Jesus for
  raping peoples spirit
• - Slip Knot (Slipknot) misery, obscenity,
  and angst are constant themes even a strong
  will to die / in Tattered and Torn he sings of
  opening his wrists / in Eyeless he sings How
  many times have you wanted to kill everything and
  everyone/Say youll do it but never will?

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• Rebellion (a snapshot look continued)
• - Korn (Follow the Leader) in My Gift to
  You he talks about choking to death his
  girlfriend / he contemplates suicide in B.b.k /
  in one song he exclaims F--- authority! / four
  different songs convey a self-loathing and total
  despair with life
• - The Offspring (Americana) in No Brakes
  he sings about not caring if he ever wakes up in
  the morning / repeatedly drops F--- you
  throughout the album
• - Avril Lavigne (Let Go) in Anything But
  Ordinary she boasts that I drive so fast just
  to feel the danger / she tells people to let
  down their defenses, and use no common sense in
  how you live your life
• - Li Wayne (Tha Carter III) numerous tracks
  contain gangster posturing and boasts of murder
  e.g., We pop em like Orville Redenbacher and
  Slit your throat / in Playing With Fire he
  sings Where Im from, youre nobody till you
  kill somebody

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• False Religion
• The word idols is used nearly 130
  times in both the Old and New Testaments.
  Idolatry, of course, is an abomination to God.
  History records that entire nations have crumbled
  because of this sin. A growing number of
  artists have adopted, and are singing about,
  various false religions. Once again, our kids can
  be duped into believing, as does their favorite
  rock star, that these alternative beliefs are
  worth looking into.
• - Exodus 203-5
• - Leviticus 261
• - II Chronicles 2418
• - 2 Corinthians 616-17
• - 1 John 521

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• False Religion (older examples)
• - George Harrison (Beatles) / Beach Boys / the
  Doors / Journey / Rolling Stones / John Lennon
  (Beatles) / Van Halen / Santana
• False Religion (recent/current examples)
• - NAS / Moby / Phish / Godsmack / Alanis
  Morissette / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Sting /
  Ricky Martin / Metallica / Marilyn Manson / Nine
  Inch Nails / Rob Zombie / A Perfect Circle / Beck

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• False Religion (a few examples / a snapshot look)
• - Moby (Play) the CD liner actually condemns
  fundamentalism / he quotes Eastern prophets
• - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Californication)
  in Otherside he agrees with the concept of
  reincarnation
• - NAS (I Am) in some songs he prays to
  Allah and Mohammed / some tracks promote the use
  of Tarot cards / he actually alludes to himself
  as a Christ figure
• - Alanis Morissette (Supposed Former
  Infatuation Junkie) sings of Baba, the beliefs
  of Eastern religion, gurus, and meditation
• - Beck (Midnite Vultures) in Milk and
  Honey he sings about Buddha of course, mixing
  that message with taking roofies is a bit over
  the top!
• - Santana (Supernatural) CD art and liner
  refers to Buddha
• - Ricky Martin (Ricky Martin) liner notes
  thank his guru for his spiritual guidance in life
• - Sting (Brand New Day) strange theology
  in A Thousand Years leads him to wonder about
  who he was in previous lives
• - Phish (Farmhouse) the singer determines
  that God is rather trivial in Bug / in Sand
  the singer says I would choose my own religion
  and worship my own spirit/But if he ever preached
  to me I wouldnt want to hear it/Id drop him, a
  forgotten god, languishing in shame
• - Metallica (Garage, Inc.) in Sabbra
  Cadabra the group pushes the notion of
  reincarnation

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• Satanism (older examples)
• - KISS / AC/DC / Pnk Floyd / Iron Maiden /
  Black Sabbath / Led Zeppelin / Fleetwood Mac /
  Alice Cooper / Blue Oyster Cult / Ozzy Ozbourne
• Satanism (recent/current examples)
• - Marilyn Manson / Metallica / Godsmack /
  Nine Inch Nails / Rob Zombie / A Perfect Cicle /
  Kid Rock / DMX / Korn

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• Satanism
• There are numerous groups on the
  rock/music scene who make no bones about their
  personal belief in the occult, and many of these
  people express and out and out hatred for God/the
  things of God. Satanic crosses, pentagrams,
  hexagrams, and other demonic symbolism is common
  among these artists. Ronnie James Dio of Black
  Sabbath has made common the Il Cornuto sign or
  worship to Satan. Our kids dont realize how
  deceptive, how dangerous, and how gripping this
  particular type of music can be both
  psychologically and spiritually speaking. Heavy
  metal is the primary genre employed for this
  message which has perhaps the most loyal fan
  base of all!
• - Matthew 41-10
• - Matthew 1623
• - Ephesians 21-2

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• Satanism (a few examples / a snapshot look)
• - Marilyn Manson (Mechanical Animals) hes an
  actual high priest in the Church of Satan in San
  Francisco calls kids forward to accept Satan
  into their heart / he dresses-up as a minister
  during concerts, pretends to preach, then tosses
  Bibles out into the audience whereupon the crowd
  is instructed to tear them apart page by page
  or else hell refuse to continue singing hes
  then known to say Why do you want to believe in
  a God that doesnt believe in you? / his warped
  theology reduces God to a mere statistic in
  Posthuman
• - Metallica (Garage, Inc.) an 11-minute
  medley refers to satanic ritual sacrifice
• - Godsmack (Godsmack) in Time Bomb the
  group completely rejcts God and faith while
  simultaneously embracing the occult / have a song
  called Voodoo enough said
• - Nine Inch Nails (The Fragile) in The
  Wretched they sing God himself will reach his
  f---ing arm through/Just to push you down. /
  bitterness toward God is evidenced throughout the
  entire CD
• - Rob Zombie (Hellbilly Deluxe) have one
  song called Demonoid Phenomenon enough said
  / occultic thems permeate this CD while
  simultaneously glorifying torture and death
• - A Perfect Circle (Mer De Noms) in
  Judith the singer tells a woman Your savior
  has abandoned you/F--- your God
• - Van Halen from Best of Both Worlds -
  You dont have to die and go to Heaven, or hang
  around to be born again. Just tune in to what
  this world has got to offer we may never be here
  again. in just one song they reject
  Christianity, downplay the desire or need for
  Heaven, and the possibility of reincarnation
  good job guys!

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• Lifestyles nothing to write home about!
• - Lets go to the headlines
• Nick Carter Says Booze and Drugs Almost
  Killed Him
• RB Star Chris Brown Arrested for
  Assault on Rihanna
• Miley Cyrus Gets Raunchy With a Pole at
  the Teen Choice Awards, Wins Six Trophies
• Lady Gaga Gone Wild
• Weighing in on Britney Spears Mental
  Illness and a Life Out of Control / Back to
  School With Britney (sexually provocative school
  supplies!)
• Michael Jackson Drug List Lorazepam,
  Propofol, More
• Guitar Player Kurt Cobain Dead of Drug
  Overdose
• Tommy Lee, Kid Rock Fight at VMAs
• Madonna Adopts Kabbalah and New Wave of
  Controversy
• Shakira A She Wolf in the Finest
  Clothing
• Kanye West Told to Leave VMAs After
  Upsetting Taylor Swift
• AVERAGE LIFE
  EXPECTANCY OF A ROCK STAR 50
• AVERAGE LIFE
  EXPECTANCY OF AN AMERICAN 78
• Animal I Am Second (Brian Welch)

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• Some practical advice
• - be informed - go to family.org link to
  Pluggedin music reviews on virtually every band
  and genre out there (Pro-Social Content and
  Objectionable Content is explored)
• - again, be informed in discussing the
  bands/singers be informed enough to be specific
  in your approach (the kids will be more apt to
  listen when they know that you know what youre
  talking about)
• - take a gentle, but consistent approach
  the drip, drip, drip of ideas, values, and
  morals that we espouse can include/be combined
  with a discussion on music (e.g., my 8 year-old
  son, Tanner, already has a clear sense of immoral
  words on TV commercials, TV programming and Im
  able to transfer that knowledge into a discussion
  of music on the radio hell tell me that a song
  doesnt sound so good Ill agree with him and
  take the opportunity for a quick lesson on the
  use of bad words)
• - start early research shows that our
  kids will have more respect for our views if we
  start early in life with our own boundaries
• - be open to some of their music (my
  opinion , but not one shared by all) Im not
  someone who burns CDs in the backyard I believe
  that a good amount of the music out there is safe
  and/or inoffensive enough to pass the Daddy
  test and/or Christian Parent Test
• - reality check Boston, Journey, Genesis,
  Styx, Doobie Brothers, Marshall Tucker Band,
  Peter Frampton, Kansas, REO Speedwagon v. ... Q
  Is it night and day?

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• Some Practical Advice
• - realize how DESENSITIZED our kids are to the
  messages in this music it really is no big deal
  to them (case in point I shared this
  presentation with my Psychology class primarily
  seniors and was very curious to get their
  reaction to some of the lyrical content / there
  was not a single category discussed where most of
  the kids didnt find it funny most felt that my
  even discussing it in this amount of detail was
  over the top / most of the kids agreed that
  parents are just being parents , and just dont
  understand their generation Sound familiar?
  The sad conclusion here is that (according to
  psychologists like James Dobson) kids are far
  more apt to engage in promiscuous behavior,
  rebellious behavior, etc., if theyre taking in
  that daily dose of negative messages.
• From Whats Up With Todays
  Entertainment? Every movie, television show and
  song contains someones philosophy. Of course,
  not all entertainment is hollow and deceptive,
  but much of it is. And unlike being taken
  prisoner during war time, the captivity process
  of the mind occurs slowly a gradual
  desensitization.
• See to it that no one takes
  you captive through hollow and deceptive
  philosophy, which depends on human tradition and
  the basic principles of the world rather than on
  Christ. (Colossians 28)