I really don’t think I am stereotyping here. Have you listened to the music that is on the radio lately? I have found myself singing along in the car and then thinking, what did they just say?? It is amazing what is allowed on the radio without any questions of the moral impact it is having on listeners.
My niece is 14 years old, and like me she also loves music. She has a true gift of remembering song lyrics with ease. Well, the other day she was walking around the house singing along with her IPod, and my brother-in-law almost had a heart attack when he heard what she was saying. She was singing “S&M” by Rihanna. The lyrics go:
“Feels so good being bad. There’s no way I’m turning back. Now the pain is my pleasure cause nothing could measure. Love is great, love is fine. Out the box, outta line. The affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more. Cause I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it. Sex in the air, I don’t care. I love the smell of it. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me.”
Hello!! There is no way a 14 year old or any age for that matter should be singing this. They might not know exactly what S&M is, but they now have the general idea. I was in my mid-twenties before I knew what S&M stood for.
I confess I have sung this song before. It has a great beat and it is easy to sing along to. This is a perfect example of, what are they saying?? I was shocked when I looked up the lyrics of what she was actually saying in the song.
Music artists have a huge impact on their listeners, especially teens and younger. Yet as parents, we allow our children to be sucked into the morally corrupt industry. Why? If you don’t think songs do have an effect on your children you are mistaken.
As a young teen my mother “forced” us to watch a movie called “Hells Bells”. It is a documentary about rock-n-roll and the openness it has against God and how people have been affected by music and the lyrics they sing. This movie did come out in the early 90’s, but there is a more current version that I am interested to see. I must say the movie scared me. If we can step back and look at the music industry for what it is, against God, it will change your life forever.
If you don’t believe me that music and its artist affect their listeners, think of this. In the 80’s why did every teen wear one glove and huge earrings? Because Michael Jackson and Madonna did. In the 2000’s why did school-girl mini skirts make a come back? Because Brittney Spears wore them. Music artist and movie stars do have a huge impact on their fans.
If you sing a song over and over it is like repeating something to yourself, like an affirmation, you will start to believe it. Inappropriate music is nothing new, but as of the last decade it has really gone down the tubes with every explicit detail. Lady Gaga has a song out right now called, “Born This Way.” She not only says that you are born gay, but God made you that way. She goes on to say you are perfect the way you are and God does not make mistakes. Well, I do believe that God does not make mistakes, but I also believe God is against homosexuality or any other sexual impurity, I Corinthians 6:18, “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.”
Lady Gaga is misinforming millions and putting God in the mix where He should not be at all. This is just one example of media/music propaganda. I can only think of a handful of songs in the mainstream that are appropriate to sing along to.
So what are we to do? Not listen to music at all? For a lover of music this is hard for me. I have turned on Christian music more and I love it. I don't allow my children, or myself, to listen to music that is questionable. It is difficult to walk away from the mainstream music. Let God guide you as to what you should and should not be listening to.
As for our children, protect them. Listen to what they are listening to. Be aware. If you ignore something it is not going to go away. Take their IPod and listen to what is on it. As always have open discussions with them about what is right and wrong. Google your children’s favorite song and read what the lyrics actually are. I am sure you will be shocked.
As for our children, protect them. Listen to what they are listening to. Be aware. If you ignore something it is not going to go away. Take their IPod and listen to what is on it. As always have open discussions with them about what is right and wrong. Google your children’s favorite song and read what the lyrics actually are. I am sure you will be shocked.
I continue to keep you in prayer.
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