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While we are all listening to today’s music, spare a thought for the music of yesteryear. We have gone through the evolutionary cycle over the past tens of years. We’ve had the craze of swing, jazz, classic, rock, and pop.
The latest additions being rap, or to put it another way, “see how many swear words we can fit into a song, and see if it climbs the charts”. This is the primary target for many of the headstrong singers we see today, and when it started with Eminem, it has since snowballed its way in to every young teenagers stereo, and in to the minds of enraged parents who are still trying to desensitize it today.
With rap being the in-thing, people are trying bolder and more darish acts of vulgarism; even singers who don’t usually use it are doing so for the springboard of their new acts.
With rappers having a great influence on youngsters’ lives, they are also encouraging them to act in a different way, which is usually to swear when they can, and to not respect their Mums and Dads. With me being a teenager myself, you would think it to be unusual for me to complain, but the fact is, I can still listen to any type of song, and not be influenced in any way by its lyrics or intentions to encourage.
We have seen kids turn from perfectly loveable sons and daughters, in to headstrong, violent people who think they are above everybody else. I don’t of course include everyone in that assumption, but it is in the majority of kids’ minds to act in a non-positive way.
For example, it is youth culture to walk around in gangs, with hoods firmly placed over their heads, and socks outside their pants. You might say that is the way they like to dress, but it is normally not that way, and they would tell you that they like it, but fact is, it is their friends who are influenced by the rappers dress sense and vulgarity in song, and this in turn influences the normal, down to earth boy to dress like and act like his mates.
It all boils down to; and comes back to, rappers. They are the ones who dress abnormally, and swear whenever they can, and the teenagers think it is “cool” to follow that act. However, ask any self-respecting person who they respect more, and they will say the kid who isn’t influenced by his friends, the kid who lives and thinks for himself, without letting others do it for him, and most importantly, the kid who is able to respect his environment and the people who live within it. Many teenagers find it hard to do even that these days, and it is that which is leading the world in to moral-decay, because it those same teenagers who will be running for World leader, and who will be our managers in shops and offices.
What is needed is for at least some of them to just be themselves. Stop the latest gimmicks; stop the mindless pollution of hate, which unfortunately has now categorized all young people. If this was asked however, it would be laughed at in a group, but when that kid got home, he would think strongly about doing it, but then realize that it would take his “street cred” down by doing so.
Maybe if that person was to put those rap CD's away, he might have a chance to look at the real world, hopefully in time to find that their friends and family still like them for the person that they used to be.
The latest additions being rap, or to put it another way, “see how many swear words we can fit into a song, and see if it climbs the charts”. This is the primary target for many of the headstrong singers we see today, and when it started with Eminem, it has since snowballed its way in to every young teenagers stereo, and in to the minds of enraged parents who are still trying to desensitize it today.
With rap being the in-thing, people are trying bolder and more darish acts of vulgarism; even singers who don’t usually use it are doing so for the springboard of their new acts.
With rappers having a great influence on youngsters’ lives, they are also encouraging them to act in a different way, which is usually to swear when they can, and to not respect their Mums and Dads. With me being a teenager myself, you would think it to be unusual for me to complain, but the fact is, I can still listen to any type of song, and not be influenced in any way by its lyrics or intentions to encourage.
We have seen kids turn from perfectly loveable sons and daughters, in to headstrong, violent people who think they are above everybody else. I don’t of course include everyone in that assumption, but it is in the majority of kids’ minds to act in a non-positive way.
For example, it is youth culture to walk around in gangs, with hoods firmly placed over their heads, and socks outside their pants. You might say that is the way they like to dress, but it is normally not that way, and they would tell you that they like it, but fact is, it is their friends who are influenced by the rappers dress sense and vulgarity in song, and this in turn influences the normal, down to earth boy to dress like and act like his mates.
It all boils down to; and comes back to, rappers. They are the ones who dress abnormally, and swear whenever they can, and the teenagers think it is “cool” to follow that act. However, ask any self-respecting person who they respect more, and they will say the kid who isn’t influenced by his friends, the kid who lives and thinks for himself, without letting others do it for him, and most importantly, the kid who is able to respect his environment and the people who live within it. Many teenagers find it hard to do even that these days, and it is that which is leading the world in to moral-decay, because it those same teenagers who will be running for World leader, and who will be our managers in shops and offices.
What is needed is for at least some of them to just be themselves. Stop the latest gimmicks; stop the mindless pollution of hate, which unfortunately has now categorized all young people. If this was asked however, it would be laughed at in a group, but when that kid got home, he would think strongly about doing it, but then realize that it would take his “street cred” down by doing so.
Maybe if that person was to put those rap CD's away, he might have a chance to look at the real world, hopefully in time to find that their friends and family still like them for the person that they used to be.
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Unfortunately, the "pants-in-socks" thing is running rampant in about 1 in 5 youngsters. It is an epidemic, and it needs to be stopped
i think its all to do with the IQ of the general populace.
It peeked with the greeks and plato and all the philosophers
and since then your average man has been getting dumber and dumber. people no longer make up there own minds and this leads to people not knowing why they do the things they do and just going with the flow.
It peeked with the greeks and plato and all the philosophers
and since then your average man has been getting dumber and dumber. people no longer make up there own minds and this leads to people not knowing why they do the things they do and just going with the flow.
Sibs wrote:
> hmm... I've never seen people with trousers tucked into socks... what's that
> about?
Yeah, what's up with that?
> hmm... I've never seen people with trousers tucked into socks... what's that
> about?
Yeah, what's up with that?
I blame the government. Damn new labour!
Sonic
Sonic
hmm... I've never seen people with trousers tucked into socks... what's that about?
To anyone who thinks kids actually like wearing stupid stuff. Hooded tops are alowed; hoods on in the summer is not. Adidas/Nike tracksuit bottoms are allowed; tracksuit ottoms tucked into socks is not. Also, they usually wear hooded tops inside coats with the hoods up, that is really annoying. Nobody could possibly like doing the things I said at the start could they? Imagine you did this: "Hmmm...I love the look of my Mums high-heels, I think I'll put them on", you wouldn't see them put them on, because it is stupid. It's like another example of the pressure they face to keep "in" with the crowd.A couple of days ago, heard a woman saying about her son who wanted £160-odd pound to spend on a pair of shoes. He already has lots of good stuff, more than me, but the fact that he hangs around with "certain people", makes him want to still look cool with his mates.
MoJoJoJo wrote:
> Sibs wrote:
And banning FCUK...
> hmm, I bet people who go to your
> school now think they are really
> rebellious if they wear that... that's the kind
> of thing I think is pretty
> sad.
No, no-one is wearing it because it's banned
No, I meant people who go to your school wearing FCUK stuff when they're not in school (ie. at weekends)
> Sibs wrote:
And banning FCUK...
> hmm, I bet people who go to your
> school now think they are really
> rebellious if they wear that... that's the kind
> of thing I think is pretty
> sad.
No, no-one is wearing it because it's banned
No, I meant people who go to your school wearing FCUK stuff when they're not in school (ie. at weekends)
Anyway, perfect example of surroundings affecting you -
Trading Places with Eddie Murphey and Dan Akroyd (spelling?)
Trading Places with Eddie Murphey and Dan Akroyd (spelling?)
Sibs wrote:
> Kids surroundings CAN affect them, but they won't always. Sometimes seeing
> someone with the problems like Mr. Nice Guy described can make you think
> "Do I really want to be like that?" and can make the person more
> actively try to stop themselves making those mistakes. It's when problems are
> made out to be good things or 'cool' things that people start to try to do them
> to impress people.
And banning FCUK... hmm, I bet people who go to your
> school now think they are really rebellious if they wear that... that's the kind
> of thing I think is pretty sad.
No, no-one is wearing it because it's banned
> Kids surroundings CAN affect them, but they won't always. Sometimes seeing
> someone with the problems like Mr. Nice Guy described can make you think
> "Do I really want to be like that?" and can make the person more
> actively try to stop themselves making those mistakes. It's when problems are
> made out to be good things or 'cool' things that people start to try to do them
> to impress people.
And banning FCUK... hmm, I bet people who go to your
> school now think they are really rebellious if they wear that... that's the kind
> of thing I think is pretty sad.
No, no-one is wearing it because it's banned
Kids surroundings CAN affect them, but they won't always. Sometimes seeing someone with the problems like Mr. Nice Guy described can make you think "Do I really want to be like that?" and can make the person more actively try to stop themselves making those mistakes. It's when problems are made out to be good things or 'cool' things that people start to try to do them to impress people.
And banning FCUK... hmm, I bet people who go to your school now think they are really rebellious if they wear that... that's the kind of thing I think is pretty sad.
And banning FCUK... hmm, I bet people who go to your school now think they are really rebellious if they wear that... that's the kind of thing I think is pretty sad.
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