In our society today, some musicians and their music drain and plague the moral
and spiritual well-being of the people; therefore, censorship offers a necessary
action that we must take to keep the world from becoming a land of decadence.
The musicians lives are not examples for the children or the adults. The lyrics
of many songs are not suitable for anyone. All types of music need some kind of
censorship. Censorship makes a person realize that music is good for the heart.
Censorship totally makes people act better, and when thinking better, this
sustains a better society. The lives of some musicians contain types of anarchy
and self-gratification. Once the musicians realize that people want not just
their music but them as well, they act as gods, which no one can touch. For
example, think of it like a secret dictatorship, and we breathe as a fascist
society, which puts fun and feelings above the Lord, above all. Many of the
musicians consist of non-religious people who live only for fun and only for
themselves. Why then would we, especially as Christians, put our total devotion
in them? It exists like wanting to ride with a blind driver rather than one with
perfect vision. In addition many of the musicians use drugs and stimulants to
satisfy their hunger for themselves and for pure fun. The musicians tend to use
drugs massively, to get out of the very real world that they consist so much a
part of. Popularity seems pleasing but when one has the affections and total
devotion of a mass of people, that person can not handle it because that person
does not have Jesus' personality and only He could truly control that much
fidelity. One person who truly could not handle the excitement was Jimi
Hendrix(Appendix A). Instead of performing as himself and using his talent for
good, he used rebellion and used many drugs. On stage, Jimi Hendrix would put
hits of acid in his headband. When he perspired, the sweat, containing acid
would run down into his eyes and make him "higher than a kite." Most
people never actually saw Jimi Hendrix the person, but a blurred vision of him.
When Jimi performed on stage at Woodstock(Appendix B and C), a man from the
crowd asked him, "Jimi are you high?" He simply replied back to the
man, "Thanks man I got mine," causing the crowd to act wild almost as
if he had saved someone's life, but ironically he unintentionally destroyed
their lives. In addition Bob Dylan(Appendix D and E) also talked about getting
stoned in some of his music. The song "Rainy Day Woman #12 and #13,"
blatantly says that "everybody must get stoned." That tells people to
disobey the law and tells people to mangle the temple of God, our bodies by
perverting it with drugs and stimulants. Many musicians make a mockery of their
fans. The lead singers subsist to do this the most because of the vocal
opportunities they have to express their discontent with life and thrust their
ideas upon those who hypnotize with the musician's power position, thus, makes
the listeners obey their thoughts without fully knowing. The lead singer Billie
Jo, for Green Day, says to his fans, " I'm not going to say anything
f****** intelligent, I'm just going too swear a whole d*** lot." The Bible
tells us that we should let everything that comes out of our mouth praise Him,
and swearing for any reason doesn't really praise Him at all and is degrading
for us as well. Almost like if he did not swear than we wouldn't like him or
understand him. In addition the lead singer for Kiss would spit on his fans. He
would get the crowd to spit in a spittoon-type container, and by the end of the
concert, he would drink the saliva and then he would use what dwelled left in
the spittoon to spit on the crowd. This creates a bad influence on anybody and
makes a person believe that it justifies him to do these actions because he
dwells on stage, which totally in fact creates wrong, and not right. The band
would also wear face paint and look like demons of some sort. This displays a
mockery of what God has given us, and it hides their true identities and make
them something they are not. They are only human, trying to be a type of some
sort of god, not the God. The lyrics of some songs openly and/or subliminally
put rebellious messages in the heads of people. Repetition makes someone think
about things constantly and then act upon that thought which usually creates an
illegal action. Outward messages make people do bad things knowingly, but they
aren't in the correct state of mind and therefore have no idea what they do at
all. Adrenaline comes forth from within the soul and people tend to go wild and
have no care about anything. Rage Against The Machine says that no one can tell
each other what to do in their song, "Killing in the Name." This song
promotes anarchy and rebellion of all rules and makes peoples discontent with
society come forth. Metallica tells people to "Exit light, Enter
night" in their song "Enter Sandman." This song does not talk
about sleeping but taking the dark side of life into life. Subliminal messages
bring evils from within a person, which the person previously did not have.
Subliminal messages brings our deepest thoughts out, without even thinking. When
we hear something but, not aware of it, it makes our minds think about it and
that is dangerous. Madonna's "Justify My Love" song played backwards,
blatantly says, "I love Satan." Thousands of people heard this on 98.1
WKQQ in Lexington, KY.; but still continue to listen to it anyway. This pumps
into our heads and we like it because, "men will choose darkness instead of
light." Heavy Metal and Hard Rock do not only break the moral character,
but there exist others as well. Those who are softly padded with the broken
hearts of people who have power over others and who, in fact, make the rules.
Country music also has many songs which are not acceptable, but they have
shields because of their soft tone and wholesome looking artist. People still
have in their heads things that look good and sound pleasant live approvable,
but Satan, a very smart guy will strike at the most unexpected places. Garth
Brooks, who takes one of the leading country singers right now, talks about an
affair and how it was approbated in his song " The Thunder Rolls." And
people hear this and see a star doing that and believe it's acceptable for them
as well. For example, watching parents as a child, and everything they do, you
do. In addition Sammy Cershaw talks about an affair in " Third Rate
Rendezvous." He doesn't care that he's cheating on his wife and is actually
excited when he knows what he's doing to his marriage and life. New Age music
offers innner-self as a substitute to God. This means that the meditation of the
biblical times cannot be achieved today and we tend to lose our respect for God
by trying it, because we meditate on ourselves and not on Him. Meditation of the
new age music also allows Satan to plant seeds in our heads that lead us further
and further away from the truth. The new age music of harps and tiny nature like
sounds of whales and dolphins and rain leads one to believe that they are alone
in this world. It makes people think that they control their environment, when
in fact only God does, not them. Indian and Monk chants actually make a person
seemingly high through deep meditation. Meditation was originally intended for
the pure thought of God, but with new age thoughts, we are perverting it.
Censorship puts a cap on ungodly music and makes music a good experience that is
productive and positive, rather than a negative one. Music can be a tool in
which we may learn examples of life, just look at the book of Psalms. In chapter
23 the whole chapter is called the Shepherds Song and it is a song that we can
learn from. Stopping the flow of profanity will make a person less inclined to
think about an action and furthermore, less likely to act upon one. If a person
doesn't think about something, then usually that person won't do it. When masses
of people are saying that it is all right to do things that are wrong over a
period of time, people become prone to the wrong doing and it suddenly becomes
part of the norm to them. Even though it is still wrong, we don't even realize
it. Repetition makes a mind think. To study for a test a person must read things
over and over again to learn it. When we hear music we like, we listen to it
over and over again to memorize and subconsciencously think about the words of
the song that we're listening to. When people hear ungodly lyrics over and over,
they tend to think like their surroundings and music is a part of that. After
hearing and memorizing words people form their own ideals and make new religions
and leave God forever. Also, people hear music far more than they read the
Bible, and if the music is damaging to us then negative thoughts will cloud out
the Biblical ones. Just like one negative number will make a positive number
come down. Censorship offers a better society in general, in which we can all
live in harmony and learn to respect music power. People would respect the laws
more because there would be a definite decline of ungodly things, acts and
thoughts with censorship we won't think on ungodly things as much, therefore
have a better society. Fewer crimes would be committed because there would be no
musicians telling the public to break them or kill cops. People make musicians
their idols and want to do what their idols say. With censorship we would learn
to meditate on the right things. We would see the essence of music and learn to
see the total spectrum of life rather than just our life. Good thoughts with
productive meaning would flow through our heads. We would hear positive things
and make us think about positive things in general. Christian music is a great
example of what we should listen. People would learn to answer things with their
minds and not their fists. People would think about positive ideas and positive
outcomes to quarrels, that usually involved fighting or "backstabbings."
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