Something I wanted to share from my daily journal...
Listening to some of today's music saddens me as there isn't much quality content or overall talent put into it anymore. As a matter of fact, the two major components I just stated above are nearly non-existent.
I once read that Lucifer was the minister of music in Heaven before being cast into Hell 1. The older I'm becoming, the more I'm realizing that he is in control of today's music that's being sold and played over the airwaves. Just turn on any popular or urban radio station and you'll hear it in the downright disrespectful lyrics laced with profanity which are full of content about sexuality, killing, stealing, and destroying. This is the reason I don't listen to or buy anymore of most of the artists' (who shall remain nameless) CD's that I have bought in the past. It gets to a point that no matter how popular or good-looking an artist is, enough is enough of the same old tired lyrical content.
The thing that really pulls at my heart strings are the "so-called" parents who play this trash in front of their children and think it's cute when the kids sing along to it. In my opinion (which I'm entitled to), I believe the majority of lyrics are what contributes to crime, selfishness, casual sex, unfaithfulness in relationships/marriages, misogyny, open use of profanity in public, disrespect towards others, and the regular consumption of drugs and alcohol. But am I sitting here proclaiming that I'm perfect and have never done one or more of these things in my past? No, because (1) everyone has a past and (2) I, myself, am wiser now and understand that I have a choice in the life I lead. I also realize that the life I lead starts with what I allow to become a part of me.
When I was growing up, I recall how my grandma (R.I.P.) would react to me and my younger sister watching music videos or listening to the radio when we would visit or stay overnight with her. She would quickly make us change the station and scold us in a firm but loving tone that what we were watching or listening to could become a part of us. However, she would make exceptions if it was Michael Jackson (as long as it wasn't "Thriller" in her house-lol) or New Edition. As I look back over a course of 30+ years, I clearly understand what she meant by her statement.
With today's technology, I am thankful for internet radio stations such as Pandora (my favorite) and Slacker Radio. I listen to a lot of oldies or music from my day (a phrase my parents love to use to describe what they listened to during their younger years). I also listen to Jazz, New Age, and Ska. Other times, I love to listen to artists like Maxwell, Chrisette Michele, Lyfe, D'Angelo, Ledisi, and Kem to name a few that keep quality music alive and well. The only drawback is that, a lot of times, artists of their kind who don't compromise their talent for a quick buck or popularity in the mainstream causes them not to be high on the charts; however, they are high on the charts in my heart.
People need to start taking notice of the lack of quality in today's music. If they don't, things may only get worse and divide us even more instead of uniting us as music was meant to do in the first place. Music is the 2nd universal language of love.
CC
XOXOXO
