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Moved by the Music
I listened to Dinah Washington constantly and when she committed suicide, it put me into an emotional tailspin--a dangerous tailspin. As our music moved from the energetic innocence of "Rock Around the Clock" to music encouraging the semi-alert state of the drug culture, we saw the corresponding changes in the people. Today, much of the newer music continues to promote more and more violent debasing of all humanity.
Does it matter what our children are listening to? Yes, it matters a lot. You can stake their children's lives on it.
"Music does not produce in the Heart anything which is not already there. Music arouses sensual desire in one whose inner self is attached to something other than God; but one who is inwardly attached to the love of God is moved, by hearing music, to do His will." --’Umar Al-Suhrawardi
Jane Mullikin
Jazz and Blues are a part of me. They have helped mold me over the decades. Even though I'm more inclined towards inspirational music these days, Jazz and Blues will always be with me. Were they a good influence in my life or did they have a negative effect on my value system as it was forming? If my parents had succeeded in keeping me from hearing anything but the music played in the church of their choice, would I have been a better person or an even less well-rounded person? If I'm allowed to guess, I would suggest this is a volatile subject in many homes today as it was when I was a teen.
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