[SaveFerris]

A culture of drugs, violence, etc. All portrayed as popular music. And it is popular; very popular.

I can hardly fill my gas tank without being treated to BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM! by somebody who fills their brain with that garbage and figures the rest of us need to have our brains poisoned with it; oops I mean share the joyful, uplifting musical experience.

Fortunately, with Joe’s high gas prices, I can’t afford to be at the pumps for very long.

So there’s that.

[Ken H]

“I can hardly fill my gas tank without being treated to BOOM!-BOOM!-BOOM!”

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Just blast back ‘Ride of the Valkyries’.

[LeoWindhorse]

Beethoven , Mozart, Vivaldi , etc etc

[SamAdams76]

I'm a huge fan of music and find something to appreciate in virtually every genre. Rap is one of the few genres I just cannot tolerate. It's so profane, negative, and un-redeeming in every way. It's just an ugly musical form full of hate and anger.

Listening to a Top 40 countdown of the songs from 1983 on the 80s station on Sirius right now and nearly every song is a pleasure to listen to. From rock to soul to jazz to New Wave, the songs were well-crafted.

1983 was just before angry rap began dominating Top 40. Our society has been in decline ever since. Not sure rap is the cause or an effect. Maybe a bit of both.