On every side we see the sad and heart-rending results. Satan uses many tools to weaken and destroy the home and family and especially our young people. Today, as never before, it seems the devil's thrust is directed at our youth. A letter from a concerned father about the evil effects of some popular music is one of many. Atmosphere creates environment.
Environment influences behavior.
It is the only element in music that can exist in bodily movement without benefit of sound. A mind dulled by drugs or alcohol can still respond to the beat. Loudness adds to muddling the mind. Sound magnified to the threshold of pain is of such physical violence as to block the higher processes of thought and reason. It is a black mass that deadens the conscience in a mask of anonymity.