Rhythm-dominated music leads to physical response, but the listener does not always respond immediately and fully to the message of the music. Such apparently slight causes destroyed Greece and Rome, and will destroy England and America. A girl can be turned on by the music. It releases her inhibitions. Any casual examination of much rock music will show that many of the lyrics are clearly obscene and suggestive.
Rock musicians claim that the music itself has the same message.
Many rock stars are famous for their involvement with drugs, and drugs have led to the deaths of such rock stars as Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. During the time that rock music has been prominent in our country, the drug menace has increased tremendously. Rock music is the music of a physically oriented culture that ignores spiritual truth. Rock music is virtually connected with both the beginning and the continuation of the Culture War. The appeal of rock music to physical action, ignoring spiritual truth, inevitably leads to rebellious attitudes and self indulgence.