Auditory Drug Influence
by How often are drugs used in song lyrics?
Aural Gratification
Have you ever stopped to wonder if the music we listen to day in and day out effects our general thought processes? For instance , are the lyrics we pay generally little attention to placing seeds in our minds. If a song is about drugs do we then in turn think about drugs, and how many songs are in fact about drugs that we listen too without actually giving it much thought? I have taken the liberty to show just a few of the bands we might have heard that mention in one way or another drug use. They are listed by band name song title and then the excerpt from the song.
1. Nofx “Drugs are Good” “Drugs are good, they let you do things that you know you not should.”
2. Jimmy Eat World “Drugs or Me” “You promise you promise that you’re done.But I can’t tell you from the drugs”
3. Thieves Like Us “Drugs In My Body” “Go downtown put the drugs in my body.”
4. Weezer “We Are All On Drugs” “And you step into the zone when you’re
on drugs”
5. Eminem “Drugs Are Bad” “And he don’t got a job, cause Bob sits at home and smokes pot”
This is just five examples the list goes on and on. A never ending ocean of drug lingo intertwinded into our daily listening routine. Its just a little food for thought. Do you know what you listen to?
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