събота, 28 март 2015 г.

Raunchy Music And Its Take In The Society

By Iva Cannon


Music has long been a means for human expression. All known culture, including the isolated tribal societies, expanding from the prehistoric period until the present have their unique form of sounds such as raunchy music. It may be safe to conclude that instrumental or vocal sounds have been in existence even long before the dispersal of humans in the world.

All factors including cultural, social, and economic aspects have strong influence to the kind of song produced and listened to in a certain society. The society's way of life and even their dreams and aspirations are often reflected in their instrumental or vocal sounds. Dating back to the prehistoric society's shamanistic sounds with its practical function to lure animals and to entertain through the mimic of nature's sound using of the human voice, to the narration of epic journeys through instrumental or vocal sounds by the Australian aborigines, to Gregorian chants made in churches during the medieval times, up until today as people embrace modern popular instrumental or vocal sounds, music has always been a way to communicate, express, entertain, and influence.

One flustist named Dazzai Shundai, who lived within the time of Japan's Tokugawa Period that had lasted 1603-1868, said that instrumental or vocal sounds alone can control and enhance the desires of a human heart, and nothing else. He said that music must be a proper or 'gagaku' and not lewd or 'ingaku.' He lectured that proper instrumental or vocal sounds will improve the behavior and attitude of the people and lewd sounds will do the exact same opposite.

He strongly believed that through proper instrumental or vocal sounds the custom of the people will improve and through lewd or raunchy songs people will grow worse. However, sexually explicit, lewd, and uninhibited or raunchy songs has now undeniably penetrated every society. One of the most significant characteristics of the emerging popular music industry in this day and age is focus on commodity appeal.

Sexually explicit and energetically earthy songs with its innate ability for scandal, and ability for strong song recall is becoming popular most especially to the young ones. Regardless of which country or city a song has been produced, raunchy songs can easily be shared through increase of its availability due to the emergence of information technology. In a click, videos can be shared and music can be downloaded, as all the other information.

While others contend that lewd songs do nothing but destroy the lives of people through encouraging immoral, disrespecting women, and disrupting psychological and spiritual development, some justify that this type of song is one product of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights "Freedom of Expression". For some, sexually explicit songs are healthy ways of expressing the human sexuality.

Whatever side is more right, nothing will change the fact that songs that are sexually explicit and energetically earthy, as all the other types all throughout the history, is a reflection of the culture of its time. All societies today already have complex realities and varied beliefs. Raunchy songs can not be realistically censored.

What is left to be done is for parents, educators, church counselor, and all other persons in authority to become more proactive. They can instill right values to the vulnerable. Anyone can then make good judgements on the music they choose to listen to.




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