Song and Culture

If you want to know what a culture values, look at its music.  In the past myths (which always reflect in at least some way a cultures core values) were transferred through song, as were many religious beliefs and ideas.  While many of these were more of poems than true songs they all had a noticeable beat and often were accompanied by a harp or another instrument.  If you take this to today, the culture of America is scary.  The popular songs speak of drugs, sex, and death, particularly suicide.  You have you wonder what effect this music is really having on our world.