...to this. No, I'm not talking about Jesus Christ.
Have you heard the song:
Let it rain, let it pour
She don't love me anymore
It's a song by David Nail. He laments that, even after seven years of good marriage, he didn't wear that ring just one night and now it's all over. Let's for a moment pretend that this really happened. That is the most pitiable thing I've ever heard. He has reduced himself to nothing. After seven years, he betrayed his wife. She found out about it - the song seems to say he told her - and she kicks him out. He is to be doubly pitied because he married a girl who, herself, is no good.
Then what does he say?
Let it rain
Let it pour
She don' love me anymore
How about the fact that you destroyed yourself? What if the rain should pour because you hurt her? Love is not the romantic feeling she felt in her heart each morning while she was cooking you breakfast. She's not kicking you out because she doesn't love you - although I doubt she does - she's kicking you out because you were unfaithful.
Boom bam - without realizing it, all of society is subjected to the way of thinking that says she ceased to love him and because of this, they're done. This is not the case at all. Love is not physical attraction or mutual understanding or even being satisfied with one another. Love is when you automatically think of the other person before you think of what it means for yourself. Love is when you see the defects of another and feel compassion, not disgust, and shame on their account, and you want to help them. That, my friend, is love. She threw you out of the house because she didn't understand this concept of love, and neither do you.
~Meggy
That being the case, some songs are written in fun. Think of lots of old show tunes and you might come up with some that are, well, say, morally degrading or wrong - on the surface. But then, mostly they were written to further a story or get a feeling across to the listener. Just because the above may be true, doesn't mean the song doesn't have value. Do you think it does?
I've never heard the song in question, but from what you say, I agree with your analysis. That is a problem with modern music - it tends to condone immorality and ignore the big picture. Of course, like you mentioned, old songs can have this, too, but it seems to be worse today, especially coupled with the rhythms and beats that today's music is saturated with.
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