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suicide and teenagers
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i have just downloaded the anthony and the johnsons album!!
its no wonder the kids today are miserable listening to this kind of music!!
it has got to play with the mind of the young one's!!
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rugeleyboy. I could'nt agree with you more. My daughter now age 23 used to listen to such depressing music,dressed like a goth and went to goth concerts. My hubby and I could see the effect this was having on her at the tender age of 17. Thankfully nothing horrid happened and she came through that phase but for many its turned into a much more serious and devasating issue. My daughter has said many times just how much she was influenced by this type of music.
I got this as a present off my kids, I didn't realise at first, just liked his voice on the awards show, so asked for it. It's so miserable, and all about wanting to be a girl, even the cover of the CD has a dead friend on it. Wish they'd have gone for Jack Johnson now. Oh try the Dresden Dolls they'll have you on Prozac!
I'm 50 this year, I own both Anthony and the Johnsons' albums and think they're wonderful. I'm a big fan of the Dresden Dolls too - I don't think either of the bands is particularly depressing.
When I was young, I remember listening to Leonard Cohen, Nico, Joy Division, Nick Drake and the most depressing album ever made, Lou Reed's Berlin - true music to slash your wrists too.
There's always been sad music - but no-one usually comments on it. Do you think Viennese music critics mused about the state of Austrian kids after Mahler wrote Die Totenkindenlieder?
When I was young, I remember listening to Leonard Cohen, Nico, Joy Division, Nick Drake and the most depressing album ever made, Lou Reed's Berlin - true music to slash your wrists too.
There's always been sad music - but no-one usually comments on it. Do you think Viennese music critics mused about the state of Austrian kids after Mahler wrote Die Totenkindenlieder?
rugeley, I don't particularly like anthony and the johnsons but I think it's generally a bit of myth that certain types of music make teenages suicidal or depressed. True it does happen occasionally (think Columbine) but for example, my husband loves Marilyn Manson, Korn, etc and has done since his teens but he's a well-rounded man training to be a teacher. I happen to really like Joy Division, a band traditionally seen as depressing but I find some of Ian Curtis's lyrics really uplifting.
If you're going to generalise then you could also look at the effect dance music and culture has on kids taking E and LSD.
Still, it wouldn't do for us to all like the same thing!
