What Do We Do Now that Rock Won't Go Away?-Part 10

What Do We Do Now that Rock Won’t Go Away?-Part 10 

       It is a truism that those who understand rock music the most are, in many instances, addicted to sex, violence, and lawlessness. It is equally sad that many rock enthusiasts do enjoy lyrics that degrade and treat women as sex objects.  However, it is the incessant forward propelling directionality that is most addictive element of this incredibly powerful music that is most addictive.  I believe that Hart’s analogy of the addicted alcoholic and the addicted listener is very insightful.  One may deny the power of one’s addiction to alcohol, but it is real.  The alcoholic is almost always unable to quit by his or her own power.  The same is true of the rock enthusiast.  This incredible fascination and addiction, most often, renders the rock enthusiast incapable of breaking this Sound addiction.

        I contend that rock music’s sound addiction blocks many rock enthusiast’s ability to explore and actually appreciate other musics.  This condition is, however, not without exception because some rock enthusiasts enjoy a multiplicity of the fine arts.  That exception being noted, I still contend that sound addiction to rock music can and will often  block one’s “other arts” exploration and enjoyment.  Although the removal of rock music from a new Christian’s life may and will, in many instances, create a vacuum, I contend that it is necessary.

        The born again Christian becomes a “new man” in Christ Jesus.  II Corinthians 5:17 teaches that, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”   The sixth chapter of Romans identifies the born again Christian as one who has put off the “old man”.  Furthermore, Colossians 3:10 states, “And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.”  The Bible also teaches that those who have been brought out of the pit of sin (i.e. horrible pit or a pit of noise [Cambridge AV margin]) will sing a “new Song”.  So, the Bible supports the philosophical concept that born again Christians make a change in the way they music.