To begin, gangsters showing up for a gig had the good taste to carry their machine guns in violin cases.
“Let me highlight a handful of Islam’s contributions to Western culture. The guitar. Cough syrup. The university. Algebra. Mocha coffee...” (page 65)
June 18, 2016
Sales-talk about the Islamic ‘Golden Age’
By Paul Austin Murphy
Articles: Sales-talk about the Islamic ‘Golden Age’
Sales-talk about the Islamic ‘Golden Age’
By Paul Austin Murphy
Articles: Sales-talk about the Islamic ‘Golden Age’
Giving Islam the credit for the guitar prompted me to post this excerpt:
Music has charms to soothe a savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. William Congreve (1670–1729)
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. William Congreve (1670–1729)
I don’t know about rocks and knotted oaks, but I believe the part about the savage breast. Music used to sooth. As Socialism gained ground in our society some very destructive individuals, determined to assert their “artistic” independence in the government-imposed mediocrity of the times, set about proving that music could also unleash the beast within; hence, the ugliness that is heard in so much contemporary music.
Rebellious teens today, as in every generation, resent parental control of any kind.The difference with today’s young rebels is that they then turn around and willingly subject themselves to control by the most hideous music ever heard; never realizing how they are being manipulated by the sound of music simply to arouse the brutish creature lurking in everyone.
To me, and to many others, the violence that is so prevalent among some young people is directly related to the music kids listen to. And it’s not the lyrics that I am talking about, although angry, hate-filled, political-statement lyrics are a part of it. Tragically, it’s the opposite of William Congreve’s observation.
I am not saying that every youngster listening to such music is going to go out and commit acts of violence. It is more an ugliness of the soul that is spreading to a larger number of teenage Americans each succeeding year.
Alas! all music jars when the soul’s out of tune. Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616)
Cervantes never dreamed that one day music would be specifically formulated to vanquish souls.
And the music is incessant. It is with some kids almost all of time as though they are trying to drown out everything else. I fear that once they are saturated, today’s troubled youngsters who are so horribly scarred by a trusted segment of their culture will see themselves as victims. That view will make them prime recruits for Socialism’s evils as the country moves closer to Communism. Submission becomes a habit difficult to break whether it starts with obedience to music’s subliminal message, or begins with an oppressive political system. The result is the same. On the day that America is beyond turning away from Socialism the beast will reign.
From the day the march toward big government began, young iconoclasts struggled to establish their uniqueness; to rise above the crowd. Today’s would-be nonconformists are the most frightening conformists among us.
The sound of music
I’ve always considered recorded music to be the sound of history. Recordings can accurately provide a partial account of a specific time period because they represent what a generation literally heard. Example: Everyone knows what the people in the nineteen twenties and thirties were hearing because most of the recordings made back then are available today. You can hear precisely what long-dead people heard. That’s not true with the music Mozart (1756-1791) wrote more than two hundred years ago. A recording of Mozart’s music made today does not let us hear what people heard before Thomas Edison (1847-1931) invented the phonograph.
When more astute historians learn to interpret the sound of history correctly in relation to the overall structure of society they will be better able to illustrate a more complete picture of a bygone time. What will the chapter on the recorded music of our time say about us? Young and old alike.
An Ugliness Of The Soul
Radio laid the groundwork for every government’s propaganda machinery. Much of radio’s broadcast time was devoted to music. The majority of radio listeners turned on their radios to hear music. Government brainwashing only took off after television brought on the death of the big band. Lawrence Welk was the one and only big band that enjoyed lasting success on TV.
The big bands played music that people danced to, whistled, hummed, or sang in the shower. Big band music was replaced by a sordid love affair with the electric guitar, angry lyrics and boom boxes. When was the last time you danced to the guitar music played by a rock band? Based on sound levels alone, trading big bands for guitars is a sorry trade even if one is not a music fan. All things considered the guitar is attack on civilization; so if I was a Muslim I would not give Islam credit for the guitar:
Finally, remember this one:
Just recently federal agents from the Justice Department raided the Gibson Guitar Company in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee over some trumped-up claim that they were using prohibited woods in their guitar manufacturing facilities, which the company emphatically denies. What is of interest is that the Martin Guitar Company uses the same woods but they weren’t raided. Some have alleged that the owner of the Martin Guitar Company is a heavy Democrat contributor.
A Rising Liberal Bureaucratic Nightmare!
By Ron Ewart Sunday, October 2, 2011
A Rising Liberal Bureaucratic Nightmare! | The Post & Email
By Ron Ewart Sunday, October 2, 2011
A Rising Liberal Bureaucratic Nightmare! | The Post & Email
It is too late. Guitars can be made of plywood if necessary.
