The pleasure aim was far more prevalent than the community service aim. I think this is because society wants to hear about sex, love, drugs, and other things that arise pleasure rather than listening to music about how to change the world for the greater good. It surprised me that it was kind of difficult to think of songs in the last two to three decades that spoke about helping others but yet I easily came up with many songs that dealt with pleasure and were released in the last few months. The Hindu understanding of the four aims of life differ from what is expressed in American pop music because it doesn’t focus on selfishness like American pop music does. The pleasure songs I picked mostly talk about love and how nice it is to have a special someone in your life. The community service songs I picked dealt with overcoming racism, peace in times of war, and standing up for ourselves for the greater good of others and for ourselves.
I agree that the pleasure aim was more prevalent.I think that society today look to the sex drugs and money because they are afraid of the real world and what they might experience or face when they are not living what i called the fab life. It's has always been what we want how we want it and when we want it
ReplyDeleteI agree that the pleasure aim was more prevalent than the community service aim. I think this is because American pop music sells this sex image. All videos from rap to pop have women in their videos where they Are either half naked and are selling some form of sex. The videos today are based on pleasure, pleasure from sex, drugs etc. I think th reason community service songs and songs that uplift are nation are so unpopular is because sex sells, positive songs arent important in pop music because they don't make as much money.
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