What was music like in 90s-50s?
A lot of it was controversial even back then; violence and drug abuse were common in music lyrics, though the sexuality was usually more subtle until the 80’s or so. The dramatic worldwide increase in silver hammer-related crime in late 1969 lends credence to the theory that immoral lyrics encourage immoral behaviour. (And yes, that was sarcasm.) Teens have always paid a lot of attention to music; however, even today it’s difficult to make the argument that they’re strongly influenced by the music they listen to. It’s a likelier explanation that the music reflects the culture, than that the culture reflects the music. Just as in the 60’s it’s far more likely that the success of ‘psychedelic’ music was reflective of the drug culture, rather than that the rise of drug culture was in any way the result of bands like Jefferson Airplane.
