Which had a greater effect on music?

jastrub · 11-16-2010, 04:17 PM

I was pondering the other day about how much music was influenced by sex or by drugs. I also wonder if people just over-interperet songs and assume that they are about such things.

TheCunningStunt · 11-16-2010, 04:18 PM

~~Farfisa~~ · 11-16-2010, 04:56 PM

Money, it has steered alot of idiots into thinking they can be musicians.

Dayvan Cowboy · 11-16-2010, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by loose_lips_sink_ships

Money, it has steered alot of idiots into thinking they can be musicians.

Agreed.

flewis · 11-17-2010, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by loose_lips_sink_ships

Money, it has steered alot of idiots into thinking they can be musicians.

Somewhere along the lines seems like modeling agencies and money took over the music industry!! If you'd asked me 15 years ago I would have said drugs influenced alot of music

**Janszoon** · 11-17-2010, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by flewis

Somewhere along the lines seems like modeling agencies and money took over the music industry!! If you'd asked me 15 years ago I would have said drugs influenced alot of music

That happened a lot longer ago than 15 years.

Anyway, people in this thread talking about money and drugs are focusing way too much on modern times. Music has been around for thousands of years and at its root are very basic human things like sex and community.

**Janszoon** · 11-16-2010, 05:14 PM

Sex, easily. Before there was money, before drugs were easy to come by, sex was there inspiring musicians to write music to get people's blood flowing.

GuitarBizarre · 11-17-2010, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Sex, easily. Before there was money, before drugs were easy to come by, sex was there inspiring musicians to write music to get people's blood flowing.

concur'd

ThePhanastasio · 11-16-2010, 07:26 PM

I'll say sex. There are a ridiculous amount of "love" songs out there, a lot of people I've known have picked up musical instruments to woo or impress the desired gender, etc.

I see it this way: There are musicians who don't do / approve of drugs. There are musicians who don't give a **** about politics. There are musicians who aren't doing it for the money. You'll be hard-pressed to find a musician with no interest in love or sex at all. I'm sure they exist, but there have to be far less of those than the others.

TheCunningStunt · 11-16-2010, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio

I'll say sex. There are a ridiculous amount of "love" songs out there, a lot of people I've known have picked up musical instruments to woo or impress the desired gender, etc..

I know love and sex kind of go hand in hand, but I'd say that sex is just about that. In this instance, the actual physical act of sex is key. Rather than the emotional attachments that's embodied in it. So for that reason, I voted drugs.

View Poll Results: Which of the following factors influenced music more?
Drugs	22	28.21%
Sex	29	37.18%
Money	19	24.36%
Politics	8	10.26%
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ThePhanastasio Killed Laura Palmer Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,679	I'll say sex. There are a ridiculous amount of "love" songs out there, a lot of people I've known have picked up musical instruments to woo or impress the desired gender, etc. I see it this way: There are musicians who don't do / approve of drugs. There are musicians who don't give a **** about politics. There are musicians who aren't doing it for the money. You'll be hard-pressed to find a musician with no interest in love or sex at all. I'm sure they exist, but there have to be far less of those than the others.