Hits turning kids into booze 'n drug fiends

Kids are bombarded with an upending stream of music glamorising drugs and booze.

Researchers say one pop hit in every three, encourages fans to copy their idols' high-octane antics.

Out of 279 songs-examined in a university only four had lyrics with an anti-drug message.

Songs such as Cigarettes And Alcohol by Oasis and Rehab by Amy Winehouse 24, are picked out by setting a bad example.

But rap hits - including 50 Cent's Disco Inferno and Afroman's Because I Got High - are the worst offenders, with four out of every five songs
including refrences to drungs and/or booze.

Country and Western is in second place with 37% with R&B and hip-hop on 20%, rock 14% and pop 9%.

Researchers said the lyrics of current Top 10 hit Rock Star, by Canadian group Nickelback, were a prime prime example of how songs glamorised drugs.

The chorus goes: "Cause we all just wanna be big rock stars, live in hilltop houses driving 15 cars. The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap, we'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat."

Brian Primark of Americas University of Pittsburgh, who led the research,said: "The media affects health behaviour, Tabacco in movies, for example, is now known to lead to smoking.

"Adolescents are exposed to two-and-a-half hours of music a day. It's good for us to know this exposure is there, so that we can talk to kids about it and say what we think is correct."

Peter Stoker of the UK's National Drug Prevention alliance, agreed music was likely to encourage drug and alcohol use.

He said "Most young people are mad keen on music. It doesn't surprise that the majority of these referances are positive or neutral.

"The More you hear about something in a positive way, the more likely you are to give it a try."


The worst Offenders

Cigarettes And Alcohol - Oasis
Because I Got High - Afroman
Ebeneezer Good - The Shamen
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
Golden Brown - The Stranglers
Sorted For Es And Wizz - Pulp
Rehab - Amywine House
Gin And Juice - Snoop Dogg
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Rock Star - Nickelback
Disco Inferno - 50 Cent
Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash

source : Daily Star
via L4E's contributing UK editor stopcryingyourheartout.com

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