20) REPETITION: Can repetition in music be dangerous?

Commentary

Prophetic Statements

Ezra Taft Benson

Satan uses many tools to weaken and destroy the home and family and especially our young people. Today, as never before, it seems the devil’s thrust is directed at our youth. A letter from a concerned father, a well-informed teacher of youth, about the evil effects of some popular music is one of many:

Music creates atmosphere. Atmosphere creates environment. Environment influences behavior. What are the mechanics of this process?

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Repetition to the extreme is another primitive rock device. . . . 1

Scriptures

Rock Artists

Supporting Statements


  1. Ezra Taft Benson, God, Family, Country: Our Three Great Loyalties [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1974], 244. ↩︎

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