Is Music Hypnotising Our Youth? Is Music Modern Hypnosis?
I am just about to start packing the car for our weekend way… One thing very near the top of the list is music selections for our lengthy journey… I get to plug my iPhone in to the car and Katie brings some CD’s… I laugh out loud at some of my old music choices…
I can remember being a teenager and listening to Smiths records in a darkened room with lyrics like “heaven knows I’m miserable now” ringing around in my brain… I also find myself wanting to raise my arms in the air every time an old school rave tune comes on and imagine myself back in the early 90s jumping up and down… Is that a hypnotic effect? Why am I mentioning this today…? (more…)