y meaningful songs on a variety of topics that young people of today can relate to and take comfort in. For example Mariah Carey is a mainstream artist who writes many songs that people of all ages can listen to and relate to. On a recent album entitled Butterfly, there is a song called Outside, which is about not feeling like you fit in anywhere, and not being sure what your supposed to do with your life. A example of lyrics from this song are " Standing alone, Eager to just believe, It's good enough to be what you really are, But in your heart, Uncertainty always lies, And you'll always be, Somewhere on the Outside." This is an example of a song that isn't about going against authorities, but about the pain of trying to figure out who you are, and what your life means. Songs like these can help many get through hard times, just because they know that someone else has been through this, especially someone as prominent as Mariah Carey, and made it out ok. So to say that popular music is bad, is not accurate.In Stanley Crouch's essay he also talks about how many times today "lyrics so often go by, barely noticed." I disagree with this because I know that there are many times that I choose to listen to songs just because of the lyrics. For example, one of my favorite songs right now is called "Light in Your Eyes" by Blessed Union of Souls. When I listen to the lyrics I feel like they wrote the song just for me. It's as if they knew exactly what was going on in my life, so they wrote about it. Lyrics are the most important part of the song. They shape the song, and make it worth listening to. A perfect argument to refute what Crouch is saying is the fact that people pick wedding songs. To pick a wedding song, you must listen to the lyrics, and figure out if it fits your relationship with your fianc. Most wedding songs have beautiful lyrics, about love, and bonds that won't be broken. So to say that people don't listen to lyrics is very far...
