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Scruton Vs. Berry

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Scruton and Berry both have very strong claims about today’s popular music. Both authors believe that music has some effect on a person’s morality. Scruton believes that today’s music, like pop, DJ music, and Heavy Metal, Have negative effects on our morality. He believes that the synthetic, computer generated sounds of pop and DJ music, and the shouted, head-banging rhythm of Heavy metal cause people to experience a sort of regression in their listening of the music. With Mozart, you listen to the rhythm and dance with the music and with other people. With today’s music your body falls under the pressure of the synthetic beats and dances at the music and at others. Berry’s take on music, rap in particular, is that it changes our morality for

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