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- From: goldberg@eldyn.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patti Twigg)
- Subject: Re: What do you do when your kid things Metallica is cool?
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:15:00 GMT
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- In article <199211171521.AA10495@tuna.wang.com>, JUTTA.LAGE@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Jutta Lage") writes...
- >My daughter is a heavy metal fanatic. Actually Metallica is her favourite group
- >and I let her go to a concert last September. She loved it. She actually has
- >loved this kind of head banging music for about a year. She tells me what she
- >thinks about certain songs and even interprets them. It also inspired her to
- >take up electric bass which she has become really good at and the music school
- >just recently asked her if she wanted to audition for a heavy metal group (all
- >girls of the same age...13 and 14). I don't mind it that much...only sometimes
- >the loud music is annoying and I have to tell her to turn it down...
-
- [stuff deleted]
-
- OK, now I want to get on my soapbox. First of all, I am not against
- any kind of music. That said, the problem I have is with very loud music.
- Very loud music does lead to hearing loss. This is a personal concern
- of mine, since I am deaf in one ear (not from loud music, though). You
- cannot imagine what a precious gift your hearing is until you lose it.
- If I am in a noisy restaurant, I frequently cannot hear what my
- tablemates are saying, even though my remaining ear is normal. My
- neighbor's son has a stereo in his car that is quite expensive -
- and with his car windows rolled up, and me in my house with the windows
- closed, I can still hear him coming down the street. Can you imagine
- what it must be like *inside* the car? I thought I read somewhere that
- attending concerts is like standing next to a jet taking off. My
- daughter's elementary school has a sock hop each year - with a DJ.
- I stopped taking my children, because the music is so loud. There is
- no need to blast until it hurts. Good music is good at soft volumes
- too. OK, I will get off my soapbox now.
- Patti Twigg
-