Can Lyrics Cause Suicide? (2016 Rerun)
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
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November 28, 2016
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| 0:00.0 | Berto, have you ever listened to a song and been compelled to do something? |
| 0:04.5 | Like, just the lyrics are getting into your head and you're just like, I must do this thing. |
| 0:11.4 | Oh, absolutely, multiple times all through my life. |
| 0:14.2 | Like what? |
| 0:14.8 | I mean, let's start with rocky soundtracks. |
| 0:17.5 | Yeah, dun da da da da da da da da da da. |
| 0:19.8 | Maybe it's because I saw him in context with the movies, but man, talk about like, oh, I got to get off my ass. I got to start running. I got to start punching. Yeah. But then there's other things like, like dance songs like, uh, Blue Monday by, uh, uh, oh my God. That thing's like, I gotta start moving. How does it feel to treat me like you do? |
| 0:41.4 | And then I have other associations like chess, the song Bangkok, One Night in Bangkok. |
| 0:48.1 | That song I associated with like, I'm in my car, I'm a teenager, I'm going to a football game, the sunroofs open. |
| 0:56.8 | Did we have a sunroof? Yeah, I think we did. And I'm like blaring the song, you know why? |
| 1:01.4 | Because no one else is blaring that same song. Well, today I want to talk about lyrics and whether |
| 1:07.2 | or not music can actually be harmful to people. |
| 1:11.0 | You know, that's a notion of society, right? |
| 1:13.4 | That rap lyrics and heavy metal lyrics can cause people to commit evil acts, suicide, |
| 1:22.0 | homicide, this kind of stuff. |
| 1:23.3 | And there's been a long history of that. |
| 1:25.4 | Right. |
| 1:26.0 | I really want to get into that because a patron wrote us an email. |
| 1:30.4 | This is the Psychology in Seattle podcast. |
| 1:32.5 | I'm your host, Dr. Kirk Honda. |
| 1:34.6 | I'm a professor and a therapist. |
| 1:36.5 | My name is Umberto Castagnan, and I am back from my exile. |
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