Not sure I agree with the top 10 lists below,
mainly because I think I might have heard 1 of the 20 choices.
But I wish I could paste this label onto all of my contemporary music parts,
and send them back to the composer as a performer's input.
Case in point: I am so energized and feel like I am on top of the world,
playing Brahms 4 this week, and studying Marriage of Figaro for a paper.
Makes me happy to be alive,
happy to be able to hear,
happy to be a musician,
happy to be a string player,
and yes, happy I get to play viola!
Music On Our Health
February 27, 2012 By
UberFacts
Courtesy Of Neatorama
Before you download the next pop hit from iTunes, check whether it is hazardous to your health. A teen panel working with the Boston Public Health Commission has set up a “nutrition facts label” rating (like that seen on food items) for songs:
“Music, like food, can feed our brains and give us energy,” said Casey Corcoran, director of the Commission’s Start Strong Initiative. “But songs can affect our health and the health of our relationships.”
The tool, patterned after common food nutritional labels, invites consumers to become song lyric nutritionists by helping them identify relationship ingredients that make up a song. Using printed song lyrics as a guide, users can tally the number of healthy relationship themes, such as respect, equality, and trust, which are present in the song. And, like fattening calories, unhealthy relationship themes – possession, disrespect, and manipulation – are also counted. The number of times these themes are mentioned also factor into to the song’s total nutritional value. Corcoran recommends consuming lots of ‘healthy relationship’ ingredients for a balanced media diet.
The model was developed by 14 peer leaders in the Commission’s Start Strong Initiative. The teens, who range in age from 15 to 19 years old, attended a seven-week “Healthy Relationship Institute” where they were trained in teen dating violence prevention and healthy relationship promotion. They also learned to look at media critically, breaking it down to better understand the healthy or unhealthy relationship messages it may contain, such as power, control, equality, and gender roles.
“It’s important to have youth involved in this effort because teenagers are the main audience of the music,” said peer leader Shaquilla Terry, age 15 of Boston. “It’s important to actually listen to and think about the lyrics of a song and not just the beat.”
And which songs are (mentally) bad and good for you? Here are the
Top 10 lists:
Top 10 Songs with UNHEALTHY Relationship Ingredients (2009)
| Song | Artist | Score 0-50 |
| 1. Break Up (feat. Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett) | Mario | 45 |
| 2. Blame It (feat. T-Pain) | Jamie Foxx | 32 |
| 3. Paparazzi | Lady Gaga | 27 |
| 4. You’re a Jerk | New Boyz | 26 |
| 5. Baby By Me | 50 Cent | 25 |
| 6. Best I Ever | Drake | 24 |
| 7. One More Drink (feat. T-Pain) | Ludacris | 23 |
| 8. Be On You (feat. Ne-Yo) | Flo Rida | 22 |
| 9. Hotel Room Service | Pitbull | 21.5 |
| 10. Bad Romance | Lady Gaga | 20 |
Top 10 Songs with HEALTHY Relationship Ingredients (2009)
| Song | Artist | Score 0-50 |
| 1. One Time | Justin Bieber | 40 |
| 2. Miss Independent | Ne-Yo | 30 |
| 3. Replay | Iyaz | 25.5 |
| 4. Say Hay | Michael Franti | 25 |
| 5. Knock You Down | Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West | 21 |
| 6. Only You Can Love Me This Way | Keith Urban | 20 |
| 7. Her Diamonds | Rob Thomas | 19 |
| 8. I'm Yours | Jason Mraz | 18 |
| 9. Fallin For You | Colbie Caillat | 16 |
| 10. Meet Me Halfway | Black Eyed PEas | 15 |
Official press release at the BPHC: Link
via {über facts}
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