Is Rock and Roll of the Devil?

Nat King Cole was out on the beach watching girls in bikinis in 1958, and Roger Miller was singing 'Dang me.' Now, we're having a hard time finding a top 40 album without a obvious emotional attachment to the 'F' word, and songs about masturbation, drugs, aimless killing, and rape.

So is pop music of the devil? While avoiding falling into the traps of a simplistic moralism, Kevin Swanson analyzes music content and form. He presents various ways to handle perversion in art forms, and gives some practical ways to analyze music that makes it into your home.