"And the media mediates between the masses and the myth it creates
But it never knows the damage grows the more it bends the truth
They tell us want they want us to hear
They patronize our aching ears." (from "Them" by PFR)
Twenty years ago this month, the band PFR put out the first of their "last" albums (different story altogether) which included the title track "Them." I was immediately drawn to this song and its straight up lyrics (this was during CCM's 'golden age' but even then, and even more so now, using the phrase 'sexual perversion' in a lyric was cutting edge for that genre) because it so aptly described, what I believe, to be a commentary on the media at large and the power and effect that it has on people.
"We don't have to watch what they want us to see
Yet we let them bind our hands and feet."
Twenty years later, this song is more relevant than ever in describing this topic. It doesn't even require blog elaboration, it is that good. You just have to listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90g2b4s0HrI
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