To be perfectly honest, it's rock 'n roll, not church choir music.
Rock 'n Roll used to be dangerous music performed by minorities before the Civil Rights Movement, and listened by rebellious teenagers, before it was co-opted, watered down, and packaged up. If you're not listening to Chuck Berry, and you don't pick out innuendos, you're not listening hard enough.
The Sex Pistols covered Chuck Berry - the bassist was a heroin addict that killed his girlfriend, then himself.
The Beatles covered Chuck Berry - John Lennon is not looked upon with a positive light given how he treated his son and first wife.
The Rolling Stones covered Chuck Berry. People have been murdered at their shows.
Rock 'n Roll is filled with the causalities of unstable, chemically dependent, suicidal people. Chuck Berry was Rock 'n Roll.
I don't disagree. My counter would be would you ever tell the story of Rock n' Roll without mentioning how damaged, disenfranchised, and rebellious the people who created or where drawn to it were? If not, shouldn't it be mentioned in one of the creators obituary how damaged they were?
Those things you mention are self destructive, the comment you were replying to was specifically mentioning damaging others, vulnerable ones in particular.
Rock 'n Roll used to be dangerous music performed by minorities before the Civil Rights Movement, and listened by rebellious teenagers, before it was co-opted, watered down, and packaged up. If you're not listening to Chuck Berry, and you don't pick out innuendos, you're not listening hard enough.
The Sex Pistols covered Chuck Berry - the bassist was a heroin addict that killed his girlfriend, then himself.
The Beatles covered Chuck Berry - John Lennon is not looked upon with a positive light given how he treated his son and first wife.
The Rolling Stones covered Chuck Berry. People have been murdered at their shows.
Rock 'n Roll is filled with the causalities of unstable, chemically dependent, suicidal people. Chuck Berry was Rock 'n Roll.