NPR's report and interview with Eric Clapton about his drug and alcohol addiction ($16,000 / week!) is all too common, especially among Rock n' Roll musicians. Why have there been so many rock musicians on drugs? It certainly seems to be an extraordinarily high percentage compared to the average population. It is good to hear of him being sober now.
Clapton's reference to music as a form of "salvation" for him is also very common among rock musicians and fans. From personal experience I had already noticed a large number of rock songs with lyrics indicating rock music as form of religion, worship, and salvation. Reading Davin Seay's book "Stairway to Heaven: The Spiritual Roots of Rock 'n' Roll" helped to clarify and confirm my own observations.
Yet it also makes me a cautious about Christians' love of music and the tendency among Christians to make fairly extravagant claims of the benefits of, and their devotion to, music. We are called to think carefully about the nature of music and to discern when it becomes idolatrous. Are we careful to keep ourselves from idols in this area?
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