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Sir,—Recently, over a commercial radio station, a rock singer was singing, macho-style, the words “I want it all, I want it all, I want it now.” Such words would be more appropriate for a robber or a rapist than a lover. To me they epitomise the ugliness of rock culture. The roughvoiced macho who will not take no for an answer, whose brutishness is given an aura of respectability by heavy rock rhythms; such a creature has won the hearts and minds of many thousands of our young people. Not for them the tenderness, beauty and commitment of real love. Such qualities are perceived as dull,- lifeless and boring. I am concerned that the values, aggressiveness, machismo and ugliness which are being promoted by the rock culture can be damaging to a civilised way of life.—Yours, etc., GEOFF LEICESTER. October 15, 1989.
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