Popular Music and the Line of Despair

Popular music is not just sadness but also evidences giving up hope. Can modern man continue to live with the despair? Bertrand Russell also was a man without hope. Despite his words, like Bergman, he could not keep away from talking about 'right and wrong' though he did not philosophically believe that he was made in the image of God. The Beatles went through several stages to maintain their popularity. They changed when they failed to find satisfaction and also used psychedelic sound. Their 'Yellow Rose' was another trip but just romantic. All these musicians were committed to total art. Their basic message is 'man is dead'. A Christian viewpoint is based on both intellectual content and experiential content.