Show Popular Music One of the failings of American Ameri Ameri- can society Is that we surround our young with music composed to appeal to the lowest com common mon denominator WE are thoroughly commercialized In radio and television and because every station is competing for the largest possible audience this is the m music u sic m most 0 s t often otten i j stress stressed d. d If we were able hear music composed for the upper levels of our society at least some of the ti time me our young yo un people e would learn to understand and to ap appreciate appreciate appreciate ap- ap good music BUT WE tiVE seldom hear it on it on the average town small station It is little wonder that the average European visiting the United States is thunderstruck when he lie hears the wild sounds which are beamed out over so many radio stations GIMMICK music or something some some- some some-I thing new every day is often substituted for appreciation o 0 oreally of really good and proven music on too many American stations Our schools do what they can but trying to teach young people appreciation of good music in m inthe inthe the face of the deluge of popular sounds which come from movies movies movies ies radio and television hour after hour is a Herculean task |