# Why are there so many songs about love and relationships? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-songs-about-love-and-relationships/568226 "2011-01-19T18:09:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-songs-about-love-and-relationships/568226/41 "2011-01-23T17:17:16Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Back in the days when Tipper Gore and them wanted violent lyrics censored (parentel advisory labels stuck on rap CDs), Frank Zappa said something along the lines of, “if violent X-rated lyrics are going to incite violence and suicide among the young who listen to them, how come 95% of popular songs are all about love and relationships, and how come we aren’t all walking around in love thinking about our relationships?” Cause and effect. Well, maybe we all ARE as well off as we are because of sappy love songs? 😛 I don’t pay much attention to lyrics, sappy or not, but if the default is lovelovelove, I’d rather hear that than ‘worship the devil/beat up your ho/jump off a bridge’ when I DO hear the words. “What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?” - _High Fidelity_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-songs-about-love-and-relationships/568226.md?page=2)