Music and Worldviews

Music. It is a facet of 21st century culture. It is everywhere. The grocery store the radio, the mall, homes, the church, and in movies. Music and musicians have been instrumantal in the culture. From the beginings of rock with Elvis Presley, the free love and drug addled time of the Beatles in the 60's, the anti-war songs of U2, and the rise of contemporary chrisitan music, music has been instrumental in shaping cultures and times. The thoughts and ideas expressed in songs have in some ways shaped history itself, so it is important to think about the songs we hear and the worldviews expressed in them. These next three songs present some very interesting worldviews.
Five for Fighting
100 Years (Lyrics)
Just 100 years. That's it. We are a like a vapor, here today, gone tomorrow, so why waste time trying things out for ourselves. I have heard form some people that they would rather learn about life for themselves even if the lessons they learn could have been learned from others and seen to be counter productive. Why waste time trying out bad ideas for ourselves when we could not only learn from the mistakes of others but follow the example of others to know how to live?
The song also seems to be a bit existentialist, in that we exist and then are gone and that's it. There's nothing else. But there is. There is something else for those who believe in Christ's saving grace. There is eternity. So maybe this song isn't existentialist as it can be used to show those around us that this life is not the end.
Depeche Mode
Blasphamous Rumor (Lyrics)

Well for those who believe in an all powerful and loving God this song is a blasphamous lie and appears to hold to a worldview that God is the enemy in human existence and the problem, not he answer.
This is false. God knows best and nobody knows his will.
The first half of the song (if you didn't read the lyrics) speaks of a girl attempting suicide and not suceeding. I have no idea why they feel that it is God's fault she is committing suicide, more like it is the fallen, corrupt, depraved, and hopeless state of this world that would have driven this girl to suicidal actions. Seeing no hope she wants to die. God is not the problem here but the answer. Without him life is pointless and not worht living. We try to escape our world through all sorts of means, so we can forget the Godless state of the world and the horrors that it contains.
The second half of the song speaks of another girl who accepts Christ and then gets hit by a car and dies.
Now this incident again is not God's fault but his will. Depeche Mode seems to not understand the fact that God knows and plans the time of our deaths and that for a Christian to die is not a bad thing or the end of life but merely a passing into a better existence. As Paul says to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Stellar Kart
Life is Good (Lyrics)

So if you can get past the rather strange music video,(sorry but it's the best You Tube carried)this song seems to be the climax. People live their lives chasing the American Dream, the good life, (here's another good song on that) and in the end what is it worth? Can they take it with them? Without a faith in Christ and the promise of eternal life it is all worthless.
So when we listen to songs especially those in mainstream American life think about the effect those songs are having on th culture and ways you can use them to show others the promise of eternal life.

PS Please fell free to comment on what you think the worldview is on any or all of these songs. I'd like to know what you think.