what was music like in 90's-50's?

A lot of it was controversial even back then; violence and drug abuse were common in music lyrics, though the sexuality was usually more subtle until the 80's or so.

The dramatic worldwide increase in silver hammer-related crime in late 1969 lends credence to the theory that immoral lyrics encourage immoral behaviour. (And yes, that was sarcasm.)

Teens have always paid a lot of attention to music; however, even today it's difficult to make the argument that they're strongly influenced by the music they listen to. It's a likelier explanation that the music reflects the culture, than that the culture reflects the music. Just as in the 60's it's far more likely that the success of 'psychedelic' music was reflective of the drug culture, rather than that the rise of drug culture was in any way the result of bands like Jefferson Airplane.

It seems every generation has its own pop culture, and pop music (which is the type of music you are referring to, I believe) is a part of it. Several decades ago, pop music was not as harsh; there was no rap style. The pop music of the 80's was, to me, very enjoyable - maybe you can check some of it out to sample it. There are many other forms of musical expression that you can explore and get to know, and perhaps like, that are in many ways better and more in depth than pop music: classical guitar, new age alternative, blues, jazz, opera, etc.

As for music with degrading lyrics/content, why would anyone want to hear or buy it.....at any age.....?! A sound experience ought to have some value to it; if it is what you describe, it is essentially valueless and not worth anyone's time or money.

this is my experience. everything effects our lives, from the music we listen to the books we read to the movies we watch

yes, things were different in this era but we as human beings

learn from everything our minds take in. everyone needs to think about how these things have changed the morals of people today from then. as for age limit-it all falls under maturity and comprehension

There already is an age limit to buy materal with explicit lyrics. It use to be 17 years old. I think it may be 18 now.

In the 50's, 60's and 70's, there were no cop killing songs and you could actually understand the lyrics. Being able to recite a rhyme was not considered singing. All lyrics were "G" rated also.

Some of it was as bad, some was not as open as to what they were singing about so not everyone caught on. I think every generation has their music that parents did not want kids to listen to.