Angry songs make you angry

A study released by The American Psychological Association this weekend says that violent lyrics in songs can increase aggression-related thoughts and emotions and could indirectly create a more hostile social environment. The report is based on five experiments involving over 500 college students, and researchers reckon it is lyrics rather than musical style that increases violent throughts. Apparantly even humorous violent songs made people more aggressive! The report will no doubt come as great news to the anti-hip hop brigade.