ABSTRACT
Music is a natural entertainment for most young people of Pakistani origin and part of the everyday culture of listening compared to the number who said they enjoy reading books. Some types of music were more cool to listen to and to admit in public, like rap or gangsta music, which was particularly true for the boys; and for girls it was more pop music like Boyzone. Some have found that parents reject Bhangra music on the grounds that it encourages mixing of the sexes and it exposes Muslims to alcohol and sexual permissiveness. The large Bhangra discos that appeared in late 1980s only increased parental dilemmas. Most young people in the sample preferred to speak in English when conversing with friends and when accessing popular culture. Most parents, irrespective of religion and ethnicity, would object to some performers who may use offensive words in their lyrics, but Pakistani parents object to all music that is written in English.
