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Vin 01:44 am UTC 06/02/10 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC: Fuck! - Infinite_Victims 07:35 pm UTC 05/31/10 |
| To me, the ultimate absurdity of bleeping profanity is this: when a person hears a song, or watches a movie or TV show and they hear a bleeped out word, what happens? They think: hmmm. A word was just bleeped out. I wonder what it was? "Fuck", probably. But maybe it was "ass." Or perhaps "cunt," or "cocksucker." Probably not "bitch," though, because that's more or less okay to say. By censoring the word, you've caused the listener to pay greater attention to that one quick spot in the song, and then actively consider what dirty word it was that they didn't just hear, thereby exposing them to a greater level of profanity than if they'd just not censored the word in the first place. Its lunacy. > > I agree. The absurd thing is that Meat said "California" > was dropped due to it putting the cost over what Walmart > wanted to pay, not due to the lyrics. Bleeping the explcit > lyrics is also stupid since most of the same stores that > sell the cd's have movies full of profanity on the same > shelves. I don't know what store you went to but I'm > guessing the record company may have done it since my wife > buys Nickelback cd's at Walmart with all the lyrics > intact. > > Fuck. Cocksucker. So I finally get around to buying HCTB > > at my local book/record store, and I decide to grab the > > one-disc / no bonus live CD deal and save myself $10.00 or > > so. Okay, great. Then I'm listening and I realize that > > "Like a Rose" has the F-word censored out of it. Fuck, > > that's bad. THEN it fucking hits me that "California > > Isn't Big Enough" isn't even on the fucking record! Argh! > > Now, neither of these things is that big an issue, in and > > of themselves. Neither track is a high point of the album > > (though each has its own charms that have grown on me to > > one degree or another), but... I absolutely detest this > > kind of censorship, and I hate that I've accidentally > > supported it. And seriously, if they have to put special > > labels on an album that HAS explicit lyrics, shouldn't > > they have to label them to let you know you're holding a > > censored product in your hands??? To let you know that > > there is another version out there with additional lyrics > > or even a whole 'nother song that you might want to buy > > instead?? > > > > FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK Fuck fuck. | |
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