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John_Galt 06:15 am UTC 06/03/10 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC: Fuck! - Vin 01:44 am UTC 06/02/10 |
| Who knows what the rationale for eliminating the F-Bomb was in this case, but if someone thought that they were protecting children from listening to a record with crude language, that's an extra dose of lunacy on top of delusion. No one under the age of 30 is going to buy this album. Drawing attention to the "censor's" beep has been used with some effect by hip-hop producers. I'm fairly sure that more than a few songs I hear these days are written with the intention of adding the perfect bleep at the perfect spot to stimulate the young teenager. I'd say some of the bleeps are even somewhat musical. This is fascinating considering the preferred method of "censoring" a track these days by people who actually care seems to be to drop out the vocal during the profanity and *not* actually add a bleep to the track. I think it's been that way for years, but the rebellious bleeps just keep on bleeping their way to faux counter-culture coolness. One advantage to all this is that record companies can sell singles (which still matter somewhat in R&B and Hip Hop) with bleeped "radio" tracks and then sell the album track with full profanity (often not as good somehow:-) to the same kids who bought the bleeped radio singles. I'm going to laugh when you go back to the store and end up buying the two disc set, anyway, just so that you can get the extra material with an explicit line or two. Kind of sad to see Meat needing to throw in a little profanity for effect at this stage in his career or life, anyway. He should try to make the point with his voice rather than sucking face with Aspen Miller (who is too young for me) or cussing like the coolest kid in sixth grade. -=John Galt=- ... who doesn't really begrudge Meat for enjoying his stay in Aspen while it lasted. > 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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