| re: NJC: Fuck! | |
|
Posted by: |
Vin 02:23 pm UTC 06/03/10 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC: Fuck! - John_Galt 06:15 am UTC 06/03/10 |
| I'm going to laugh, too, because I already know that knowing that I have a less than complete Meat Loaf album in my collection will ultimately be more than I can bear, and I'll cave in and buy the double-disc set. But I'll rationalize that I'm buying it for the live disc and 40-page booklet, and not just for the F-bomb and "California Isn't Big Enough." I will say that I disagree that Meat was resorting to profanity as a marketing trick, or an attempt to be cool to the youngsters. Its only one track out of 13. And IMO, Jim's boner line from FCOL is much dirtier, anyway. > 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. | |
| reply | | |
| Previous: | re: NJC: Fuck! - John_Galt 06:15 am UTC 06/03/10 |
| Next: | re: NJC: Fuck! - Infinite_Victims 12:58 pm UTC 06/03/10 |
| Thread: | |