Delta4Embassy
Gold Member
Last two songs I've really enjoyed both contained some profanity. Thought a thread discussing the use of such expletives would be fun.
If it's the first time I've heard a song, the inclusion of such language is just another musical note. No worse than any other word in a song. But I notice if I hear a censored version first, and then the uncensored one I usually prefer the censored one. Dunno why that'd be. Other than just not using such words myself. But it does seem they're becomming incresingly common. When music 'warning labels' came about I knew this would happen. Up until then, artists and distributors exercised self-restraint. But once they had to put a warning label on a cd all self-restraint was unnecessary. Music got much more profane and crude.
Objectively of course, no words is ever 'bad.' It's just a word. But being an older fella (42 hehe) I'm of a time when you didn't use thats orta language except in moments of extreme stress where special emphasis is needed. Like shouting a warning to someone in the street unaware of an oncoming bus, "Hey! What out for that f-ing bus!"
Bu tnow, it's become just another word to say and has lost any special emphasis or strength. To retain some 'strong language' words I use 'poop' or 'excrement.' Since neither's used as cuss words (since they aren't) they do tend to stand out written down, or said aloud. We seem to tune out expletives.
So what's up with music using so much profanity now? Is it just the way everybody talks now and I'm some old fart who hasn't noticed?
If it's the first time I've heard a song, the inclusion of such language is just another musical note. No worse than any other word in a song. But I notice if I hear a censored version first, and then the uncensored one I usually prefer the censored one. Dunno why that'd be. Other than just not using such words myself. But it does seem they're becomming incresingly common. When music 'warning labels' came about I knew this would happen. Up until then, artists and distributors exercised self-restraint. But once they had to put a warning label on a cd all self-restraint was unnecessary. Music got much more profane and crude.
Objectively of course, no words is ever 'bad.' It's just a word. But being an older fella (42 hehe) I'm of a time when you didn't use thats orta language except in moments of extreme stress where special emphasis is needed. Like shouting a warning to someone in the street unaware of an oncoming bus, "Hey! What out for that f-ing bus!"
Bu tnow, it's become just another word to say and has lost any special emphasis or strength. To retain some 'strong language' words I use 'poop' or 'excrement.' Since neither's used as cuss words (since they aren't) they do tend to stand out written down, or said aloud. We seem to tune out expletives.So what's up with music using so much profanity now? Is it just the way everybody talks now and I'm some old fart who hasn't noticed?
May you keep making shit that I like!
I couldn't get it on the radio so I had to go coast to coast in bars. It was an awesome time.
