I’m so fucking tired of clicking on a song and finding out it’s the fucking censored version halfway through. It genuinely pisses me off, even if the censors are well done, it still fucks up the flow of the music. Songs should never be censored regardless of the amount of swears and innuendos; they’re a form of expression by artists and creators. Oh, what about the kids? Yeah fuck right off. Parent your children better. They’re eventually going to learn what curses are anyways.
Me, writing an Opera about OP’s entire family’s medical history:
Unpopular, my ass lol
I doubt it is unpopular in Lemmy’s demographic, but I think it probably is quite unpopular within the general population
I’ll give you that—you could be right.
It’d definitely be unpopular in Lemmy’s demographic, which is quite pro-censorship and “circle jerk”-esque. There are hundreds if not thousands of moderator actions every day on here censoring and banning people for saying words that mods and users didn’t like, none of which can cause any actual harm.
In the backward and religious USSA probably.
I should mention that cunt Tipper Gore and her crusade.
No other country cares
I hate it as well because it creates a weird alternative reality where people only know the censored version of the song. Also very often the songs contain themes way to mature for kids and censoring a few rude words does not change that.
Completely agree with you.
Also be surprised if this is an unpopular opinion.
It’s going to switch from popular to unpopular once you say “songs that ask for the extermination of all people in Gaza” shouldn’t be censored.
There should be a line where songs/anything should be censored, but curse words obviously aren’t it.
Define “censored”, I guess. It would ne best if they didn’t exist, but if they’re already there, bleeping out the slurs won’t help.
Censorship isn’t limited to bleeping out slurs.
I’m pretty happy I don’t have to hear rap lyrics calling for my death blasting out of cars, so I’m not against all censorship in general.
I think OP’s opinion is badly phrased and they’re actually just talking about removing slurs, not all forms of censorship.
Not even this song?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heil_Hitler_(song)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvge48j5lplo
American rapper Kanye West has been blocked from entering Australia over a song glorifying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
No, not even that should be censored. If someone wants to tell the world that they’re a piece of garbage, let them. Censorship is always bad and has no reason to exist.
I think there’s a difference between blocking an entire song and censoring out / replacing a couple choice words in the middle
Was meaning to say: take a look at one of the less liberal countries’ censorship lists, and tell me you would force the public to allow all of it.
Wholeheartedly agree. Tried of hypocrites and psuedo saints forcing their sensitivity on art. I want to hear Eminem say weird ass shit. I want Limp Bizkit music to say fuck. Same thing for Lola Young. These lame ass nancy’s don’t like it? They should be the ones to listen to something else. The original song/music was written as is to express something. It needs to be delivered RAW in its purist form. Not to be watered down to appease people who can’t figure out how to navigate the social situation of just not listening to it.
Agree. If you want your music to be “kid friendly”, then don’t swear in said songs. Easy.
There are musicians that do go to extremes with jargon and swearing but nonetheless those are words. Words convey meaning, which convey ideas and experiences.
Collectivelly, there should be no need to worry if a song is “kid friendly”. Parents, adults, listening to such music should teach children those words are valid in that context but not valid in others.
Education is better than censorship.
Ya I was going to mention that part about the kids too, agree with that also. It just gives me religious ick, because it reminds me of the same idea about sex and naked bodies and how poorly they’re viewed by certain religions.
Censorship but it gets renamed as “shame”.
To confirm, if we don’t want our kids to hear cursing, we should avoid the song.
But if you don’t want to hear the censored version, you cannot avoid it?
The most bizarre censored song I’ve heard is probably Where The Hood At. For some reason, the only censored line of the entire song is “empty out, reload, and throw more slugs”… even on the “explicit” version. The rest of the song with lots of homophobia and such is completely uncensored.
Agree, no censorship for music and art in general. Censorship also involves some songs being not available to stream. While not as convenient, I buy all my music and (I might be on a spectrum or two) play it when it’s listening time. I LOVE music, but not while doing other activities. Rarely though, some wallpaper music.
This has to be a streaming service issue? I don’t purchase censored music and therefore don’t have this issue .
Do streaming services seriously put everyone in the children’s tier? That and live versions would have me cancelling so fast.
There has to be an Adult option, right?I know some songs on Spotify have the explicit symbol and are also censored lol. Its brutal.
This is something I’ve wanted for a long time. Always seemed dumb to me that you can block explicit music, but not the opposite. I want a toggle that blocks censored & radio versions, along with live versions. But it seems like we live in an era of user option/choice is steadily being reduced.
Sometimes it’s funny
Censoring swears and innuendoes is the tip of the iceberg. In this era of mass consolidation, the importance of local, expert media curation cannot be overstated. Support your local dj.
If it doesn’t meet the standard of hate speech it should be allowed.
“Hate speech”
As defined by who?
You want Trump defining it?
Hate speech is speech that asks for harm and/or death upon another person or group.
If a song would feature hate speech you’d ban the entire song, not censor the content.
The music can’t be hate speech, only the content (lyrics) can be hate speech.
Well, yeah. I don’t think anyone has every complained about a censored instrumental track.
Meaning it is exactly the content that could be hate speech. Change the content, and the song is no longer hate speech.
This sounds fine until you find out there are genres such as “black metal, but racist” and “punk, but racist”.
…So, does having the slurs bleeped out make listening to a punk but racist song OK?
…no, their entire catalogues should be destroyed. Why on earth would I mean the slurs are the only problem?
…Because the thread is about censored song versions, with slurs bleeped out.
…No, it’s about censoring music. You… Look, I don’t know how to not make this seem condescending, but you do know censorship isn’t just beeping the slurs, right? Like you know of the definition of the word “censorship”, not just that bleeping the slurs is a type of censorship, right?
I don’t know how to not make this seem condescending either, but the literal first line in the OP is “I’m so fucking tired of clicking on a song and finding out it’s the fucking censored version halfway through.”
