... ever hitting the masses, where as the public should have the decisive power of what's distasteful or quality. Because in the end it's the public that decides if a song is a hit or flop. In 1968 many of Bob Dylan's music were banned from radio because his lyrics were too difficult to understand, many station managers feared the ... by the lyrics of songs. Ozzy Osbourne was sued in "1985" by the parents of a teen who committed suicide which they believed was provoked by the song "Suicide Solution," the case was thrown out of court and all files for appeal were denied, stating their was no...

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... individuals perceive as beautiful, intriguing, or fascinating. Art is everyone's creative and emotional escape from the crazy world we now live in and takes the form of music, sculpture, painting, song, speech, or any other thing that gives the creator an emotional escape. Many things can be considered art. Some people refuse to consider a giant nylon blob, full of foam balls ... of Africa, or in the audience of a symphony orchestra. Music allows people to hear exactly what they are feeling; take, for example, the anger of a Marilyn Manson song, or heartbreak of a pop artist's song like...

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... is Eminem. As many people know, Eminem's music is of controversial nature and is the topic of many debates. His lyrics are violent, masochistic, and generally negative. The twin's favorite song is "The Way I Am". Here is an excerpt of the lyrics: I don't know you and no, I don't owe you a mo-therf*ck-in thing I'm not Mr. N'Sync, I'm not what your ... in nature. Personally, I've never even heard them curse. They continue to excel in school and remain sociable people. One could listen to a romantic song, and feel "lovey-dovey". If you"re angry, you can listen to a song angry in nature and...

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... teens. Music is very powerful and there are numerous events in today's news about teenagers attempting suicide or trying to kill other people and blaming it on song lyrics. Psychologists don't only blame the song lyrics but the artists themselves also. Teenagers don't only dress and act like their idols, but they also mimic their actions. For example, a very popular rapper today ... ...

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... ghetto, which is what happened with the "conscious" rap sub-genre, which consisted of rappers who rapped about things that actually matter, like the Roots. In this excerpt from their song "Clones", they talk about the subjectivity in modern rappers lyrics: "First of all let's talk about these ill capers And fly ass frontin bitches that now caught vapors Niggaz run ... Jay-Z, a self-proclaimed womanizer. His lyrics exploit women as if it was the Middle Ages and women were all prostitutes. For example, here is an excerpt of his most famous song, "Big Pimpin"": "You know I - thug em, f**k ...

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... film television, videos and videogames." (Kazmierczak Par. 9). There are some negative sides to censoring music. One is a loss of free speech. Some say it puts all free speech at risk. A song that is changed time and time again losses its" original value. Who are we pleasing anyways? There are only a small few who ask for censorship. Why should we censor because ... compiled to over 150 songs. Some songs listed for obvious reasons such as Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven." Some artists were shocked when a song written about peace and love was d...

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... for violence anyway considering the violent lyrics being said on many alternative and rock songs being played also. There have been no alleged violent activity going on from hearing a rap song, as the youth who shoot up schools and such blame their actions on alternative artists such as Marilyn Manson. A lot of these things have to do with race also. Many ... acts upon each other. That is all in the mind of the listener. If a person has common sense, they would know not to do things that they hear on some song. Many of the successful rap artists that are now millionaires such as Jay-Z, ...

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... censorship bureau has repeatedly attacked the heavy metal artists like Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, and Ozzy Osbourne. In 1985 the parents of John McCullom sued Ozzy Osborne, claiming that his song "Suicide Solutions" caused their son to commit suicide. The judge in this case decided that overt lyrics are protected speech and that the evidence was insufficient to connect the ... song with the death of their child. These same results came from cases held against the group Judas Priest (Gilchrist 1). This proves again that music's lyrical content cannot be held responsible ... ...

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... they still reflected the same ground breaking techniques that he uses today. Listening to the rare first demo, samples of news broadcasts can be heard in the beginning of the song, "Down In It". Although this may be something that is commonly found in music today that includes samples, back then, when this demo was created, using techniques such as sampling ... down to where it's aliasing, you've got a pretty cool thing. You layer that in the mix, and suddenly it becomes thicker, even though sometimes you can't necessarily hear it. A song like "Mr. Self Destruct", obviously you're going...

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... , it is chosen for us. And who is to make those choices for us? Yes it may be true that vulgarity, pornography, violence and obscenity is not necessary in comprising a song. However, it should not be illegal to express your opinions or ideas. Censorship limits freedom. In the words of Alan Dershowitz: Wentz 7 "Our Constitution prohibits the government from protecting us ... ...

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... fun which it always had before. One great example of how music has changed so greatly is in the rap by the artist Eminem titled Words are Weapons. In the song Eminem sings of how, "My words are weapons, I use them to crush my opponents, I never show no emotion- (Mathers). Our generation's music has become more about venting frustrations and defining ... ...

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... about the madness. Many lyrics of certain singers influence people, and makes malicious doings sound humane. "Let's just kill everyone and let your god sort them out," is part of a song my Marilyn Manson http://www.wickedland.com/manson/lyrics/antichrist.html#2. How is a person who is depressed and mad not get tempted to kill someone? Movies, Video games, and music ... ...

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... morally incorrect. While they are ramming the idea that the concept of downloading music is so wrong and you start to think that yeah maybe it is wrong, you hear a song that really want to hear again so almost automatically I log on to Kazaa and download it. When this happens I feel almost uncomfortable with myself because I feel like I am stealing or ... ...

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... at least they are getting you to think. So what do you want to hear when you turn on the radio? A screaming guy with ripping power cords? A sickening lovey dovey song , seventy five percent generated by a machine and only twenty five percent actully recorded? I don't want to hear either and neither does the rest of the adolecsent population of America. Music ... ...

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