... of the Free Congress Foundation's Center for Law & Democracy, made an argument that expresses this one view on this matter by stating, "Popular music is the single most influential factor for many young people, and intuition, experience and research show this is an issue of potential harm, not just ... disgusting anytime young people's lives are taken in an act of senseless violence. My condolences go out to the students and their families" (The Music/Violence Connection 2). However, Manson's fans have made comments arguing that his lyrics don't depict any sort of violent action. One of t...

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... 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 lyrics may contain offensive or lewd messages. However, stations ... still played Dylan's songs covered by other artists. Censorship today is not as bad as it was then, that's because the music industries of today have not let its self be bullied by organizations like PMRC and their self indulged oversize egos, but have learned to compromise with ... and ran ...

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... Music: Censored or Let It Be? "Censorship" recently we have been hearing a lot about the need for censorship of television and recording industries. Whether it is the cartoon Beavis and Butthead, the controversial television drama NYPD Blue or rap recording artists, someone always seems to argue about their negative effects on society and the need for government regulation. Being a fan of rap ... game You claim to be a playa but I *censored*ed your wife We bust on Bad Boy niggas *censored*ed for life." His music is for young adults, not for young kids who are easily influenced. Kids won'...

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... a rough day where nothing thing goes right, she may crank up the heavy metal. Or when someone is mad at the world he might throw in a rap cd. There is nothing wrong with just listening to music, but more often then not, that is not the case. Listening is not enough. People,especially young teens and pre-teens, want to look, act ... , split into two groups and would listen to different types of music for a three month period. Group one listened to classical music for half an hour every day, and group two listened to rap with parental advisories on the cover for half an hour every day. The...

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... thoughts and words indirectly through a medium to their audience. In some cases an artist's beliefs can be extremely controversial and could cause much debate in society. Music is one of the arts that has been found to be controversial in the past few decades as musicians try to express what's going on in the minds ... though the medium of music. Over the past five years, there has been no other artist who has been more controversial and in the middle of numerous debates in society than Eminem. ... limits in some people's minds and talked about things that have never been touched on bef...

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