Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Money for Nothing banned in Canada?

You always have to look at the silver lining....maybe they'll get rid of 90% of the (k)rap music out there 'cause they like using the "n" word, lol.

There's a silver lining to rap music being around, too. It gives you a punching bag.

Most of the OTA radio stations down our way have always left the verse out of that song whenever they play it. 'What's It Like' by Everlast can really be humorous whenever the radio stations edit what they deem to be the bad words sometimes, especially whenever they replace the words with coo-coo clock or whistle like sounds.

To completely ban a song without any editing is ridiculous.

Speaking of that, I aleways found Sandler's "piece of £€{> car" to be a lot funnier in the radio edit.

Lol...good one, Charles!

Speaking of censoring....when Alanis Morrisette was popular, they used to bleep "chicken shit" out of her song yet other songs like PJ's "Jeremy" they played "harmless little f*ck" without a second thought(here, anyway).

Hey Adrian,

Couldn't agree more. The definition of the word "music" or "song" suggests actually singing, and that "music" contain a melody.

Rap isn't singing; it's chanting, and it isn't music 'cause there's no melody.

I was just discussing the "Money for Nothing" ban with an old friend in London, Ontario, this morning. He did point out that on the phone-in talk show he heard on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's state-supported radio/TV broadcast network), all the usual racial slurs were used by a caller and not bleeped, which is to the credit of broadcasting in Canada. Even the f-word goes unbleeped in Canada. The caller, who was African-Canadian said his mother told him, "They're just words; get used to it."

It's a complex issue. I used to maintain that "All in the Family" reinforced entrenched prejudices in people who viewed it and there is considerable scientific evidence to back that up. I never bought the argument of Norman Lear, who created the show, that it forces viewers to confront these issues. When my son was little, I didn't like him watching it because I thought why expose him to all this ugliness? He'll find out soon enough. .

Regards,
Alan

Oh, they bleep Jeremy here. I think there's an AIC song where they don't bleep shit--or didn't use to.

Hell, NIN's Closer is played on the radio here--bleeped.

Ken, my friend; I wholeheartedly agree, and that's exactly what I was getting at when I said-



If a white person uses the n-word in music, or whenever, I'm shocked, appalled and disgusted, as I believe it's wrong (freedom of speech prevails though). But, if a black person wanted to use the word, it's perfectly acceptable, although I do find it deleterious.

Basically, what I was getting at, is if a homosexual wants to use the word faggot, or a black person wants to use the n-word, it's fine. But, if a heterosexual person, or a white person wanted to do the same, it's appalling because the derogatory term wasn't originally intended for them, and in these examples, it was created by them.

I hope I'm making some sense .

Now you are!