Censorship of music
CENSORSHIP In today's society, all types of music artists are expressing their views, opinions and feelings in their songs about what they see and what they know. This is on of the great things about this country, the freedom to express yourself. It is not fair, nor is it constitutional that music should be censored in anyway. It is not only rap music trying to be censored it is in all types of music. They are taking away their rights and it isn't fair. As reported in the New York Times. "Wall-Mart CD standards are Changing Pop Music", Wal-Mart and other large department stores sell CD's by your favorite artists which are not what your favorite artists originally created. Some retailers refuse to carry CDs with "Parental Advisory Stickers", a few also go as far as to make it known to labels and artists that if the CD comes to their shelves with a "dirty" word, a "controversial" cover, or an "explicit" lyric it will not be allowed on the shelves. Some of the artists include Nirvana, Beck, John Mellencamp and the list goes on. (Internet ultratnet) The most recent case involving Wal-Mart and censorship, was the new Sheryl Crow album. A song on the album which lashes the company for selling guns that end up in the wrong hands as cau
If you don't fight for your own freedom, no one is going to give it to you". "The biggest difference between now and 1989", says Payton," is now we find ourselves fighting these supposed liberals. Morello believes and I agree, speech and expression are being shackled in the U. Now ROC is fighting bills like HB 2982, sponsored by Pennsylvania state legislator T. Rolling Stone, "Freedom Rock" October 20, 1994 p50 . I think the only way to really gain full freedom of speech is to fight and not give up. Morello is the founder of Parents for Rock and Rap, an anti-censorship organization that she runs from her home. All of the CDs targeted as "obscene" already carry RIAA Parental Advisory Labels. The label also pressures record companies, radio stations and music stores to stop playing or selling recordings considered detrimental to children. Rolling Stone, "She really only wants to be with you" November 14,1996 p64 Smith, Danyel. Ronney, a Democrat which would criminalize the sale of labeled records to minors. sed the company to ban the album in stores. He did not mean that we should all go out and start killing cops, (Light 20) I personally thought the song was very rude and not very intelligent, but at the same time I don't think he should have been censored for it.
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