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Now dont put me down as some sort of frigid barry, I enjoy Eminem as much as the next person. Swearing in songs is a more and more happening thing recently. Swearing in songs can be acceptable in certain circumstances, e.g. raps like stan in which strong language is needed for it to be realistic. However, my moan is at people like jennifer lopez. her recent song has swear words in wen it is totally unnecassery.These are songs that are played daily over the radio that mainly young impressionable children will be listening to. This is especially true in the case of jennifer lopez. her song is upbeat and supposed to make people dance. there is no need for the random swear word in the middle of the song. in these cases strong language is not needed to sell the records, none of her previous records to my knowledge had swearing in, and they have gone down pretty well. these are the songs that young children will be growing up listening to and thinking that that type of language is ok. you maybe wondering why i am not having a go at dr dre or eminem. this is simply because the type of music they have revolves around the whole bad boy attitude. they cant go around saying 'i poo on you'. it would ruin their image. however, jennifer lopez and certain other people dont have this kind of image. they dont rely on the whole bad boy image. so my final words are, 'there is no need for unnecassery swearing, its not big and its not cleva. just dont blame me when kids are swearing as soon as they speak.'
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Darkreaper wrote:
> I've just bought the Linkin' Park CD Hybrid Theory and i was
> slightly surprised to see that there was no Parental Advisory
> sticker on the front. I mean a Rock/Rap band with no swearing in
> it? How odd!
Not if you believe the rumours that they've been put together just like Pop Stars to cash in on the current trend for shoty white-rap/rock.
I'm not saying it's essential, most good bands dont need to resort to swearing.
Although there are times when a hearty curse is all you need to relieve frustrations.
> I've just bought the Linkin' Park CD Hybrid Theory and i was
> slightly surprised to see that there was no Parental Advisory
> sticker on the front. I mean a Rock/Rap band with no swearing in
> it? How odd!
Not if you believe the rumours that they've been put together just like Pop Stars to cash in on the current trend for shoty white-rap/rock.
I'm not saying it's essential, most good bands dont need to resort to swearing.
Although there are times when a hearty curse is all you need to relieve frustrations.
What gets me about swearing in songs is that often there's no point to it. It's just an easy way to look tough (wanna be rappers take note), or to get some notoriety to cover up a lack of depth of talent. I've got nothing against swearing in songs, it's just when it's blatantly obvious a cheap alternative to good lyrics, that's kind of sad.
Now dont put me down as some sort of frigid barry, I enjoy Eminem as much as the next person. Swearing in songs is a more and more happening thing recently. Swearing in songs can be acceptable in certain circumstances, e.g. raps like stan in which strong language is needed for it to be realistic. However, my moan is at people like jennifer lopez. her recent song has swear words in wen it is totally unnecassery.These are songs that are played daily over the radio that mainly young impressionable children will be listening to. This is especially true in the case of jennifer lopez. her song is upbeat and supposed to make people dance. there is no need for the random swear word in the middle of the song. in these cases strong language is not needed to sell the records, none of her previous records to my knowledge had swearing in, and they have gone down pretty well. these are the songs that young children will be growing up listening to and thinking that that type of language is ok. you maybe wondering why i am not having a go at dr dre or eminem. this is simply because the type of music they have revolves around the whole bad boy attitude. they cant go around saying 'i poo on you'. it would ruin their image. however, jennifer lopez and certain other people dont have this kind of image. they dont rely on the whole bad boy image. so my final words are, 'there is no need for unnecassery swearing, its not big and its not cleva. just dont blame me when kids are swearing as soon as they speak.'
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