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6/10/2016 1:00:34 AM
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Radio Edits and Music Censorship
It makes absolutely no sense for there to be radio edits and blanket bans on explicit songs receiving air time. Music is the only form of communication that receives blanket bans by the FCC in this manner. TV shows and movies get different ratings, and as long as there is an appropriate warning label, it can show anything short of pornography. The moment a musician says any word worse than "damn," whether drug-related or a simple curse word, it's considered to be "explicit content" and they get censored and/or banned from the air. A radio station should be able to say, "we're going to play an explicit content song, so if you don't want to hear it, change the station." It's honestly ridiculous that such puritanical regulations are placed on a single industry.
/rant
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Keep in mind the difference between radio and tv revenue. I'm sure that plays a part, because they don't want to lose listeners.
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4 RepliesWhy listen to the radio anyways? Just download/buy songs on a phone and play it.
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You can thank Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake for that.
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1 ReplyOn TV they have explicit warnings for a block of time , granted it may be one show , but it is a block of at least 30 min. If a DJ wanted to commit a whole 4 hour segment to explicit music and limit his/her audience and therefore limit his/her advertisement possibilities I am sure they could. Doubtful too many Stations are willing to alienate broad segments of their listener base to appease the Artistic integrity of foul music.
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As a general rule I agree. However, for what it's worth, I prefer Cee Lo Green's radio edit ([i]Forget You[/i]) over the original ([i]F*** You[/i]). The two syllables in "forget" seem to suit the beat better and the original just seems too forced. He might as well be saying, "Oh, look! I used a naughty word! I'm so rebellious!"
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What's a radio? I play music from my phone.
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2 Repliesyou ever notice they show violence on television but bleep out swears?
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lol Watch this video. They were playing at a radio.
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I forget that people actually listen to the radio for music.
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Why do you care?
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1 ReplyI think it's funny how on basic cable it's ok to have people engaging in a threesome during a show, but characters saying -blam!- in the same show would just be waaay too explicit. Like, seriously?
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1 Replythats because if you turn the channel in the middle of a song you cant tell if its explicit or not
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1 ReplyDookie
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I remember hearing once on the Rise Against fan Reddit page, that the frontman doesn't believe in censoring music. He thinks it's wrong to censor emotion like that. That's why the band hasn't released any clean versions of their songs.
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Why would they ask people to tune out of their station?
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What if you switch the radio mid-sing? You will not know. TV series and movies have a tag along the whole session
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I only listen to xm sirius radio, and songs are still edited. Unless its on the xl stations. But some people might not care to listen to foul language on the radio and/or have children that they may not want exposed to it. Plus some edited or radio edits sound better than the original.
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2 RepliesAll radio is broadcast over publicly owned airwaves and are thus under the jurisdiction of the FCC. TV that is also broadcast on public air waves are subject to the same restrictions. Cable and movie theaters are privately owned and not subject to the FCC. If you want it to change vote in people willing to change it. But this will not happen and it's a stupid issue to push because things like the internet exist and are easily accessible. Because I'm sure you're aware of this I have to assume you're just trolling, but regardless hopefully someone will learn something.
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12 RepliesUm, if anything, that's because the music industry refuses to be regulated in the same way that the movie industry is. For instance, many alternative artists release music with explicit content but choose not to label it.
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http://m.imgur.com/3FMvmwF?r
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13 RepliesThe only problem I have with this is if an artist wants to be relevant, they have to contour their artistry around these boundaries. For instance, despite Kanye being one of the biggest artists on the planet, no songs off of [i]Yeezus[/i] got much radio-play at all because of their subject matter. This was intentional, however an artist with less leverage than Kanye wouldn't be able to stay very relevant and may struggle in the industry without contouring to the radio. People talk about how music is "watered down" these days, when realistically it's the radio that makes it seem that way, something it has literally always done. 2015 and 2016 have been great years for music, and it takes a narrow sighted individual to not see that. With streaming and social media becoming ever more influential on the market, I hope this dispels some of the pressure the radio has on artists.
