Yup.
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Outside of rap I find it pretty unacceptable, but when Prince dropped Get it up and Erotic city in the early 80’s it was kinda ok due to the subject.
Yes, I think what we're saying is that context matters rather than just childish effect.
We live in strange times - decades worth of records being banned by Radio 1 for precious little reason, but read the lyrics to the nation's current number one... :scratch:
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Same can be said for the BBFC film classification: many foreign films of the '60s being given 'A' or 'X'-rated certificates which would be unwarranted these days. Trouble is legally the admission ruling for those films still apply, and the BBFC has no intention of revising past classifications.