View Full Version : F ing in songs !!!
Audio Al
16-10-2017, 01:16
Is using the F word in music now acceptable ?
I think its very tacky indeed
Pink does it , its even worse when a lady does it
The Skript and others
I think it lowering the tone of music :(
I couldn’t agree more. A pale attempt at trying to be cool, or displaying the fact that you have no upbringing.
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Odd words acceptable but can depend, and certainly not like a lot of rap stuff. Let's face it our parents didn't like messages our music sent as don't we in many cases but outright filth is unneeded
Check the charts, loads of tracks marked explicit [emoji848]
It's the way of the world, to be rude and obnoxious is the new cool, no discipline, no respect, me me me attitude, the world is on a downward spiral [emoji17]
John Grant is a bugger for it, shame as I really like his music too, but I do find it all a bit unnecessary
Where's Tipper Gore when you need her?
Can't say it has ever bothered me in the slightest. Always thought the 'Parental Advisory' stickers were possibly the most ridiculous thing ever. All the shit in the world and people want to protect their children from hearing rude words. As if that is even possible in any case.
Stratmangler
16-10-2017, 14:10
Where's Tipper Gore when you need her?
Can't say it has ever bothered me in the slightest. Always thought the 'Parental Advisory' stickers were possibly the most ridiculous thing ever. All the shit in the world and people want to protect their children from hearing rude words. As if that is even possible in any case.
We must protect our children from potty mouths.
Blame Canada!
Pete The Cat
17-10-2017, 11:12
Outside hardcore punk or rap it sounds unnecessary, lacking in imagination and rather silly really.
Quite difficult nowadays for parents of young kids to navigate through it all.
Pete
Just artists trying to be cool and sell to a certain demographic.. whatever is the latest trend some artists will jump on... i.e release your music on cassette format to appear trendy or a special colour edition LP for 3x the cost of the CD to appear exclusive.
Minstrel SE
20-10-2017, 18:15
Well yes and I find listening to the Sleaford Mods a powerful experience. They dont go overboard but the language is there and its there to be used in the right context.
In many ways there is a reality check and an anger that Punk rock never had. For me the F word is just a word that has lost any really offensive potency. Any song that needs to artistically use it is fine with me.
I dont have a problem with explicit lyrics. Just dont overdo things, trying to be cool because it sounds crass and immature.
John Grant used it and I cant think of another word which would have better conveyed what he feels. Quite clever really in that you almost dont expect it from him in the song
Less is more and one line from a Joy Division or Bob Dylan track speaks a thousand words. Thats the sort of deep lyrics Im after
Where's Tipper Gore when you need her?
Can't say it has ever bothered me in the slightest. Always thought the 'Parental Advisory' stickers were possibly the most ridiculous thing ever. All the shit in the world and people want to protect their children from hearing rude words. As if that is even possible in any case.
Totally with you. Only takes 1 minute online to uncover FAR worse with extreme ease.
hifinutt
20-10-2017, 18:33
if I hear any song with F in it , it gets turned off quick . !! shame this word is so popular
Outside hardcore punk or rap it sounds unnecessary, lacking in imagination and rather silly really.
Quite difficult nowadays for parents of young kids to navigate through it all.
Pete
Always exceptions to such rules, though.
Take Plaistow Patricia by Ian Dury ad the Blockheads. The "obscene" intro sentence really sets the scene for what's to come..
Always exceptions to such rules, though.
Take Plaistow Patricia by Ian Dury and the Blockheads. The "obscene" intro sentence really sets the scene for what's to come..
Likewise, despite the use of the C-word in Marianne Faithfull's "Why D'ya Do It", from her debut album 'Broken English', the sentiments expressed in the other verses are far more shocking.
Well yes and I find listening to the Sleaford Mods a powerful experience. They dont go overboard but the language is there and its there to be used in the right context.
It is fantastic stuff in the right mood and context, the swearing suiting the frenzied, paranoid, disjoint and intense view of the world commonly portrayed by the songs.
Going to see them at the O2 Academy on the 28th.
Audio Al
21-10-2017, 04:05
if I hear any song with F in it , it gets turned off quick . !! shame this word is so popular
+1
snorbans
21-10-2017, 07:11
I’ve been enjoying ‘Other People’ by LP recently which contains a well aimed F word. The Anglo Saxon can be a thing of beauty, in literature, in song writing and conversation. While over use might be an issue, it would be like leaving a colour off the palette for some artists.
if I hear any song with F in it , it gets turned off quick . !! shame this word is so popular
So you can't listen to Pink Floyd 'Animals' then? It's their best album, man! You won't be able to listen to 'The Final Cut' either, although I grant you that is less of a hardship.
What about films? Do you have the same rule? That's an awful lot of good films you can't watch.
I'm reminded of Colonel Kurtz from 'Apocalypse Now':
'We train our young men to drop fire on villages, but we won't allow them to write the word 'Fuck' on their aeroplanes because it's obscene.'
if I hear any song with F in it , it gets turned off quick . !! shame this word is so popular
Best keep away from the Sleaford Mods then :).
Stratmangler
21-10-2017, 10:02
What the fuck's the fucking problem?
Some fuckers are too fucking sensitive :eyebrows:
What the fuck's the fucking problem?
Some fuckers are too fucking sensitive :eyebrows:Yup.
Anthony K
23-10-2017, 11:30
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.
Pete The Cat
30-10-2017, 17:57
Always exceptions to such rules, though.
Take Plaistow Patricia by Ian Dury ad the Blockheads. The "obscene" intro sentence really sets the scene for what's to come..
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:
Pete
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:
Pete
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.
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