19 Reply by Rocket (edited by Rocket 2011-07-24 18:07:47)

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Re: Songs victim to Political Correctness

Curby wrote:

Was listening to "Good Morning Little School Girl" recently and was thinking the songwriting wouldn't fly these days.  Any other examples people?  Here's mine and it happens to be my favorite Billy song....

http://youtu.be/0EsN9BUHOKI

The age of consent is 16 in over 40% of US of A states, and most developed nations.  Less developed even lower... Billy Idol Sweet Sixteen?  Out of context perhaps, unless you are referring to shagging a mid teen runaway? Hmm, wonder if Kim Fowley is still Kim Prowley...he is full of himself enough to not have a hard time believing it- he raids this city from time to time.

I do not accept political correctness as it is neither, and Frank Zappa and dead Ramones roll in their graves thinking people have ANY desire for censorship.  yikes

Rock ON & Keep the Faith and Ugly, Nasty, Offensive to ??? Out In The Open (it's more dangerous when hidden or whitewashed, or blacklisted, IMHO),
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Re: Songs victim to Political Correctness

ohiodawg13 wrote:

Just listened to Stand! by Sly & the Family Stone the other day, how would Don't Call Me (n word) Whitey go over today????

                                                                                                                         Think Green,

                                                                                                                         J Dawg

I believe it was "Don't call me nigger, whitey (and don't forget) don't call me whitey, nigger, which  demonstrated to me, at a very young and impressionable age, the insidiousness of stereotyping with racist undertones and overtones!  It was a mock expression in duality not dealt in sincerity, instead totally against keeping as acceptable either taunt in either case, so in my mind and heart it was a precursor to the sometimes decency (and more importantly, in this case, a bridge building suggestion by looking at both sides of stupidity and calling it, by a not so subtle inference, exactly that) of the idea of promoting something as "politically correct"  A better motto is politely corrected for me!  Vehement objections always persist over anything "politically correct", as should be the case, whether offensive, violent , explicit, anti-social, ugly, rude, despicable, held absolutely contemptible by an obvious social majority of humanity,  etc.

Rock ON & Take the Good Words To Heart, Faithfully Forever,
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