Music
has been a perennial against censorship battle for decades, since there
are certain parties provided that they find a reason to block the
dissemination of music and access to music for some people. When
the censorship of music is carried out in order to protect children
from content for adults, then is fine and censorship is also acceptable
when it is conducted in order to fight against piracy to that music
artists get their fair share of the benefits they reap. But,
when censorship is carried out with the purpose of disseminating
propaganda, or restrict, or to stop a public message arrives to the
public or for any other purpose legal, moral, or Government, then
definitely is not what to do.
Certain genres of music today have a lot of obscene, profane words in them, and the justification that the artists give is fine. Some artists produce alternative versions where these words have been omitted or replaced, and some other artists have been warning signs in your CDs in order to warn parents about the contents that contain. The music that contains such content has led to the birth of several different techniques to hide these words, and these methods are commonly used by artists of music from around the world now.
Timeline of music censorship
After
studying history and the number of incidents which affected artists
music and public awareness of censorship raised music, the following
timeline can be called. There are a number of
other incidents that may have occurred, and not all these incidents are
related exclusively to the use of profanity in music, but study it close
to shed some light on the way in which this censorship has been imposed
on the United States music industry.
1936: BBC Radio banned George Formby when I'm cleaning Windows for objectionable lyrics.
1955:
The radio stations in Chicago will receive 15,000 letters a week
complaining of the effect that rock and roll is having on young people.
1956: ABC Radio love forbidden Billie Holiday is on sale for singing about prostitution. ABC Radio also made Cole Porter changed the lyrics of I Get A Kick Out Of You by mentioning the word cocaine.
1959:
Link Wray's Rumble is prohibited by the radio stations from across the
country while it is an instrumental song, because it is feared that the
song will encourage teenage gang violence.
1966:
The Beatles are facing severe public protests and banishment once John
Lennon said that the band was more popular than Jesus Christ.
1968:
A radio station in El Paso, Texas prohibits all Bob Dylan songs,
because they could not understand the letter and it seemed to us that
you spoke of offensive topics.
1969:
BBC Radio banned Come Together by The Beatles and The Kinks de Lola
because they felt that the songs could be misunderstood, as Coca-Cola
ads.
1973: In a major
event, the Supreme Court granted power to local communities to ban the
music felt it was obscene and was influencing young people.
1981: Physical Olivia Newton John song is prohibited in Salt Lake City and Provo carried it due to sexual messages.
1985 – Tipper Gore and Susan Baker, formed the Parents Music Group resource (PMRG) to control and prohibit objectionable music.
1987: Ozzy Osborne is sued by the parents of a child who committed suicide. They claimed that the child was taken to do so after listening to Suicide Solution.
1990: Rap group N.W.A. A
letter was sent to the FBI, informing them that the lyrics of their
song fuck the police were not appreciated by the bodies responsible for
enforcing the law.
1990
– Judas Priest is sued by two families, who claim that its Stained
Class lyrics encouraged to perform extremely obscene acts.
1990:
In Dade County, Florida, police established an arrest bite trap music
stores that are sold illegally records by 2 Live Crew to children under
the age of 18 years.
2000: Parental advisory label becomes deeper in the country, and more and more musical censorship organizations are established.
After
the terrorist attack in September 2001, several forbidden radio
stations more than 150 songs that felt contained letters that spread
violence. Since then, the music industry has been
faced with several new rules and laws on censorship of music, and this
in turn has given rise to more artists that handle their songs in a more
responsible manner. The main objective of this
censorship, the United States has at least been the avoid profanity and
obscene content reach the children, but when is