Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Overualized radio?

Do you guys think that the songs they are allowed to play on the radio take things too far? I mean, do you think that the songs the play, modern pop and rap especially, are too overtly ual to be played on a station that can be listened to by the general public? There are a lot of very explicit things that do not get filtered out. To cite just a few of the songs I mean Nickelback's "something in your mouth", Rihanna's "rude boy", and that song "you spin me right round" by Flo Rida are just a few examples of songs that you're two year old child could easily turn on the radio and hear. I've heard one story about a woman's young child singing along to Flo Rida's "you spin me right round", and of course a child that age has no idea that the song is about . I know how our bus driver in high school always plays the radio while she drives and one time Rihanna's "rude boy" came on and the lyrics to that song even made me blush. I remember being a bit shocked that they deemed that song radio friendly and thinking how I hope the song doesn't come on again when she drives the elementary kids to school on her next route. What do you guys think? Should the radio be allowed to play such overtly ual and explicit songs to the general public? I mean, we aren't talking about satellite radio or anything, this is regular radio that almost anyone of any age can tune into. And there are times I'll admit that I've been somewhat embarred to be riding in the car with my mother listening to the radio because some of the songs that come on are just nasty. Has anyone else on this site that listens to the radio ever been at least a little shocked by what they allow to broadcast on it? I know I can name plenty more examples of songs like these that get played.

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