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 Topic: Censorship Is Good Business [OT]Posted: 08 November 2020 at 11:34pm |
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I thought this was an interesting enough article that it should be posted here. Especially now that about 60 percent of the Hot 100 and numerous album bombs are explicit these days, with the clean versions being digitally available.
It is a good read and worth some discussion here... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/arts/music/clean-versions -explicit-songs.html?code=NzNjYWQ2NDItNjg1Yy00YmY4LWI4OTAtMD Y5YjMxM2UzYTRk&state=no-state While I know Pat doesn't generally want this to be an opinion board, it is hard to ignore the impact that censoring the music has had in the last 30 plus years. Edited by PopArchivist |
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Hykker
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Posted: 09 November 2020 at 7:04am |
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Interesting article, but it left unanswered one
question...why do artists seem to feel the need to record explicit songs in the first place? Now I'm not the hippest guy in the world (and never was), but this seems self-defeating. Am I missing something? |
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Posted: 09 November 2020 at 8:21am |
The answer is sales. When I see the dirty versions side-by-side with the clean versions on iTunes, the dirty versions are always way ahead of the clean versions, and it's not even close. The article was pointing out that there is a market for the clean versions, mostly radio airplay. |
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Posted: 09 November 2020 at 9:11am |
What's fascinating is what I have touched on in these discussions is mentioned in the article. Some artists simply release an explicit album with no clean versions at all. Unless radio stations do their own custom edits there is no way to play the explicits on the radio. Paul is right the explicit versions outsell the clean one's. It is amazing the NOW series still exists at all with its clean versions on CD.... |
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Posted: 09 November 2020 at 2:13pm |
Interesting, I came away with the opposite impression from the article. |
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Posted: 09 November 2020 at 3:22pm |
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As a full-time wedding and event DJ, I've prided myself for
over 25 years in being able to subscribe to music services for DJ's that have the radio edits and clean versions. Over the years, people have mentioned to me that they have attended weddings where the hobbyist DJ plays uncensored music with all ages in attendance. I can't remember ever playing an uncensored version myself. I'm glad there are still clean versions available even digitally. |
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