Music Censorship: Taking Away Our Rights
Throughout the history of our great nation, we have fought to keep our society as clean as possible. Yet, we have also made strong efforts to make our lives as fair and just as possible by giving ourselves freedom. Such freedoms are brought to us through laws and amendments made by our early leaders in hopes that our rights will not be infringed upon. Music censorship is a topic that has found itself conflicting with these two facts. While the censorship of music is an attempt to rid the world of "the bad", it is also an area that violates the first amendment right of freedom of speech. Some say the fight for music censorship is a valid battle, while others would argue that it is merely a scapegoat for the problems in America today. This review on the topic of music censorship focuses on defining this complex idea. The censorship of music has been present for as long as music has been around. Even before there were any CD's to be edited and taken off of shelves there was censoring of music occurring. In the mid nineteenth century the libretto of Giuseppe Verde's opera La Tr
would criminalize the sale of stickered records to minors. the music scene, were first labeled as indecent and explicit. In the nineties, censorship has now reached out to other types of contemporary music, such as heavy metal and cult music (Mass. M.I.C., "Attacks on Music"). Woods, John. "PMRC Launches New Offensive Against Rock and Rap." The Roc. 1 Nov. 2000. Online Internet. 7 Dec. 2000. .parents that the CD contains explicit lyrics. Some "manufacturers, producers, sellers and any other providers to the public of interactive video game products and services, video program products, motion picture products, and sound recording products (to) submit to the Joint Committee on Children and Youth of the Tennessee General Assembly and the Department of Children's Service a joint proposal for a system for labeling the violent content in interactive video game products and services, video program products, motion picture products, and sound recording products." Many people do feel that the censorship of some songs Mass. M.I.C. "Wal-Mart's CD Censorship", Massachusetts M.I.C.. 14 June 1999. Online Internet. 9 Dec. 2000. . were fighting these religious kooks. These other people are supposed to be on our side" (Weisel 50). announced they won't play the roughest and most offensive Mass. M.I.C.. "Michigan's Concert Rating Bill." Massachusetts M.I.C.. 21 May 1998. Online Internet. 4 Dec 2000. .
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