Parental Advisory Warning

[Tyler]

This is more a question about the people behind the record production I suppose, but why do you think Ride gets and explicit label on iTunes whereas Radio doesn't (even though it drops the f bomb way more)? Is it just because ride is a single?

[Mileena]

i'd imagine so yeah, and because ride will obviously be played on the radio.

[Hundred Dollar Bill]

I think it's up to the person that uploads the songs. I've seen bands put explicit songs on iTunes yet there was no explicit tag, many times. Maybe they didn't want anyone to shy away from BTD because it was her debut, so they didn't put explicit tags on the songs. Now that she's more famous, they don't mind as much and they're fine with letting people know there's a few bad words in the songs. I don't think iTunes actually checks to make sure unless someone complains.

[TrailerParkDarling]

I think it depends on how many ~profanities~ are used within an album to classify it as explicit

[Hellion]

Is it just because ride is a single?

 

Sounds plausible. Hmm. Maybe it's something technical for album tracks. You know, like how you can get away with saying fuck in a PG-13 movie as long as it isn't used in a sexual manner.

[Lana Del Rey]

blue jeans says shit and bitches and that was a single, wat

[Madrigal]

See, I hate when things are mis-labelled. -.-

[Hellion]

blue jeans says shit and bitches and that was a single, wat

 

Dead. Shows how much I pay attention to Snore Jeans.

[Sitar]

I bought Born to Die at Wal-Mart They're not allowed to have explicit stuff, but my copy still has fucking, shit, and bitches. Is it conceivable that they might have put out the album without telling anyone there was explicit stuff?

[Mileena]

I bought Born to Die at Wal-Mart They're not allowed to have explicit stuff, but my copy still has fucking, shit, and bitches. Is it conceivable that they might have put out the album without telling anyone there was explicit stuff?

 

lana troll rey

[lola]

The logo is not a rating, and there are no agreed-upon standards for the label. It is the record company's decision whether or not an album requires a label. Some albums, however, have been considered so extreme in their violent content that the distributor of the album has put on a secondary warning next to the Parental Advisory sticker, most notably Geto Boys' self-titled album released in 1990.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_Advisory

[smoledman]

I hope Lana never capitulates to the prude-ish music industry and keeps every "fuck" and "shit" in there.

[evilentity]

This thread seems like the perfect excuse to post this Tool video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF_WKwbueG8