Is Modern Day Music Too Raunchy?
Author: Jason Shane
I, like many people, have always been a fan of music. I’ve always prided myself on keeping up with the times, and keeping a open mind with regards to new trends and styles. And while I’ve been able to train my ears to accept new sounds and genres, there’s one thing that I haven’t been able to get my head around: The increasing explicitness of songs in the charts.
At the risk of sounding old, I simply don’t understand why many of these provocative song are allowed to play on day time mainstream radio. A lot of the lyrics are either sexually provocative, contain poorly blanked out swearing, or promote violence, drink and drug abuse.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying musicians should be preachers or sing about love all the time, but there’s a time an place for everything. There’s obviously a need for songs with a bit more attitude, but they shouldn’t be on mainstream radio with thousands apon thousands of kids listening! And what’s worse is a lot of these kids then go and sing these lyrics whether they know what they mean or not. Would you want your eight year old singing about being drunk in the club like Lady GaGa or asking a rude boy if they’re “big enough” like Rihanna? I didn’t think so.
I do like some of these songs myself, but it makes me cringe when I hear children singing along to these lyrics. Is it necessary for there to be better guidelines as to what can and can’t be released in the charts? I think so, and I’m sure a lot of parents would agree.
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About the Author
Jason Shane is a writer, writing on many subjects from music advice to men’s swimming trunks.
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-1
Don’t know. read the lyrics if you wanna know :/
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-2
Funny and when I first heard it, I thought it was “call me rude boy”
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-3
http://www.songlyrics.com/rihanna/rude-boy-lyrics/
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-4
I don’t see why not, all pop songs are like this, pokerface by lady gaga is about faking orgasms, and love game is about sex. Mindless drones that listen to pop will sing to anything if it is in the charts
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-5
she’s talking to a guy (rude boy)
“can you get it up” (can your d..ck get hard?)
“is you big enough”(is he packin or is it a shrinky dink)
“take it take it take it love me love me”(take charge and dominate me)
basically she’s telling the kid that they are gonna smash tonight, and she’s gunna let him be the dominant one.
February 20, 2010
6:44 am #comment-6
Rude Boy by Rihanna LYRICS!?
My boyfriend.
Rude boy.
March 1, 2010
4:26 pm #comment-7
In the song Rude Boy by Rihanna, what do the lyrics mean?
March 9, 2010
2:50 pm #comment-8
What do the lyrics to rude boy by rihanna mean?
What is their meaning what is the song about
Why did you answer then? It’s meant to be “yahoo answers” not “yahoo I don’t know”.
March 14, 2010
8:46 am #comment-9
Do you think Rude Boy by Rihanna would be so popular if people knew the lyrics?
Come here rude boy boy can you get it up?
Come here rude boy boy is it big enough?
^And that’s only the first two lines!
When I told my friends, they were like Whaaaaaat!
June 7, 2010
1:33 am #comment-10
Rihanna – Rude Boy misheard lyrics?
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When I first heard this song, all I could hear was “cameroon boy”. Did anyone else make the same mistake?
the first time I heard it on the radio, I didn’t know the title so I just trusted my ears (which btw should NEVER be trusted