Originally Posted by cnbcwatcher:
“Generation Snowflake strikes again. People get offended at anything these days. The solution is not to ban it altogether but have two versions - the explicit version and the clean version.”
And make sure that the clean version is readily accessible!
One of the songs that came to mind was DNCE - Cake By The Ocean. All the streaming services had the explicit version, iTunes had both versions but I knew it was coming on the relevant NOW disc so didn't need to purchase it only to get it on NOW a month or so down the line. Of course the YouTube policy was to ban all videos containing any part of the song (except official videos), and there was no official clean edit posted on Youtube by DNCE.
The problem sometimes is not the swearing, but the lack of access to a clean version. If a song has an explicit version and a clean version then BOTH should be allowed onto Youtube or other streaming sites - if not by the original artist, by someone else on behalf of the artist (or anyone else, so long as monetization goes to the artist).
sorry see you next Tuesdays (PC version) but seriously.... there is a good way of not listening to such tunes if they offend you its called the off switch! or the tuner button to tune past. Simples.
