Parental Advisory

This is an interesting question in my eyes, I think that the record companies do take responsibility already in putting parental advisories on the music they distribute. I feel that this is and is not effective. I am not yet a parent so from that view point I don’t know how effective that is. I know that some artists distribute two versions of their albums, one uncensored and the other censored. Walmart usually will carry the censored versions of albums if available. Perhaps the parental advisory is effective in that some parents can protect and censor their children to what music they listen to. I do know that some people listen to music for the beat and disregard the lyrics totally. I think the parental advisory is an option to leave it in the parents hands, just like an R rating for a movie a child under 17 would have to get permission to watch the movie in a theatre. I think for the parents who choose to shield and protect their children the parental advisory is effective. I also however feel that people tend to not even pay attention to the parental advisory labels. In some ways I feel this covers the record companies for any legal situations. Parents can’t sue record companies for what their children listen to.  People can get very sue happy so anything they can blame problems on they go for it.

I just want to touch on one thing again. I respect the artists and musicians who choose to release two different kinds of versions censored and uncensored. Not only is this a smart business deal because you will get more fans that way but it gets your story out to a larger audience. Not that all artists need to censor themselves, some only play to certain audiences.

I also want to point out that when I do see a parental advisory label, it will make me second guess what the cd is about. Does it have parental advisory for the violence and crude sex lyrics? Does this cd cuss the whole time? Is it a good cd? Will I like?  So in this way I can see how recording labels putting these labels on there can have a negative effect. Some people buy on feel and some people purchase on urge. For those on feel this could second guess the buyers purchase.

So in many ways recording labels are effective putting on the parental advisories. On the other hand they may not be so effective to those who are by passing it. Either way I don’t see recording companies have a negative or positive effect but a neutral effect in deed.

I know in my wide music collection I have albums with parental advisory labels and ones without them.  Music is music at the end of the day, and what we all choose to listen to may not have an effect on emotional purchasing but urge purchasing. I leave you with this music video!

Cheers

Music has it's negative ratings...

I am a big fan of all kinds of music, even if the views from different genres are opposite, I still love the way it makes me feel. Children are also in love with music and who they look up to and vicariously wish to be, are easily influenced. The kinds of music today that negatively  influence weigh in heavy. All genres Rap, Rock, Alternative, Pop etc  have negative influence to children.

With Rock music they sell tons of sex and drugs, which is not what you want your kids fantasizing about at a young age. The possibility that promiscuity is normal is unorthodox. Rock sells women like their meat, look at Bret Michael's with his “Rock of Love “show, and just how much of a womanizer he is. This is where all the free sex comes in. The drugs play the second influence that its ok to drop out of school young drink and start from there. The amount of drugs these rockers do alone shows in their character. Kids wishing to be rock stars not for the love of music but the fame, that is negative influence.

With Rap music, then men degrade women calling them their sluts and hoes. This alone shows girls not to value themselves and let men walk all over you, which is so unhealthy.  It promotes more murder and drugs. Rapping about the old days gang banging, this is a negative influence for kids to initiate in gangs. The killings you have done or will do again is negative energy and bad for kids. The drug use and talk about the sling and dealing, that is negative influences.  Rap can promote kids into lashing out and earning respect. This is not the influences you want your young kids hearing.

Pop music has also taken tongue and cheek to full blown sexual fantasies is negative. This in particular affects little girls. When you’re a little girl you dream to be a princess or wonder woman. At a young age to think and know we are invincible were all about that. So when Pop music has women figures as sex toys and men's fantasies we lose the respect for ourselves. We want our little girls growing up that we are invincible with our minds and can control how are lives go that is amazing. We don’t want our little girls thinking as long as I stay fit and look sexy I can use my body. Your body is your temple and you want little girls to nourish them and take pride in it and love themselves. We judge as humans everyday on what we want others to think of us and approve and envy us. Pop music can have it’s positive messages but it can also have its own negative influence that ways heavy on little girls.

Alternative music can be a broad spectrum to everyone in their own mixed bag of genres. The most common negative influence of each individual genre is drug use. The idea the chronic drug use and exploration weigh in on kids growing into who they are, To show the vast experimenting is ok is wrong and we don’t want our young kids hearing that.

In the end I love all music no matter what the message sends! Until next time..

Cheers :)

Rock music is fierce~

Wow where do I begin... I totally disagree with Bloom. I can give him credit for being so into philosophy but I disagree that rock music “ruins the imagination of young people and makes it difficult for them to have a passionate relationship”. I would have personal support to back this up and explain my reasoning. I feel that all children are passionate and full of imagination. Rock music could never take that away from them. I feel we are all creative spirits and that as children we are able to act out our fantasies, as far as pretending you’re a fairy princess or super hero and acting it out, I don’t feel that adults do that enough, so because were creative souls we naturally can rule out that rock music takes that away.

            I as a child grew up listening to tons of rock music. I today am very imaginative and am an actress and I love with passion. I also feel that many children imagine being big rock stars so rock music is influential in a positive manor. There is a sense of pleasure to children when they listen to music. They smile move their head or feet to the beat of music when they hear it. This is always a positive sign and shows a child’s comprehension.


            I also felt for Bloom to say “because students cannot hear what the great tradition has to say they find they are deaf” is pretty profound. Bloom seems like he is a traditional man raised that way but he is also closed minded. Times are changing in how people live today and a ton of tradition has been thrown out the window. I feel you need to be an open minded person to accept the change in time and adapt to certain things or learn not to judge harshly. There is nothing wrong with liberalism, I feel that alone has open mindedness and shows how not to judge so harshly. Liberalism is a map of how time has changed and tradition is out the door.

            Do I think other readers will agree with Bloom absolutely! I can say that both liberal and conservative readers would agree with him. There are still some families that do fallow tons of tradition and choose to live their lives like that. They may not like rock music because of what they think it stands for so they blame music. I think that there is always a yin to every yang, so agreements and disagreements will always stay balanced.

Music shouldn’t be to blame the liberalism or nontraditional ways have been downplayed. Music should make one feel alive or emotion. Music should communicate ways of hearing everyone’s voice. I have said it before that music soothes the soul, but it does not deafen our future. Rock music is just a genre that communicates stories and opinions with their lyrics instruments and emotions. I feel that music isn’t to blame for loss of tradition, but that how generations are moving forward to the next thing.