Music Censorship

Schools do not realize the effects that music has on these students. If music is taken away

     Many people believe that music should be filtered because it provokes violence or sex within society. There may be some truth in this but for the most part it is merely myth. People who have any common sense or are not legally insane can understand fact from fiction and what not to imitate. Anyone who listens to Eminem and decides to go and kill their wife should have been locked up long before the actual crime. When people do things that resemble what an artist says in a song, it is usually by pure coincidence and all are negative incidents. Frank Zappa was quoted to have said “I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone’s teeth get cleaner?”(Jackson 1).

Music is the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity.Music provides a powerful form of expression that at its most basic level helps to entertain while containing the power to cause revolutions. It is a way for people to express themselves through beats, lyrics, pitches and ranges. Imagine owning a music store, and a new album about police brutality is brought to your store for you to sell. An undercover cop came in and bought the album, and told you that if you didn’t take the albums off the shelves you would be arrested and your store would be shut down. There are debates today on whether the government should censor the music that we listen to.Some believe it has a negative effect on the listeners and cause them to become the lyrics. Since music is a form of expression, censoring the music would be a violation of our rights.

So overall, Music has it’s own particular area of censorship which is unique and flawed in it’s own way. Although there have been some more recent changes in music to support the freedom of artists, the past has been condemning and rough for artists to easily “express,” themselves through their

As the title implies, Rosen warns against blaming music and the industry due to the fallacies in substantiating the validity of antagonizing the safe and expressive culture of music. She notes that rather than being a fuel for violence, it is a healthy expression of the internalized societal tensions that are present. Furthermore, “the most controversial lyrics...reflect the violence and despair in an artist’s imagination...but they reflect it–they don’t create it.” (Rosen 5) Therefore, there must be a distinction between promotion and causation–”music cannot cause action” (Rosen 5) To suppress and ban violent music would simply repress and internalize one’s expression, and “if you simply silence the songs, you may end up knowing less about

Music is an expressive, vivid form of art. The influence of music has a huge impact with every age group in the world. When people think of music they automatically think of how it makes them feel which most of the time is good.They don’t comprehend the provocative lyrics or what the song’s meaning really is. People have become used to this insulting and offensive language found on just about any song. Every song being released today contains some sort of graphical, sexual, or explicit lyric. Today’s graphic music encourages violence, degradation of women , and influences young children negatively.

In fact, “Emotional expression has been regarded as one of the most important criteria for the aesthetic value of music. . . and has even been described as a “language of the emotions” by some authors.” (Juslin) This includes all music, Even if the content of the music is outrageous or inappropriate, it still is the musician’s product of expression. In some cases, censoring music can also take entertainment value away from some songs, especially if the song is meant to be comedic. Not only that, but censoring music is infringing on one of the basic human rights to freedom of speech. The First Amendment protects the expression of speech of any kind, and censoring music impedes on this basic right. Although this is true, people still thoroughly believe inappropriate music should be

Even if music help the student focus on their work not just one reason is going to help the phone policy change so here is the second reason that they should change the phone policy if they were to be a lockdown in your school or something really bad happen at school the students would have there phone on them so with that they can call or text their parent what going on, as we know that there been shooting at school and lockdown in school, school always want their students to be in a safe environment of course but the thing here is that we all know if this were to happen at a school of course they are going to call the student parent to tell them what is going on and not all the time when students bring that on information that

Encyclopedia Britannica defines music as, “art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony”. Music was considered beautiful at one time. Musical artist in this day and age are putting their drive to succeed well before their personal morals. The explicit language warnings on music covers are not enough. The foul language used in music is not the only thing that is influencing the younger generation. Pop, country, R&B, and rap music is having a big impact on influencing the American youth. Most of these music lyrics are just flat out detrimental to all involved.

According to Debate.org, 84% of people around the world believe that censorship of music should not exist. If music is censored, so many things would be taken away from the song. Artists write their explicit lyrics for a reason. They want their feelings to be heard. They deserve their freedom of speech. When musicians need to express their feelings they let it out through their songs, they are letting out their emotions. When the lyrics are censored the true theme or message of the song is taken away. How are artists supposed to express themselves if their thoughts are being censored. Artists deserve freedom of speech, they also deserve to be able to let out their emotions, and their message of the song should not be changed.

I believe this foul music should be much further restricted from people that it could harm. The younger citizens of America are most influenced by today's music; therefore the restriction levels that have been placed upon it should be enforced. Obviously the laws are not yet strong enough to deny young people of the possession of profane music.

Kristian David Olson once said, “Music is an important and extremely useful tool in the way we learn and to deny its power is a waste of a truly wonderful resource.” Indeed, music is one of the most powerful forms of influence and has not failed to impact society at any age. Music is one of the oldest art forms to impact culture and has been around before anyone can remember. On average, people listen to hours of music a day, whether as background noise or as an enjoyable activity. Therefore, it is not surprising the impact music has made on society. Music has been an influential force for how humans think, act, and even positively affecting our intelligence. Music speaks to the soul and that is why it is so influential to culture. Therefore, music has affected the lives of everyone in one way or another and how they have become. Music plays an important role to all ages and makes life better for them. It is known to help with health and mental health, intelligence social interactions, and even has positive effects on the brain. However, to every good side there is a bad side, including music which involves vulgar lyrics about violence, explicit content, drug use, and music videos with negative impacts.

Music is one of the most essential influences in modern day development. It has ignited major reform to society, sparking social and political change. It has served as a medium for individuals to express their ardor, philosophy and emotion. Free music is upheld and granted by the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which permits freedom of speech and expression. Today the integrity and fortification of free music is at stake from the clutches of censorship and penalization for controversial content. Today’s artists are under attack for their music, which is typically fixated on topics associated with sex, drugs, and violence. This is an inequitable and arbitrary disparagement of music considering its constructive influence on society. Free music, specifically explicit music, produces social and political development, instills a more constructive grasp on reality, and is upheld by the U.S. Constitution, and therefore music should be independent of censorship and such consequences restricting its freedom of speech and expression.

Music is a form of art. An art that has been around ever since the beginning of time. It is arguably considered to be the universal language of this world. Music is what connects the hearts and feelings of one another regardless of race, color, and religious backgrounds. Art is used to express oneself. It also has the power to motivate and influence others. Throughout the years, music has evolved and transformed in many ways. However, there are restrictions in today’s music, otherwise known as, censorships. There is a large crisis occurring regarding these censorships. This argument consists of two possible stances: one, supporting the continuation of the censorship of music, and two, eliminating the status quo of censorships in the music industry. There have been countless debates and arguments regarding the issues of censorship since 1927 when the U.S. Congress passed the Radio Act (The History). The time has come for the censored in today’s music to be disable. The government should release their grip on the censorship of music for the following reasons: censorship restricts an artist’s ability to convey his or her message toward the listeners, it limits an artist’s capacity for creativity, and it diminishes the audience’s appreciation of the content in the music.

Musicians in this time are thought of as idols or role models. Children strive to be exactly like their favorite rap or pop artist. Because they are so popular, musicians can be influential in everything they say, whether that be to the media or in their music. Their lyrics become so influential, that people take them quite literally, and can even act upon some of the things sang by the lyricist. Although this can be dangerous at times, like with Marilyn Manson being blamed for school shootings, musicians reserve the right to speak freely thru their music, much like everyone has the right to free speech.