Are you offended by profane music?

[Rantz]

In these modern times, profanity is very commonplace in music. It wasn't always like that, though; back in the mid-1900s, explicit lyrics were non-existent in music. In the 1990s, the last decade of the 20th century, it started to pop up every now and them, but was nowhere near as frequent as it is now. I don't know why or how it became so commonplace now.

I assure you that profanity in music has been around for as long as music has, and has been widespread too. The change is that it has become more widely accepted, perhaps most notably among what's left of the "cultural elite" or whatever you want to call it. Perhaps the fact that the notion of such an elite's existence has diminished has to do with that, as well. And of course, profanities half a century ago and profanities now aren't the same. I'm sure they didn't use much of what's considered profane today back in the 1940's, since they had another concept of profanity.

I personally don't mind profanity much, in music or otherwise. If overused it makes it seem stupid and uncreative, but it doesn't offend my senses in any way. They're just words, after all.