Are you offended by profane music?

[SuperMillionaire]

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.

Personally, I am very offended by explicit lyrics; I do NOT like to hear swear words in music. So I decided to ask everyone else; are you offended by it too? A lot of you will probably say no, and that's okay, because I have nothing personal against you, nor do I hate you for liking it. However, if you say that yes, you ARE offended by it, I will applaud you.

[qwertysaur]

If it is not overdone, having a word that is considered profane is not a problem. When you hear smurf every five words then it gets annoying and uncreative.

[Tavrobel]

Yes, I am offended by profane music. I find that many of the songs these days are very offensive to Cthulhu. The heretics must be burned.

[charliepanayi]

Only rubbish music offends me.

[Momiji]

Profanity doesn't bother me in the least.

[I Took the Red Pill]

No, I am over the age of 7. I judge music on its quality alone, profanity may or may not be involved.

[SuperMillionaire]

Only rubbish music offends me.

Can you define that for me, please?

[charliepanayi]

Only rubbish music offends me.

Can you define that for me, please?

Music that I personally think is rubbish.

[SuperMillionaire]

I meant, "what is your definition of 'rubbish'?".

[Aydin]

After the harsh, awkward years of middle school, I judge music by it's quality and not by how many curse words are in it.

Personally, I am not offended by swear words but if it becomes excessive, I would find the song very annoying... >.>

I don't know if that made any sense.

[SuperMillionaire]

I judge music by its quality, its themes, and its language.

[Ouch!]

Like I Took the Red Pill said, I'm over the age of seven so no, I am not offended by profanity in music. In fact, I'm rarely offended by profanity at all (unless it's directly used to demean or offend me in particular). Profane language is just words. It's not a big deal.

[Rad Bromance]

Not at all. I think the very concept of "profane language" is silly anyway.

But like qwertysaur already said, when it's so frequent that it's practically for the sake of saying things considered profane it just becomes annoying and unappealing to me.

[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.

[Miriel]

I think properly utilized profanity is an artform in itself.

I don't mind it all.