Quote Originally Posted by Shorty View Post
What I think I am grasping from your posts is that you think everyone - performers, filmmakers, the entire entertainment industry - should cater to the wants and needs of conservative families who don't want to feel like they've entered into a curse-heavy strip club when listening to music or watching music videos or films. That everyone should be able to enjoy a serious film or a catchy song's music video or listen to a song without profanity.

Have you considered the wealth of already-available options for people who would prefer to not see or listen to these kinds of things? That if you don't want to see a nude Miley Cyrus music video with racy and sexual dancing that you can watch Jack Johnson strumming his guitar on a nice Hawaiian beach instead? That instead of watching The Wolf of Wall Street with its hundreds of f-bombs, you might consider a family-friendly film like Saving Mr. Banks instead? Why is it that these entertainers and artmakers need to conform to the standards of those who criticize their work?

All consumers were not created equally. If you do not want sexual, racy, profane and vulgar media in your life, my advice to you is to steer clear of it and stop complaining about its existence, because it is here to stay and there is nothing that anyone - you, me, a group of upset people, thousands of people or even millions - can do to stop it. It is not going to go away or be curbed, ever.
The thing is, it's getting harder and harder to steer away from, because I see it ALL THE TIME. I know that profane and perverse works of literature, art, music, photography, and film have been around for centuries, but back then, it was seemingly more obscure, and harder to find. Nowadays, it's the other way around; the decent, respectful, and clean-cut things are harder to find, while all of the explicit stuff keeps getting shoved into our faces, and I'm sick of it! I know it's here to stay, and while I don't expect it to go away completely, I still want it to be curbed, because I think it's going too far. (Of course, you might be thinking, "how far is too far?") Even little kids have access to this stuff, and they shouldn't, because it is inappropriate for them. There's a time and a place for everything, and certain things are only appropriate at certain times and certain places.

I think they should rate the lyrics of lyrics and music videos in the same manner that they do movies and video games, and the most explicit recording artists should be labeled MAX artists, and not be marketed towards younger audiences, filtered away from the rest of the non-MAX songs and music videos. Their concerts should also be rated for its content.

I'm just trying to find a concept that will please both those who like explicit music and those who don't. They should not subject people who don't like explicit music to explicit music, and that what I think that they're doing. I'm not stopping anyone else who likes their music from listening to their music (I actually like a few heavy metal bands myself), nor am I stopping the musical acts from continuing to perform the way that they do, but I still think that they should be more strictly regulated and filtered out, because not all of it is suitable for family audiences.

Miley Cyrus Performs In Underwear After Missing Costume Change

Anyway, going back to Miley Cyrus, she recently decided to perform on stage in just her underwear, due to missing a costume change. To be honest, she could have just delayed the performance for just a few minutes in order to get into her costume (not that her costumes are much better than her underwear, but still), and then perform the next song.

Also, check this out:

'Achy Breaky 2' Releases from Billy Ray Cyrus and Buck 22

A few weeks ago (I forgot to post this earlier), her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, collaborated with rapper Buck 22 for a remix of his 1992 hit, "Achy Breaky Heart," simply entitled "Achy Breaky 2," and the music video is certainly too racy to be safe for work (or school, for that matter); it contains a whole bunch of extremely scantily-clad women wearing extremely racy thongs and twerking their butts out, and they even give a shout out to Miley in the video too. I think it's disgusting.