The greater part of the world does not have `english` as their primary language.

So please stop complaining about them lyrics especially if the artist did not provide you with a lyrics booklet in the first place.

Americans gets easy offended, they are in rage often because of "a naked female nipple".. Ha!

I'm european. We dont get offended that easy.

thedance said:

Americans gets easy offended, they are in rage often because of "a naked female nipple".. Ha!

I'm european. We dont get offended that easy.

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In theory you are right; I experienced species (briton form the opposite sex) that went 'you offended me' to me because she could not bear anything that was a critique in public. (even when stuff was not intended as such...)

Upload: the evolution principal
U c a rock on the shore and say
"it's always been there"

Upload: a child with no father
Download: no respect 4 authority
Upload: a child with no mother
Download: a hard time showing love

The one in power makes laws
Under which the colonized fall
But without god
It's just the blind leading the blind

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i'll bet you could find more of his fans angry that he stopped writing those kinds of lyrics and also changed some of his old ones.

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QueenofCardboard said:

udo said:

The greater part of the world does not have `english` as their primary language.

So please stop complaining about them lyrics especially if the artist did not provide you with a lyrics booklet in the first place.

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Nobody is making you read this thread.

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If the terms as 'gross' end up in the subject of a thread that is visble when viewing the Music and More messages then that makes me wonder what people think is gross over there.

Gross (the english word) is a slightly subjective description of things.

This means that my gross is not your gross.

That was made clear by my remark about english, albeit perhaps in an indirect manner.

It is the same thing as the 'offended'experience I went through.

Some people can only say that instead of giving a coherent rebuttal.

They throw a 'discrimination' card of some sort this way.

And that of course is weak.

PeteSilas said:

thedance said:

Americans gets easy offended, they are in rage often because of "a naked female nipple".. Ha!

I'm european. We dont get offended that easy.

You know, that's stereotyping on both sides if we're being honest.

Just FYI - as a U.S. citizen I'm more offended by some European claiming I get offended easily than I am about nudity/sexual content.

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Ask Tipper Gore, she'll be having a field day answering your question.

CAL3 said:

thedance said:

Americans gets easy offended, they are in rage often because of "a naked female nipple".. Ha!

I'm european. We dont get offended that easy.

You know, that's stereotyping on both sides if we're being honest.

Just FYI - as a U.S. citizen I'm more offended by some European claiming I get offended easily than I am about nudity/sexual content.

Doesn't that just make you fit the description even more?

All Americans doesn't get offended easily, but in Europe we find the double standards and hypocracy in American media to be hilarious, and sometimes dangerous. To Europeans, it seems like Americans have a tendency to think of sexuality as something unnatural, immoral, a sin, something dangerous... Yet sex is all American media care about, and all movies are focused on sex. It seems a bit contrived. That's probably why very few artists are able to make music with a vulnurable and outragous sexuality at the same time. Prince managed that well. Most rappers distance themselves from sexuality, even though they talk about sucking, fucking etc in the most explicit ways. They're usually just explaining porn scenes with words. That's the laziest form of provocation. Anyone can do it, with an average creativity and some lack of moral, or responsibility. Don't get me wrong. I'm a huge rap fan, and some of these guys are creativly my heroes. However, Prince is one of the few artists that was able to really provoke without even doing anything that I would consider immoral. If uncomfortable is the same as immoral, then yes. However, sometimes uncomfortable is what we need. And his way of expressing a vulnurable sexuality combined with a whole lot of BALLS, is really challenging this hypocracy. I gotta admit though, we have some of the same hypocrasy in Europe too. It's just not as polarized and comical.

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morningsong said:

I tried to find the correct thread but couldn't. So even though I'm a straight WOMAN, I'm going to put here the song that most offends me. I just remembered it because I never listen to it, skip it every single time. Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance> It's talking about a few things here which I guess many are in agreement with. But what stands out to me is basically it's a song about an older woman messing around with a younger man and it's viewed with disgust. From the whole there is no such thing as time therefore age is just a number mentality. Of course that's only viable when the man is older and the woman is younger then it's a beautiful thing and it's true love. Yep, it rubs me the wrong way every time.

The song is about an older woman with a younger man, but I don't recall anything in there that hints at disgust in that dynamic, so maybe you didn't quite get it?

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"She knew which fork to use but she couldn't dance
So he hipped her to the funk in exchange for the finance"

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The woman wanted to play ball, but she couldn't get in the game. So she found someone she could pay to play with her. She bought him stuff and he made the most of them hips and lips while making fun of her looks... ugly, pale, big nose that glowed in the dark.

None. Somehow, even Prince made the vomit-inducing term "make love" palatable.

Replica said:

To Europeans, it seems like Americans have a tendency to think of sexuality as something unnatural, immoral, a sin, something dangerous... Yet sex is all American media care about, and all movies are focused on sex. It seems a bit contrived.

I just looked up the top 10 Hollywood grossing films for the last weekend and sex barely registers. A few animated (fuck, Americans LOVE that animated disney shit), a few action films, a Tarzan film and a Ghostbuster movie. But I hear what you are saying because there is a certain contingent that likes to pretend sex doesn't exist even though it's in our faces every day. But I've never met someone who thought sex was unnatural, immoral, or sinful. Even christian conservatives don't believe such a thing under very narrowly defined circumstances. That particular contingent is, however, easily, and often hypocritically, offended as it pertains to sex. But don't blame the rest of us .

Americans like doing it not talking about it or watching movies about it.

umm.. not really anything! not really grossed out by any of it...learned a lot from his songs during my teenage years!

mellow grosses me out everytime .. it is the lowest point on an already wretched album

morningsong said:

Americans like doing it not talking about it or watching movies about it.

How they know what to do then?

BillieBalloon said:

morningsong said:

Americans like doing it not talking about it or watching movies about it.

How they know what to do then?

Practice .

PliablyPurple said:

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MQueenofCardboard said:

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QueenofCardboard said:

PliablyPurple said:

why would a guy (or girl) for that matter be offended...itsa a song

The only song I've ever found remotely offensive by Prince is "Animal Kingdom". I actually find it kind of funny, & enjoyable in certain areas, but I also find certain lyrics in the song a bit judgmental, & questionable.

BillieBalloon said:

morningsong said:

Americans like doing it not talking about it or watching movies about it.

How they know what to do then?

Sneak a peak at the parents' porn.