The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success

Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by categorybooks on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:43AM (#24375336)

>So by definition the most popular song in the world is going to usually be fairly non-offensive.

Number one song on Spotify as of this moment:

"If he ate my ass, he's a bottom feeder"

"Beat it up, n-word, catch a charge"

"Never lost a fight, but I'm looking for a beating"

"I wanna gag, I wanna choke"

"Pay my tuition just to kiss me on this wet ass pussy"

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Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by dragonwriter on Friday September 04, 2020 @11:21AM (#24375710)

And your point is? Stodgy conservatives being shocked at the cultural shift in what is entertaining vs. out-of-bounds reflected by the younger generation popular art is...not a new phenomenon, nor is popular art deliberately and flagrantly violating the taboos of the stodgy conservative establishment.

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Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by JackFr on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:52AM (#24375438)

If we take the premise to be true, the conclusion to be drawn is that those lyrics are NOT offensive. They way that ridiculous song has been celebrated in the media tells me that’s true.

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Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by slothtrop on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:56AM (#24375478)

Young people consume top 40 pop, they're the consumer demographic for new pop music.

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