What are your opinions on Explicit Lyrics?

I'm a Christian and so of course I don't find pleasure in hearing them, and sometimes it's hard to sing along too. lol but I still listen to the band because I think that some songs, it just doesn't sound right without it. haha

I don't think they are NECESSARY, but if the song is already made...then I don't think it should be redone because it won't be the same.

If a band is swearing line after line, then I can't listen to it cause it's annoying.

Yes I agree with what everyone else is saying, it's okay IF it fits the subject. If not...then it's all downhill.

MQ: hmmm I don't know..., my bands probably aren't THAT explicit. I thought Children Of Bodom's In Your Face was kind of explicit, and that made me dislike the song at first, but somehow, it's my favorite by them.

I have no problem with it when it serves it's purpose. The Angry Samoans for example occasionally have some extremely explicit lyrics but for maximum comedic effect and it works! Great stuff.

The Dwarves are just as bad and occasionally worse, everytime I'm around someone, even someone crude themselves, and the song "Runaway #2" comes on they're usually pretty stunned by the opening verse. Which is funny because it's a really nice catchy poppy tune with a sing-a-long chorus, but about incest and crime and sex and a guy dying. But again, it serves its purpose, because the Dwarves exist to shock people, that's their thing.

Rancid also has a habit of using the naughty `F' word a lot, but to get a certain attitude acrossi n a song. Which I guess is "Hey we're a punk band", but it never keeps me from enjoying their music.

So no, I don't mind bad words, I curse like a sailor in the right company myself so why should I? In a sweet pop song it could spoil it but in the right setting it does just what it needs to. I know what you mean about making them look intelligent, but for me it's on a case by case basis, I can't say that's always hw cursing makes a band sound.

It Depends on the band. Some bands use it to express how they feel and other's use it so many times that it only makes them look like idiots. I feel that it is neccessary for some bands, and for others, they could go without it all together.

MQ - Limp Bizkit has a lot of cussing. Not to mention, it's useless!

I really don't have much of an opinion of explicit lyrics, personally. They don't make me want to get an album any more or less.

I guess some bands think they're necessary to help with their image. What's really stupid is that certain albums that have no expilict lyrics label can be just as bad as albums without it because record labels decide about the sticker themselves.

I think only bad things can happen for bands when they release albums with explicit lyrics, because some younger kids might be unable to get the cd cuz of their parents.

Explicit lyrics and content add flavor, but just like watermelon and toothpaste, sometimes the mix isn't good for the song.

I prefer, as Fonzie T, to be surprised by the sudden screaming or cussing instead of "having to wait for it". Aerosmith's "Dream On" and Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight" are perfect examples of how to scream, while Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name" and Charlie Daniels' "Devil Went Down To Georgia" pretty much require their well-placed curse bombs.

Do you like/dislike them?

I don't love them, but I don't hate them either.

Do you feel they are neccessary?

Sometimes, I mean there's some lyrics in which the songwriter can express themselves perfectly if they used a curse word in the song. However, if a band uses the words for no good reason (such as expression) that's just stupid.

MQ: Cannibal Corpse

Maynard James Keenan of Tool curses fairly often in his lyrics and many people (myself included) still think he is the best lyricist rock has seen in 30 or more years.

Also, people like Fred Durst shouldn't be given the title of an "artist", so their "lyrics" shouldn't enter this or any other debate on real music. I didn't like them when I was 8, I don't like them now.

I try to stay away from bands that curse a lot. I mean, I don't mind hearing a curse word every now and then, but if that is all the band can thing of saying, then that is pretty sad. Most of the bands that I listen to don't have a lot of cursing in them. :)

i think explicit lyrics draw attention to an artist's point.

and i hate cencorship, if im concerned about the language i wont listen to it they dont need to think for me.

but excessive cussing for no reason doesnt turn me on either

its great to draw attention to a point in the song or to add feeling but when they ran out of ideas its a little dumb sounding

MQ: not all of their songs but the song "F*ck Police Brutality" by Anti-Flag

btw, ICP blows.

sometimes it goes, depending on the lyrical subject, but if its put there for the heck of it and every other word is a cuss word I think that is dumb.

I thinks its annoying if I hear a lot of cuss words in a song