The Utter F*****g Futility of Censoring Music
Just swallow the pill Think of me no longer. Just let go And take yourself out Right out before I kill you too These are the first few lines of Atreyu's poweful ' Corsetting ', if you haven't heard it, listen to this on loud! Clearly this song has some adult themes and should probably not be listened to by those younger than their mid-teens (although it's a damn sight better than the dub-step rubbish that teenagers listen to now). So when listening to this song on Spotify I was surprised to hear that the swear-y words (*snigger - they're naughty*) had been censored out. This is not just annoying but also completely pointless. The band wrote those words for a reason and censoring them destroys some of the creation that went into the song. It also completely ruins the flow and feel of the music - it sounds like a vinyl record slipping and made me think the stream was broken. What starts as a raw, hard song about a sadistic and obsessive lover t...