I want to like this song. It has an idea and fun lyrics. But it just doesn't sound good. The beat just plods along.

I want to like this song. It has an idea and fun lyrics. But it just doesn't sound good. The beat just plods along.

Miss you Warren , RIP,,,,soundtrack to my life

warren zevon sucks end of story..............................

warren zevon sucks end of story..............................

Everyone on my cellblock loves this song.

(From the "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" liner notes) 

I've always loved the attempt by April Wine to get on the radio with their song "If You See Kay". It's childish but funny.

That Nickelback song "Rock Star" is censored when it plays on the radio in our town. They can't say the words "drugs" or "assholes."  But they can still sing the line about popping pills from a Pez dispenser (I guess the censors figure that it's a convenient way to take aspirin or vitamins.)  "The girls come easy and the bleeep comes cheap..."  It's completely arbitrary censorship, and is ludicrous at best.  At worst, it's a horrible sign of the loss of freedom of speech.  George Carlin was right - if one uses a word often enough, pretty soon one gets used to hearing it and it loses its power to offend.

Unless one is a member of the Moral Majority.  (Quick censorship story:  I once posted on a friend's comment at Facebook. It was about someone who had tossed a crippled puppy in a dumpster and left it to die. Someone else heard the puppy's whimpers and took it to the vet, and eventually, the authorities found the person who'd dumped it. The sorry excuse for a human being got a slap on the wrist and a small fine.  So I posted, "FUCK the courts - I want JUSTICE."  My friend (and also someone I didn't even KNOW) were both horrified that I'd use that kind of language in a public forum. "I have underage nieces and nephews who read this stuff!" she wrote.  And the stranger wrote, "Please tone down your language. Children read this. Blah, blah, blah."

I deleted my post, and never went back to that Facebook page again, but it occurred to me - they weren't outraged by the atrocity of that cruel abandonment of the puppy - they were aghast at the F-bomb.  And then I wondered how young children were being allowed to view Facebook content anyway. No parental control? Hmmm.)

Anyway, I love RP because there's no censorship here, and if there appears to be censorship, it's only because the upload approved had already been pasteurized before it was uploaded.   Didn't mean to go on so long here - MUSIC forum, and allathat.

* Kicks soapbox back under the red velvet curtain and slinks out of the room..... *

Yes, the shit has hit the fan...

The US budget for Fiscal Year 2011 is scheduled to spend $ 3.5 trillion while taking in $2.0 in taxes. It is borrowing the other $ 1.5 trillion - the deficit - and thereby adding to the US national Debt (already over $ 14 trillion, roughly the same as the annual output - GDP -of the US). Such massive borrowing is what got Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and other countries into their current massive crises. The "great debate" between Republicans and Democrats over the first few months of 2011 haggled over $60 billion in cuts versus $30 billion with the final compromise of $38 billion. That $ 38 billion cannot and will not make any significant difference to a 2011 deficit of $ 1,500 billion (the equivalent of $ 1.5trillion). Obviously both Republicans and Democrats are agreed to do nothing more than quibble over insignificant margins of so huge a deficit. Meanwhile they perform live political theater about their "deep concern about deficits and debts" for a bemused, bored, and ever-more alienated public.

Yes, the shit has hit the fan...

The US budget for Fiscal Year 2011 is scheduled to spend $ 3.5 trillion while taking in $2.0 in taxes. It is borrowing the other $ 1.5 trillion - the deficit - and thereby adding to the US national Debt (already over $ 14 trillion, roughly the same as the annual output - GDP -of the US). Such massive borrowing is what got Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and other countries into their current massive crises. The "great debate" between Republicans and Democrats over the first few months of 2011 haggled over $60 billion in cuts versus $30 billion with the final compromise of $38 billion. That $ 38 billion cannot and will not make any significant difference to a 2011 deficit of $ 1,500 billion (the equivalent of $ 1.5trillion). Obviously both Republicans and Democrats are agreed to do nothing more than quibble over insignificant margins of so huge a deficit. Meanwhile they perform live political theater about their "deep concern about deficits and debts" for a bemused, bored, and ever-more alienated public. 

There are certain words that radio stations are not permitted to play
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This has been happening for years - when the Who came out with "Who Are You?" most radio stations weren't required to censor it.  

Shit , piss, fuck , cunt ,cocksucker, motherfucker,and tits.

Sorry to those who can't take it. :) 

Shit , piss, fuck , cunt ,cocksucker, motherfucker,and tits.

Sorry to those who can't take it. :) 

I'm in your camp, Crocky... I have to mute anytime anything by Zevon comes on. It's reminiscent of how terrestial radio shoved Hotel California and Stairway to Heaven down our collective throats.

There are certain words that radio stations are not permitted to play - if they allow the F-word to be aired and someone calls the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and reports that station, it's an automatic fine (can't remember how much for a first offense, but it's pretty hefty.)  And if the station persists, they get their business license yanked.  I'm sure there are ins and outs regarding internet radio vs. commercial radio broadcasting with advertisements and sponsors.

This has been happening for years - when the Who came out with "Who Are You?" most radio stations weren't required to censor it.  Gradually, though, the FCC started becoming (or catching flack from) the moral majority and implemented strict rules on what could and could not be allowed on the air.

Grrr.  Freedom of speech - where did it go?

This is an awesome song...  we miss you, Warren...