Germany Bans Some Music

[CaptainZero]

Okay, this is pretty interesting on many levels. Wonder how far this will go. I'm sure they have 'good intentions', but this statement is ****ed up:

"Music is an introduction to right-wing extremism, we all know that, so for me this is very important," Saxony interior minister Markus Ulbig told reporters in the state capital Dresden Wednesday.



German police build 'Nazi Shazam' to track banned music

 

[brp]

#slippery slope

 

[SonVolt]

Well they did kill 6 million Jews, not counting Vin. Someone's gotta keep them in check.

 

[Amp360]

Tipper Gore is living in Germany now? I remember in the 1980s a lot of records were not sold at a lot of stores due to Al Gore's ho bag wife.

 

[CaptainZero]

Tipper Gore is living in Germany now? I remember in the 1980s a lot of records were not sold at a lot of stores due to Al Gore's ho bag wife.

I forgot about that bitch. Man, there's a pair to draw to. Hey Al...

 

[crossroadsnyc]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgKFJisceOw]Rob Halford (Judas Priest) singing in court - YouTube[/ame]

 

[brp]

That Dreamer Deceiver Documentary is a good watch.

 

[Darth Federer]

I think this might be a trend in Greece too. They have a neo-nazi party that has made huge gains in parliament over the last few years. I think they are called Golden Dawn. Of course these are the types on incidences that lead to much bigger problems down the road. The current Balkanization and extremism that is taking place all over the world can be traced directly back to a United States with diminished world influence. Most Americans are very isolationist in their world outlook. Basically we just want to be left alone to enjoy our freedom. However, the minute the United States pulls back to an isolotionists footing these types of incidences happen much more frequently and usually only metasticize. What's currently going on in Turkey is a great example of what happens when the USA takes a hands off approach. To really illustrate my point all you have to do is look at what happened to the Soviet Union when Ronald Reagan confronted them on moral grounds. The "Tear Down this Wall" speech was one of the defining moments of the Cold War. Contrast that to the apology tour President Obama made across the Middle East. The Arabs all love us now as a result of that apology of course.

 

[crossroadsnyc]

Um, is this thread about music censorship, or global / domestic politics?

 

[Feeling Supersonic]

Art is scary shit.

So are mods.

 

[scat7s]

Um, is this thread about music censorship, or global / domestic politics?

whats the note on your amp say CR?

 

[Lo-Tek]

Art is scary shit.

So are mods.

don't be afraid of mods. what's the worst they can do? delete a post or ban you? in the big picture we might be better off banned. life's too short for the MF....and yet here I am.

 

[crossroadsnyc]

whats the note on your amp say CR?

That's EVH's half stack … the note is a song list. I feel like I need a new avatar so I'm trying on a few new outfits

 

[Far Rider]

whats the note on your amp say CR?

Eggs
Milk
Butter.

 

[poeman33]

They banned showing Elvis's hips on TV because if would degrade the morals of civilization. Yeah...that really hurt his popularity.

 

[SonVolt]

They banned showing Elvis's hips on TV because if would degrade the morals of civilization. Yeah...that really hurt his popularity.

It's called the Barbara Streisand effect.

 

[crossroadsnyc]

They banned showing Elvis's hips on TV because if would degrade the morals of civilization. Yeah...that really hurt his popularity.

Yup, every generation tries to push the boundaries past the previous generation for shock value. Alice Cooper always comes to mind when I think about these things … his schtick has much more of a clownish Halloween feel to it these days compared to when he was making a name for himself trying to shock people.

 

[crossroadsnyc]

whats the note on your amp say CR?

That gives me a good idea … maybe I need to take a picture of my own half stack w/a subliminal note of my own

 

[Amp360]

I liked when Dee Snyder said Tipper had a dirty mind.

 

[Feeling Supersonic]

Semiotics is some heavy shit. Roland Barthes must be laughing his head off in his grave.


Doesn't art question how in control we are?

Art has the capability to ease our pain and comfort us, but it can also call on the truth which shatters our lives and exposes what lies we live.

No wonder art forms have been banned.

From the Exorcist film, to the Omen and A Clockwork Orange - to Eminem and also Ozzy osbourne merchandise.

So much to ban!

Look at Poland and Israel, they banned Richard Wagner's music. It's only just been publicly unbanned.

Funny W. Allen quote [roughly right] - "I had to stop listening to Wagner, I had impulses to invade Poland"

Art is pretty spooky if you think about - good art contains something that which is inhuman and that which cannot be understood; it deepens the mystery.