{"id":23981,"date":"2020-12-28T11:45:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=23981"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:45:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:45:09","slug":"favorite-use-of-cursing-in-a-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/favorite-use-of-cursing-in-a-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Use of Cursing in a Song?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Uncensored Soundtrack Version)\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RPLkpNvO8kw?start=161&#038;feature=oembed&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m a bit of a prude when it comes to cursing, or swearing, as some call it. While raising our boys, I frequently stressed the importance of not cursing too liberally. I probably shared the following Dad Lesson with them 50 times through the years: An interviewee was cruising along toward a job offer, as I grilled her, when she casually dropped the word &#8220;shit&#8221; into one of her answers. In my mind, I thought, &#8220;Oh no, that&#8217;s a clear display of poor judgment in the professional world in which we work.&#8221; One of those giant canes from a burlesque-set cartoon came out and yanked her off the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;But Dad,&#8221; they have told me at least 200 times, &#8220;you curse.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Yes, but usually that&#8217;s only when I&#8217;ve lost my temper or knocked over a glass of water.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each boy, at points, has played me a favorite song of theirs that I found a little too crude for comfort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;But Dad,&#8221; they remind me, &#8220;you listen to songs with curse words and crude content. You make us watch movies with stuff like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Yes, but that&#8217;s in the service of the Truth. I&#8217;m fine with all sorts of things if it&#8217;s in the service of Art and Truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s probably a pain in the ass, excuse my French, to be one of my sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just got a note from an old friend, and for some reason my favorite curse-infested line from Public Enemy came to mind. I should have it cued up in the video I posted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Elvis was a hero to most<\/p><p>But he never meant shit to me you see<\/p><p>Straight up racist that sucker was<\/p><p>Simple and plain<\/p><p>Motherfuck him and John Wayne<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I have no evidence that Elvis or John Wayne deserved such a crude verse in &#8220;Fight the Power,&#8221; but in the middle of all that song&#8217;s fury, it perfectly meets my criteria for allowable, even necessary crudeness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are welcome to your own standards of crudeness &#8211; I know some of you to be real potty-mouths! What&#8217;s your favorite use of cursing in a song?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a bit of a prude when it comes to cursing, or swearing, as some call it. While raising our boys, I frequently stressed the importance of not cursing too liberally. 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