Frank Zappa - Censorship Lyrics

Lyrics Censorship - Frank Zappa



Something that has been in your music
And your career for over two decades
Has been the ability to say and express in music what the artist feels
Or wants to say without being pennied by censorship or social restraint
Well I've tried to do it
But see,you know, you can put it into the album
But if nobody ever hears your album it has been censored
And for the last twenty years
That's basically what's happened to all of my music
Because since it doesn't get generally airplay
And always somebody complaining because of what the content is
You know, there's always some complaint from some broadcaster about
What is being said in here
Even to the point where I've gone to radio stations
And found albums which where instrumental albums
With marks on 'em that said, 'Don't Play'
You know, like the guy never even bother to listen to it
To find out whether or not there were any lyrics on it at all
It was instrumental music and they just put it in the disater bin
You know you, it's easy to take a stand and say how you feel about this stuff
And it's another thing to take that stand and try and earn a living
While you're doing that
I've been fortunate where, I've managed to stay in business for twenty years
Without having to bend over for this stuff
And uhm, I wanna keep it that way for the next twenty years
And I think that everybody who writes songs have at least
The right to expect that




Frank Zappa - Night Flight Interview: Frank Zappa
Album Night Flight Interview: Frank Zappa
date of release
11-09-2020

1 Discovering new talent
2 Zappa's warning label
3 Register To Vote!
4 Sexual Education: Dr Ruth, Sheena Easton or Blackie Lawless
5 "There's this show called Night Flight..."
6 Sheena Easton "Sugar Walls"
7 PMRC Tax Bill
8 PMRC Consultant Reverend Jeff Ling
9 "Hot For Teacher" in Court
10 Twisted Sister video in court
11 Porn Wars Skit
12 "All music has a right to exist"
13 "Music never turned anybody into a social liability"
14 Film projects
15 Genuine fans
16 What's your greatest disappointment
17 "MTV is one of the worst offenders"
18 Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
19 How do you reflect on your career'
20 What's it like to work for Frank Zappa
21 Who's your audience
22 Conservative tastes
23 "If you don't want your children to hear it, don't buy it"
24 The PMRC's demands
25 Government and religion don't mix
26 "There's always something worth making fun of!"
27 Misinterpreted lyrics
28 Censorship
29 Night Flight Theme #2




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