Dream Theater's new CD...Parental Advisory!?

[Chriscec]

I was just lookin at the info on "Train of Thought", and saw that it was parental advisory. I absolutly LOVE Dream Theater, but I hope they don't dissapoint me on this one, because I hate lots of profanity in music. I appreciate DT for not using much profanity in their music, but I'm worried that the new CD will be full of it, because of the rating

[Jeff]

Wow....NOBODY can say they ever expected DT to put out a parental advisory album...

I've found maybe 5 occurances of the word "hell" or "damn" in all their albums....this is suprising.

Of course, if anyone got the christmas promo CD from the DT fan club? a while back, they have a bunch of parodies with a lot of cussing in it from a while back. Or this all could just be misinformation. Who knows, but I'll get that album one way or another.

[ns9]

Hi! Maybe it is the material, and not profanity. Sorta like with Mozart and "Marraige of Figoro?" lol.... Irregardless, can't wait! Nikki

[guitarkatana]

Awesome, DT has never dissapointed me. Can't wait for this new CD to be released.

[JESTER700]

Well, Ryche's Mindcrime had an advisory, and IIRC there was only ONE offensive word; "25 bucks a **** and John's a happy man..."

[Timanator]

I'm buying it even if MnM makes a guest appearance on it.

[Texter]

Must be Mike Portnoy's lyrics then

[Two hands31]

I'm guessing it's subject matter more than actual bad words. (are there really any "bad" words when Dream Theater's concerned? )

[Polaris20]

Who cares?

I always thought the parental advisory stickers were useless anyway. Try parenting your child; my parents did, and I'm only marginally screwed up. What a concept.

It's ironic, because you can say some really disturbing things on a CD without swearing, but the moment you use the F word, it's all of a sudden bad.

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by Polaris20

It's ironic, because you can say some really disturbing things on a CD without swearing, but the moment you use the F word, it's all of a sudden bad.

I've wondered this myself too. How did cuss words become cuss words? What makes saying 'f***' so much worse than 'sh**'?

[ns9]

Then again, they wanted an advisory sticker for John Denver....
Nikki
(and yesh, the VH1 movie about all that was an absolute riot...lmao...)

[guitarkatana]

How words like f*ck and sh*t evolved into cuss words is beyond me. I'm guessing it's because people often use these words in a negative, insulting, and offensive context. Words are words, they really don't matter.

I really hate it when they make the parental advisory sticker a part of the cover art, rather than just a sticker on the cd case. I don't want some stupid sticker to be a part of the wonderful cover art.

[Two hands31]

I bought a CD recently (don't remember which one) that had the Parental Advisory logo on the back instead of the front cover art. I thought this was a nice start

I would say I agree with the Parental Advisory label so that kids don't buy things with negative lyrics and subject matter, except that half the CDs with the label have it for a couple of occurences of "f***" or something, while things with really inappropriate subject matter for kids (such as sex, drugs, and violence) don't get the label.

Another thing that confused me: "The Bad Touch" by the Bloodhound Gang only has two words censored in the entire song in the music video.

I guess the point of my story is, I shouldn't have to listen to an 8 year old boy singing "Work It" by Missy Elliot in the changeroom at the local public pool

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by JEMavenger

Wow....NOBODY can say they ever expected DT to put out a parental advisory album...

I've found maybe 5 occurances of the word "hell" or "damn" in all their albums....this is suprising.

Acutally on 6DOIT, James dropped a "s***" in "Test that Stumped Them All". Though I have to say, they've never been at all excessive with their language.

[ukwan]

wait and see im sure DT havent turned into pantera..

"F*cking Hostile"