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Recording artists are increasingly starting to feel heat from various groups and critics about their song lyrics. Is it an attempt to censor what they say? Or are artists being careless and not clearly thinking through the ramifications some of their songs might have before they put them out?
The latest person catching flack for song lyrics is Robin Thicke. His song "Blurred Lines" has shot to the top of the charts and is getting heavy spins on radio stations across the country. At the same time there are a growing number of people who find the song offensive and it's lyrics "rapey."
“Has anyone heard Robin Thicke's new rape song? Basically, the majority of the song…has the R&B singer murmuring ‘I know you want it’ over and over into a girl’s ear. Call me a cynic, but that phrase does not exactly encompass the notion of consent in sexual activity," Lisa Huynh of Feminist in LA wrote in April.
Thicke himself admits the song, which was originally accompanied by a video full of naked females degrades women.
“People say, ‘Hey, do you think this is degrading to women?’ I'm like, ‘Of course it is. What a pleasure it is to degrade a woman," Thicke told GQ last month. "I've never gotten to do that before. I've always respected women.’ So we just wanted to turn it over on its head and make people go, ‘Women and their bodies are beautiful. Men are always gonna want to follow them around.’”
CNN's Erin Burnett had a panel of guests on her show recently to debate whether or not the song promoted rape.
Erin Burnett
Burnett and radio show host Stephanie Miller thought it did, while political comedian Dean Obeidallah and CNN contributor Reihan Salam came down on the other side of the fence.
Check out their debate below and let us know what you think.
Robin Thicke song dubbed 'rapey' by critics
Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines ft. T.I., Pharrell
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