Posted on 10/29/2022 12:21:36 AM PDT by algore
A controversial track released by Patti Smith is no longer available through any streaming services.
The song 'Rock n Roll N****r,' which was released alongside the Patti Smith Group's 1978 Album, 'Easter,' has been removed by Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal and Amazon Music.
Smith has said in previous interviews that she intended to use the N-word as a way of 'reinventing it … like the kids did with the word punk.'
'I was taking this archaic use of the word n****r and sort of reinventing it,' she said in 1996.
'It was the idea of taking a word that was specific and hurtful to people and obliterating it, blowing that apart and reinventing it so it was more like a badge of courage.'
In the song, Smith uses the N-word to describe Jimi Hendrix, Jesus Christ 'and grandma, too,' before saying the word eight consecutive times
Bob Dylan used the word in his song 'Hurricane,' released two years earlier. Dylan's tune, which depicts the acts of racism against boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, was most recently censored by the BBC in its broadcast.
Smith first received notoriety for the song - despite initial controversy upon the track's release - when she used the N-word to describe Mick Jagger.
In defense of this, Smith said: 'On our liner notes, I redefined the word n****r as being an artist mutant that was going beyond gender.'
When prompted by the interviewer that Jagger did not suffer 'like anyone who grew up in Harlem,' she replied: 'Suffering don't make you a n****r.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
This song is on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack. FYI.
Wonder if they’ll pull all rap songs with it?
What is hilarious is that word was rarely used in the south back then, even by blacks. I don’t know when the left empowered that word to the point it can only be uttered in rap music and everyday black patois. They hate on southern whites, but we were all pretty much getting along until obama started stirring the pot.
To be replaced by Patti Smith, Rock and Roll Skank, for historical authenticity
Will you, Will you get your hands dirty?
Let’s all recall the powerful famous Lenny Bruce routine.
“Are there any niggers in here tonight?”
You can still torrent it and listen to it as much as you want. :D
This is why I have a huge musiic library of over 44,000 songs.
Nothing more than perpetually-aggrieved racists being racist.
FREE SPEECH! If you can’t say “certain words”, then which words will be banned next? Freedom, liberty, man, woman, he, she?
ZERO words should be “banned”. If you don’t like words in Patti Smith’s song, don’t listen to it.
One In A Million by Guns and Roses is a great song. The lyrics make a point. Harsh? Okay, so what? If you don’t like words in a Guns & Roses song, don’t listen to it or read the following lyrics.
Guess I needed some time to get away
I needed some peace of mind, some peace of mind that’ll stay
So, I thumbed it down to 6th in L.A
Maybe a Greyhound could be my way
Police and niggers, that’s right, get out of my way
Don’t need to buy none of your gold chains today
Now, don’t need no bracelets clamped in front of my back
Just need my ticket, ‘til then, won’t you cut me some slack?
[Chorus]
You’re one in a million, yeah, that’s what you are
You’re one in a million, babe, you’re a shooting star
Maybe someday we’ll see you before you make us cry
You know we tried to reach you, but you were much too high
Much too high, much too high, much too high
[Verse 2]
Immigrants and faggots, they make no sense to me
They come to our country and think they’ll do as they please
Like start some mini Iran, or spread some fucking disease
They talk so many God damn ways, it’s all Greek to me
Well, some say I’m lazy and others say that’s just me
Some say I’m crazy, I guess I’ll always be
But, it’s been such a long time since I knew right from wrong
It’s all the means to and end, I-I keep it moving along
Hey, hey, hey, yeah
[Chorus]
You’re one in a million, yeah, you’re a shooting star
You’re one in a million, babe, you know that you are
Maybe some day we’ll see you before you make us cry
You know we tried to reach you, but you were much too high
Much too high, much too high, much too high, oh
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Radicals and racists, don’t point your finger at me
I’m a small town white boy just trying to make ends meet
Don’t need your religion, don’t watch that much TV
Just making my living, baby, well, that’s enough for me
You’re one in a million, yeah, you know that you are
You’re one in a million, babe, you’re a shooting star
Maybe someday we’ll see you before you make us cry
You know we tried to reach you, but you were much too high
Much too high, much too high, oh, much too high
[Outro]
Much too high, much too high, much too high
Much too high, much too high, much too high
Guns n Roses - One in a Million - Unplugged
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iddm2Hzvpwk
Album version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgIRClKD4RI
I keep waiting for maps of Africa with blank spaces where the nations of Nigeria and Niger used to be.
;-)
What about Yoko Screamo’s “Woman is the N——r of the World”? Anyone want to check? I dumped all my streaming services after the pandemic.
If you quit (which is as simple as turning off "Auto-Renew" in Settings), they will hit you with a Notification the next month, 3 months for price of 1. I didn't bite but if you like Apple Music give it a try.
"There was a Checkpoint Charlie
He didn't crack a smile
But it's no laughing party
When you've been on the murder mile
Only takes one itchy trigger
One more widow, one less white n----r."
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