Songs People Tried to Ban for the Wrong Reasons Music bans usually say as much about the people doing the banning as they do ...

Did you ever hear that Frank Zappa quote "If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other?" Quite a point, right? Back in 1985, he and a bunch of other musicians took a firm stance ...

It’s natural for human beings to fear what they don’t understand or what threatens their livelihoods. It’s a survival instinct to distance oneself from poisonous mushrooms, stay away from lions, or ...

Songs, at their core, are supposed to enliven you. They’re like light bulbs for doubt, for the uncertainty that comes with life itself. They are meant to illuminate, entertain, provoke thought, offer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sex and drugs may go hand-in-hand with the myth of rock 'n roll, but that doesn't mean that provocative innuendos, illicit ...

The modern day country music fan is quite a bit more tolerant of edgy or controversial songs than fans were 30 or 40 years ago, and as a result, there are fewer banned country songs today. Blame it on ...

Many people believe that to be a great artist is to push the envelope. The testing of norms happens in all art forms but it's most striking in music, arguably the purest and most accessible form of ...

When people think of Christmas music, they don’t think of provocative songs. Despite this, the BBC nearly banned a famous Christmas song even though nobody would consider it controversial today. The ...

Authorities in China’s Xinjiang region are threatening detention over downloading, sharing or listening to a wide range of Uyghur-language songs, the AP has found. The policy was revealed in a leaked ...

Radio stations have always walked a fine line between entertaining audiences and maintaining what they consider ‘acceptable’ content. Over the decades, songs have been pulled from airwaves for reasons ...