Has Music Finally Gone to Far?

Interesting topic. I think there's always going to the extremists, in music and every area, that try to push the limits. As you mentioned, Ozzy bit the head off a bat and it made headlines, securing him a name for the future. Present bands and artists try to find their own gimmick or device that will push their limits, and their name ... bringing them more publicity. As they say, there's no such thing as 'bad publicity'. I think a lot of it can also be contributed to the general public. We've become so desensitized over the years that it takes more and more to shock us. There's a short story by Stephen King I always think of when referring to this subject, although it relates more to reality tv .. but it relates to this as well. Where 50 years ago, the Price is Right amused us .... and now, we have to strand people out on an island to be amused. Stephen King has a fictional story about a reality game show ... where 100 boys enter and must walk for days on end ... the last one still walking wins. If you've seen Condemned, same concept. I think if things keep going the way they are, those types of concepts will be a reality ... where people will actually have to die and suffer before the general public finds entertainment in it.

I thought Maryln Manson was definately crossing the line. What the heck am I talking about they had to create another line for them to cross? You see these idiots that get on these stages that do these idiotic things are sick but what is sicker is the people that pay the outragous ticket prices and go watch them do what they do. I would dare these bands that think they can get away with anything on these stages to try to pull their stunts off in the real world. I would dare Maryln Manson to rip up a Bible in a church.

I don't agree at all. Music hasn't gone too far, but there are always lunatics who enjoy pushing the limits, provoking. And of course there are bad people who use music as a tool for their own aims. But that doesn't mean that music has gone too far at all. It's funny when they accuse marilyn manson or slayer of being guilty of what a kid did after listening to their songs....what about all the violence they watch on tv? doh!

I don't think it is the music that has changed really just how people present it that has. If you listen to the music today its about the same stuff we sang about when we were kids, its just presented differently. That to me is what has really changed. How people want the music presented to them. It seems to me like everything is done for shock value now, each generation has to one up the one before it. Its kind of sad but if you look back thats how it has always been.