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• 1. At 5:18pm on 08 May 2011, EmilyMaryDavis wrote:

  This band plays a song in this set where the lyrics are about punching a pregant girl in the stomach because she is pregant with his baby. I want to know what kind of idiots the BBC are for inviting this band on to do a live session, or for playing their music at all. Vulnerable young people listen to Radio 1 and this contributes to an atmosphere where talking about violence against women is sometimes tolerated when it should always be despised.
  Shame on the BBC and the Zane Lowe show for playing this awful sexist rubbish.

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• 2. At 02:52am on 10 May 2011, NikBates wrote:

  At the surface, yeah they are talking about "punches to the stomach where that bastard kid's supposed to be." But, if you know what these guys are about, you learn about what the content of their music actually means. Every song they make is like a movie. It's comparable to Quentin Tarantino movies. Understandably, it's definitely not for young children, or those who lack guidance. But sexist? I don't think so. It's essentially art. These guys say a boatload of things in their songs that are obscene, and un true. It's not horror for the sake of horror, but to tell a story. Tyler has said in multiple interviews that he has written songs from the perspectives of troubled people in order to simply tell a story. It would be ignorant to say that kids this age never have dark thoughts. Besides, the fact that the girl is pregnant has nothing to do with him. Tyler himself is a bastard kid, which is why his first album was entitled "Bastard" and he has many songs about his absent father. What perspective was the song "Sandwitches" from? I do not know. But rather than picking apart specific, concrete lines and lyrics, this music is meant to be enjoyed with an understanding of the breadth of the content. And if everyone is worried about their children being influenced by music, talk to the kids! Be a parent! Music and television aren't supposed to be raising our kids. I listened to Eminem when I was about 7. But my parents taught me what was tasteful, true and what was distasteful and un true. I was listening to The Slim Shady LP, but I wasn't doing anything other listening, which is what this art is meant for. Music is meant to join people, not separate.

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• 3. At 8:14pm on 10 May 2011, Mihai wrote:

  Thanks Emily and Nick for your comments.
  
  It's good to have both sides of a story. And that's why this is the BBC - Awesome !!

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