Parental Advisory

                Should everyone who enjoys listening to explicit lyrics be responsible for what they purchase without a parental advisory label or should this be the responsibility of the record companies to advise the buyers. The responsibility for the parental advisory labels should be completely up to the record companies. It is their job to make sure that under age children are not purchasing inappropriate music without their parent’s approval. I am not saying that it is the record companies fault if the underage audience gets a hold of the music through other sources, but it should be their responsibility for the selling of albums in stores. They need to advise people of the content in the music before it is purchase. If a parent see’s that their child wants an album and they have no idea of what kind of music it is.
      I know that when I was younger and if I had a parental advisory album without my fathers permission then I was in big trouble. I would get grounded and the album would be thrown in the trash. I look back at it know and realize that my father did it for my own good. If I had children I would definitely not want them exposed to inappropriate music at a young age. There is a time for everything and they will have their’s when the time is right for things that they want to hear. With the parental advisory label on the album they will be able to see what their child is buying.
    Any young person under the legal age should not be able to purchase explicit music without an adult‘s permission. Although if they really want an explicit album they will find a way to get it. Now days with the internet kids have access to all kinds of music. The intensions of many young kids now days is that when they want something they will find a way to get it. Some music today is not getting the proper parental advisory labels on them that it should have. One example that I fell is not properly labeled is Lady Gaga. I am not a music critic, but there are many songs from her that I really feel are inappropriate for young audiences. There are songs of hers that young children should not listen to due to the inappropriate things that she does and says. I know that all music has its own meaning, but at the same time a lot of music today is really lacking quality. Some artist’s are just trying to sell anything to make money. The music industry will release any music regardless of the quality. As long as it makes them money then it is just fine for them.
      Unfortunately with that young teenager’s and parent’s have to deal with the consequences. While the parent’s are trying to teach their children the proper morals, they then have inappropriate music teaching them otherwise. Even if the parental advisory labels do not stop underage children from purchasing certain music it will at least limit them to some sources of getting the music. The record labels must realize how important the parental advisory labels are to many people because I am sure that if they have young children of their own then they are not going to want them listening to inappropriate music either.