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New Study, Musicians Like to Sing About Drugs and Sex

rollingstone.com — According to a new study conducted by medical researchers, thirty-three percent of popular songs contain explicit content and forty-two percent of songs hint at substance abuse.

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  • Samiyam, on 02/11/2008, -6/+219In other news, researchers discover that water is in fact, wet.
  • missingnoh4x, on 02/11/2008, -1/+93I expected this headline to be from the Onion.
  • tutivlahos, on 02/11/2008, -2/+62[citation needed]
  • inactive, on 02/11/2008, -3/+55I am SHOCKED and APPALLED.

    Music should be about candy canes and ladybugs.
  • stormgren, on 02/11/2008, -4/+47Jesus saved me
    a bunch of money on my car insurance by telling me to switch to Geico!
  • wild, on 02/11/2008, -0/+36Come into my candy shop. Lick my lollipop.

    See, its easy to write a pop song without sex.
  • kgool, on 02/11/2008, -0/+36From the department of redundancy department.
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  • DucoNihilum, on 02/11/2008, -0/+27I had three ladybugs last night and I'm still tripping.
  • slvrbullet87, on 02/11/2008, -0/+24Sex Drugs and ___________
    Fill in the blank

    That really takes medical researchers?
  • BlackStrain, on 02/11/2008, -1/+24Beware of the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide.
  • LFAB, on 02/11/2008, -3/+23Buried as Inaccurate. It's got to be at least 80% on both counts
  • m0nk, on 02/11/2008, -3/+23Funny thing about most Christians; they always assume that everyone else in the world believes what they do. What if the poster doesn't believe in Hello, or God, or you? I know I certainly don't. ;)
  • petebot, on 02/11/2008, -1/+20You had me at Hello.
  • ziptnf, on 02/11/2008, -3/+19Next time you have a thought, just let it go.
  • usrlocalbin, on 02/11/2008, -2/+18Wow...Such love shown there....Just like Jesus would do...

    Oh wait..
  • skeletorcares, on 02/11/2008, -4/+18I'm glad that we have science to figure these things out, instead of menial things like curing AIDS.
  • DreKor, on 02/11/2008, -0/+14which, ironically, are also drug reference
  • iDiggIt42, on 02/11/2008, -2/+15You killed it.
  • OrangeTide, on 02/11/2008, -0/+12are you implying i'm not a person if i like metal?
  • cmyk, on 02/11/2008, -4/+16Let me be the first to say, "Duh."
  • missingnoh4x, on 02/11/2008, -0/+11All the good bands will be playing down there.
  • thefandango, on 02/11/2008, -1/+11blasphemy is ALWAYS funny.
  • calon9, on 02/11/2008, -0/+9They just wanted an excuse to study sex and drugs.
  • sgiffy, on 02/11/2008, -0/+9But what's the fun of religion if you can't condemn your enemies to hell?
  • weeeezzll, on 02/11/2008, -0/+8Because you smell like Mac and Cheese and you mother doesn't allow girls in the basement?
  • Senturion, on 02/11/2008, -1/+8Apparently we have cured Cancer, AIDS and reversed the aging process as clearly medical researchers have nothing better to do.
  • DreKor, on 02/11/2008, -3/+10Is that like regular Jesus, or is that an acronym for something?
  • MlShred, on 02/11/2008, -5/+12Well, I coulda told you that. It takes medical researchers to figure that out...Damn.
  • weeeezzll, on 02/11/2008, -0/+7*cues chirping crickets*
  • walkingdogs, on 02/11/2008, -1/+8Yeah, maybe, but there is tangible visible evidence for the sun. Can't say the same thing for the Son now can we. That's the reason the basis for religion is faith and not fact. So you believe all you want and I'll continue not believing.
  • bitterman316, on 02/11/2008, -2/+9Why would I love my gardener ?
  • DiggzDE, on 02/11/2008, -0/+7I think I found a new profession to slack in. If they can get paid to figure this stuff out, I wonder what I can get paid for!
  • inactive, on 02/11/2008, -0/+7I agree that blasphemy is never funny. However, I don't think we know who's going to hell. If every sinner went to hell, everybody who ever lived -except Jesus himself - would be there. Jesus paid for the sin of blasphemy for us along with everything else. Hate the sin, not the sinner.
  • BPShirase, on 02/11/2008, -1/+8their grants need to be revoked if this is what they spend time researching.
  • blackbeardtron, on 02/11/2008, -1/+7Jesus saves... and takes half damage.
    /D&D Humor

    ...Why don't I have a girlfriend?
  • m0nk, on 02/11/2008, -1/+7Yeah, I meant Hell.
  • inactive, on 02/11/2008, -0/+6It helps them to be "creative".
  • davidrools, on 02/11/2008, -0/+5there's probably a lot of slang that went right over their heads

    "this song talks about grass, hay, and weeds...must be about farming. no drug references there. next!"
  • MicrosoftBob, on 02/11/2008, -0/+5What are they doing with the other hand?
  • Mothh, on 02/11/2008, -1/+6I don't think that falls into the definition of ironic. Unless you're Alanis Morissette.
  • rossmills, on 02/11/2008, -0/+5Curse your logic! ^_^
  • Cerebral, on 02/11/2008, -0/+5What a great album. And yes, this too had songs about drugs.
  • inactive, on 02/11/2008, -2/+7Rap doesn't.
  • thetanman, on 02/11/2008, -2/+7NO *****.
  • weeeezzll, on 02/11/2008, -0/+5What isn't a drug reference? Seriously, I think every word US/UK English languages have been appropriated by the drug community. Most common proper names too...

    This also applies to sex...anything can be a sexual innuendo.

    *totally random statement*
    "You ate your grandmas potato salad?"
  • sklew, on 02/11/2008, -1/+6It is, because there are billions of dollars in treatments to be made.
  • gregfadein, on 02/11/2008, -2/+6Yes, because somehow, letting millions of people die is profitable.
  • FoghornLeghorn, on 02/11/2008, -0/+4Allow me to play devil's advocate here. He's not saying they're not interested in keeping you alive, he's saying they're not interested in curing you. They'll just give you treatments that will only work assuming you repeatedly subject yourself to said treatments, giving pharmaceutical companies and HMOs more and more money.
  • Mo0man, on 02/11/2008, -0/+4I'm pretty sure everyone knows it's a troll... But it's still hilarious
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