The Velvet Underground released a song titled "Sister Ray" on their second album White Light/White Heat. It lasted about seventeen minutes long, and its subject matter dealt with a story about a few drag queens having a massive orgy and shooting themselves up with heroin (Sister Ray being a transvestite drug dealer who I think gets killed by them). This was in 1968. People have been doing this for a long time... it's nothing new, and honestly, I don't have much of a problem with it. However, what I have a problem with is is how easily accessible the music is in terms of being able to find it. All you have to do is turn on the radio... that's all children have to do, too. Yes, its the parents' job to prevent their kids from being exposed to it, but they can't be around 24/7.
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