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Are modern songs sexier?

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Songs with sexual or violent lyrics are not new. Cole Porter's sensual "Love for Sale" was a hit in 1930, but the tune was banned from radio for decades. Blues singers of the 1920s and R&B bands of the 1950s performed songs that were thick with the blatant double-entendre. Additionally, traditional ballads of Scotland, Ireland, and the American Appalachians are filled with stories of murder.

 


 

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