Country music's own Sturgill Simpson performed a wonderful rendition of his tune "Living the Dream" just last week on TBS' CONAN. And while we here at Music Times loved the performance, there were apparently some who didn't like his usage of the word "goddamn" and were downright offended.
The "offensive" lyric in "Living the Dream" that caused the aforementioned uproar is "I don't have to do a goddamn thing except sit around and wait to die."
Well, given this is the age of social media, Simpson took to Facebook to express his thoughts on the subject:
"Been some folks coming to my page to chastise (judge) me for taking the Lord's name in vain on Conan so figured I should address it.
Ironically, the song is actually a metaphor comparing the soothing yet completely addictive and damaging effects of hard narcotic opiates to the negative sociological impact of organized religion and blind faith when forced upon society and used as a political tool by self-righteous, thinly-veiled bigots to control and manipulate the masses and enhance the suffering of impoverished, lower class citizens. Also, since I'm self-funding/self-releasing my art instead of shooting for ACM awards and taking it up the ass from the music row man, I have the right to write and sing and say whatever I choose just as you have the right to not buy or listen to my music and stay away from my page if you don't like it.
So with that said...
1. I sang it like I wrote it
2. Censorship is bullshit
3. This is America and people can say anything they want including "Goddamn" at the top of their lungs on national TV"
Check out the country singer's performance on CONAN below:
So, what are your thoughts on the issue?
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