So some time between 1975 and 2000. If only the graphs had some labels near the relevant part of the data…

I never understood how “hell” and “damn” are considered forbidden words by christian-conservatives. The stem directly from their own vocabulary, they are all about those categories, yet they don’t want to see them in discourse

I find Frank Zappa’s opposition to censorship pretty inspiring and hope this trend continues:

“The biggest threat to America today is not communism, it’s moving America toward a fascist theocracy, and everything that’s happened during the Regan administration is steering us right down that pipe. […] When you have a government that prefers a certain moral code derived from a certain religion and that moral code turns into legislation to suit one certain religious point of view, and if that code happens to be very very right wing, almost toward Attila the Hun.”

Given this data, I think I can reasonably predict that lyrics of pop songs in about 20 or 30 years will mostly consist of cursing. Maybe even sooner given my personal impression of pop songs repeating their lines more often each decade.

Piss is too low. Artists need to step it up

Please post the source next time. I spent 2 minutes looking for it: https://chrisdallariva.substack.com/p/when-the-fck-did-we-start-singing

I remember the damn shit bitch blip of '75.

Data confirms that it was around the same time Tipper Gore got triggered.

Wait… the 1950’s had music with the word fuck in it?

How do I get a grant to do this kind of research

Eat bite fuck suck gobble nibble chew