Parental Advisories on Bway CD's

Hey guys. After watching Avenue Q the night after the black out I've been anxiously awaiting the release of their CD. Today I got to wondering whether the Avenue Q CD will carry the infamous "Parental Advisory Explict Lyrics". I don't believe this has ever happened before on a cast recording...has it? Anyway...who/what determines a label like this? Would Avenue Q be deserving? Is it worth it? When the label first came out I believe any recording with one of the Big 7 dirty words included the advisory...times have changed though. Under the old ways Rent for example would have carried the label. Anyway...my thoughts are that the CD should in fact carry some kind of advisory. "Naughty" words are one thing but I do believe the sexual content is much too much for children and even young teenagers. It doesn't have to be the traditional black and white label but something to tell those parents not-in-the-know that this isn't your traditional Muppets CD. Anyway...what does everyone think about this? Will the CD have some kind of advisory? Should it? Will we ever see a cast recording with an advisory (who knows...maybe we already have one)?

In the ad it does state :Full Frontal Puppet Nudity:

I am sure that (and I hate to admit this) most young people are not going to rush out to buy a new musical cast album as they would say Evensense or 50 Cents.

Those who purchase new cast albums (or re-issues) know pretty much what they will be getting. (Just wish the rest of the world did)

There's a big difference in what you sing at midnight in the campus quad and what you listen to when you're 10.

Who's getting huffy?

funny ya all mention this ... im writing a paper for class that deals with this issue and i was actually using ave q. as my theatre example. I emailed the musical director and he told me that there will be no warning on the packaging but the song titles will be on there so people will have a warning that it has "adult topics/themes"
hope this helps ya all out like it did for me :)

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I am being an angel and refraining from comment at this time, though John, I agree 100% with your post :)

Updated On: 9/11/03 at 01:11 PM

The Producers CD didn't carry a label and they used the F word.. so I doubt a warning label will go on it

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oh.. I'd agree with you on that one.. but we are talking the cd, not a video of the performance.. out of "context" - not sure it would qualify for a CD Labeling it Mature Audiences Only...

Have you HEARD some of the songs that are out there that DON'T have the label...? Avenue Q is Sesame Street in comparison

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No more durty words.....

Amen!

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Updated On: 9/11/03 at 03:57 PM

How about the Full Monty?

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what is Sodomy???

Bernadette88, "Sodomy" is a song from the musical "Hair".

thank you max!!!!!! thats the best :)

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