Thursday, May 24, 2007

iTunes Unnecessary Censorship

















Sometimes, censoring something "dirty" that wasn't in the first place makes it "dirty". Thus, iTunes has labeled one of Benjamin Britten's effortless choral pieces, King Herod and the Cock, in truth a friendly setting of an old Christmas folk tune for boy choir and piano (found on this Naxos release), "King Herod and the C**k", which adds a sort of Genet-esque air of forbidden desire.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home