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Green Day criticizes Wal-Mart: Should Wal-Mart sell uncensored CDs?

doodlebug May 21, 2009 22:01:47

Green Day's new album "21st Century Breakdown" debuted strongly and is on the top of the Billboard charts. None of the credit for that achievement goes to Wal-Mart however, which does not carry Green Day's CD. Wal-Mart only sells "clean" albums, albums that do not contain or have edited out any offensive language. Green Day refuses to censor "21st Century Breakdown" and now Walmart, the biggest seller of CDs, won't sell Green Day's CD.

21st Century Breakdown is the follow-up to "American Idiot", a multi-platinum album which featured hits such as "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Wake Me Up When September Ends".
 Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.
Green Day should provide a clean version of their CD "21st Century Breakdown".
Both sides should stick with their positions. Green Day will sell albums without Wal-Mart's help.
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  • +4 raves Twiggy May 21, 2009 22:04:55
    Twiggy

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    I always thought Wal*Mart was only for the mony anyway.
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  • lexi141414 5 days ago
    lexi141414

    Green Day should provide a clean version of their CD "21st Century Breakdown".

    my parents allow all cuss words but one and they use only that one
  • +3 raves
    UncannyCanary August 13, 2009 16:43:14
    UncannyCanary

    Both sides should stick with their positions. Green Day will sell albums without Wal-Mart's help.

    Maybe they should sell both? Although I think Green Day can do without Walmart quite easily.
  • ☆Varsha★ July 16, 2009 06:01:20
    ☆Varsha★

    Both sides should stick with their positions. Green Day will sell albums without Wal-Mart's help.

    Green Day's album is awesome, they don't need Walmart's help. Besides, it's Walmarts loss, Green Day's doing fine without them.
  • Morgan June 12, 2009 13:48:31
    Morgan

    Green Day should provide a clean version of their CD "21st Century Breakdown".

    A lot of kids look up to the band and if they dont do this it could ruin the kids as well as the partents image of the band
  • ~~mOnA~~8o) June 10, 2009 21:10:18
    ~~mOnA~~8o)

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    hell yea
  • +1 raves
    danceprincess June 10, 2009 05:07:27 (edited)
    danceprincess

    Green Day should provide a clean version of their CD "21st Century Breakdown".

    every CD should be cencored. because you dont want little kids listen to foul language and such. besides why criticize Wal-Mart?? just buy it from Best Buy and stop being a bitch!!
  • almastella June 04, 2009 13:46:07
    almastella

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    Sincere music must be uncensored u.ù
  • lindz June 04, 2009 11:36:39
    lindz

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    green day rulez!,and i think their cd should be sold eavry where
  • FundicRegion June 02, 2009 02:10:54
    FundicRegion

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    It's the band's right to release uncensored albums and Wal-Mart should respect that, not ask that they release censored versions.
  • angel_phoenix May 31, 2009 22:42:13
    angel_phoenix

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    Hello! Wal-Mart is always for the money! As long as they have ur money they'll do anything!
  • annabanana May 31, 2009 15:11:38
    annabanana

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    I don't know, I think that WalMart should sell all kinds of music [they'd sell more], but to each his own I guess.
  • MissRiot May 29, 2009 03:45:27
    MissRiot

    Both sides should stick with their positions. Green Day will sell albums without Wal-Mart's help.

    The people who run and own Wal-Mart are assholes but they have a right to censor what they sell. Green Day doesn't need Wal-Mart anyways.
  • +1 raves
    deadelzmoor May 28, 2009 19:08:24 (edited)
    deadelzmoor

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    fuck wal mart lol billie joe should shot them =) intended heard uncensored fuck wal mart lol billie joe shot
  • +1 raves
    ***Y@zm1n*** May 28, 2009 19:06:02
    ***Y@zm1n***

    Both sides should stick with their positions. Green Day will sell albums without Wal-Mart's help.

    Green Day doesn't need waltmart, they gonna sell their album in some other places because is a great cd
  • +3 raves
    iTonks May 27, 2009 21:49:21
    iTonks

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    I think Walmart should stop selling silly CDs of Hanna Montana and Jonas Brothers that's the true music that affects kids' brains.
  • +1 raves
    mina May 26, 2009 19:25:13
    mina

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    music is way to express how u feel about things... and people. so censoring is like holding back the real emotion to a song. its like taking away the 1st amendment.
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    Arianna Willow May 26, 2009 17:32:35
    Arianna Willow

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    i didn't even know walmart didn't sell uncensored cds till a couple of days ago. My mom was planning to take me there so i could buy some cds and i find out i can't buy the music i like in it's original form. What the heck is up with that?
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    AllTimeAlexandra May 25, 2009 15:42:30
    AllTimeAlexandra

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    i know little kids don't need to hear bad language but i know that i like my music uncensored. thats the way the artist wanted their music to be heard..not bleeped or with different words.
  • +1 raves
    Bella Swan May 24, 2009 21:48:33
    Bella Swan

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    wal mart should because they already sell uncensored eminem cd's
  • +1 raves
    Katharina May 24, 2009 07:18:15
    Katharina

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    Again, land of the free...
  • +1 raves
    ☠venusdoom~Stay(sic)!☠ May 23, 2009 22:26:37
    ☠venusdoom~Stay(sic)!☠

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    whts it matter to them they dont have to play it in their store so just sell it to get money
  • +2 raves
    riz May 23, 2009 21:38:19 (edited)
    riz

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    WALMART HAD BETTER NOT EDIT IT! GOD, I WAS GOING TO GO THERE...BUT NOW...i guess i'll go to target :)
  • xX_Miss... riz July 12, 2009 21:06:04
    xX_MissGreenDay_Xx
    lol
  • riz xX_Miss... July 16, 2009 23:32:42
    riz
    thank you
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    j May 23, 2009 20:05:35 (edited)
    j

    Both sides should stick with their positions. Green Day will sell albums without Wal-Mart's help.

    No walmart should not change where they stand just because a band criticizes them.
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    iluvkrankiefrankie May 23, 2009 09:04:19
    iluvkrankiefrankie

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    Green Day are an amazing band, and they don't need places like Wal-Mart ruining their CDs by providing censored versions. you wanna hear a censored version? there;s this site called youtube, babes. i am fairly sure they will have a censored version of the songs there. don't be screwing with a good cd.
  • +1 raves
    ѕσ ωяσηg ιтѕ яα¢нєℓ May 23, 2009 07:29:46
    ѕσ ωяσηg ιтѕ яα¢нєℓ

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    They should definitely sell the uncensored version. That's the way music should be heard, it's more "straight from the heart" I guess you could say.
  • +2 raves
    unwrittenwords13 May 23, 2009 01:53:26
    unwrittenwords13

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    I hate Wal-Mart. I buy all my cds, dvds, etc., from Target. Wal-Mart could at least sell both censored and uncensored versions. Music should be heard the way it was intended to be heard, no artist should have to change.
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    Lynette May 23, 2009 00:50:47
    Lynette

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    walmart needs to understand lots of albums have bad things and they need to get over it
  • +1 / -1 raves
    cori May 22, 2009 22:03:54
    cori

    Both sides should stick with their positions. Green Day will sell albums without Wal-Mart's help.

    who needs walmart!!
  • +2 raves
    mandy May 22, 2009 21:49:50
    mandy

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    wow i just find that stupid. music should always stay how the artist made it. why would green day change for Walmart?
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    j mandy May 23, 2009 20:07:03
    j
    right why should Green Day change for Wal Mart? And why should Wal Mart change for Green Day.?
  • +1 raves
    Lacey Smile May 22, 2009 17:57:25
    Lacey Smile

    Both sides should stick with their positions. Green Day will sell albums without Wal-Mart's help.

    Last time i went to Wal-Mart nd looked at the cd's,let me see...there was every rap artist possible,all the bands that I listen to(rock and punk ect.),and things like that.How in the world is Green Day any different when it comes to cussing?Gah,stupid wal-mart idiots.
  • +1 raves
    QueenShebaVIII May 22, 2009 17:50:09
    QueenShebaVIII

    Wal-Mart should start selling music the way it was intended to be heard: uncensored.

    They should sell them uncensored and censored. But if there aren't any censored versions, they should still sell the uncensored ones.
    I don't even have Walmart in my country so I don't know why I care... xP
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    j QueenSh... May 23, 2009 20:07:20
    j
    LOL
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    Andrea May 22, 2009 17:06:43
    Andrea

    Both sides should stick with their positions. Green Day will sell albums without Wal-Mart's help.

    Walmart is right and Green Day is right. Both should stick to their policies. Though GD is moronic if you ask me for not making thier music available to all ages. How much money are they losing because parents won't buy it for their kids because of language or content? My teens only are allowed edited versions.
  • boredom... Andrea July 12, 2009 21:16:53
    boredom-is-permanent
    well how old are your kids? most kids are already hearing that stuff from other sources....
  • Andrea boredom... July 13, 2009 06:11:59
    Andrea
    I know that kids get that stuff from their friend's...but as I explain to my children, I am not those kid's mother...I am theirs. My girls are now 20 and 16. Obviously the 20 year old is old enough to do as she pleases. BUT...my 16 year old still trusts her mother's judgment. She won't listen to music where every other word is a swear. She calls it trash. I agree. You can say just as much without saying fuck or GD every other word. When she is older she also can do as she pleases. Until then, she does as I please.
  • boredom... Andrea July 13, 2009 15:43:12
    boredom-is-permanent
    see, i'm 15 and my parents have long since given up trying to control what i listen to. i'm very passionate about my music, yes there is swearing in some or most of it but its just the type of music, i know better than to continue to spout it out. it's just music and emotion in its most raw form.
  • Andrea boredom... July 13, 2009 19:43:59
    Andrea
    I understand. I had parents who controlled my music and literature when I was younger. That fact is, you are a child and should respect your parents by doing as they ask. You can't buy unedited PA cuts at Walmart anyway until you turn 17. It s8ucks, but your parents only want what is best for you.
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