Playing The Music That I Want To Hear

I was going to post a playlist via Spotify for all of you to enjoy while you were reading, knitting, or any other quarantine sanctioned endeavor.

I  came across a sharing issue that stopped me from doing so.

Censorship is a big issue. When it comes to art, I am not a big censorship sort of guy.

This brings me to the song, 'This Land,' by Gary Clark Jr.

It's a great song. 

The album is also titled, 'This Land'. Its version uses the 'N' word. It can be argued that the use of the word makes the song more forceful. More poignant. The song is about racism after all.

For my cd version of this playlist, I found the CBS Late Show version. It was what some people would claimed to be cleaned up for broadcast.

This version did change the song somewhat. 

I am not necessarily into censoring other people,  but I have no problem self censoring when I feel the need.

 I suppose, of copyright issues, Spotify wouldn't let me play the version of 'This Land', that I wanted to hear.

Therefore...do I play the version that I don't want to play? I love the song. But I don't want to play a version that I feel uncomfortable playing.

On my cd mixes, I sometimes shorten a song, lengthen one, add something or otherwise edit. I can't do that with Spotify (can I? )

I used to love handing out what I called my K-Tunes( I am on K-Tune 214!), first on 8-tracks, then cassettes, and cd's.

No more. I can't find a single way to share the music that I want to hear.

Not the way I want to share them.

I don't even know if I should be sharing. I don't want to take money out of artists, nor, record companies' pockets.

But, Spotify is a sharing platform, right?

Turing friends and family on to good music can only be a good thing? Right?

For now, I won't be sharing playlists on line.

I suggest finding some of your friends playlists. One nice diversion during or solidarity confinements.