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“Music”, Oxford dictionary commonly defines music as “the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.” On average, American youth listen to music and watch music videos four to five hours a day, which is more time than they spend with their friends outside of school or watching television. Music becomes a vital part of a teenagers life. Music has been pushing the envelope for years, Elvis, Madonna, Marilyn Manson, Eminem, Sex Pistols, and the Ramones, just to name a few of the more well known artists that have pushed the envelope. People get offended because these artists talk about sex or violence. They’re just people speaking their mind, if you don’t want to promote them or hear them, then don’t purchase their music. In the Twisted Sister video, “We’re Not Gonna Take It”, a teen, angry because he can’t listen to rock music, hurls his father out of a window. Later that same year a teen in New Mexico murders his father in the same fashion. In the late 80’s, Aerosmith released their music video for their single “Janie’s Got a Gun, it depicted a teenage girl shooting her father