Is it possible to tell spotify not to play any songs with explicit lyrics? I like to play random playlists or spotify's top lists sometimes but don't like songs with explicit lyrics.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jonathan
@vmonks.
Thanks. I was looking thru on my computer and had previously looked thru on my android but couldn't find anything to 'block' these songs.Thanks to your reply, I looked more presistently and found this in Spotify Help:
For: Mobile and tablet (more devices coming soon!)
Filter out content labelled as explicit with these steps:
This can't be hard to do, why hasn't it been done. Songs are marked. Get this done quickly and it would please a lot of people, just the right thing to do.
This would be terrific. I can't listen to spotify at work because of this.
I also can't listen at work unless I use earbuds or earphones & I just can't sometimes because I need to be aware of my surroundings as well.
It isn't always for the kids. I'm pretty picky about what goes into my brain, and I would really like to avoid explicit lyrics!
I HATE radio edits/censorship but if it has to be included, it should just be a setting so I can avoid the censored version.
Anyone working on this? Spotify is great until one of these songs pops up in Radio mode or when playing the Top List. Can't play this at work, and frankly I don't want to hear this stuff most of the time. how about a simple checkbox to block Explicits. You went to the trouble of tagging them, but there's nothing we can really do with that tag.
Just wanted to bump this topic as well. I noticed this with the radio feature as well, when listening to, of all things, a radio station based on "Learning Spanish". which started well with tracks of different language, then for some bizarre reason launched into an explicit track of **** sound effects? (not sure I see the relationship there, but in any case, I'd prefer a setting to block this.)
Thanks
The official ideas topic about being able to filter explicit/clean content is here if you want to add your support to that topic!
Peter
Horrifing!
I put on "Michael Jackson Radio" for a school function, seemingly the most innocuous of all stations available. Low and behold, who comes on but Snoop Dog with F-Bombs and every other other curse word out there throughout the song. All of this over the loud speakers for a hundred elementary school students to hear. My mistake for using the Radio option as opposed to a play list, but we wanted Michael Jackson genre rather than exclusively Michael Jackson songs.
PANDORA has the option to block explicit songs so Spotify is more than capable of adding it. The question is, what is the resistance to doing so? A parental control option is not asking you to "censor" content, just allow parents to protect little ears and minds!
SPOTIFY, please add a parental control option. Thank you!!!
Well said. How hard can this be?
I want that setting so bad, from my laptop I went into preferences expecting to find that setting...and alas it wasn't there...
I'd love to see this thread continue. As it stands, I've used Spotify enough to know how to start radio stations and know which tracks are more than likely to bring up explicit songs vs. songs that will not. Sadly, it's the "learn Spanish" station, the one I'd like to use, that for some odd reason incorporates **** tracks.
a cool way Spotify could 1up the competition - create a separate Spotify-Kids App. uses the same account but the App only plays the clean versions of songs. just an idea...
This is a great idea and if you think so, you should also support this idea:-
http://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Ideas/Allow-users-to-alert-Spotify-to-EXPLICIT-lyrics/idc-p/...
There are a number of songs NOT tagged as explicit that should be and mobilising the community to tag them would be a helpful way of weeding these out (for those that WANT to!).
@cl0udk1ckr wrote:a cool way Spotify could 1up the competition - create a separate Spotify-Kids App. uses the same account but the App only plays the clean versions of songs. just an idea...
I don't necessary agree with a kids app, that could turn into a Barney fest. But an easy way to filter explicit content for the sake of our kids would be a great thing.
How about the ability to filter ANY song. A song that objectifies women or denigrates a minority group, for example. There are some that contain no profanity at all.
I'd much rather be exposing my kids to music than the garbage on television. My mother exposed me to lots of music as a kid. Of course, there were only black and white 3 channels at the time.
All, for what ever reason, Spotify is not making this available to us. I pretty much just go to the next song when "explicit" songs are played.
When I'm sharing what I'm listening to (parties, work and home), I use Pandora. It has a simple filter that I just click on. Works great. THANKS PANDORA.
I'm really upset to find my son has had full access to extremely explicit lyrics via Spotify. Why can I not control this via some simple Parental controls? Come on Spotify - it puts us parents in a really difficult position. It's tough to do an all-out-ban on computer use for kids, or monitor every move they make online. I have set up solid controls in Google, Youtube and via my broadband provider to stop the **** and tat getting through wherever possible but my 11 and 7 year olds can still access sexist and biggoted lyrics via Spotify. Really annoyed and upset about this. Spotify should be accessible to all the family, or at least allow us to set up a family subscription or similar with family controls for each level.
Regards
From an upset Dad.
BTW; in case you were wondering I found my 11 yr old son listening to this - with my 7yr daughter in the room - really happy about that - thanks!
Lil Wayne – Wowzerz
It's obvious that Spotify doesn't really care about explicit content. Pandora seems to handle this pretty easlily. For that reason after the 30 day trial I will not be continuing with Spotify.
100% agree. This is surprising oversight by Spotify. When playing music over a sound system at a public event, Spotify's playlists are perfect but for the inclusion of profanity-laced songs.
I don't think this is an oversight. I think they're actively against this feature. See: http://www.jacobsingh.name/content/spotify-rejects-my-app-millions-toddlers-get-their-mouths-washed-out-soap-0
Jacob, I just read your post and I appreciate the work you put into it. I know how difficult and challenging APIs can be to work with, so thanks for making an effort for the rest of us, even if Spotify isn't being receptive about it for some strange reason. I would encourage others to read your post and email Spotify about this as well.
Thanks again for trying!
One thing I really want to make clear to Spotify: an explicit song filter isn't just about old prudes sitting around complaining about that "rude music those wipper-snappers listen to!" It's about parents would would love to put the radio feature to use as an EDUCATIONAL platform, to play things like learning songs or spanish language songs for kids in the radio form and not have to worry about explicit songs streaming. As I posted earlier, I was listening to a radio station in Spotify based on a very-harmless "Learn Spanish With Maria Fernandez" and one of the "related" songs was a pornographic track. I couldn't believe it, and I could never in good conscience use Spotify radio if something that strong could make it's way into a radio station like that.
Spotify, please reconsider adding a filter feature for your users. Thanks.
I have the same issue trying to play fresh music from spotify at my workplace DBL07 Consulting but I can't have explict songs cranking across the office.
I completely agree with the folks in this thread. I like to listen to hip hop and rap, and want my kids to be able to hear it too, but can't if the non-explicit versions are unavailable. Pandora does it, so it's certainly possible. But I'm tired of Pandora and came to Spotify to get something fresh, but can't listen to it most of the time because of the content issue. I certainly can't have random hip hop and rap music on because you never know when they'll use the N word, and I can't have my younger kids hear that as they don't understand the context atthat age.
If you want to compete with Pandora, which is essentially what you're doing, it just makes good business sense to provide this option to your listeners. Otherwise, you're missing out on that complete listenership of parents and people who are generally bothered by those lyrics.
This is a fundamental feature. Pandora has had it for quite a while and I'll be using that for any radio or shuffle play until this is done.
Google Play has this feature also.
If this is not implemented soon, I'll have to kill my subscription since my kids listen to to the raido stations with me and bad language is a no go.
I too am baffled as to why you take the time to mark a song as explicit but the listeners can not opt to filter out the explicit songs. I can not sit on my phone all day while I work worrying about the next song that pops up. I see new playlists and get excited about playing it, until I scroll half way through and see ONE maybe TWO explicit songs. Seriously, couldn't you just leave those off so I can play something at work, or around my kids.
Also I can't believe that this thread has been going on for years... and spotify hasn't addressed our concerns and desires. NOT very customer service oriented.
Unhappy Spotify User
Careful what you wish for: the most arbitrary tracks are flagged up as 'explicit' on Spotify. Like Tutti Frutti by Little Richard, which I suppose was risque in its day, but 60 years later? And as for Jealousy by Billy Fury, to name one ludicrous example I've come across recently...
I agree with those who say it should be an optional setting only if it is to be introduced. I would hate to have my listening dictated by censorship based on - who knows? Currently it certainly doesn't appear to be based on listening to the tracks concerned.
