Explicit Lyrics in song info?

Question

A lot of my music is imported from CD, my mum's, my sister's, and my brothers' collections are all on my computer.
Problem is, while my sister is using my machine or in my room while i'm playing music, some songs come on that i don't want to hear. My mum's a bit old fashioned too, and she doesn't like hearing music with a lot of explicit lyrics in them.
Is there a music format that allows you to set explicit lyrics on a song so I can set up parental controls or party shuffle to stop them being played at certain times?

Answer 1

Andrew, don't let this one little thing stop you if you are considering a Macintosh. There are so many great things to offer for this to stop you dead in your tracks.
And, as Otto mentioned, it is really very simple to sort them all out, especially if you are going to be involved in what goes on the wee-ones' iPods. All it takes is this:
*tag all the music with explicit, like he mentioned. You can even use a third party app like Tag&Rename if the group is large.
*Create a smartplaylist. Set the condition to "comment contains 'explicit'", and check live update. This means any new music you tag with "explicit" will go on the list automatically
*CTRL+click on any check box in the playlist. All the checks will go away. This will keep them out of general playing when sensitive ears might hear.
*On the iPods, set the sync conditions to either only load checked songs, or select the playlists that will sync (this is great once the kids create their own preferences for the iPods). Either way will keep the less kid friendly music off the iPods.
Sounds like a lot, but 15-25 minutes up front at most, and the system pretty much takes care of itself after that.
And, just to be open, I use pretty much this setup myself. I have a fairly sizeable collection of live recordings from regional venues (and some national acts) that would pretty much fill up the iPod on their own. This setup lets me quickly decide what, if any, of them I want loaded. Same with holiday music.
Again, if this is the one thing that is keeping you from trying Apple computers, please, keep thinking about it! Visit some of the relevant discussions and ask some questions. There are plenty of folks that would be happy to give you the wisdom of their experience.
Either way, enjoy!
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