Friday, August 27, 2010
WHERE IT SAYS, "WHAT I GOT YOU GOTTA GET AND PUT IT IN YOU," HOW ABOUT JUST "WHAT I LIKE IS I'D LIKE TO HUG AND KISS YOU"? In honor of Cee-Lo's impending lyrical alterations to his magnificent new NSFW song, here's a list of other songs which may or may not have benefited from a radio-friendly edit. (Do you, in fact, like 'Primus'? Are you messing with a 'broke, broke'?)
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Nothing about how They Might Be Giants changed "Pictures of Pandas Mating" so it could be placed on a children CD.
ReplyDeleteyes, I do like Primus.
By the way, thanks for the excuse to finally listen to the Cee-Lo song. That is some catchy, catchy stuff.
ReplyDeleteWell, there's the UK 2004 war between Eamon's "F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)" and Frankee ("F.U.R.B.")--both went to #1, and both of which are resolutely NSFW.
ReplyDeleteIf I published a compilation of these songs I'd have to choose between the following titles:
ReplyDelete1. "I Get No Kick From Champagne"
2. "Let's Spend Some Time Together"
or
3. "That's What Happens When You Find a Stranger in the Alps." (Wrong artform, but my current favorite Bowdlerization.)
One more, but too subtle: "The Latest Report"
ReplyDeleteI second Adam's thanks. However, considering I am now singing along to the song on repeat in my office, I may be blaming you for getting me fired...
ReplyDeleteAll of those songs were better unedited. And this is definitely the part where I point out that Primus Sucks.
ReplyDeleteI always thought Snoop Dogg's "Sensual Seduction" was more fun in its edited version.
ReplyDeleteOh, man, I love Primus.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite radio edit stories:
ReplyDeleteTom Petty's "You Don't Know How It Feels" met with controversy because of the line "Let me get to the point/Let's roll another joint," so to cowtow, he gave them two options: one, a version with the word reversed (Let's roll another TNIOOOOJ"), and another, where he changed "roll" to "hit." I spit soda the first time I heard the latter edit, because way to placate the Man while still totally talking about pot, TP.
man, this is even catchier than Lily Allen's contribution to the genre, F**k You (Very Much):
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg7jA-H-jMo&feature=related
<span> "I have had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday-to-Friday plane!"</span>
ReplyDeleteOkay, that is awesome.
ReplyDeleteI've always thought that Kanye's radio-friendly edit should have been "broke bloke."
ReplyDeleteHaving now listened to the song more time than I care to admit, my problem with it is not that I go to the "F**k you!" chorus, but to the "Oh s**t she's a gold digga!" and the rhyme thereto.
ReplyDeleteThat's going straight to my gym mix.
ReplyDeleteSomewhat related...two recent edits I've noticed on radio. Here in Madison, WI, after playing the song as written for over a year, they are now bleeping out "satellite radio" from Boom Boom Pow.
ReplyDeleteHere in the Madison they play Zac Brown Band's "Toes" as written including the line, "sit in the hot sun and roll a big fat one". On a recent trip to Chicago I noticed they bleeped "fat". Not sure that really eliminates the drug reference there...
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