From: c8643631@cc.newcastle.edu.au (I AM NOT ON DRUGS. HONEST. I WAS BORN THIS WAY.)
Subject: Re: Don't Curse (was Re: DAS EFX)
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 10:33:49 GMT

In article <BtwoG2.8oB@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, dwarner@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (david j warner) writes:
> In article <1992Sep01.074409.17812@rose.com> jeff.beaty@rose.com (jeff beaty) writes:
> 
>>I don't get why they write lyrics with swearing then slur or beep them 
>>out.  If they say the word "fuck" for rhyme sake, then it should be 
>>left in.  "fuck" does not rhyme with "cufk" (slurred) or "BEEP" 
>>(beeped).  If it ain't gonna be on the album then don't put it in the 
>>lyrics.
>>
>>"Some musicians cus' at home, 
>> but scared to use profanity when upon the microphone"
>>
>>                                -NWA "Express Yourself"
>>
>>I suppose this is the perfect quote for what I am saying.
> 
> "Poetry I speak, fluently I lead.
>  You's a sucker, 'cause the only word you know is 'motherfucker'.
>  Yo, you don't see your whole race in bondage.
>  No, you grab the microphone and feedin' 'em garbage."
> 
> 				-KRS-1, "Duck Down"
> 
> There's always going to be that sect in the music industry that doesn't want
> to hear swearing in the music.  Of course, you can't tell what DAS EFX is
> saying anyway, so who's going to notice a slur or two?
> 
> Eazy E's quote does have some validity, though.  You should have heard me swear
> up a storm after we had just finished the Daily Student sports front by 10:30,
> then Jose Canseco got traded and we had to start all over again.  Man, that
> messed us all up.
> 
>>One other thing, EPMD has some cursing censored while some is left in.
>>Do what NWA does, make versions without cursing so at least the lyrics 
>>sound nateral.
> 
> And do every album like that fuck-up Luke Campbell???? No way!
> 
> 
> 
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Public Enemy, on 'Apocalypse '91 - The Enemy Strikes Black', censored a few
songs, such as 'One Million BottleBags' and, most obviously, 'Get The F--- Out
Of Dodge'. This did annoy me at the time, but I've become accustomed to it,
especially with the latter track where I don't mind the bleeps now.


Also, Ice-T has censored the videos of some of his tracks 'New Jack Hustler'
and 'O.G. Original Gangster' specifically. And with the BodyCount album and the
song 'There Goes The Neighbourhood'....

The album has the lyric
	"Here come them fucking niggers in their fancy cars
	 Who gave them fucking niggers, those rock guitars"

But the video clip has the lyric
	"Here come them black boys in their fancy cars
	 Who gave them black boys, those rock guitars"

Once upon a time I heard Ice-T say that he spoke as he wanted to speak but he
didn't mind if others cleaned up the lyrics after the fact. Now it seems he'll
also clean up the lyrics as well. I don't mind. I think the attitude people
have toward the word 'fuck' (and all other swear words) is childish, but so it
gets censored if played on the radio (or doesn't get played at all). Who cares?
Buy the album.


By the way, in Australia, our government run radio station plays songs with
swearing all the time. 'Fuck The Police' was a staple for awhile. They've got a
good attitude in that regard.


Peace

Edward D.
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