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To wonder why when Elvis Costello

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wineoclockthanks · 10/06/2017 21:54

Sings the N word on the radio (in Oliver's Army) it's not bleeped out, but when any of the rap/hip hop/ grime artists do, it is?

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MrsOverTheRoad · 11/06/2017 15:07

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MinistryofRevenge · 11/06/2017 17:05

Whilst we're musing on the lyrics, shouldn't it be "one more widow, one fewer..."? Though it wouldn't scan nearly so well.

Millionsmom · 11/06/2017 17:18

There are a few songs which have been censored in the last few years.
Dire Straits- money for nothing. But Green Days - Holiday uses the same word and yet hasn't.
Is Green Day too 'cool' ?

PhilODox · 11/06/2017 17:22

It's always covered over on absolute radio.
Ministry- I'm so with you on "fewer"!

YokoReturns · 11/06/2017 17:35

I think it's probably to do with context, given the anti-colonialist, anti-cannon-fodder themes in the song (like a PP said). Apparently, it was also a racist name the English used to describe in Irish in the 19th century.

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