Irrationally irritated by sanitised song lyrics

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Singing along the radio to “Im Sorry” and realised the whole thing has been cleaned up... no mentions of “sleeping with my best friend”... Aibu to be annoyed when lyrics are messed with [lighthearted]

Oh I see, thank you @LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD. Not actually as bad as I thought it was going to be. Whilst still rather dodgy.

Money for Nothing by Dire Straits

"See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup?
Yeah buddy, that's his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot, he's a millionaire"

Depending on which radio station, that entire verse is missing or just the faggot reference.

Yes, faggot is a derogatory term for gay, but in the context of the song and all that.....

Also the "white nigger" reference in Oliver's Army by Elvis Costello.

Blanked out, or replace with figure.

I remember years ago when Lady Gaga had Lovegame out listening to Scott Mills on Radio 1 and him saying "We've got the new Lady Gaga song coming up in the next half an hour but we're just waiting for our editors to get rid of a naughty word from it*

Ironic when Poker Face has subtle swearing and ive yet to hear a radio station edit it
Nice one Gaga

This is an example of swear words not being edited out, but children's TV regularly used to play EMFs Unbelievable which repeatedly has the word fuck in it. Seemingly nobody noticed.

My favourite radio edit, because it's funny, has to be The Real Slim Shady by Eminem - "Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records/well, I do / So beep him, and beep you too".

Generally though, it is annoying.

Once I realised the implications of these lyrics from Jailhouse Rock, I was amazed they made it to air:

Number forty-seven said to number three
"You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see
I sure would be delighted with your company
Come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me"

Such innocent days :o

I remember years ago my then 12/13 year old dd being scandalised when she realised the meaning of Lola, she didn't think they should play it on the radio! 6 months later she listened properly to Walk on the Wild side and just rolled her eyes. Then we had the interesting phase of her editing (turning off) certain songs because she thought I shouldn't be listening to them.
I was always amused that FloRida's Whistle was played often but the radio stations edited other songs so severely.

About 25 years on, I still remember Ed Stewart accidentally playing the other version of "Don't Marry Her" on Radio 2.

When I gleefully unwrapped my cassette of that album on Christmas Day and enthusiastically played it to the family, it was an awkward moment in discovering there was a seperate album version to the single version I knew from the radio

Wasn't there an issue when Radio 1 decided to censor "you scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy..." from Fairy Tale of New York and Radio 2 carried on unedited as usual?

My favourite is the ‘Kidz Bopz’ version Dua Lipa’s ‘New Rules’, which changed the line

‘You know you’re gonna wake up in his bed in the morning’

to

‘You know you’re gonna meet up with your friends in the morning.’

It makes absolutely Zero sense.

Oh, and Taylor Swift’s line ‘Got a long list of ex-lovers’ becomes ‘Got a long list of some others’