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Green Day Swears on NBC

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TheBigA

Something you might not expect on network TV is when a 47-year old punk rocker starts letting the F-bomb fly. That's what happened Saturday night during the NHL All Star Game. Those who watched it live on NBC only heard rather long periods of dead air. But apparently there were some other 'secondary' feeds that contained the expletives in their unedited glory:

https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/vi...ng-nhl-all-star-game-performance-01dzfwz1jwt1

To me, Billie Joe Armstrong has never grown up. Most of the punk rockers have become very boring. Billie appears mostly unchanged. Probably a tough night for parents who brought their kids to the game expecting a night of family entertainment. F-f-f-forget it! Those of you who like to challenge the network censors will have another chance Sunday night for the Grammy awards.
 
TheBigA said:
On a Saturday night! Somebody referred to it as "death valley" for TV. They probably won the night though.
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They probably got a lot of bar business, but not a lot of viewers otherwise, outside the "core" NHL markets (Canada, NYC, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Philly, Pittsburgh)
 
The Billie Joe Armstrong F bombs made it as a trending topic on Twitter. That'll get views from outside the sport.
 
TheBigA said:
To me, Billie Joe Armstrong has never grown up. Most of the punk rockers have become very boring...
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I totally agree. When the Sex Pistols swore on British TV in the late 70s, it was a real symbolic act of rebellion on behalf of a generation. In 2020 it's just boring.

What saddens me about punks is they've kept everything that doesn't really matter... the hair, the piercings, the swearing....and given up on the radical dreams of changing the world.
 
I remember when a radio station changed formats in the Charlotte market. They left the s-word and f-word in and when I called the person who answered didn't care, saying they were a private business. I don't remember whether I knew it was Green Day at the time.
 
BMR said:
I totally agree. When the Sex Pistols swore on British TV in the late 70s, it was a real symbolic act of rebellion on behalf of a generation. In 2020 it's just boring.

What saddens me about punks is they've kept everything that doesn't really matter... the hair, the piercings, the swearing....and given up on the radical dreams of changing the world.
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Green Day are millennial punk. They got political during the George W. Bush years and have obviously found Donald Trump's America equally offensive. So it's not just punk for the sake of being punk, there's something they actually want changed. But I do agree that deciding to swear for the sake of swearing on network TV is pretty adolescent.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I remember when a radio station changed formats in the Charlotte market. They left the s-word and f-word in and when I called the person who answered didn't care, saying they were a private business. I don't remember whether I knew it was Green Day at the time.
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The radio station uses the public airwaves you can file a complaint to the FCC that you heard the S word and the F word. I wouldn't because I don't mind hearing the words why I don't like the mute during award shows as they should've kept the bleep sound as I think something is wrong with the TV when there isn't any sound.
 
CTListener said:
Green Day are millennial punk. They got political during the George W. Bush years and have obviously found Donald Trump's America equally offensive. So it's not just punk for the sake of being punk, there's something they actually want changed. But I do agree that deciding to swear for the sake of swearing on network TV is pretty adolescent.
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As political comments by artists, both movie and recording, are more and more common, I am prone to tuning out at those TV or radio moments and avoiding their music or movies or TV series.

I don't take medical advice from our HOA's gardener. I don't take political advice from movie and music artists. Why should I?

I look at one of the most outspoken on the left, Barbra Streisand. A very successful artist in several areas, but not even a college attendee from what I can see. And on the right, Clint Eastwood may not have even graduated from High School. Should I be hearing / watching folks like that for political guidance?

I think not.
 
DavidEduardo said:
Should I be hearing / watching folks like that for political guidance?
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It has nothing to do with their knowledge or experience. Political talk show hosts typically have no more actual political knowledge than any of us. It's a matter of if you like them. If you like them, then you might like their curated list of things. Lots of people make curated lists. Those curated lists might be songs, it might be restaurants, and it might be politics.
 
TheBigA said:
It has nothing to do with their knowledge or experience. Political talk show hosts typically have no more actual political knowledge than any of us. It's a matter of if you like them. If you like them, then you might like their curated list of things. Lots of people make curated lists. Those curated lists might be songs, it might be restaurants, and it might be politics.
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Well, sports commentators may have at least played a sport in school. None of my high school friends were elected officials!
 
NBC should have known what it was getting.
It's hard to believe that you'd book an act without knowing their reputation.

I suppose he could have agreed to keep it clean but either forgotten or reneged, like
Jim Morrison and "higher" on the Ed Sullivan Show.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
NBC should have known what it was getting.
It's hard to believe that you'd book an act without knowing their reputation.
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I'm sure they did because as I said in the OP, all potentially offensive words were omitted from the network feed. It was obviously on a delay. Just as all similar words were not heard on the Grammy Awards. NBC benefited from the controversy that ensued on social media and rebroadcasts of the performance.

Funny moment on the Grammy red carpet as one artist continually cursed, and was continually bleeped while speaking with the host, even as she laughed and apologized. The censor had a busy day.
 
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