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New Sugarland Song - First #1 Hit With Masked Profanity?

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

ClarkKent said:
vchimpanzee said:
vchimpanzee said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happens
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By the way, I was paying a bill in an office and this was playing. Before I knew what it was, I liked it.

But these lyrics bother me.
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VChimpanzee, what exactly bothers you about the lyrics? Is it the "pssh" before "it"?
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I thought I'd take the above from a separate thread regarding a different Sugarland song and start a new thread for this one...

I'm sure I'm not the only one who noticed the clever way Jennifer Nettles & Co. get around FCC fines with that brief second of silence in the middle of that four-letter word... Even an Entertainment Weekly critic (by way of the Wikipedia article linked above) called it a "cheekily potty-mouthed hit".

I'm wondering if this was the first No. 1 song - of any format - to ever include veiled profanity in the lyrics (let alone half of a word in the song title) and reach the top of the chart?
 
Will in todays music. I'm not surprized the profanity is starting to filter into the country music tunes.nobody cares no more.in a decade from now all 7 word will be used.George Carlin would be happy,In the days of the Grand Ole Opry with Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl they would NOT get away with this crap.
 
DToTheJ said:
I thought I'd take the above from a separate thread regarding a different Sugarland song and start a new thread for this one...

I'm sure I'm not the only one who noticed the clever way Jennifer Nettles & Co. get around FCC fines with that brief second of silence in the middle of that four-letter word... Even an Entertainment Weekly critic (by way of the Wikipedia article linked above) called it a "cheekily potty-mouthed hit".

I'm wondering if this was the first No. 1 song - of any format - to ever include veiled profanity in the lyrics (let alone half of a word in the song title) and reach the top of the chart?
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I hadn't actually read that Wikipedia article, but I like "Some Beach".
 
vchimpanzee said:
DToTheJ said:
I thought I'd take the above from a separate thread regarding a different Sugarland song and start a new thread for this one...

I'm sure I'm not the only one who noticed the clever way Jennifer Nettles & Co. get around FCC fines with that brief second of silence in the middle of that four-letter word... Even an Entertainment Weekly critic (by way of the Wikipedia article linked above) called it a "cheekily potty-mouthed hit".

I'm wondering if this was the first No. 1 song - of any format - to ever include veiled profanity in the lyrics (let alone half of a word in the song title) and reach the top of the chart?
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I hadn't actually read that Wikipedia article, but I like "Some Beach".
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Some Beach is a great tune!! So funny. There are some more. None coming to mind... Other than Toby Keith's "You made me a list and I'm bustin' my--welllll..."
 
Actually it took a few listens to here the Sh part of the "It Happens" song.

But another is "Love You" by Jack Ingram..basically change one word that sounds almost the same and the song works too ;)

I've been trying to think of some classics and can't come up with a few yet, but wasn't "Take this Job and Shove it" kind of out there in 77-78 when it came out?
 
RFLA said:
Actually it took a few listens to here the Sh part of the "It Happens" song.

But another is "Love You" by Jack Ingram..basically change one word that sounds almost the same and the song works too ;)

I've been trying to think of some classics and can't come up with a few yet, but wasn't "Take this Job and Shove it" kind of out there in 77-78 when it came out?
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I think it was "The Today Show" that warned us it was offensive.

Around that same time a radio station got a complaint about the language in "Bad Bad Leroy Brown".

I was watching the movie "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" I'm thinking the note that was sent to the senators and signed by Danny deVito's character, though it was actually Martin Lawrence when he stole their bribe money, may have had a naughty word in the original version. I say this becaue in "Forrest Gump" the bumper sticker said "It happens." They must have filmed two versions!
 
ClarkKent said:
vchimpanzee said:
I say this becaue in "Forrest Gump" the bumper sticker said "It happens." They must have filmed two versions!
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Nope.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sozP3BlQmfU


The scene in question is at about 5:01. The bumper sticker has the S-bomb on it, unless you see the TV-edited version. The speech on the Washington Mall is much different in that edit, too.
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I just said I saw it with "It happens". How did that happen if they didn't film another version for us?

I went to Sunday School with my father and my uncle right after this. The teacher said he saw the movie and said it could have been a good family movie, but the language! I would agree with him, based on what could have been.

I don't care what anyone says. They need to clean movies up for TV. Some would say if people are getting shot or people are doing other hateful stuff, what's a little language?

Well, language is one thing they can fix. Some movies end up being family-friendly as a result. Others don't, but the language would just make them worse.
 
I remember hearing that there were some movies that actually edited in more profanity in order to get an R rating!! I think True Lies, with ahhnold and the activia lady was one I remember.
 
>>"You made me a list and I'm bustin' my--welllll..."

Speaking of the word "ass" it shows up of course in "Courtesy of the Red White and Blue" (#1 hit I think?);
as in, we'll put a boot in your... (and not masked)
Single or "edited" version (language wise) of Devil Went Down to Georgia says Son-of-a-gun not son-of-a-bitch
 
I was watching "Better Off Ted", and this girl got drunk with her boss.

Actually, the boss didn't get drunk. Her employee wondered why she (the boss) was "Sotally tober" while the employee said she was "fit shaced". :eek:
 
Way back in 1969, Johnny Cash had a million-seller, #1 Country & #2 Pop hit that had the following line...........

".........cause I'm the (BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP) that named you Sue"
 
Smittian said:
Way back in 1969, Johnny Cash had a million-seller, #1 Country & #2 Pop hit that had the following line...........

".........cause I'm the (BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP) that named you Sue"
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Great song, but it always had the BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP, right?
 
There is a version out there without the BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. I heared it on WLHK once.
 
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