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unedited version of Steppenwolf's The Pusher
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Fish is interviewing the drummer and guitar player live right now...
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You know, in my opinion, I really don't think goddamn is that big of a deal. It's not like the S or F word, and really, I'd think a song dating from circa 1968 would be in the clear on the statue of limitations. You know, it's like naughty words first showing up in books. I've used goddamn on the air myself ~ not a lot, but in spontaneous moments ~ and I've never been asked to lay off it. I certainly used it sparingly, if at all, but once in a while it's an exclamation which reasonably comes up in conversation which isn't something with the weight or unpleasant impact of S or F. The GD word just seems to be much more "conversationally normal" than the S or F words, which are swear words totally inappropriate for air however you slice it.
That having been said, I think it's silly that nearly four years after Nipplegate stations are still squeamish about the unedited versions of the "do-goody-good" line In Pink Floyd's "Money" or "funky s--- going down in the city" line in Steve Miller's "Jet Airliner." Those songs are so already part of the fabric of classic rock radio, what are people worried about? It's just the lyric, and those are dinosaurs of songs. I guess I work on the principle that if it's a word in the song and not repeated over and over to death and everything moves along without hanging on that once word, AND the song already has a long shelf life, just leave it alone. But "The Pusher?" That's not one I'd get too worried about.
I may be undoing my point, but I recall eight or nine years ago I was playing Steely Dan's "Showbiz Kids" which has that funky breakdown with the F word, and even though the song is from 1973 and was probably already 25 years old by the time this incident happened, a listener called me up and was FURIOUS. It was though he never heard the song before, even though this occurred on a classic rock station in a big market where we played lots of Steely Dan. The guy had a total meltdown, told me he was going to call my P.D., G.M., etc., when this was the song on the log per normal, and we were just playing the CD the way we always did. I was polite and friendly and tried to engage him in conversation and asked if he'd heard the song before, etc., but he was just beyond words. It blew me away that someone would blow a gasket like that over a 25-year old classic rock song on a classic rock station, like no one had played this song on the radio since 1973.
It's people like that who were behind the bedwetting hysteria after Nipplegate. I mean, not playing "Jet Airliner" after 9/11? No problem I get it. THAT makes sense and is reasonable. But cutting out one word in a song that you arguably have to listen for? Why bother, especially after it had gone over the airwaves unedited for decades (I know there's an edit too, but I never had the edit scheduled).
That having been said, I think it's silly that nearly four years after Nipplegate stations are still squeamish about the unedited versions of the "do-goody-good" line In Pink Floyd's "Money" or "funky s--- going down in the city" line in Steve Miller's "Jet Airliner." Those songs are so already part of the fabric of classic rock radio, what are people worried about? It's just the lyric, and those are dinosaurs of songs. I guess I work on the principle that if it's a word in the song and not repeated over and over to death and everything moves along without hanging on that once word, AND the song already has a long shelf life, just leave it alone. But "The Pusher?" That's not one I'd get too worried about.
I may be undoing my point, but I recall eight or nine years ago I was playing Steely Dan's "Showbiz Kids" which has that funky breakdown with the F word, and even though the song is from 1973 and was probably already 25 years old by the time this incident happened, a listener called me up and was FURIOUS. It was though he never heard the song before, even though this occurred on a classic rock station in a big market where we played lots of Steely Dan. The guy had a total meltdown, told me he was going to call my P.D., G.M., etc., when this was the song on the log per normal, and we were just playing the CD the way we always did. I was polite and friendly and tried to engage him in conversation and asked if he'd heard the song before, etc., but he was just beyond words. It blew me away that someone would blow a gasket like that over a 25-year old classic rock song on a classic rock station, like no one had played this song on the radio since 1973.
It's people like that who were behind the bedwetting hysteria after Nipplegate. I mean, not playing "Jet Airliner" after 9/11? No problem I get it. THAT makes sense and is reasonable. But cutting out one word in a song that you arguably have to listen for? Why bother, especially after it had gone over the airwaves unedited for decades (I know there's an edit too, but I never had the edit scheduled).
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