Happen to be in my car without XM a couple of days ago and had 92.5 on. Seldom listen to the station at all since they appear to have a playlist of about 37 tunes. Anyway, the Eagles, Life In the Fast Lane came on and they "bleeped out" some lyrics. I've heard this song played on radio since it came out in the mid 1970's and never heard a station block it. Am I missing something? Has this always happened and did I just miss it or is 92.5 the exception. Thanks, in advance, for your comments.
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Why is 92.5 censoring lyrics on songs
- Thread starter FRR
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Blame it on Janet Jackson. Seriously.
Quick... Someone place a call to Lee Abrams and "make his day"!
I've [over]-heard this otherwise fine song no-less than 2000 times since 1977 [1500 on pathetically-synchronized "Classic Rock" stations operated by Corporate Radio], and I have yet to encounter a presentation of it—sans digital edit. It even played often 20 years ago on my Rock-formatted FM station in a smallish and highly provincial market without any content consideration or audience/advertiser protest! Thank-you for motivating me to finally pull out my long-neglected Eagles double-CD "Best of" to *try* to understand the Twisted Pretzel Logic that has befallen this poor victim of Cumulus ownership. I can only find three possible candidates for a click-shade-delete exercise in Audacity or Adobe:
"They had one thing in common – they were good in bed."
"Lines on the mirror..."
"...They couldn't wait to get-off."
'And possibly a fourth – the line with the "G.D." reference.
Which was it, FRR? ...I can't wait to add this factoid to my collection of Corporate Radio trivia
I've [over]-heard this otherwise fine song no-less than 2000 times since 1977 [1500 on pathetically-synchronized "Classic Rock" stations operated by Corporate Radio], and I have yet to encounter a presentation of it—sans digital edit. It even played often 20 years ago on my Rock-formatted FM station in a smallish and highly provincial market without any content consideration or audience/advertiser protest! Thank-you for motivating me to finally pull out my long-neglected Eagles double-CD "Best of" to *try* to understand the Twisted Pretzel Logic that has befallen this poor victim of Cumulus ownership. I can only find three possible candidates for a click-shade-delete exercise in Audacity or Adobe:
"They had one thing in common – they were good in bed."
"Lines on the mirror..."
"...They couldn't wait to get-off."
'And possibly a fourth – the line with the "G.D." reference.
Which was it, FRR? ...I can't wait to add this factoid to my collection of Corporate Radio trivia
I will say that I have heard this song on two Dayton stations, FLY 92.9 and MIX 107.7, and FLY lets ALL the lyrics, well, FLY on by! MIX censors most of the song and butchers the hell out of it. This is one AWESOME song that I love and hate to hear it get butchered. This is just another reason to not listen to the radio.
Not sure if radio stations use it, but there is another great audio editor out there that I use called WavePad to edit my vinyl and cassettes when I am transferring them to MP3s or CDs. NCH makes it. This way I can get rid of any lengthy blank spots at the beginning of the recordings, i.e. long leads. Great stuff.
Not sure if radio stations use it, but there is another great audio editor out there that I use called WavePad to edit my vinyl and cassettes when I am transferring them to MP3s or CDs. NCH makes it. This way I can get rid of any lengthy blank spots at the beginning of the recordings, i.e. long leads. Great stuff.
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borderblaster said:
Actually, the censoring of music lyrics dates back to BEFORE the Janet Jackson incident.... When 92.5 was still owned by Clear Channel there was a huge list of songs that were compiled after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the WTC, where they deemed some lyrics in songs "inappropriate". Since then, any lyrics in any of the songs on that list have been played as the "Censored version"....although the Eagles track in question is not on this list, it probably was added later on after 9-11 and followed through when 92.5 was sold to Cumulus...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Clear_Channel_memorandum
Well, what I noticed was the "bleep on the GD referencehipporadio said:Quick... Someone place a call to Lee Abrams and "make his day"!
I've [over]-heard this otherwise fine song no-less than 2000 times since 1977 [1500 on pathetically-synchronized "Classic Rock" stations operated by Corporate Radio], and I have yet to encounter a presentation of it—sans digital edit. It even played often 20 years ago on my Rock-formatted FM station in a smallish and highly provincial market without any content consideration or audience/advertiser protest! Thank-you for motivating me to finally pull out my long-neglected Eagles double-CD "Best of" to *try* to understand the Twisted Pretzel Logic that has befallen this poor victim of Cumulus ownership. I can only find three possible candidates for a click-shade-delete exercise in Audacity or Adobe:
"They had one thing in common – they were good in bed."
"Lines on the mirror..."
"...They couldn't wait to get-off."
'And possibly a fourth – the line with the "G.D." reference.
Which was it, FRR? ...I can't wait to add this factoid to my collection of Corporate Radio trivia
If you read the Wikipedia piece, you'll note that it was "suggested" not demanded that some of these songs be pulled.
Wait. A few of you are actually upset because a station chooses to bleep GD from a song? Consider for a moment that GD is still offensive to a lot of people.....just as offensive as the bleeping out may be to you. Before suggesting that the "moralists" among us simply tune it out if they don't like it, alternately, I will propose that you listen to the unaltered version all you want via your iPod, CD, or other technology of choice. No waiting through songs you don't like and ten minute commercial blocks to hear "Life In the Fast Lane" for the umpteenth time. And then to be forced, forced I say to listen to it without the cursing...... Bummer. :-\
True, but you know what's REALLY offensive? The Old Navy commercials covering 80's tunes to hawk their wares.keys2 said:
If you ever worked in the South, this is (was) a way of life on the air. The late Elmo Ellis put "tape" on album tracks he would not allowed to be played at the WSB 750 when it played music. I lol every time I heard One Toke Over The Line by B & S. I guess somebody did not know what "toke" use to mean. Unless you own the station you can only play what they tell you too. Very few stations played "The Pusher" (I guess it really is anti drug song) written by Hoyt Axton who also penned Three Dog Night's Joy to the World. I remember the record companies promo 45's. The mono side (for AM) was usually edited of "bad" words and sometimes length of song wise, while the "stereo" (FM) was usually a little longer and would contain any questionable words. With 70% + of the rated audience, FM is now the "AM" of our day.
microbob said:
This is a very good point and it is what I also remember. Guess that is what happens when these corporate giants buy up stations and couldn't care less about what is played as long as it turns a buck. Profitability has always been necessary, I'm sure, but this seems almost as bad as these clowns who want old pictures airbrushed since some of them show folks smoking and that is politically incorrect. It seems there are alot of folks out there that just plain want to change history. Sad.
You guys must have never worked at small market mom and pop stations. You think censoring lyrics and pulling songs started in 1996?
Washington, D.C....late 1960's...I worked at a free form album rocker where the jocks chose their own music, way before consultants ruled the world. The station owner and manager posted a short list of about 9 or 10 songs with vulgarity that was really upfront, including "The Pusher". If you played any of those songs he promised he'd fire you. And yes at least 1 person got tossed before the song on the air ended. Nothing new about censoring lyrics one way or another.
Johnny Cash "A Boy Named Sue"..on the radio as "I'm the BEEEEEP that named you Sue". Timothy by the Buoys: (about cannabalism no less): "Hungry as BEEEEP no food to eat". Just a couple of examples.
microbob said:
...'And so did my Rock-formatted FM [circa 1986-1996] – again, without ANY reprisal – and in the "Brady Bunch" of provincial radio markets to boot! Here also, was an occasional visitor to our rotation: "Shakedown Cruise"—a follow-up to the more-popular "Thunder Island" by Jay Ferguson... Remember the sexually–salacious line presented in SECOND TENSE in that song [like the "G-D" reference in the Eagles' tune] describing the ship Captain's directive to the coitus-deprived crew? – "The Captain said: You BOYS want some SEX, you can squeeze your SAILS [slurred to sound like 'TAILS'], and lick the DECKS [slurred to sound like another nefarious word with an alternate vowel]".
So how did we possibly escape banishment by any with a Chamber of Commerce membership? I'll offer two related hypothesizes: First, those with an inclination to tune to a station well-known to play rock titles [many over a decade in age] knew what to expect – there were NO cultural surprises inflicted by the format... I believe they say: "It IS what it IS [and had better remain as is]!" Secondly, we didn't begin our day with the more easily intercepted and criticized behavior of a morning team whose "hip factor" revolved around language and topics best-reserved for a high school football team locker room. The latter attracts FOR MORE potentially-damaging attention than a brief colloquialism in a multi-platinum thirty-five-year-old rock anthem.
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