Anyhoo whats pissing me off now? Well it would be something I listened to on the radio today. As I was driving Eminem's new song "We Made You" came on. I don't mind it, catchy beat, makes fun of some celebs, all good. What struck me as odd is a word they decided to censor. Now I'm okay with them bleeping or replacing some words to not upset any children with things they shouldn't hear but this pissed me off. I have here the same song in two different versions. On the top in green you have the uncensored version and on the bottom in red is the censored version. The point of interest happens at about 0:55 seconds in. Please listen to both of these now at that point.
Did you hear that???????
They censored the word 'lesbian'??? I am sorry but when on earth did a sexual orientation become a curse word our children shouldn't hear? Heaven forbid we spoil their virgin ears with words like lesbian. In the censored version the only other things censored are "And I'll invite Sarah Palin out to dinner then Nail her,'Baby say hello to my little friend" - the Nail is distorted but you can still kinda hear it. Also the word breast is left out later on in the song... again a terrible word.
Yet calling a woman a man, talking about playing with a woman's rear, "looking for more women to torture", "Ritalin binge", a fart noise, "Damn girl I'm beginning to sprout an Alphalpha" and "Wowzers, I just made a mess of my trousers" are all okay. Now those are taken out of reference but still its odd that all of it is okay, but a sexual orientation isn't. WTF?
Hey, glad u r back! I became a grandma so I have been a little busy these past to months! I hear you and I think its ridiculous too. i have been watching AI since the start and have loved Adam! I was in shock when he didnt win. You know why??? I think mainly it was because he is gay and a little gothic! He was the best singer and yet they picked dopey Kris! Things just dont make sense anymore.
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