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Let's see if this gets me banned here - and I don't give a shit. I've had enough of censorship!
For the first time, I heard the censored version of Money for Nothing by the Black Crows Dire Straits. I always assumed the "faggot" lyric to be a quip about Boy George and didn't think much about it. Today, for the first time, I heard the censored version. I thought the woke crowd missed this song since I never heard the censored version. And yes, my dear leftest friends, I have gay friends and acquaintances who aren't butt hurt about the lyrics. Let me explain it to you in simple terms. The song, the way it was written, expresses the writers viewpoint whether good or bad. Censoring the song does not accomplish what the braindead think it will accomplish. In fact, like tearing down statues, it accomplishes the opposite. Leaving the lyrics the way they were written is the only way to understand that time in music history. Get it? It will be ironic if the Black Crows censor their own song at Jazz Fest. Rock and roll used to be anti-establishment. I will know if the establishment has taken over Rock n Roll after I see the Black Crows at Jazz Fest in October. Looks like Jazz Fest will be even better in October. Oh yeah. Before some left wing loon, we know who, weighs in thinking I'm having a melt down. Understand I'm just saying we must preserve music, history, literature, and art the way it was created for future generations to fully understand. One of my grandkids told me she told her teacher a book had a bad word. I explained to her that the bad word emphasizes what the author is talking about and her feelings should not take away the right of other readers to read the authors original thoughts. Seeing a statue of Andrew Jackson or hearing a lyric by the Black Crows Dire Straits causes one to think. Censoring causes one to not think about history and therefore opens the door to repeat past errors. Utopia is a dream, freedom and hard work is a reality. Edit: Dire Straits, not Black Crows. Damn! I'm getting old. |
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I thought that was a Dire Straits song?
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Last I checked, it's a Dire Straits song.
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I used to listen to that song on both Detroit and CBC2 radio stations. Canada was censoring the song years before they started censoring in the US.
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I have not heard the uncensored version in MANY years.
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![]() I remember back in the day when there was an uproar about the censoring of the lyrics. Seemed silly to me to change the wording, presumably because some faggot got butt hurt. ![]() ![]() |
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Can't understand singing and don't care what a songs intentions are. I make up my own words and intentions. Good luck censoring that... Dumb asses
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The song was based on an actual delivery of a TV by two workers. One newbie and one grumpy old f*ck. They didn't realize they were delivering to an actual rock star. He listened from the other room and the old guy bitched about MTV and called everybody a faggot, said they didn't work and got paid for nothing. The song pretty much wrote itself after that.
Somewhere there was a grumpy guy who never realized he made a rock star many millions more, and a young guy who thought the customer looked familiar. |
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I didn't even know there was a censored version.
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I am a huge Dire Straits fan but I never cared for that song. Nothing to do with them using faggot in the song, I just don’t think it’s up to the same level as a lot of their other music.
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Good Stuff...Dire Straits!
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There is a Police song, not too popular but there is a great line in it that I'm sure the pussies out there find offensive:
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Why are some so offended so easily? As the saying goes: Stick or stones......... A word has never caused me any harm. If they did I'd be dead. We live in a world of pussies. |
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