Seven words

[ShyGuy68]

A while back I heard a George Carlin routine titled "Seven Dirty Words". In which he mentions that you aren't allowed to broadcast the words: Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker and Tits.

I've been wondering if it's still so, but after having watched Gwen Stefanis lates video on MTV, where she doesn't sing "shit" as she does when I hear the song on Danish Radio I guess it's still so.

In my opinion it's a joke it's like that, what do you think?


Btw. you can read the George Carlin routine here

 

[sincerely_helene]

A while back I heard a George Carlin routine titled "Seven Dirty Words". In which he mentions that you aren't allowed to broadcast the words: Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker and Tits.

I've been wondering if it's still so, but after having watched Gwen Stefanis lates video on MTV, where she doesn't sing "shit" as she does when I hear the song on Danish Radio I guess it's still so.

In my opinion it's a joke it's like that, what do you think?

Radio has just forced Black Eyed Peas to change their lyrics from 'Open your heart, don't funk with my heart,' to 'Open your heart, don't mess with my heart' just because it was a little too close to 'fucked' for them. Now it just sounds silly, in my opinion.

The more we try to steer youth away from certain terms, the more likely they are to rebel and use them. If you want to discourage teens from doing anything, the trick is to NOT emphasize how socially unacceptable it is.

 

[inthisworld]

Carlin

It's a joke, but one they're enforcing. The big stink here is that they broadcasted "who the fuck are you" during Live8. It only applies to broadcast stations until (I think) 11 pm, but as most shows are designed for future syndication in an unknown time slot, all they stations pretty much follow the "guidelines" 24 hours a day. Does NOT apply to any service you pay for - cable, sattelite, pay-per-view, etc.

 

[TaintedB]

A very popular radio station in my fair city plays "Add it Up" quite frequently, a song famous, among other things, for the line "Why can't I get just one fuck?" Not sure how they get away with it.

 

[catalina_francisco]

It is as stupid as blurring out nipples in pics or artwork because they are considered obscene....not the breast mind you, just the nipple. I was talking to a fellow artist who sells some of his work through Ebay and he said if he submits it through the US site he has to put up with the blacked out nipples on his work, but if he goes through the UK Ebay, anything is viewable and considered art.

Catalina

 

[Andante]

It is as stupid as blurring out nipples in pics or artwork because they are considered obscene....not the breast mind you, just the nipple. I was talking to a fellow artist who sells some of his work through Ebay and he said if he submits it through the US site he has to put up with the blacked out nipples on his work, but if he goes through the UK Ebay, anything is viewable and considered art.

Catalina

Makes me wonder what the US would think of my teenage daughter drawing naked and kinky dressed women and displaying the pictures on the internet?
She's been doing that since she was 13, with the 'kink' factor increasing over the years (she's now 16). To me it is art, and I am proud of her.
At the age of 13 she attented a one-week summer class at the local art-college, and one day had to paint a nude model (a woman in her 50'ties). I saw no problem in that. Would that have been seen as a problem in other countries (I'm thinking of the US in particular, because I have never understood their idea of 'morality' ).

 

[catalina_francisco]

Makes me wonder what the US would think of my teenage daughter drawing naked and kinky dressed women and displaying the pictures on the internet?
She's been doing that since she was 13, with the 'kink' factor increasing over the years (she's now 16). To me it is art, and I am proud of her.
At the age of 13 she attented a one-week summer class at the local art-college, and one day had to paint a nude model (a woman in her 50'ties). I saw no problem in that. Would that have been seen as a problem in other countries (I'm thinking of the US in particular, because I have never understood their idea of 'morality' ).

LOL, sounds like your daughter is similar to mine. I have not heard this ruling of blurring or blacking out nipples in any other western nations apart from the US. It does really perplex me when people cross art and morality over....one of the nudes I did which is in the Artistic Passion thread drew a comment from a friend of mine that I should 'stick' some sort of fabric or something over the crotch to make it more decent!!....sheeesh, and she wasn't even spread open.

Catalina

 

[graceanne]

I've heard 'fuck' on the radion during songs. And Kid Rocks song 'Picture' wasn't changed for the rock stations, although the country music stations blanked out 'cocaine and'.

As for the thing about blanking out nipples and stuff, from what I've heard it goes back to the fact that the US was settled by Puritans and other religious finatics. We're still trying to get out from under that.

I just figure that their's enough perverts who look at art and get turned on, and that's why they don't consider it art.

 

[landcruisergal]

I am grateful I live in a country where a government funded national radio station can play whatever they like, as long as they give warning before hand that the next track has explicit lyrics and may offend.So turn it down if you dont want to hear it!

 

[Netzach]

It's interesting, because you'll sometimes hear NPR and PBS leave language intact, but commercial stations have to bleep everything out. We used to get drunk and play Prince's "sexy motherfucker" trying to hit the volume controls often enough to make the song "clean" when I was doing the college radio thing. It was 3 am, you'd think only the cows could hear it.

 

[AngelicAssassin]

Based on Thread Title Alone ...

"Take a deep breath. This will hurt."

 

[snowy ciara]

I've heard 'fuck' on the radion during songs. And Kid Rock' ...

has a funny song with Hank Williams Jr, I think, about "words you just can't say in a country song" that has them all. I'm feeling an urge to google here....

edited to add


I found it! It's:

Well I been hangin out with my rebel son kid rock,
and I don't really like this stuff they call hip hop.
but he sure been good to me and I'm trying to make him see
in country music you just dont use the f word.

chorus:

No, no in country music you just don't use the f word
we've come along way but it's best if that one's not heard.
oh we had some hells and damns we dont say "bitch", we say "yes ma'am"
so in country music we just don't use the f word.

My son shelton says he's been havin a hard time
he does great shows but he just got to speak his own mind;
well I wonder where that came from.
I guess he's a real son of a gun;
take the old man's advise be nice and lose the f word!

repeat chorus