Songs that annoy you/send you into a rage?

[abefroman329]

I think I posted this before, but there's a few stations here in the Chicago area that are/were owned by Bonneville Broadcasting, which is owned by mormon investors. Anyway, they have weird censorship on their stations.  In the song "Rock Star" by Nickleback, the lyric "everyone has a drug dealer on speed dial," they censor out the word "drug."  Another long gone station censored the Panic! at the Disco song "I Write Sins not Tragedies.  IN the line "I chime in, haven't you people ever heard of, closing the god damn door?" they censor the word "god"

It's all weird to me.

According to my dad, when Kodachrome by Paul Simon was first released as a single, WLS would censor out "crap."

Speaking of "who the fuck are you," another one that seems to have slipped through mostly uncensored is "don't give me that do-goody-good bullshit" from Money by Pink Floyd.  I think I've only heard that line censored south of the Mason-Dixon Line, though.

[abefroman329]

"Imagine" by John Lennon.

There are not words in the English language to describe how much I loathe that song.

You are just a bundle of joy.

The words and the music combine to make that one of the most depressing tunes I've ever heard.

John Lennon did not write upbeat songs.  The Ballad of John and Yoko was the closest he got, and you'd have to ignore many of the lyrics.

[formulanone]

I think I posted this before, but there's a few stations here in the Chicago area that are/were owned by Bonneville Broadcasting, which is owned by mormon investors. Anyway, they have weird censorship on their stations.  In the song "Rock Star" by Nickleback, the lyric "everyone has a drug dealer on speed dial," they censor out the word "drug."  Another long gone station censored the Panic! at the Disco song "I Write Sins not Tragedies.  IN the line "I chime in, haven't you people ever heard of, closing the god damn door?" they censor the word "god"

It's all weird to me.

And here I thought Nickleback songs just existed as a public service to make sure the tuning device in your radio still operated as designed.

[texaskdog]

Anything Sheryl Crow.  Terrible voice, stupid sound, stupid lyrics.

And Taylor Swift...I don't care that you have ex boyfriends.

And Justin Bieber, you're not Mexican.

[cjk374]

Anything Sheryl Crow.  Terrible voice, stupid sound, stupid lyrics.

And Taylor Swift...I don't care that you have ex boyfriends.

And Justin Bieber, you're not Mexican.

Take back what you said about Cheryl!!  (agreement about the other 2 knotheads though  ) She is hot & has great tunes! 

[roadman65]

I hate Club Novae's version of the Bill Wither's Classic song Lean on Me with their rapping over the song it self.

BTW, I know someone tried to correct me in previous posts and say that their version is not rap, however to me if it sounds like a duck, walks like a duck, then it must be duck.  Many Hip Hop, R & B, and Rap all have the same modus operandi, and until they prove different they are not and not that I got anything against R & B or the like, just that rap annoys me as its go no melody and does nothing for me personally.

[adventurernumber1]

I have a new song to add to my "hate" list:

"I Like Me Better" by Lauv

I heard this for the first time in the radio in the car earlier today. Usually I stick to those two local radio stations that play mostly older stuff (one is Classic Rock, and one has a variety of older music), but I was in someone else's car today, so I did not have that luxury this time. 

It was definitely a few minutes of torture for me.   

[Scott5114]

I think I posted this before, but there's a few stations here in the Chicago area that are/were owned by Bonneville Broadcasting, which is owned by mormon investors. Anyway, they have weird censorship on their stations.  In the song "Rock Star" by Nickleback, the lyric "everyone has a drug dealer on speed dial," they censor out the word "drug."  Another long gone station censored the Panic! at the Disco song "I Write Sins not Tragedies.  IN the line "I chime in, haven't you people ever heard of, closing the god damn door?" they censor the word "god"

It's all weird to me.

According to my dad, when Kodachrome by Paul Simon was first released as a single, WLS would censor out "crap."

Speaking of "who the fuck are you," another one that seems to have slipped through mostly uncensored is "don't give me that do-goody-good bullshit" from Money by Pink Floyd.  I think I've only heard that line censored south of the Mason-Dixon Line, though.

I think the most hilarious radio censorship I've heard is from that awful Kid Rock song (but aren't they all) with the line "we were smoking funny things". A local station was blanking out "smoke", making the line "we were ______ing funny things", which has a whole other set of implications the original line doesn't have! Later on, the station seems to have caught on and left the original lyrics intact.

[abefroman329]

I think I posted this before, but there's a few stations here in the Chicago area that are/were owned by Bonneville Broadcasting, which is owned by mormon investors. Anyway, they have weird censorship on their stations.  In the song "Rock Star" by Nickleback, the lyric "everyone has a drug dealer on speed dial," they censor out the word "drug."  Another long gone station censored the Panic! at the Disco song "I Write Sins not Tragedies.  IN the line "I chime in, haven't you people ever heard of, closing the god damn door?" they censor the word "god"

It's all weird to me.

According to my dad, when Kodachrome by Paul Simon was first released as a single, WLS would censor out "crap."

Speaking of "who the fuck are you," another one that seems to have slipped through mostly uncensored is "don't give me that do-goody-good bullshit" from Money by Pink Floyd.  I think I've only heard that line censored south of the Mason-Dixon Line, though.

I think the most hilarious radio censorship I've heard is from that awful Kid Rock song (but aren't they all) with the line "we were smoking funny things". A local station was blanking out "smoke", making the line "we were ______ing funny things", which has a whole other set of implications the original line doesn't have! Later on, the station seems to have caught on and left the original lyrics intact.

The worst part of that song is the fact that he rhymes "things" with "things."

Now that I think about it, another, similar example is Semi-Charmed Life, where "I took the hit that I was given and I bumped again, and I bumped again" turning into "I took the __ that I was given and I _____ again, and I ______ again."  It turned into Jimmy Kimmel's Unnecessary Censorship bit, or whatever it was called, where he would censor out innocent words to turn the surrounding phrase or sentence into something dirty-sounding.

[Henry]

The word "ass" has both been censored and left in. For example, I've heard it edited out on radio stations that play the No Scrubs song by TLC (though not all of them do that), but in Andy Grammer's Honey, I'm Good, the line "you got that ass" is left alone.

[abefroman329]

The word "ass" has both been censored and left in. For example, I've heard it edited out on radio stations that play the No Scrubs song by TLC (though not all of them do that), but in Andy Grammer's Honey, I'm Good, the line "you got that ass" is left alone.

I thought the rule of thumb was that it was censored if it was sexualized (i.e. "you're being an ass" would be acceptable but "nice ass" would not).  This sounds like the opposite.

[Takumi]

The word "ass" has both been censored and left in. For example, I've heard it edited out on radio stations that play the No Scrubs song by TLC (though not all of them do that), but in Andy Grammer's Honey, I'm Good, the line "you got that ass" is left alone.

I thought the rule of thumb was that it was censored if it was sexualized (i.e. "you're being an ass" would be acceptable but "nice ass" would not).  This sounds like the opposite.

The only time I've heard it censored is when it's referring to anal sex.

[texaskdog]

Anything Sheryl Crow.  Terrible voice, stupid sound, stupid lyrics.

And Taylor Swift...I don't care that you have ex boyfriends.

And Justin Bieber, you're not Mexican.

Take back what you said about Cheryl!!  (agreement about the other 2 knotheads though  ) She is hot & has great tunes! 

Oh yes, unattractive too

[roadman]

I think I posted this before, but there's a few stations here in the Chicago area that are/were owned by Bonneville Broadcasting, which is owned by mormon investors. Anyway, they have weird censorship on their stations.  In the song "Rock Star" by Nickleback, the lyric "everyone has a drug dealer on speed dial," they censor out the word "drug."  Another long gone station censored the Panic! at the Disco song "I Write Sins not Tragedies.  IN the line "I chime in, haven't you people ever heard of, closing the god damn door?" they censor the word "god"

It's all weird to me.

According to my dad, when Kodachrome by Paul Simon was first released as a single, WLS would censor out "crap."

Speaking of "who the fuck are you," another one that seems to have slipped through mostly uncensored is "don't give me that do-goody-good bullshit" from Money by Pink Floyd.  I think I've only heard that line censored south of the Mason-Dixon Line, though.

In the early 1970s, there was a TV show called the Midnight Special (yes, it aired at 12:00 am) that featured live music.  Even though it broadcast outside of the 'kid and family friendly' hours, it was still notorious for requiring artists to censor their songs.

[abefroman329]

I think I posted this before, but there's a few stations here in the Chicago area that are/were owned by Bonneville Broadcasting, which is owned by mormon investors. Anyway, they have weird censorship on their stations.  In the song "Rock Star" by Nickleback, the lyric "everyone has a drug dealer on speed dial," they censor out the word "drug."  Another long gone station censored the Panic! at the Disco song "I Write Sins not Tragedies.  IN the line "I chime in, haven't you people ever heard of, closing the god damn door?" they censor the word "god"

It's all weird to me.

According to my dad, when Kodachrome by Paul Simon was first released as a single, WLS would censor out "crap."

Speaking of "who the fuck are you," another one that seems to have slipped through mostly uncensored is "don't give me that do-goody-good bullshit" from Money by Pink Floyd.  I think I've only heard that line censored south of the Mason-Dixon Line, though.

In the early 1970s, there was a TV show called the Midnight Special (yes, it aired at 12:00 am) that featured live music.  Even though it broadcast outside of the 'kid and family friendly' hours, it was still notorious for requiring artists to censor their songs.

AFAIK broadcast television is the only area the FCC actually regulates for content.  Basic cable could show whatever the hell they wanted, they just don't want to lose sponsors.  That's why Comedy Central used to (still does?) show uncensored movies in the middle of the night.

[roadman65]

Talking about censorship, if a song like "And Then I Got High" even with the J O removed from the song was allowed to be played at all simple words like "ass" are nothing.

If anyone wants to know about the song I am talking about it was back in 02 or 03 and sung by a group called The Bahama Boys or something with Bahama in the title.

[abefroman329]

Talking about censorship, if a song like "And Then I Got High" even with the J O removed from the song was allowed to be played at all simple words like "ass" are nothing.

If anyone wants to know about the song I am talking about it was back in 02 or 03 and sung by a group called The Bahama Boys or something with Bahama in the title.

I know the song you're talking about, and it was intended to be an anti-marijuana song, which may have helped.

[roadman65]

Talking about censorship, if a song like "And Then I Got High" even with the J O removed from the song was allowed to be played at all simple words like "ass" are nothing.

If anyone wants to know about the song I am talking about it was back in 02 or 03 and sung by a group called The Bahama Boys or something with Bahama in the title.

I know the song you're talking about, and it was intended to be an anti-marijuana song, which may have helped.

Sounds to me like a pro marijuana song.  However, JJ Cale's Cocaine (later covered by Clapton) is also an anti drug song as well despite the name Cocaine being said multiple times throughout the song.  So it could be.

[jp the roadgeek]

Talking about censorship, if a song like "And Then I Got High" even with the J O removed from the song was allowed to be played at all simple words like "ass" are nothing.

If anyone wants to know about the song I am talking about it was back in 02 or 03 and sung by a group called The Bahama Boys or something with Bahama in the title.

I know the song you're talking about, and it was intended to be an anti-marijuana song, which may have helped.

I think this is what you're talking about:
https://youtu.be/KeLHtrBzSP0

[adventurernumber1]

Talking about censorship, if a song like "And Then I Got High" even with the J O removed from the song was allowed to be played at all simple words like "ass" are nothing.

If anyone wants to know about the song I am talking about it was back in 02 or 03 and sung by a group called The Bahama Boys or something with Bahama in the title.

I know the song you're talking about, and it was intended to be an anti-marijuana song, which may have helped.

Sounds to me like a pro marijuana song.  However, JJ Cale's Cocaine (later covered by Clapton) is also an anti drug song as well despite the name Cocaine being said multiple times throughout the song. So it could be.

Yes - the song "Cocaine" (Eric Clapton's version is the one in which I am most familiar with) is indeed an anti-cocaine song. IIRC, it is in fact about how cocaine can really mess you up (and indeed it can).

[abefroman329]

Talking about censorship, if a song like "And Then I Got High" even with the J O removed from the song was allowed to be played at all simple words like "ass" are nothing.

If anyone wants to know about the song I am talking about it was back in 02 or 03 and sung by a group called The Bahama Boys or something with Bahama in the title.

I know the song you're talking about, and it was intended to be an anti-marijuana song, which may have helped.

Sounds to me like a pro marijuana song.  However, JJ Cale's Cocaine (later covered by Clapton) is also an anti drug song as well despite the name Cocaine being said multiple times throughout the song.  So it could be.

Here's the final verse of the song:

"I messed up my entire life because I got high
I lost my kids and wife because I got high
Now I'm sleeping on the sidewalk and I know why
Because I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high"

[signalman]

Talking about censorship, if a song like "And Then I Got High" even with the J O removed from the song was allowed to be played at all simple words like "ass" are nothing.

If anyone wants to know about the song I am talking about it was back in 02 or 03 and sung by a group called The Bahama Boys or something with Bahama in the title.

The artist was Afroman, nothing with Bahama