Best Profanity in Music

[@screagleagle8138]

personally my favorite profanity in music is when ed sheeran said shit a single time in that one song off divide and it got censored

[@i_am_an_idiot_but]

I am dying

[@CoingamerFL]

he also said "they say I'm up and coming like I'm fucking in an elevator" on a song from "+"

[@PHDDude13]

@@CoingamerFL "You need me, I don't need you" my favorite line from Ed Sheeran cause it's so random

[@Breeze1]

@@CoingamerFL this is one of the best comments I've ever read surely he didn't say this

[@X.R.808]

When he said the f word in x 😍

[@thefan1629]

Funfact: Nine inch Nails - Closer is one of the only,if not the only Song Brad gave a 10 more than one time.

[@thedogfromraditude5449]

I don’t mean to be that one know-it-all guy, but he also gave Passenger by Deftones a 10 twice.

[@andrewstephens5885]

@@thedogfromraditude5449 nah you’re important too dawg

[@10_MILES_HIGH_]

NIN has so many better than Closer. A bunch from the Fragile easily beat it

[@heartsthekitteh6239]

@@thedogfromraditude5449 help me i can't stop partying

[@mememachine-386]

@@10_MILES_HIGH_ Closer is still a banger tho. It definitely deserves the praise it gets.

[@thedogfromraditude5449]

Killing In The Name makes me want to say “bad morning” to my second grade teacher.

[@CoingamerFL]

dude literally me listening to Sugar by SOAD in class

[@saintsugoi]

sooooo true

[@Snoebal]

Makes me wanna take the stairs 2 at a time On the way down. Because my middle name is danger.

[@RubyCow8567]

frick yeah!!!

[@mrseaweed88]

Hey raditude 😅

[@certainpeople159]

I was taught to NEVER swear. Now, I live by myself and I can say WHATEVER I want!!!!!

[@catguyisawesome]

GROWING UP TO BE A BIG BOY

[@andrewallstar2719]

@@catguyisawesome greatest song of all time

[@paisen6971]

FUCK YEAHHH

[@wi11ow8]

Oh so you like cussing? Name every curse word

[@nonono7973]

I’m 15 now so I can say WHATEVER I WANT

[@overthetoppranks]

When I was 9 years old I was listening to System of a Down for the first time on my headset and while I was kind of vibing out to it I accidentally swallowed a piece of plastic, my parents had to take me to the ER, and this was a big financial stress for the family so they got a divorce.

[@funamusic]

they were gonna divorce anyways friend its not your fault 🫡

[@JJJackson777]

I hope you're not joking

[@X.R.808]

It ain't ur fault bro ❤

[@anthonybat1548]

@@JJJackson777 wait what

[@dizzypear]

​@@X.R.808 clearly it's soad's fault

[@cryptikkcries]

2:09 in chat: "i used to listen to the whole soad discog in a day. idk how my brain didn't melt" i did this too for like a month! and then i got diagnosed with adhd

[@mrbusinesss1]

BREAKING: System Of A Down causes ADHD

[@henriquepacheco7473]

Fuck that happened to me too

[@bimbozos]

this is so funny 😭 (i’m on the spectrum LOL)

[@j.prt.979]

If it makes you feel better I’ve done it several times and I don’t have ADHD.

[@dannydanumba]

It’s an easy discography to go through because they have no bad albums also I have adhd

[@andrei11dr]

"Teaching bitches how to swim" will always have a special place in my heart, that and "NOW WE GOT ALL THE COCONUTS BITCH"

[@kuso.01]

i always loose my shii everytime "Gaga can't handle this shit" comes on

[@spectral_laughter]

every single line of that song is hilarious and perfect in its own way

[@raultrashlord4404]

Hacker has to be their most quotable track

[@fauxdude9756]

BURMESBURMESBURMESBURBURBUR

[@michaellewis1017]

Me and my friend constantly say it to eachother it's so quotable

[@neminem233]

My favorite will always be When You Die by MGMT's "Go Fuck Yourself" because of how much it shows the break in sanity of the main character, and it also contrasts with the very spacey instrumental of the song and kind of hits you unexpectedly.

[@Zedge-yq9sd]

That's such a great one! I can't believe I didn't think of that. I Also like the " I heard you the first time" at the end of the song lol.

[@neminem233]

@@Zedge-yq9sd I posted it onto the community post but it either didn't go through or was just ignored because I couldn't find it

[@ouchcomma]

This was the first thing I thought of when I saw this video

[@nym5qu17]

thats one of their best tracks!!

[@mandel94]

Oh yes, that one is so good

[@carterjamba3273]

The line from Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker the Berry where he says “Excuse my French, but fuck you, no fuck y’all” really brings home the anger of the song to me

[@annaneuburger9947]

My favorite will always be "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" there's no swearing and he hits you with "I done told you once you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been" right at the end

[@jackjaws]

Yup that’s gotta be it for me.

[@commandoti8111]

agreed

[@grayanddevpdx]

I always forget that’s in the song so every time I get to it it knocks the wind out of me, really good use of diction and restriction of profanity to build up the climax of the song

[@tragicunicorn12]

i remember seeing on the community post someone suggesting the "they just see a f***ot" line (censored bc the algorithm)from Transgender Dysphoria Blues by Against Me!, and i couldn't agree more, that line hits me like a truck

[@ashen_roses]

THEY HOLD THEIR BREATH NOT TO CATCH THE SICK

[@Stanheights]

Yup!!!

[@mitzo4526]

Great fucking album

[@elizalol222]

people in the chat said this, but you outta know by Alanis Morissette. The “And are you thinking of me when you fuck her?” line makes me filled with rage for a breakup I didn’t go through.

[@brandontadday6288]

The “Jesus, won’t you fucking whistle” line in Sober by Tool might be one of my favourites. There’s just something about the way Maynard annunciates it that just gets under my skin every time.

[@sydfrog_]

ur so fucking right

[@lambsauce5312]

Maynard is the only bald person i truly respect

[@meefchug]

I was actually going to say the same thing, lol.

[@coltallica48]

I prefer his "Don't you fucking lie". Maynard drops F bombs like a boss

[@meefchug]

@@coltallica48 or the “GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY!” from TalkTalk

[@trevor7520]

I really like the line, "My pussy tastes like pepsi cola" off of Cola, by Lana Del Rey. It's just an absolutely insane to start a song with that

[@brobb00]

Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady" is a pretty good one, too. "Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records, well, I do, so fuck him and fuck you too." Also thanks for including Cupcakke lmfao

[@heymistercarter.]

I expected him to include that! It's not only a good diss, but it's also a clever twist and wordplay by Eminem there.

[@dopey473]

Closer is the extremely obvious choice but NIN in general have used profanity in such a way that it defines them. Even since the very beginning in 1989 even in somber songs like Something I Can Never Have, Reznor's anger induced profanity was always there for better or for worse, usually for the better.

[@Seantendo]

Let's not forget the immortal "fistfuck" line from Wish.

[@APAL880]

I don't know much NIN but the single "Only" has always stood out to me as a powerful use of swearing. And it's used in the catchy chorus which is unexpected.

[@mus_tard2183]

Fistfuck

[@dopey473]

@@mus_tard2183 said fistfuck won a grammy

[@mus_tard2183]

@@dopey473 as it should

[@rubenruiz5809]

System of a Down is kind of a given, a cheat code in a way. Let’s hear some perfect uses of profanity in songs or artists you wouldn’t expect

[@cryptikkcries]

to be honest i wasn't expecting system to be on this list haha but i think its because they tend to swear more and by extent have a higher probability of it being "good" swearing

[@rubenruiz5809]

actually everything he listed was kind of weak... Does profanity in Eminem's "Kim" wherein he brutally slaughters his wife, her boyfriend, and a 4 year old boy really qualify as "Greatest use of profanity in a song"??? Or is it just par for the course? It would be weird if he didn't use profanity. These are basic ass examples of "great use of profanity" Bjorks line "I'm no fucking Buddhist" slaps so hard and is so powerful because it's used strategically

[@cryptikkcries]

@@rubenruiz5809 then again a band can still swear often but do it strategically. listen to 90% of shitty pop punk and it just sounds cringe

[@j.prt.979]

I mean, yeah. But they should still be mentioned at least once since they’re practically the best example with multiple songs.

[@j.prt.979]

That said, I think “A Piece of the Sky” by Swans is up there for a truly excellent example.

[@shrimpscampin]

brad hating on Falling Away From Me made me sad af, I love that song that said I never knew it was supposed to be "fuck" until today, always heard "FALL!"

[@bonitoskineater2081]

Same bruh:/ it hurts whenever brad hates on music i like

[@beetIebum_]

@@bonitoskineater2081 same

[@jpnkrtn]

my brain can't hear anything but "BULLET" from that scream

[@shrimpscampin]

@@jpnkrtn where tf you get that second syllable from 💀

[@jpnkrtn]

@@shrimpscampin bro I could swear he goes "BULLEEEEET" 😭but english is not my first language

[@gcade3974]

Of all the Korn songs that could have been picked for this, it should have been "Faget". The song does a great job at showing the mind of somebody who is absolutely fed up with the people around him but never sticks up for themselves until they finally hit a breaking point.

[@michaeldowdney3887]

I physically recoiled when it cut to Adam Levine singing closer never do that again Brad

[@trevor7520]

your icon . made me recoil as well but i am fascinated

[@iloveyoutubeshortskillme]

@@trevor7520 it made me nut

[@boomerpatrol2838]

i didn't believe it was real, i thought it was maybe one of those AI covers but no it's real and i'm upset

[@ztm999]

Closer is probably the most famous profane and disturbing song besides WAP. Whenever I get the aux at work I bump Closer for the reactions, it’s always priceless.

[@mus_tard2183]

Doing God's work!

[@Zom13y]

I bump “I Cum Blood” by Cannibal Corpse

[@dodoofard]

Sheck Wes shouting "bitch" on NO BYSTANDERS brings so much hype and energy to the track and it works really well

[@PicklePyro]

Surprised nobody mentioned the brilliant "Don't gimme that sha-shit" from the hit song "Sugar" by Adam "I may need to see the booty" Levine ft Maroon 5

[@iloveyoutubeshortskillme]

SUGAARR

[@infinityquartz4744]

Kim is such an interesting song cause i feel like with cheating people do have these attrocious thoughts and its so interesting to have someone like make a song from it.

[@joomface]

yeah it’s a masterpiece of horrorcore i don’t think any other song is like this

[@disappointedoptimist255]

I can't even take in how genius it is really. It's the most raw awful emotion and comes off as Eminem having an actual delusional breakdown, and yet some of the lines are so perfectly written to point out his own hypocrisy and disgust with himself, and he bothers to still make it all rhyme which I feel like you barely notice cause of how overwhelming it is. It's an unmatchable blend of truth, fantasy, delusion, hyperbole, theatre and art and I have no idea how he pulled it off.

[@hhoopplaa]

@@disappointedoptimist255 I only really got into Eminem's music like last month (meaning I listened to his debut album and some singles), but yeah it's just incredible how he writes stories that are kind of so twisted but self-aware. Before that to me, Stan was the thing that I knew of him that he can pull off, but Kim sounds like a different beast

[@kobinho1917]

Imagine being Kim and em becomes the biggest artist on the planet lol

[@ironspiderlink3652]

When Mj swore on his song Scream it shows you just how mad he was with his whole situation at the time it really catches you off guard since he never swore that heavily in any other song

[@thiccboi4228]

“Stop FUCKIN with me” yea I believe it’s MJ’s only explicit song in his catalog lmao

[@scruffi1750]

Hayley Williams - Simmer the like “a fucker like that man” is the first thing that came to mind. The fact that she first song that she used profanity in was her solo debut was beautiful. And coming from a punk rock band and using this line in a more mellow Alt pop song is fascinating. You can hear the rage in her as she sings that line finally writing down how much she hated him. She has been afraid to feel rage with her divorce due to her parents being split up aswel. But I think this rage created a beautiful and personally perfect song!

[@Poliosupplements]

Xiu Xiu's Mary Turner probably has my favourite use of swearing. For as haunting as the song is, it only saves the swearing for the end where it basically declaims everything that caused the events described in the song.

[@andrewdotcom6770]

the only song to ever make me feel truly uneasy

[@sbilldmilk]

I know this song is respected by music people but it really does nothing for me. Reading the lyrics and knowing the background do have a lot of power, but I think the song makes it sound really fucking corny. Like he's a cartoon character telling some sort of abstract art ghost story. It's just weird? And not in a deep way imo

[@bbsuffering]

@@sbilldmilk He's telling the story like it's some twisted vaudeville act, which either makes it or breaks it.

[@sbilldmilk]

@@bbsuffering I see. I can understand the idea behind it. I think it breaks it for me though. Like maybe if that was the ONLY thing he was doing, but adding in the ambient noise and industrial beats makes the whole composition confusing.

[@bbsuffering]

@@sbilldmilk Yeah it's a very disorienting song. That album plays with that style of music a lot, but MT,MT is by far the most abrasive. I personally think it's chilling and the 'brutalist' music works well for it, but the part where he sound like Kylo Ren is a bit much.

[@e-o-o]

U is such an emotional song where everything in it create a masterpiece of a song. The screaming, the switch up, the whole thing of the U being him, and every other part of it. No artist other than Kendrick could make it and I think it’s easily his best song with the only other song competing for that being Sing About Me

[@joaoassumpcao3347]

I gotta say one of my personal favourites is in Sunglasses by Black Country New Road. The live version changes the lyrics a bit from "And you cannot touch me" to "and you cannot fucking touch me", and I love it because it matches the crescendo the lyrics are doing, hyping up the insanity of the protagonist (and Isaac does a great job with the desperation and aggressiveness). Also, that's the point the sax comes in for the first time in that part of the song, and it's just amazing every time.

[@jandcstopmotion7774]

Yeah the album version gets rid of the swearing. The Single version has quite a bit more swearing, he also says “fuck me like you mean it this time Isaac”. I prefer the instrumental of the Album version, but I like the lyrics and delivery of the single version better.

[@joaoassumpcao3347]

@@jandcstopmotion7774 I got used to the new lyrics and delivery from the album, and I definitely understand him removing the "fuck me like you mean it this time" part (the big pharma part aswell),. But removing the swearing in the part I mentioned specifically confused me, especially because after that they kept swearing at that moment when playing it live.

[@LexDicksonEverything]

7 Words by Deftones; the profanity enhances the unhinged, delirious stream-of-consciousness feel no end.

[@cringeybydefault4151]

SQUEAL LIKE A PIG WHEN YOU BIG FUCKING BIG FUCKING AAAAPPPPEEEE

[@Bobsaget121]

Chino is forgiven for dropping the nword on that track

[@chuckmcluckin6082]

I'll never forget when half of the MAGA squad was telling Tom Morello he doesn't know what the song is about (like he's not one of THE guys), and the other half was saying they missed when Rage wasn't political (literally their entire point from the beginning)

[@coledog8861]

another great system of a down example is Soil, especially near the end. really emphasizes the anger in Serj’s voice

[@Printerpenguin]

Honestly most System of a Down songs that use profanity use it very well IMO

[@heroicskeleton1566]

He listens to Soil in this video, keep watching

[@havokmusicinc]

homie that's in the video

[@stewiegriffinfortnight2160]

For me, one of my favorite examples is Bring Da Ruckus by Wu Tang. The hook is so raw and hype, I love it

[@drdurry7536]

Judith - A perfect Circle contains the one and only expletive on the entire album and it is used to such a great effect as Maynard James Keenan sings about the situation his mother is in and his thoughts on Christianity. His lyrics don't come across as whiny or cynical because he was directly impacted by the subject matter and expresses it in a very mature way

[@APAL880]

I'm an Orthodox Christian so I prefer his approach on Wings for Marie/10,000 Days haha.

[@drdurry7536]

@@APAL880 I can understand that, however I believe he rightfully expresses both feelings of the tragedy in a mature way

[@fnamelname8906]

I thought it was Billy Howerdell who screamed that in the song but maybe I’m mistaken

[@casualstorytelling]

I agree but at the same time I disagree. The censored version says "thank your God" which I actually like more.

[@jameslittle4190]

For me it's gotta be the final "Fuck!" in Diluted by Slipknot, it feels like the perfect way to transition into the outro for such a rage filled song & I think you can really hear the anger in Corey Taylor's voice when delivering this line

[@mugshotshawty1241]

You can also put in eyeless with Corey's final fuck when he screams "MOTHER...FUCKERRR" I really love as his voice sort cracks and than the guitar riff just comes back as you think the songs over

[@YesThisIsAdrian]

"Scream" by Michael and Janet Jackson. Them slipping in "stop fucking with me" in the middle of the refrainwhere they're saying "just stop pressuring me" caught me off guard first time I heard it.

[@jarredwithers9628]

My highschool band played sugar for a year 12 assembly minus the swearing and my strap broke during the breakdown but I held strong in a fetal position finishing the song.

[@dam3717]

Seing Soad represented on this list was wonderful since the first song i thought of with this title was soil. Serj has a very tasteful way of including swear words to highlight points in the song. Mr jack by soad does this very nicely too.

[@gleetR]

the 53 second version of i’m the shit absolutely murdered me, the fucking production made me laugh so hard i slammed my face into my bed

[@marcusfaze]

Holy shit Serj really does sound like markiplier at some points

[@kadenvkg]

@@marcusfaze He kinda looks like his dad too

[@Starkweather133]

Kim is so intense. There really isn't many other tracks like it

[@thiccboi4228]

It really is amazingly written on top of it, and people don’t even notice because of how disturbing the content of the song is.

[@terminalspines]

Knocked Loose's "Mistakes Like Fractures" goes just about as hard as any song I've ever heard, and it's largely because of the line right before the breakdown: "I followed the rabbit, and I found my fucking ending" Really gets you amped up for the heavy part like a good call out line should. If you take the swearing out of that line, it would seriously weaken the song. Really hope you make a part 2 of this and check it out.

[@Draculthered]

Great example, love that song and the way he basically spits out the word is perfect

[@TehAee]

After bry says this live, it’s a calling to start crowd killing

[@Camcod10]

love this song. line never fails to make me wanna run through a wall

[@heavymachete6235]

litterally first example i thought of, great swearing

[@sardiner5819]

Shit’s hard but I also like from Billy No Mates when it goes “I’ll call out for help, but I will never call, your fucking name”

[@salemh9313]

One of my favorites is State of the Union by Rise Against. The "We're taking on water and about to fuckin sink" is a line that the first time I heard it caught me off guard. The increase of anger in the song works so well even with it being a shorter song. It stand out, to me at least, because the following songs don't reach that same level of anger. Especially since the Life Less Frightening talks about settling for anything better than what there is right now. It's a great starting track that I still listen to consistently.

[@lol3342]

Fun fact!: Falling Away From Me first played on the South Park episode Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery

[@timmycollins7665]

I think Highly Suspect's use of the word "fucking" in Lydia is perfect elevation.

[@Julia-tk2em]

Dude, I saw that live and when he sang “I can’t fucking breathe” I smiled. It’s just perfect

[@Evanmnm]

I think we all know why Brad skipped straight over Daddy like nothing

[@cringeybydefault4151]

daddy by korn?

[@Evanmnm]

@@cringeybydefault4151 yeah

[@svmmyb0i220]

Personally one of my favourite examples is the way Corey Taylor screams "FUCK!" at the beginning of The Negative One right between the pause of the main riff and the drums coming in. It's so visceral and angry sounding, and just immediately tells you the song is going to be a rager from the beginning.

[@huntsworthdoom]

“We had some good ideas, but we never left that fucking room” from Size of the Moon by Pinegrove kills me

[@huntsworthdoom]

On an entirely opposite note, Ween has some good ones. The chorus of Piss Up A Rope and the last chorus of Baby Bitch especially

[@papafauzz]

RAGE. RAGE. RAGE. When Zach De La Rocha swears you know its badass cuz that man is poetic asf

[@dolphinbj1629]

The “one two fuck you” on No One Is Ever Going to Want Me by Giles Corey is the greatest swear in any song ever in my book. It’s barely intelligible but such a clear transition from melancholy and depression to rage and frustration.

[@mitzo4526]

my favorite album. so god damn good

[@p.darker5306]

Kick out the jams by mc5 (1968) was one of the first profanities used in a hit song. Also it slapps hard asf

[@Seantendo]

Seconded.

[@GUNUFofficial]

Kim is like listening to your friends parents fight in the other room while you both play mario party 3.

[@playedplains6177]

Fun little fact, Kim is actually the prequel to '97 Bonnie & Clyde

[@jackjaws]

I think Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons deserves a mention it really adds to the emotion. My parents tried not to play music with swearing in it, but always let this one play because of how great of a song it is.

[@angelsnaiilz]

this is so true

[@kickpunchermusic]

I think Violent Soho's "Covered in Chrome" wouldn't have the same impact without the "hell fuck yeah" to bring it in to the chorus

[@celtic5177]

Pigs by Pink Floyd is a good shout. The “fucked up old hag,” really cements Roger Waters’ anger at, presumably… Maggie Thatcher.

[@edviza1935]

I love in Scream when Michael Jackson says “Just stop fuckin with me” instead of “just stop pressuring me”, it really hits hard because as far as I know it’s the only example of him cussing in his music

[@sandstone.addict]

One of my favorites is "an introduction to the album" by the hotelier, sets the tone of the album perfectly and the line "the pills that you gave didnt do anything, i just slept for years on end, FUCK" hits so hard every time

[@jackrabin6501]

Big fan of Erykah Badu’s incredible build to the single curse word in her masterpiece Green Eyes. The song is her struggling to figure out whether she should be angry with herself for being tricked, or angry at her ex for tricking her. It goes through all the stages of grief, with acceptance merely granted theoretically as the song ends. But the incredible build as she ventures from laughing about how dumb she was, to a painful realization that because she doesn’t know why, it may just happen again. The way her voice is supported but waivers as she says “but I don’t know why I fuck with you” is still, in my opinion, the best use of an F bomb in a song. If you ask me? It’s the greatest break up song of all time.

[@jackrabin6501]

And for something less heavy? All This Money by Injury Reserve’s “IM NICE AS FUUUUUUUUC” hits so hard lol

[@MichaelMixerMasonGASS]

facts

[@joobels2712]

Sad to not see radiohead's "Creep". that "you're so fucking special" hits different

[@zenjikozen]

TRUE

[@MeloMelly]

The ending of U Dont Know from Jay-Z has always stood out to me bc of the profanity. The 'fucker' before the beat drop just adds to the triumphant "you cant stop me no matter what" feel that the song has.

[@jakeanthony3540]

“Hate me” by Blue October has a single f bomb and boy does it stand out, singer put a ton of vitriol into the delivery, it just works so well with the theme of that song too

[@TheRobreed3]

I'd add the whole final part of "The End" is one of the most intense sections of a song ever.

[@kitty.catalyst]

I LOVE HATE ME

[@SesuDei]

"teeth like god's shoeshine" by modest mouse has the best god damn ive heard in any song

[@sludgecased]

TRUEEEE

[@xasdsadd4677]

My favorite has to be 'Soria Moria' by Mount Eerie. Rarely do you hear Elverum cursing, so when he says 'fuck the world', it's just heart breaking.

[@mitzo4526]

love your pfp. my favorite album!

[@EndergirlUSAOfficial]

this may be a very basic take, but I don't care: Laura by Billy Joel definitely has my favorite instance of profanity in a song. That song is the basically the only time he every cursed in his music and he definitely picked the right time to use it. That whole song makes me wanna rip my hair out in the best kind of way.

[@Dinobot2]

I don't even think Jonathan Davis says "Fuck" in Falling away from Me, but rather just "Fall!"

[@clotslurp]

For electric Wizard you should’ve also done “Return Trip” with the line “I hope this fuckin’ world fuckin’ burns.” Out of context in a comment like this it may come off as edgy, but combined with the rest of the crushing bassy monolith guitars and the haunting pissed vocals it helps to create an atmosphere of pure hellish misery.

[@nateds7326]

"im half jewish, cause my mom's a jew, which makes me fully jewish" He really just one drop rule'd himself

[@CheeperVHS]

Brad could u do a stream of like Most Vicious Diss Tracks outside of the hip-hop realm? My suggestion would be Mudhoney's Into Yer Shtick, a brutal teardown of Courtney Love in the wake of Kurt Cobains death by one of his close friends and someone Kurt really looked up to Mark Arm of Mudhoney who despised Courtney, one verse goes at hole guitarist Eric Erlandson for him dating a teenage celebrity for the publicity and another going after Hole's manager at the time. The final line of the first verse, "Why don't you, blow your brains out too?" is quite possibly the most unrelentingly venomous lyric to come out of the grunge scene, especially considering when the track was released. Another track i'd reccomend is "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" by the Dandy Warhols, a dig at the frontman of the lesser known garage rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre for his heroin addiction which had been slowly deteriorating the band, their friendship with the Dandys, and his own mental state, the song was intended to be a wakeup call to him, but he took complete offense to it, wrote a response called "Not if you were the last Dandy on earth", theres a whole documentary narrated by Courtney Taylor, the vocalist of The Dandy's, about the massive feud that formed in the wake of the songs release between the two bands and went on for YEARS, with Anton, the vocalist of the BJM who the song was about, becoming completely delusional and obsessively stalking them. Even going as far as to send them a package of 9mm bullets with each of their names written on them in the mail.

[@JASHOJRMUSIC]

Sucks that "We Cry Together" wasn't on here.

[@PicklePyro]

YOU- YOU- YOU- YOU-

[@Asaad727]

@@PicklePyro nah you- you- no you- you

[@monkeychife]

First time I was ever shown Kim by Eminem the part that suck with me was the “kim?KIM?! Why don’t you like me?” line. Eminem sounds like an actual nut job in that moment and it really makes the track less gratuitous than something like down with the sickness.

[@marcwinters4415]

my favorite example of this is from "laura" by billy joel. only time he dropped the fuck word in his entire career and i think he picked a great spot for it. laura is such an excellent song, one of his best imo and that "here i am feeling like a fucking fool" hits EVERY time

[@lilithonline]

hearing “CHOCOLATE STARFISH‼️” inserted into random songs will never get old

[@fox_power]

The Unnamed Feeling by Metallica's lyrical breakdown is one of my favorites. Also, pretty much any NIN profanity feels right with Trent's voice, Somewhat Damaged is an example i particularly like.

[@thefan1629]

Brad saying Linkin Park didn't age well is a common Brad L. P.S I love your videos tho even tho i may disagree with some of your opinions :)

[@AllesZuSpaet53]

Common Brad W actually

[@giygas9305]

I knew Killing in the Name would appear, as well as Given up. Linkin Park was my first artist I listened to.

[@combatcarl]

Kim is one half to the story, 97 Bonnie and Clyde is eminem proceeding to dispose of Kim's body by dumping it at the bottom of a lake with Hailey present while he tries to rationalize what they're doing.

[@rainydayjules]

Army by Ben Folds Five has a favorite of mine in the first two lines, “Well I thought about the army, Dad said ‘Son, you’re fucking high.’”

[@cjnnyyallstar5415]

Kim by Eminem is a prelude to 97" Bonnie And Clyde on The Slim Shady LP where he rationalizes his actions to his daughter and has her help him dump kims body in a lake

[@vNEET666]

The opening lines to Survive by Rise Against "somewhere between happy, and total fucking wreck" just have always spoke to me since I first heard it

[@LittleMusicBags11037]

I LOVE THAT SONG

[@hydrefwilliams8313]

Mother by Idles is a great example of this

[@Julia-tk2em]

I love IDLES. Their use of profanity always feels seamless and purposeful.

[@theskepticaltaco7340]

My favorite from tool will always be Eulogy from aenima. There's no cursing up until the line "would you die for me? Don't you fucking lie." I interpret that as a follower standing up and challenging their leader to follow through on their promises. Maynard drops another f bomb like 3 lines later, but this is the real turning point of the song where everything goes wrong for the religious leader maynard sings about.

[@scribblecartoons4461]

Ain't no way homie just dissed "Falling Away From Me" by Korn 💀💀💀

[@DoctorTheo]

I think Will Wood uses swears really well, would love to show you someday

[@cryptikkcries]

will wood to me is similar to MCR in terms of swear-tier

[@henriquepacheco7473]

Funeralopolis by Electric Wizard is another great example. The entire song is a buildup of the rage and nihilism driving it, until it explodes into the frenetic outro, which is the only part of the song with actual profanity. The repeated, progressevily more distorted calls of "Nuclear warheads ready to strike/ This world is so fucked, let's end it tonight" cement this track as the crown jewel of one of the definitive doom metal albums.

[@henriquepacheco7473]

Lmao this is what happens when the adhd comes through and you comment before the video finishes

[@matthewdowling6549]

11:24 I'm a huge Em fan. Kim is the only song I skip every time it comes on I can absolutely relate to how uncomfortable Brad is during the duration of the song

[@Thegbear]

That’s the song you listen to once, get traumatised, and never again. 10/10.

[@M1S0W28]

When I saw this video, my brain immediately thought of "Nightmare" by Avenged Sevenfold. I personally feel like the line "It's your FUCKING nightmare!" Just hits right. It feels natural and not forced at all. That's just my 2 cents, though

[@brianahhildebrand925]

Agreed!

[@lukiferos]

Kind of a different one because it’s crowd/concert setting specific but my personal example: towards the start of the second verse of Gold Steps by Neck Deep there’s a “fuck!” in the background that really just doesn’t do much in the studio recording, but in live shows everybody yelling fuck as loud as they can for that bit is so much fun

[@doggoboii]

the profanity in talk show host by radiohead hits hard

[@3xp0-h1q]

one that i always like is the song cold weather by glass beach, right at the end after all this build up they just scream fuck with so much emotion. there's another good example on their self titled song on the same album, just so much emotion behind everything

[@tyr27p49]

glass beach is my favorite band ever, happy to see another fan!!!

[@nukeholy1095]

I think the opening verse of Knowledge - Operation Ivy is my favorite use of profanity in a song. The opening is just palm muted guitar with vocals and when the singer yells "-IS LOOKING FUCKING NARROW" it really just drives home the raw aggression that is in this album. Op Ivy forever

[@fan.noname.no5]

I don't know if any cursing counts, but in the song "pictures of me" by Elliott smith, he sings "who'd like to see me down on my fucking knees" while he sings an octave higher, this always seemed so potent to me, especially in such a lofi environment. It my be my Elliott bias talking but I think this is a great moment.

[@brianahhildebrand925]

Absolutely!!

[@dmidkif]

Kendrick Lamar’s ADHD is my pick. Something about the way he closes each line with “Fuck That” is just perfect flow.

[@Austin_3000]

I honestly cant believe that Kendrick's For Free? wasn't added to the list

[@lillybugmusic.]

damn i’m so sad i missed this! one of the best examples i could think of was on glass beach’s self titled track. there’s this one line near the midpoint of the song that drops an f bomb (i believe it’s the only one on the album too) and it breaks my heart the way j sings it, shit BROKE ME when i first heard it

[@SRR-5657]

With some of the examples here I think there are better uses even on the same album. I think the "fuck" Gerard shouts on "How I disappear" during the breakdown works better than the swearing in mama. The other is Shinoda saying "goin out of my fuckin mind" on Beed it Out over Given Up on Minutes to Midnight

[@phlexington]

Daddy by Korn, while flawed in its length, is another perfect example simply due to its context and the fact it is entirely real and none of the erratic or spontaneity is added and its all his real emotion.

[@0salum0]

I think calling Margeret Thatcher a fucked up old hag in Pigs by pink floyd was a very good use of profanity, especially since Pink floyd rarely swears

[@catkkidcat]

Starfuckers Inc. by Nine Inch Nails is a really good example of profanity in music because it makes the song just a crazy level of hysterical and insane overall

[@argkitsune]

The usage of profanity on The Downward Spiral really helps emphasize the utter helplessness and degeneracy the protagonist experiences.