Secret Profanity Hidden In Songs and Unnecessary Censorship (Vinyl Community)

[@chad017]

The funny thing about Louie Louie is the drummer dropped a stick and can be heard yelling “f*ck!” at around 54 seconds in, that was never part of the obscenity investigation.

[@peterx1957]

Great video. The barely 'audible obscenity' in "Hey Jude" was actually uttered by John Perry, of the UK pop group Grapefruit, who was providing backing vocals. He exclaimed 'Oh f***ing hell!' When he put on his headphones and was startled by the loud volume of the music coming through.

[@bramleydragon]

That can't be right. Because someone reacting to a sudden loud noise through headphones would SHOUT fucking hell. It sounds to calm to be that kind of reaction. It sounds more like a reaction to a playing or vocal error.

[@peterx1957]

@@bramleydragon that's how Mark Lewisohn's Beatles Recording Session book explained it. Whether he shouted it or not, the noise startled him enough to react to it and it's likely he was mindful of where he was at the time.

[@kilgoretrout4707]

There's also the part on Louie Louie where someone in the background yells out 'F#@k!". The story I heard was the drummer broke or dropped a stick and yelled out.

[@Jay87539]

Man, my buddies and I would have lost it, if we ever heard Wang Dang Sweet Poontang, live, on the radio. Great Video.

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!! We used to play the song all the time, just not the intro.

[@Bigchet1223]

I got this 45 in 1977 when I was 7. I remember my dad laughing when he heard it. My mom didn't understand it at the time.

[@georgeprice4212]

You’d have lost in Houston!

[@SoIMarriedARecordCollector]

The radio edit that always bugged me was “You Don’t Know How it Feels” by Tom Petty. “Let’s get to the point. Let’s reeeeoughhhhzzz another jhhhhhouuyy”. But, “One Toke Over The Line” and how many other songs about smoking, no problem 🤷‍♀️ - Heidi

[@RobertFithen]

The thing is, I've never heard that on the radio. I've only heard that on MTV and Vh1, I think it was their own edit.

[@tylersims6937]

This channel...keeps getting progressively better everytime I catch something new.

[@sidesup8286]

There was an early Rolling Stones song, that 42 years after I heard it, for some unknown reason I was walking down the sidewalk and I just randomly thought of it and I thought ooooooh. It finally dawned on me what the lyric meant. The song was called Walk The Dog. The lyric went, "If you don't know how to do it, I'll show you how to walk the dog." On that Frampton album that wasn't a robot. It was Frampton singing with one of these air hoses in his mouth. It makes someone's voice whether talking or singing sound synthetic. His most optimistic song on the album and a good one was "I Want To Go To The Sun." Unfortunately it would be about a million degrees before you'd get halfway there.

[@jaymitchell2687]

Impossible to count how many times I heard Jeremy uncensored on radio in the 90s.

[@RobertFithen]

We played it uncensored and so did the St Louis rock stations. The only place I heard it censored was MTV and on the cd single.

[@davidl570]

Speaking of grunge, majority of the time (on the radio) I heard the uncensored version of Bush's Little Things where Gavin Rossdale says "I'm addicted to bullshit."

[@Fluteboy]

There is a track on ELO's third album *On The Third Day* - entitled *Oh No Not Susan* - which features the f-word in each chorus. The line goes: _"Her money and her place, they just don't mean a f--king thing",_ although Jeff Lynne cunningly manages to make it sound like _"foggy thing"._ They even managed to get it past the BBC censors, and it was broadcast on February 1974. The live version can be heard on the Eagle compilation *Live At The BBC.*

[@andymassingham]

i remember listening to this track one night and going, “did Jeff just say fucking?” Played it again and thought yeah it’s right there being undersold.

[@malcolmharing3744]

On the Third Day, has to be one of ELOs best. Thanks for reminding me, and I do know the tune you speak of. Great album!

[@games4850]

We have a radio station over here that regularly plays "Laid" by James, that clearly says "But she only comes when she's on top", they play it completely uncensored even during the day. But yet, the other day when they played "Fairytale of New York" they play the alternate version with "cheap and you're haggered".

[@VinylSerenity]

I always thought it was "electric bo_obs" not "electric moves" in Bennie and the Jets

[@atlasking6110]

me too. I still sing it that way.

[@Ghoulikmusik]

It blows my mind how Jim Morrison got away with saying fuck profusely on the end of the self titled doors album

[@malcolmharing3744]

Yeah, But I believe he was arrested saying it live on stages in the south. I could be wrong, I'll Google it later.

[@CinemaATTACKS]

Awesome topic for a video! Kind of the opposite of this is that Fear live radio album where Lee mumbles the swear words in order not to trip up the censors. In grade school some people thought that the F and EMF was the F word and that sample in Unelievable was proof

[@RobertFithen]

I have that cd. It sounds funny to hear him do that. EMF have a song where they shout out "E! Ecstacy! M! Motherf---er Motherf---er! F! From us to you!"

[@plasticsoundwavecult]

Interesting take. I really find the radio story particularly funny. I wonder how much secret profanity happens vs someone thinks there’s secret profanity in a song.

[@RobertFithen]

I think it's more people hearing things.

[@devildart]

In the beginning of the video you mentioned some obvious profanity that you weren't going to talk about. One of them was Jefferson Airplane. I assume you were referring to the two f-bombs they dropped on the song We can be together, from their Volunteers album in 69. While I agree that is not a secret. Not a lot of people know that they played that song live on TV on the Dick Cavett show in August of 69 and included the f-bombs and it wasn't really noticed. Anyway, cool video. Cheers.

[@RobertFithen]

It could be considered "secret" since the lyrics read "Fred", but it's obvious they aren't saying "Fred". lol

[@stereo999]

Not to mention that RCA Chopped, sliced and diced JEFFERSON AIRPLANE TAKES OFF for the slightest lyrical offenses but after they started raking in the $$$ they got away with saying 'm8therfucker' on VOLUNTEERS

[@RobertFithen]

@@stereo999 They even cut out the word "trips". lol

[@davidl570]

Reminds me of Jefferson Starship's Miracles where Marty Balin says "I got a taste of heaven when I went down on you." Dunno how they got away with that, but then again he kind of mumbles it, so maybe most radio programmers didn't notice it!

[@rockinremnants510]

Great video, dude! When I was working the all-night shift back in the early 80's, I used to put on "Pigs (3 Different Ones), from Pink Floyd's Animals LP as a bathroom break song... I didn't realize it had the lyric "You fuc**d up old hag"! Never got complaints... Even got really daring and played it in prime time! It's the best song on the album...

[@mightyV444]

Another great topic! 😀👍 Reminds me of driving in my car together with my two Sons in the back 7 years ago, when they were only 8 and 10: I'd put The Damned's 'Damned But Not Forgotten' album on, and during 'Lovely Money' suddenly both Boys exclaimed, "He said the S-word, Papa!! 😯". To which I replied, "What?? Surely not!?", but it would later turn out that they were actually right, and I couldn't believe that I'd never picked up on it myself during the 25 years of knowing that song! 😅

[@lisakobar4153]

It's very clear Frampton is singing I Want To Thank You....

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I'm new to your channel but have you ever done a video on misunderstood lyrics in songs? That would be a funny one if not.

[@mightyV444]

😁👍

[@malcolmharing3744]

Yeah, I have seen some sites discussing this but have no reference for you. There's a lot of lyrics out there that were mistaken for other words. It's worth the effort. Sometimes it can be hilarious to learn what some people thought a singer said, and were off by a mile. I'm guilty of misunderstanding a few myself!

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

@@malcolmharing3744 Yep, same here. My mom thought Golden Earring was saying red eye love instead of Radar Love.

[@jimmymelendez1836]

Hey, I'm new to this channel. I gotta say, the thing about Tom Petty's You Don't Know How It Feels is that he says in the chorus, "Let's get to the point Let's roll another joooooint," and joint got censored cause joint is supposed to be a reference to marijuana. "Let's roll another joint." And he couldn't understand why they censored the word. I remember watching a short segment with Tom Petty about the song on, I think Entertainment Tonight. They played the clip of the video to that song and the lyric went, "Let's get to the point Let's roll another tnioooooj." They just played the word joint backwards. And he just could not understand why. He never meant to put in a pot reference in his song. It was probably meant let's roll to another place or something.

[@ExileOnMyStreet]

I've always heard it as, "Sure I've got to have her" in Legs.

[@atlasking6110]

In "Little Red Corvette" I always took it to mean she had a partially-empty multi-pack of Trojans, so some had been used (and presumably discarded) and some still in the package (unused.) It never occured to me that she'd be carrying around used condoms in her purse. And no, that was never a Thing we did in 1983.

[@dewey70]

All the times I've heard Unbelievable, it never hit me, even tho its very obvious.

[@russkinter3000]

I only gave these comments a "cursory" (no, I ain't sorry) look, but am surprised no one seems to have mentioned that the Kings men' "Louie, Louie" really did have the f-bomb in it - softly uttered by the drummer who messed up a beat.

[@jsteed44]

Once again another enlightening video you have to listen to frampton all the way through great production

[@TheEeliciousOne]

Robert Filthien, thank you for sharing so many dirty words.

[@alekhidell3644]

I don't know if it ever got any airplay, but in Paul Simon's "One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor" it sure sounds like he says "god damn" at one point when singing the chorus.

[@SuperWarren83]

What about Lou Reed ,Walk on the wild side ?

[@Protometal66]

Always thought he said the F word until seeing this video

[@dogcheeze1971]

On Wing's "With a little luck", it sounds like Paul drops the f word the first time he sings it. From there on, it sounds like he sings luck.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Peter Frampton was saying ' I Want to Thank You'.

[@agomodern]

What, because the written-out lyrics on the internet say so? lol

[@jimmymelendez1836]

@@agomodern Your point?

[@agomodern]

@@jimmymelendez1836 That was 5 months ago. Like I even remember or care.

[@mightyV444]

@Toney Isaiah - That's also what *I* have always heard 😊👍

[@ianscholes3049]

On the Aerosmith album 'Live Bootleg' about halfway through 'Toys In The Attic' someone tells someone else to "f*ck off" but you can only hear it on headphones.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

The one that killed me was when they suddenly stopped playing Brown Eyed Girl version where he says makin love. Seriously??? Also the BBC supposedly wouldn't play Turn it Down by The Sweet because Brian said "for God's Sake." 🙄 So different than German TV where on the show Disco, they played their song Live for Today, and they say "this musical masquerade has gone too f-ing far." 😂 The video of it is on YT now.

[@mightyV444]

German radio also had absolutely no problem with playing Frank Zappa's 'Bobby Brown' regularly back then! 😄

[@jeffbrown2982]

Profanity is nothing new in recordings. Thomas Edison claimed that "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was the first recording he ever made, in 1877, but some say that he and his assistants actually first recorded the words "mad dog" and played it backwards. And Alexander Graham Bell proposed developing a "swearing top," one that would blare curse words as it spun. (Imagine receiving one of those at Christmas, when you were a kid).

[@calvinwazoo]

Wow, I have that EMF CD and I will go listen to Unbelievable right now!

[@RobertFithen]

I forgot to mention the "Ohhhh!" is Andrew Dice Clay

[@vivalapsych]

Great video Robert….I’ll come back later and add my 2 cents after I read all these dang comments. Don’t want to retread on all that!

[@adamwilson1691]

Theres another Marvin Gaye one I heard for the first time the other day that caught me off guard. On his song "Midnight Lady" there's a line where I swear to god he says "shake your titties". I even checked the lyrics in the cd booklet it came with but it said "shake it pretty", which he is most definitely not saying.

[@RobertFithen]

lol and who says "shake it pretty"?

[@mightyV444]

@Adam Wilson - The internet search results for those lyrics agree that he _doesn't_ sing "pretty"! 😄

[@Carlo8836]

I just got hip to your vids. Awesome! Please keep up the hilarious sarcasm. I'm spitting out my coffee!

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!!

[@mrdjproductions3070]

2 I can think of right off the top of my head: 1) "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen - around 45 seconds into the song you can hear the drummer yell "f--k!" as his hand apparently hit the drum kit (I think another use already mentioned this) 2) There is a stereo and mono version of "I Fought The Law" by The Bobby Fuller Four. In the mono version, there's a line that says "I miss my baby and good fun". In the stereo version, the lines are sung differently and it sounds like he says "i miss my baby and a good f--k".

[@chessnord7934]

One step, Two Step, DSD step, profit...

[@SeanKagalis]

So true about EMF. Thanks for clarifying where the sample came from, I always assumed it was Andrew Dice Clay.

[@RobertFithen]

The "Whoa!" and "It's unbelievable" is Andrew Dice Clay.

[@davidl570]

Speaking of EMF and profanity, their name stands for Every Mother Fucker, although their label went to great pains to deny it.

[@10538overture]

Let's not forget The Kink's Plastic Man being banned in the UK for its repeated, flagrant use of the word "bum". And quite right too.

[@Davidicus-m8c]

i didn't notice if anyone mentioned this song but Billy Joel's Keeping The Faith mentions trojan condoms too!! i never heard the song ever edited either!

[@RobertFithen]

At least they weren't used ones. lol

[@Davidicus-m8c]

@@RobertFithen Good Point!! LOL!!

[@davidl570]

@@RobertFithen *resists urge to vomit*

[@mikeables]

In the 80s K-Mart sold clean records. If you wanted the "real" version you had to buy it elsewhere. This was mostly rap titles but pop also. After a couple years they switched to explicit language stickers.

[@RobertFithen]

Wal-Mart was the big one. It's solely because of that chain that Nirvana's "In Utero" had to have a "clean" version with zoomed in back cover and songs titles like "Waif Me".

[@mikeables]

@@RobertFithen My town had both super stores on the same road. Some senators wives were griping about pop music. Even John Denver had to testify in front of congress. Rocky Mountain High was just too much for those puritans.

[@shawndaniels1691]

I'm in okc and I heard got to give it up on the radio yesterday and thought of this video instantly. They still don't know about it Robert lol

[@georgeprice4212]

I’m surprised that nobody ever caught Bob Seger swear on the Live Bullet album (“Nutbush City Limits”: he says “shit” during his rap to the crowd in the break down.)

[@georgeprice4212]

As far as The Beatles, it’s also been said that it was McCartney who said the F Bomb (supposedly played a wrong chord on the piano) and also George Harrison (same reason on guitar)…but I’ve always heard it as “Need your help, Mal” (calling for help from Mal Evans).

[@georgeprice4212]

With EMF, I heard that sample was Andrew Dice Clay!

[@danielwilliams1921]

"So fuck all those West Nashville grand ballroom gowns" - Jimmy Buffett; Living and Dying in 3/4 Time

[@RobertFithen]

That one is loud and clear!

[@Eligius4917]

I'm sure I heard the line "You sure enjoyed a f-" in "The Good's Gone" by the Who (on 'The Who Sings My Generation'). I also remember hearing that line in the song on a recording of a BBC broadcast. I wondered how they got away with it. I also thought I heard Bob Dylan sing "They'll stone you when you're trying to have a f-" on "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (from 'Blonde on Blonde'). The Village People got some airplay on the Roman Catholic Church-owned Sydney radio station 2SM for "Macho Man" (from the album 'San Francisco'). Then they stopped playing it. One journalist surmised 2SM's management must have noticed the song contained the line "Dig my big dick."

[@andymassingham]

I go back and forth on this. I still think it’s “we should enjoy it BUT-the good’s gone.” Haven’t heart the BBC tapes, so I could be wrong. Interestingly, Daltrey’s slurred vocals led to at least one EP referring to this song as “The Good Stone.” Seriously.

[@scottied7299]

Ironically, the Marvin Gaye album you were holding has a song called "Soon I'll Be Loving You Again", where the background vocals start singing "Gimme some head". There's no mistaking his intent... Also, another song where he asks for a "J" at the very beginning of the song. Great album....

[@harrysmusicroom]

I agree with you, sounds like High Class Game to me as well, Apple Records released a single The Fuh Kings, mega rare. Great video.

[@nickh.4722]

great stuff, very interesting. Thanks!

[@Ed-Topo-108]

I’m convinced that Anita Baker’s 2nd line in “Sweet Love” is suggestive! “Stay with me and you will feel my ***”

[@RobertFithen]

I never thought of that because I don't pronounce that word that way. Now that I've heard it, it's hilarious! I actually laughed out loud.

[@carlomarinello7048]

I remember loving that EMF song so I bought the CD single and album. I always assumed the F bomb was being used repeatedly it reminded me of Andrew Dice Clay for some reason cos he was big around that time with his “vulgar fairy tale” humor comedy show on HBO. I was about 23-24 years old at the time and didnt realise that song was being played on the radio cos I mostly listened to college stations around then. Wild to think about. Good stuff!!

[@earlgrey691]

Amazing how this Hey Jude expletive isn't detected as often as you would imagine ? Mcartney apparently even though it sounds like Lennon.

[@ericbolton3319]

Let’s not forget Jumpin’ Jack Flash Shits a Gas

[@willco2556]

Doesn’t Jagger sing “kissing cu*t in Cannes” on Casino Boogie on Exile?

[@andrewsuppa7468]

I thought I was the only person who had that Baby's album. Let alone heard that line. But here's one more for you , Poker Face by Lady GA Ga.

[@ladeseddy5994]

By the Live Aid concert (1985) Mark had already stopped singing f****t live. Album was released in May. Live Aid was in July.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Sir you have heard of the group Funkadelic, right?

[@mightyV444]

And not quite so profane, but Supergrass actually sing "Can you hear us humping..." in their song 'Pumping On Your Stereo' 😄

[@Thomasgene]

There is the word F__k yelled in Louie Louie that everyone seemed to miss when the drummer drops a drum fill, you can hear him yell f__k @ 56 into song! see W: "However, drummer Lynn Easton later admitted that he yelled "Fuck" after fumbling a drum fill at 0:54 on the record."

[@lisakobar4153]

I always heard "shit I've got to have her". Knowing ZZ Top and their lusty lyrics in most of their songs....

[@steevenfrost]

How did Ebeneezer Good get through censor, with the line "E's are good , Ebenezeer good"

[@malcolmharing3744]

I keep thinking of songs that had profanity in them. Some weren't actually said but they sounded like it (to me). I always thought Mick Jagger was saying "I'm a motherfuckin Monkey Man at the end of Monkey Man, where he goes into a vocal frenzy. According to the lyrics he's not. But I swear he does!

[@georgecheung4271]

Hi Robert, I love more subtleties. Try Bobby Gentry's Slow Cooking. Nothing is better than that.

[@RobertFithen]

I'll check that out.

[@Bootradr]

One that always surprised me in that they didn't edit it is Led Zeppelin's Trampled Underfoot. Plant clearly sings..."Mama that ain't no sh**. Talk about love, talk about love... And it is repeated how many ever number of times. I'm trying to think of one other Led Zeppelin song that has a curse word in it but it's evading me right now. I've noticed a huge number of songs that never got edited from the classic rock 1970s and on through the 1980s era. And for the life of me I can't think of any of them right now 🤔 And speaking of Ted Nugent, I'm surprised they didn't pull the Wango Tango song haha. I think that's the sweet poontang song or maybe it's just a song on that same album :-) I guess if you're popular enough and big enough you can get away with it without WW III being started? I think it would be interesting to do a video of the songs FM radio always played in doubles. They would play the music as if it was one single song but you got used to hearing it through the years. Songs like Journey's Feeling That Way and Anytime or Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker and Livin' Lovin Maid. I know most of the big artists, groups like Queen and many others, all had their "two as one" songs and even on the "two for Tuesday" types of deals, you'd get three songs from the artist that had these types of songs because they would play two of them as one and play the third song as the second song. I don't know if it was just difficult for the DJs to stop a song at the right spot right before the next song began immediately or what the reason might have been? I enjoy these videos on things we've all noticed and thought of through the years but never really see discussions on them. Keep up the good fu**ing work Robert ⚡🎶⚡

[@RobertFithen]

Thanks!! We always played "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" but were supposed to cue past the intro. "Poontang" repeated apparently being ok.

[@timmillan6701]

I think RP was saying “ Mama , that ain’t no sin” - the previous line being “groovy leather trim”

[@Bootradr]

@@timmillan6701 You get wondering now :-) I'll have to check it out again and listen with that in mind. Thanks!

[@rickcain4736]

Classic Canadian band April Wine has a song called "If You See Kay"...spells out a certain word...

[@jackroberts9401]

Not profanity, but The Knack's My Sharona features the line, "I always get it up from the touch of the younger kind"

[@PsycheDerek.]

"The King Of Fuh" by Brute Force is a classic too.

[@RobertFithen]

Yes! I first heard that on an Apple Records comp. I wonder if it influenced that ridiculous "Fuh You" from Paul McCartney from a few years ago.

[@bramleydragon]

How about Apeman by The Kinks? It sounds like Ray is singing 'the air pollution is fucking up my eyes'. Though he claims he sang 'fogging'.

[@RobertFithen]

There's actually two versions of that vocal line because the BBC made him re-record it to make it "fogging" more clearly. The album version is the original that sounds like "fucking". They had to do the same thing with "Lola" because of the Coca-Cola reference.

[@bramleydragon]

@@RobertFithen Ah yes, the famous Coca Cola line. Did you know Ray Davies had to fly back to England (from America I believe) just to re-record those two words? Thanks for getting back to me my friend. P.S. It makes me wonder if Ray Davies unintentionally inspired the creation of Cherry Cola because I don't think it existed back then. It does now.

[@malcolmharing3744]

@bramleydragon I think there were cherry colas out back then but not by Coca-Cola. I recall Shasta sodas had one and usually from store brands. Also it may have been a flavor in the UK at the time .

[@bramleydragon]

@@malcolmharing3744Thanks for the info my friend.

[@ceejaydeesoozaa]

WOW. didnt know about the hey jude. will listen closely to that part next time

[@RobertFithen]

It's at 2:58 in the song.

[@lisakobar4153]

12: 17 funny I always though he was saying God damn...😅😅😅

[@19Gardens]

Johnny Rotten, everytime he sings 'country'.

[@nocturnal-io9vq]

1 song that comes to mind, that still gets played on the radio from time to time, is "Everybody Wants Some" by Van Halen. As the song is fading at the very end, David Lee Roth says something like, "Look, I'll pay you for it, what the fuck." Sometimes the radio stations will cut it early, sometimes they don't!

[@RobertFithen]

Our station would always play that part. Some of us would even turn it up because the song is fading out at the time.

[@nocturnal-io9vq]

@@RobertFithen😄Nice!

[@kookamunga2458]

I have profanity in my record collection. Two that come to mind are Jimi Hendrix cover of song Gloria . Two Frank Zappa song Catholic Girls .There are also inappropriate lyrics in a Dire Straits album but I don't have that album . I am an adult and I don't want my tunes cencored . I forgot to mention Marianne Faithful album Broken English but can't remember which exact song had the profanity .

[@peterx1957]

The Marianne Faithfull track on "Broken English" with the swearing is "Why'd You Do It?". It's pretty full on too. The album also includes her uncensored version of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero". I have the original UK pressing. However the Australian pressing omitted the track but added a bonus 45 with the title track on BOTH sides! So you got "Broken English" 3 times 🙄 Funny thing is I only owned an Australian censored copy of his John Lennon's POB LP with that track censored in 2 places and even the lyrics in the inner sleeve had a black ⭐️ replacing the offending F word.

[@jsteed44]

First pressing of the 1970 kinks Lola money go round LP features the word f***ing in the song Apeman i have second copy which is changed to fogging

[@stereo999]

...and of course there's Wild Cherry: "Play that funky music, white boy. Play that fuckin' music right!"

[@malcolmharing3744]

How about Steve Miller's, " funky Shit goin down in the city" from Jet Airliner? Most radio stations still snub it out or replace the "shit" with "kicks". Maybe this is mentioned down the thread.

[@RobertFithen]

It's the record company, themselves, that did it. It's "kicks" on the single and the "Greatest Hits" album.

[@malcolmharing3744]

That makes sense because I thought Kicks was inserted really well, like professionally done.

[@alekhidell3644]

That's one I was going to mention, because I've never heard a censored version of it - which has always surprised me. Same with Pink Floyd's 'Money' - I've never heard the word "bullshit" edited out.

[@deadandburied7626]

Beautiful South "Don't Marry Him **** Me"

[@greenalishi222]

Cool vid. I thought Frampton was saying I wanna Rock You. Who knows

[@carolscherr9583]

Love the Video. How about Aerosmith big 10 inch. Made me think how many times I hear that on the radio!

[@mightyV444]

Reminds me of "I'm gonna give you every inch of my love" in Zed Lep's 'Whole Lotta Love'! 😄 Which also includes the line "I wanna be your backdoor man" 😆

[@mariawesley7583]

You're right about that Prince album, for instance, and ideas being OK, but specific words are censored. Other stuff that was censored, although not for profanity: "Coca Cola" in "Lola" when it was played on the BBC and that post 9/11 list that asked radio stations not to play any songs that mentioned airplanes. In the mid 80's was "Money for Nothing" censored on the radio and on MTV? I can't remember. I heard it on the radio last week and that 6 letter F word was obscured.

[@RobertFithen]

"Money For Nothing" didn't start getting censored until later on. I don't remember any station playing the single version which leaves out the entire section, probably for time. MTV absolutely played the uncensored one.

[@georgeprice4212]

@@RobertFithen you’re correct. That’s only happened within the last couple years.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Some channels on Sirius XM still play the original version sometimes. I've heard it 3 times in the last few months.

[@markalexander7397]

Steely Dan-"Show Biz Kids"...at the 3:50 mark "Show business kids making movies of themselves-they don't give a f- about anybody else "

[@erics8757]

What filth, Robert.... you should be ashamed of yourself. 😃

[@atlasking6110]

Always surprised that Elton John got away with singing "someone shaved my wife tonight."

[@malcolmharing3744]

Lol. That made me laugh.

[@kilgoretrout4707]

Frampton definitely dropped the F bomb in that song.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Try listening to the first album There's a track called Mommy What's A Funkadelic.

[@atlasking6110]

Shit! Goddam! Get off your ass and jam!

[@Frip36]

25 years ago I put Nirvana's "Nevermind" CD on and after a while I went to sleep. About 40 minutes later I was shocked awake at what I thought was my neighbor starting up his motorcycle with something terribly wrong with the engine. Turns out it was the hidden track "Numberless Nameless" or whatever it's called. At that time I didn't even know there was such a thing as hidden tracks. So it really freaked me out. Also, as I lay there, I realized what a gonzo great track it was. 7 minutes of brutalist pain. So much talent.

[@StratsRUs]

Endless, Nameless

[@willd4731]

LOL I listen to that record a few weeks ago and the same thing happened to me.

[@mightyV444]

@Captain Sunday - That happened to me in the mid 90's with the hidden track of Better Than Ezra's album 'Deluxe', during which I'd fallen asleep one evening and got woken up with a fright by someone shouting "The pork and beans and sauerkrauten!!" 😅

[@gregula1467]

For me it was shock when I learned that Lady Gaga in "Poker Face" was actually singing "P-p-poker face f-f-f... her face". And it was and is all over radio. So it's actually about girls having some fun.

[@RobertFithen]

There is a version, made for radio, that just says "poker face" repeatedly. Most people can't tell the difference so some stations would play the original.

[@sugarjoe50]

What about 'finger pie' in Penny Lane?

[@martinjohnson3877]

You forgot Anti Nowhere League. 52 profanities on the first side alone.

[@RobertFithen]

It's not hidden, though.

[@blockssonicwafers]

How about "cloaked" profanity ? The single for John Lennon's "Meat City" has a brief backwards section that, if you reverse it, says "Check the Album". Then, the album version says "F%#* a Pig".

[@RobertFithen]

Indeed!

[@malcolmharing3744]

I had to laugh at the pocket full of Trojans comment. I'm going to have to give you a jab because I can't hear anything about it being "used". I took it as he meant she carried wrapped Trojans in her pocket to use when the occasion rose (pun) I think it was not referring to a used one, but one in the wrapper. Still laughing 😃 And....EMF, damn I love that song and at 68, it still makes me shake my bootie!

[@RobertFithen]

From the official lyrics: " you had a pocket full of horses, Trojan and some of them used."

[@malcolmharing3744]

@Robert Fithen Ohhhhh, that got passed me! I never owned the album and only heard it from radio play. Thanks for the info. I guess I could have Googled it! LOL

[@matthewtaylor7355]

The kinks Apeman... says "The air pollution is f*cking up my eyes" Ray the Eco sensitivity burnin his globes in 1970...

[@RobertFithen]

From what I understand, the label made him re-record the line for the single to make "fogging" more clear. On the album, it definitely sounds like "f*cking".

[@lisakobar4153]

2:13 OH COME ON, REALLY?? 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@PrankZabba]

All aboard the pottymouth express!

[@lisakobar4153]

9:48... WHAT?????

[@MissEwe]

I saw secret profanity and I ran 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️ Here lol 😎🐑

[@RobertFithen]

There's quite a bit in this video. I hope it did not disappoint! lol

[@scottstark2286]

Was surprised that he did not bring up Debbie Harry sing “finger f--ing” in Rapture. Also, my brother and I swore that Rickie Lee Jones used the “n” word in Chuck E’s in Love”

[@RobertFithen]

I always thought she said "finger popping."

[@scottstark2286]

@@RobertFithen Might want to give it another listen! I was alerted to this by an article by Stephen King on how much he loved rock. At the very end of the article, he says “She said it! She said it!” Anyway, love your videos Robert!

[@alekhidell3644]

Don't know about the "n" word in "Chuck E.'s in Love," but on her second album ('Pirates'), in the song "Living It Up," she mentions "cunt-finger Louie."

[@agomodern]

How about all of those commercial hit radio songs that edit out the F word? Three that I know of are: Pearl Jam Jeremy, James Blunt on You're Beautiful of all damn songs, and Radiohead Creep. Not sure if it was a hit song, but The Cure also throws an F bomb on at least one song, but I don't remember which album. My conspiracy theory side says it's done on purpose to lead away kids to the evil side. They fall in love with it on the radio and go buy the album to find out the song actually contains the most base profanity (then they have to hide the truth from their parents). Once you know who truly runs the media it becomes pretty blatant that it's pretty much all done knowingly on purpose. Don't forget all of the PG-13 (Still made for kids) from the 80's that say the F word, like Beetlejuice and Christmas Vacation. It's so blatant in those 2 movies I refuse to watch them again. HIdden in the songs doesn't matter to me so much because it's not in your face and is easy to ignore.

[@RobertFithen]

I forgot to tell my story of the band that was told by their label to go back and put profanity in 4 songs.

[@agomodern]

@@RobertFithen Seriously or are you joshing with me?

[@RobertFithen]

@@agomodern Completely serious. It's was the late 90's.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

The Green Day song that says "when masturbation's lost its fun you're F*****g breaking."

[@davidl570]

AGOmodern The Cure has dropped the F-bomb a few times: The Kiss, Wendy Time and Us or Them.

[@lisakobar4153]

4:19😮😮😮😮😮😮 who KNEW????