Comments on: iTunes’ Best-Selling F@%#*! Songs of 2007 http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:09:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: AB http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-37749 Mon, 12 May 2008 02:34:05 +0000 http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-37749 The weird thing is that I cannot find any curse words in "The Sweet Escape." I thought maybe it was labelled Explicit due to other songs on the album, but iTunes also offers a Clean version of the song. I have listened to the Explicit version and checked the lyrics online but I can't find any objectionable words... Why would they offer a "clean" version of a song with no curses? The weird thing is that I cannot find any curse words in “The Sweet Escape.” I thought maybe it was labelled Explicit due to other songs on the album, but iTunes also offers a Clean version of the song. I have listened to the Explicit version and checked the lyrics online but I can’t find any objectionable words… Why would they offer a “clean” version of a song with no curses?

]]> by: Bryan Jedrzejczyk http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-37062 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:54:06 +0000 http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-37062 Hey the only reasons so many songs are "EXPLICIT" is because most of those songs are Rap. Who ever heard of a rap song without any curses. And relax, music is music. You listen to Led Zeppelin and Guns and Roses and let the teenagers have their fun listening to their music. Hey the only reasons so many songs are “EXPLICIT” is because most of those songs are Rap. Who ever heard of a rap song without any curses. And relax, music is music. You listen to Led Zeppelin and Guns and Roses and let the teenagers have their fun listening to their music.

]]> by: Divinyl http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-23896 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:14:36 +0000 http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-23896 Very interesting post. No idea how you found this stuff out, but I'm impressed...with the post, certainly not the Top 10 list! ;o) Very interesting post. No idea how you found this stuff out, but I’m impressed…with the post, certainly not the Top 10 list! ;o)

]]> by: eliz http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-23825 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:33:27 +0000 http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-23825 what about over-censorship, so fairly innocent songs end up marked with the explicit tag..? what about over-censorship, so fairly innocent songs end up marked with the explicit tag..?

]]> by: Randy http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-23811 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:30:55 +0000 http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-23811 Can't agree with you more on this issue. Whatever happened to the great inuendos that AC/DC and others perfected so well? It takes a lot more talent to come up with a clever inuendo. Can’t agree with you more on this issue. Whatever happened to the great inuendos that AC/DC and others perfected so well? It takes a lot more talent to come up with a clever inuendo.

]]> by: Drinking Buddy http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-23757 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:08:20 +0000 http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-23757 There it was. There it was.

]]> by: oz http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-23735 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:42:50 +0000 http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-23735 I've only heard one song on that list. I’ve only heard one song on that list.

]]> by: Anne http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-23712 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:50:45 +0000 http://www.hearya.com/2008/01/03/itunes-best-selling-f-songs-of-2007/#comment-23712 Seeing the Explicit notation is not completely accurate. If an album has any explicit lyrics in a song, iTunes will offer two versions (usually anyway). The clean and explicit versions. So, let's say one of Gwen Stefani's songs has explicit lyrics, all of the songs on that version will show the Explicit warning on it. It doesn't mean that every song on the album has curse words in it. I have purchased songs on iTunes and suddenly saw the explicit warning and got worried--I have two kids. It turned out that the particular song I purchased did not have the curse words. Two issues that are important however is that when you put in for a search, the explicit version usually comes up quicker because that one sells more. You really have to search out the clean version. Second, Makes Me Wonder from Maroon 5 does have curse words in it. And even if you buy the clean version, you don't have to be that old to figure out what was taken out. So yes, I agree, there is too much cursing in today's music but I wanted to give you a little hope there. Seeing the Explicit notation is not completely accurate. If an album has any explicit lyrics in a song, iTunes will offer two versions (usually anyway). The clean and explicit versions. So, let’s say one of Gwen Stefani’s songs has explicit lyrics, all of the songs on that version will show the Explicit warning on it. It doesn’t mean that every song on the album has curse words in it. I have purchased songs on iTunes and suddenly saw the explicit warning and got worried–I have two kids. It turned out that the particular song I purchased did not have the curse words.

Two issues that are important however is that when you put in for a search, the explicit version usually comes up quicker because that one sells more. You really have to search out the clean version. Second, Makes Me Wonder from Maroon 5 does have curse words in it. And even if you buy the clean version, you don’t have to be that old to figure out what was taken out.

So yes, I agree, there is too much cursing in today’s music but I wanted to give you a little hope there.

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