Censorship is funny. The Amy Winehouse album we received in the office is the "clean version." Here are some ways the wise censors are protecting our vulnerable youth (**stop reading now if you're offended by so-called obscene language**):
- "What kind of fuckery is this" becomes "what kind of f**kery is this?" (Gosh, I just can't *imagine *what she's saying!)
- "You love blow and I love puff" becomes "You love **** and I love puff." (Why, pray tell, is blow verboten but puff acceptable?)
- "...Kept his dick wet" becomes "Kept his **** wet." Yet, the phrase "Nowadays you don't mean dick to me" is okay.
And what of "Addicted," Winehouse's ode to marijuana, with its lyrics like "when you smoke all my weed, man, you've got to call the green man"? It's gone from the American album entirely.
What are your favorite examples of silly music censorship? Let us know.
