Songs with only one or two swear words

[Ludovic]

Originally Posted by Mister Rik

I'll add The Eagles' "Life in the Fast Lane", with its line, "We've been up and down this highway, haven't seen a goddamned thing." I don't think I've ever heard that censored.

And their "Those Shoes", depending on whether you think "jerk-offs" is a swear word or not.

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Originally Posted by cochrane

The Who's "Who Are You?" has the line "Who the fuck are you?" a couple of times.

Originally Posted by Joey P

I want to say that line is only in the song once, but I could be wrong.

It was years before I noticed that the line appears twice (once after the second verse and again after the last verse). It's a bit like John Lennon's "Working Class Hero," where Lennon, having recorded the song in two halves that were spliced together (the edit is obvious--the sound changes quite noticeably), didn't realize until he heard the finished recording that he had used the word "fucking" twice.

[DKW]

Sheesh...I recognize, like, 4% of the songs mentioned.

It it really just a "sudden impact" thing? Or just something out of left field? (I never would've guessed John Mellencamp would've bothered.)

[stegon66]

Poi Dog Pondering's song God's Gallipoli uses "fuck" twice, but it's used for emphasis and the song wouldn't be the same without it.