I’ve often thought that if I were a disc jockey, I would try to make a weekend out of songs with acceptable cursing in them…that is, songs that are already frequently heard on the radio with bad word intact. Listeners wouldn’t even be aware of the “theme”. The only “fuck” one I’ve come up with is that Who song, though.
Jeremy – although I’ve heard it bleeped about %50 of the time.
D’oh!
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Not that they’ve made anything explicit, mind you; as always, the only way to find out where the lines are is to cross them.
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As someone wh volunteered in radio for a brief time, I’m not saying that this makes the situation any less agravating, but they have good reason to avoid saying precisely what is and is not allowed. The FCC believes (due to a fairly clear and well established legal precedent) that to publish a list of verboten, “dirty words” would constitute prior restraint on free speech. So, we have the system we have now where the FCC can only say it was a bad thing after the fact.
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Me: Spaceship of Fools!
Caller: Hello. I just wanted to say that I just heard the “F” word.
Me: Well, sir, I really don’t think you did.
Caller: Yeah, it was there.
Me: Sir, I check the lyrics of every song I play, and I know the three I’ve played so far very well, so I don’t know what you think you heard, but it wasn’t the “F” word.
Caller: What’s this song called?
Me: “Think About It” by Flight of the Conchords.
Caller: I’m going to look it up, and then I’ll call you back.
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Did you record the conversation? Because this is the kind of thing that would be a hoot to play over the air. Maybe as a promo for your show.
Should have asked him what damage was done, Then what damage was done the other times he heard the word. Perhaps he could have offered insight on how we are to survive word damage.
That’s just silly. Don’t venture out into the wild world of alternative radio if all you want to hear is mainstream, pure as the driven snow music. Blech. I don’t know what the Canadian profanity rules are, but we can always tell we’re watching a Canadian channel when we hear uncensored movies later at night and a talk show host saying “shit” just after 6 pm. 
(That would be George Snuffleuppagus on “The Hour,” of course.)
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In my part of the world, you can use progressively stronger language as the night wears on. I’m not sure if you could just broadcast an hour of somebody saying “fuck fuckitty fucken fucksticks by fuck”, but you can let fly with the word hear and there. “Cunt” even makes a rare appearance. Inadvertent use of the word “shit” during the daytime is usually left alone.
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I do know that you can’t say “cunt” in Canada, because in Canada that’s pretty fuckin’ rude.
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What part of the lyrics do you think he’s confusing for the F word?
Just currious.
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“Forks”. See post #14. 
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I do know that you can’t say “cunt” in Canada, because in Canada that’s pretty fuckin’ rude.
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I assume that word has the same sexist baggage in Canada as in the US? It’s a bit different here: “cunt” is generally considered the strongest word, but it doesn’t have the extra dimension of being used to refer to women as an insult. It’s either used for the piece of anatomy, or - perhaps strangely - almost exclusively against men as an insult (equiv. of asshole). Maybe that’s why.
I’d’ve been tempted to lambast Caller for his insensitivity to sufferers of Tourette’s attempting to make a living in radio.
Sure, it’d be a lie. But sometimes that’s what stupid needs.
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I assume that word has the same sexist baggage in Canada as in the US? It’s a bit different here: “cunt” is generally considered the strongest word, but it doesn’t have the extra dimension of being used to refer to women as an insult. It’s either used for the piece of anatomy, or - perhaps strangely - almost exclusively against men as an insult (equiv. of asshole). Maybe that’s why.
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I seem to recall Sex and the City having “cunt” uncensored on Australian TV.
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Why not I Bet They Won’t Play this Song on the Radio
(Youtube link)
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I like this one better: The Assumption Song
Lyrics:
There was an old farmer who lived on a rock
He sat in the meadow just shaking his
Fist at some boys who were down by the crick
Their feet in the water, their hands on their
Marbles and play things at a half passed four
There came a young lady who looked like a
Pretty, young preacher
She sat on the grass, she pulled up her dress
And she showed them her
Ruffles, and laces and white fluffy duck
She said she was learning a new way to
Bring up her children, so they would not spit
While the boys in the barnyard were shoveling
Refuse, and litter from yesterday’s hunt
While the girl in the meadow was rubbing her
Eyes at the fellow, down by the dock
He looked like a man with a sizable
Home in the country, with a big fence out front
If he asked her politely, she’d show him her
Little pet dog, who was subject to fits
And maybe she’d let him grab hold of her
Small, tender hands with a movement so quick
And then she’d bend over and suck on his
Candy, so tasty made of butterscotch
And then he’d spread whip cream all over her
Cookies that she had left out on her shelf
If you think this is dirty
You can go f*ck yourself!
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I assume that word has the same sexist baggage in Canada as in the US? It’s a bit different here: “cunt” is generally considered the strongest word, but it doesn’t have the extra dimension of being used to refer to women as an insult. It’s either used for the piece of anatomy, or - perhaps strangely - almost exclusively against men as an insult (equiv. of asshole). Maybe that’s why.
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I was referring to this.