Alanis Morissette’s You Oughta Know surprised me the first time I heard the unedited version, after hearing it only on FM radio. Finally the rage made sense.
Or are we talking about ironic uses of the F-word?
Well yeah, but that song’s Grammy eligibility was like, 50 years ago …
I was more impressed with the incorporation of the word into clever, humorous lyrics, just because I’ve grown a bit weary of artists who throw it in for no real reason except that they can, and they’re trying to be “edgy” and rebellious. But your point is valid, which is why I love this Alestorm song:
Alestorm hasn’t used any profanity at all in any other song of theirs I’ve heard, so it’s completely overboard use in that song was extra funny. And I think they were poking some fun at other bands who over-rely on the word.
All That Remains currently has a song out called Fuck Love. It’s about as happy as you’d expect
Mclusky “Fuck This Band”
Fuck this band
Cos they swear too much
It’s an obvious ploy
And irresponsible
Of course, if you like overuse, there’s always Diane Birch’s “Unfkd”.
Good lord, where did my words go? I meant to say “that is the best continuous use of a non-gratuitous F-bomb.” That word just makes the song, and it is brilliant.
But do any songs use “Belgium”?
Brian
Pardon my language
In high school were were absolutely certain there was a fuck somewhere in The Kingsmen’s Louie Louie.
(We were also sure The Raiders’ version had the lyric “I want to shit out, now”.)
Apparently, there is one at 0:54 when the drummer loses a stick.
NWA - Fuck the Police
theres icp’s “we gives no fuck”
and the infamous "rodeo song "
I prefer Lily Allen’s song by that title.
My vote goes to “Bodies” by the Sex Pistols. The palpable bile Rotten spews when he delivers that line!
Country Joe and The Fish had the “Fish” cheer long before any of these listed. Best use of an intro to a song using the F-word
Give me an F
Give me a U
Give me a C
Give me a K
What’s that spell?
What’s that spell?
What’s that spell?
Another one that comes to mind to me – and this is for a single use of the word “fuck” in a song – is Chrissie Hyndes “fuck off” “But not me, baby, I’m too precious/[I had to] Fuck off!”
Right here, delivered as such a perfect percussive invective.
And Chrissie drops another F-bomb at 2:50 of this number.
I’ve always loved Eminem’s line “Will Smith don’t gotta cuss in his raps to sell records/
Well, I do, so fuck him and fuck you too” in The Real Slim Shady.
I think it’s important to understand the history of the word, so perhaps there should also be a Grammy for the Best Use of the F-Word in a Spoken Word or Non-Musical album.
Amateurs.
Mid-Atlantic Cowpunk Goddess - and not PhD and researcher - Mary Pranster and her song, “Mercyfuck”.
There’s more. There’s much more.
I like the way R.E.M. dropped a few quiet, subtle f-bombs in songs like Ignoreland and What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? Even in Star Me Kitten the word doesn’t jump out at you.