This is my current aural parasite, though I probably shouldn’t call it an ear worm since I like it. I like it* a lot*.
Anyway, I looked up the lyrics, as you do, and I see that the end line of the chorus is listed as “… out the back door, goddamn,but I love her anyway”.
As many times as I hear this song a day, I’m pretty sure the radio version is “…out the back door, back door, but I love her anyway”.
Am I hearing it incorrectly or does the radio play a different version? If so, why? Is “goddamn” particularly offensive? I must admit, it is an expletive that I use cautiously in that I have a vague feeling that some could find it distasteful. BUT, the only other song by this band that I’m familiar with is* I Write Sins Not Tragedies * (also a great song) which has a chorus that says “… haven’t you people ever heard of closing a goddamned door”. That is also an often played song and that particular line is clear as day (and which I always find noticeable due to the reason I stated above). If there is some sort of censorship going on, why? Also - and again it doesn’t offend *my *sensibilities- “goddamn” seems like a kind of weird / not very lyrical word to use in the chorus of a song; much less two songs.
Has anyone else ever noticed / thought about this?
Never listened to Miss Jackson, but I can definitely confirm songs frequently censor the “God” out of “Goddamn.”
In fact, the common radio edit I’ve heard for I Write Sins Not Tragedies absolutely has it as “closing the … damn door.”
I also recall Everlast’s “What It’s Like” having several different radio edits in which progressively more lyrics were replaced with little sound effects, and the “God” in “God damn” absolutely got the axe in at least some of 'em.
Down here in the vicinity of “Music City”, Pink Floyd’s, “Money” is edited so that the word “bullshit” ends with “bull”. Steve Miller doesn’t "want to get caught up in any of that, “funky kicks goin’ down in the city .” Don’t recall hearing “Who Are You” being played 'round these parts, but I’m pretty sure it would go, “Who the (silence) are YOU?” ZZTop says, “(silence) I gotta have her, the girl’s alright.” Can’t remember what song it occurred in - maybe Sweet Home Alabama - but they definitely don’t say, “goddamn” either.
Fuckin’ prudes. Back in the 80’s-90’s in Pittsburgh, I don’t recall any of those getting censured. I wonder if this is happening all over because of the consolidation of radio station ownership, or if it’s a regional thing.