# Profanity in Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556 "2011-09-25T15:19:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/41 "2011-09-27T09:09:23Z")
Tim Minchin - [The Pope Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI_EaHTC-1Q&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3Dfuck%2Bthe%2Bmotherfuckers%26page%3D%26utm_source%3Dopensearch) (a.k.a. Fuck the Motherfucker). I quote: \* And if you don’t like this swearing that this motherfucker forced from me And reckon it shows moral or intellectual paucity Then fuck \*\*you \*_motherfucker, this is the language one employs When one is fucking cross about fuckers fucking boys_ Anti Nowhere League - [So What](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XoyDqFy5pU) (couldn’t find a decent sounding version of the original, this is the Metallica cover). The whole point of the song is to be as in-your-face shocking as possible, so, yeah, wouldn’t really work bowdlerized now would it ? I’ve always been very partial to the laser guided swearing in Alanis Morisette’s _You Oughta Know_, too. The passion she put in that one “fuck”… man, that girl was _pissed_, wasn’t she ? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/42 "2011-09-27T09:47:11Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Profanity is taking the lord’s name in vain, like “(god) damn you.” Originally “profane” meant more of what “secular” means today. Anything outside the church was “profane” and that was okay, there were things profane and things sacred. Of course, vocabulary marches on, and “profane” got to mean something more like “unholy” and referred to those fun things like you mention. Even more recently (but still have a good, decades long tradition), it began to basically just mean “uncouth language” which is how we’re using it in this thread. Hell, a lot of people use “to profane” to mean “to pervert” with no regard to the religiosity of whatever it is they’re profaning (though to be fair, most people seem to be joking, implying whatever it is you’re profaning is a holy ritual in some silly way). ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/43 "2011-09-27T10:06:58Z")
I always thought the climax of Michael & Janet Jackson’s ‘Scream’ - “stop fucking with me!” - was great both as a vital point of the song and as a further shedding of the wholesome-a-long-time-ago Jackson family image. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/44 "2011-09-27T12:30:44Z")
Man, I almost forgot one of my favorite songs ever. Madonna’s **Human Nature**. I’m not your bitch, don’t hang your shit on me. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/45 "2011-09-27T12:48:54Z")
There’s always the very end of Madonna’s ‘Justify My Love (Hip-Hop Mix)’, in which she really gets to the point after endless moaning and innuendo: “Fuck me.” ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/46 "2011-09-27T12:50:50Z")
Dope [Die Motherfucker Die](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G39pfrg6SM) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/47 "2011-09-27T13:10:33Z")
John Lennon’s _Working Class Hero_ throws in a few well crafted “fuckings.” I especially like the whithering, “But you’re still fucking peasents as far as I can see.” ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/48 "2011-09-27T19:55:19Z")
I just want to put in that it is almost always pleasing when the artist counts off a song (or section of a song) with the lovely: _1, 2, Fuck You_ ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/49 "2011-09-27T20:35:45Z")
A Perfect Circle - “Judith” has some appropriately rage-filled f-bombs. tool - “Aenima” has a nice litany of “fuck \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” Snake River Conspiracy - “Vulcan” starts off with a screamed “FUCK!” and doesn’t let up from there. And of course, Tenacious D - “Fuck Her Gently.” ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/50 "2011-09-27T20:36:46Z")
Oh yeah, and Pantera’s “Hostile” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/51 "2011-09-27T20:56:41Z")
> [@kferr](#): > > Dope > [Die Motherfucker Die](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G39pfrg6SM) I’ll see that an raise you a [“Still” by the Geto Boyz](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkhAI3VE1AM). Maybe not “laden” with profanity (I don’t know the song terribly well), but certainly uses it effectively. And satisfies the “religious aspect” requirement. ---
**Author:** ![President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/President_Johnny_Gentle)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/52 "2011-09-27T21:24:57Z")
Super Furry Animals [“The Man Don’t Give a Fuck”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5N5jKF_8CE&feature=related) The verses are gentle and soft, and then suddenly, the chorus comes on. The chorus just repeats “You know they don’t give a fuck about anybody else” over and over. I don’t know if they use the loop live, but the original was sampled from Steely Dan. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/53 "2011-09-27T21:59:58Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Snake River Conspiracy - “Vulcan” starts off with a screamed “FUCK!” and doesn’t let up from there. Well howdy, fellow SRC fan! ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/54 "2011-09-28T01:55:25Z")
NiN’s “Starfuckers,” comes to mind right off. ---
**Author:** ![Obeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/55 "2011-09-28T02:23:30Z")
“Why’d Ya Do It” by Marianne Faithful [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zVg2sL707gI/hqdefault.jpg "why d'ya do it - Marianne Faithfull") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVg2sL707gI) ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/56 "2011-09-28T03:48:22Z")
What?! No Rodeo Song?! ---
**Author:** ![gladysbagshaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gladysbagshaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladysbagshaw)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/57 "2018-07-19T02:33:06Z")
I find some of the lyrics in rap music (if you can call it that) simply appalling. I don’t listen to rap anymore. I just turn it off as soon as it starts. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/58 "2018-07-19T03:28:23Z")
The Who - who, who, who the fuck are you. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/59 "2018-07-19T04:04:52Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > The Who - who, who, who the fuck are you. That song has always been played on the radio with the F bomb intact. I had just started high school when this song came out/Keith Moon died, and whenever it came on, we would gather around the radio to hear it, like we’d never heard that word before. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556/60 "2018-07-19T07:04:31Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > What?! No Rodeo Song?! I heard that n the 4th grade and thought it was funny as hell My nephew heard it one day and was shocked … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556.md?page=4)