# Songs Where the "Clean" Version Is Better Than The Unedited One **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-clean-version-is-better-than-the-unedited-one/629557 "2012-07-27T12:42:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-clean-version-is-better-than-the-unedited-one/629557/41 "2012-07-30T17:42:18Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I like Adam Sandler’s “Ode To My Car” better censored, mostly because they used car noises where he swore in the original. I came here to post just that. The beeped version is hilarious. The unbeeped, just mildly amusing. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-clean-version-is-better-than-the-unedited-one/629557/42 "2012-08-02T00:57:55Z")
I vastly prefer the radio edit of James Blunt’s _You’re Beautiful_ where he says he’s “flying high” instead of “fucking high.” The former fits in with it being a nice love song, the latter makes it sound like it’s being sung by some dopey pothead. ---
**Author:** ![Blackzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Blackzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackzilla)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-clean-version-is-better-than-the-unedited-one/629557/43 "2012-08-02T01:12:33Z")
> [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > I have to disagree, but not because of the meaning of the words. I feel that in that song 3 syllables (“for-get you”) sounds much better to my ears than 2 (“fuck you”). I could not disagree more. That beat - “I’m like, {beat} fuck yoooooou” - provides a great syncopation and really punches the “fuck” that comes after it. It also really captures the brain-scrambled, taken-aback shock of the song’s narrator - for that one beat, he’s completely surprised, flabberghasted, and you can just hear the :dubious: on his face before he delivers the payoff in response. That one beat also provides a subconscious “what’s he going to say? how’s he going to react?” effect in the listener even when we’ve heard the song a million times - the essence of comedic timing even when we know how it’s going to pay off. It’s masterful. ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-clean-version-is-better-than-the-unedited-one/629557/44 "2012-08-02T02:21:08Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I was going to mention that one myself. The song gets funnier and funnier as more and more honks and other noises pile up in the song. Not a song, but I thought the censored version of the South Park episode “201” was funnier than the original for similar reasons. In case you haven’t seen or heard of the episode, it was infamous for its inclusion of Mohammed as a character. Comedy Central decided to censor the already completed episode after the creators had submitted it. Comedy Central bleeped over all references to Mohammed, and then for unknown reasons bleeped over most of Kyle’s “I think we all learned something today” moralizing speech at the end. They were bleeping over parts that weren’t even referring to Mohammed. I’ve heard the original, uncensored speech, and it was pretty par for the course for one of Kyle’s sermons. By bleeping it to the point of incomprehensibility, it became that much more absurd (and actually gave out a stronger anti-censorship message IMO). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-clean-version-is-better-than-the-unedited-one/629557/45 "2012-08-02T02:38:45Z")
“24s” by T.I. I only know the song from Need for Speed: Underground which, naturally, uses the clean version. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-clean-version-is-better-than-the-unedited-one/629557.md?page=2)