# Steely Dan's "Show Biz Kids"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dans-show-biz-kids/959624>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [February 16, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dans-show-biz-kids/959624 "2022-02-16T20:01:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dans-show-biz-kids/959624/21 "2022-02-17T22:58:15Z")

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> [@Turek](#):
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> At the very end of the fade out

Similarly, at the very end of Van Halen’s _Everybody Wants Some!!_, a fading Dave says “Look, I’ll pay you for them, I mean, what the fuck?” DJs usually start talking or start the next song just before the last word, although it got through enough times that in high school we’d always pause to hear what would happen.

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**Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dans-show-biz-kids/959624/22 "2022-02-17T23:39:05Z")

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I assume radio stations get previously bleeped versions of songs? Now I’m wondering, because there’s a new alternative/metal station here who can bleep just the “u” from fuck. It’s kind of impressive.

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**Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dans-show-biz-kids/959624/23 "2022-02-18T15:05:47Z")

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Steppenwolf’s version of Hoyt Axton “The Pusher,” has the lyric “God damn the pusher.” It’s not easy to miss, since it’s part of the chorus.

When it first came out, someone I worked with wouldn’t listen to the song because of that.

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