# Weird censorship **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2001, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391 "2001-01-30T11:50:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Queen\_Isabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Queen\_Isabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Isabella)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391/21 "2001-01-31T02:36:58Z")
From Bloodhound Gang’s song, _Bad Touch_: So put your hands down my \*\*\*\*\* and I bet you’ll feel \*\*\*\* The bleeped words are **pants** and **nuts**. Sheesh. Also in other songs of theirs, the words **dick** and **titties** are bleeped out, along with the phrase **when she grinds me against her will**. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391/22 "2001-01-31T02:44:07Z")
In the Papa Roach’s song “Last Resort”, one lyric goes as follows. Don’t give a f\*\*\* if I cut my arm bleeding/ mutliation out of sight and I’m comtemplating suicide" When the video was played on MTV. it went as follows. “Don’t give a \*\*\*\* if I \*\*\* my arm bleeding/ mutliation out of sight and I’m comtemplating \*\*\*\*\*\*\*” um… ok…a little paranoid now are we?? ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391/23 "2001-01-31T15:15:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FallenAngel \* > \*\*A couple came to mind: > > The Drifters, “Under the Boardwalk” > > “We’ll be makin’ love, > under the boardwalk. > Boardwalk” > > got changed to > > “We’ll be havin’ some fun > under the boardwalk > Boardwalk” > > Now makin’ love is havin’ some fun, but havin’ some fun ain’t necessarily makin’ love. In the censored version they could be playing go fish, for the gods’ sakes. > > \*\* ``` Also heard this as "Up ON the boardwalk" The Miller song is on radio both ways. Funky kicks doesn't ring right, though.. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391/24 "2001-01-31T16:08:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DigitalMuse \* > \*\*In the Papa Roach’s song “Last Resort”, one lyric goes as follows. > > Don’t give a f\*\*\* if I cut my arm bleeding/ > mutliation out of sight and I’m comtemplating suicide" > > When the video was played on MTV. it went as follows. > > “Don’t give a \*\*\*\* if I \*\*\* my arm bleeding/ > mutliation out of sight and I’m comtemplating \*\*\*\*\*\*\*” > > um… ok…a little paranoid now are we?? \*\* Considering that there is a thread discussing a kid setting himself on fire after seeing the same on MTV, I’d say they’re just covering all their bases. In the over-litigious, quick to blame someone else society we live in. I think MTV is just erring on the side of cautiousness. Now, do I personally think it’s stupid? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391/25 "2001-02-01T00:35:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FallenAngel \* > \*\* > The weirdest one though, IMO, is the original MTV video for Tom Petty’s “You don’t know how it feels to be me” > > While none of the radio stations I heard it on did anything, MTV actually make it: > > “Let’s get to the point > Let’s roll another (sounded like) schnmarnk” > > MTV? C’mon people. \*\* It’s not just MTV it was other stations that would show the video didn’t want the word Joint used so they edited the song, cut out the word joint,played it backwards and put it back in. I learned this on Pop Up Video ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391/26 "2001-02-01T01:11:32Z")
One bit of censorship I never understood was when CMT (Country Music Television) gave Garth Brooks video of “When the Thunder Rolls” the heave-ho. Why? Because it had a scene in which a man hits his wife. Cheatin’ songs are a staple of country music, and “When the Thunder Rolls” is about a cheating husband. In the video, he hits his wife after she confronts him about his affair. The _radio_ version of the song says nothing about physical violence, and it was all over the airwaves. I remember being so angry that CMT would censor like this. I mean, come on. They certainly could have done something better. Perhaps a hotline number for domestic violence victims after the video or something. Or, if they really felt that it was something kids shouldn’t see, play it after prime time. I also remember the absolute outrage I heard on the radio–even the DJ’s from stations that had different formats were screaming from the rooftops. What puzzles me the most about censorship in music and television is the seeming lack of rhyme or reason. If it’s there, I sure as hell can’t figure it out. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391/27 "2001-02-01T03:40:55Z")
Umm, the thunder rolls also features her shooting him at the end of the song. The version on the radio had that verse removed. –John ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391/28 "2001-02-01T04:31:01Z")
The **only** scene from _Austin Powers_ edited by TBS Superstation: **Guard** : One Swedish-made … enlarger. **Austin** : [to Vanessa] That’s not mine. **Guard** : One credit card receipt for Swedish-made … enlarger signed by Austin Powers. **Austin** : I’m telling ya baby that’s not mine. **Guard** : One warranty card for Swedish-made … enlarger pump, filled out by Austin Powers. **Austin** : I don’t even know what this is! This sort of thing ain’t my bag, baby. **Guard** : One book, “Swedish-made … Enlargers And Me: This Sort of Thing Is My Bag Baby,” by Austin Powers. (I guess it’s possible they left out an ‘objectionable’ scene or two, but they certainly left in enough things more shocking than “penis”.) ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391/29 "2001-02-01T05:27:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Queen Isabella \* > \*\*From Bloodhound Gang’s song, _Bad Touch_: > > So put your hands down my \*\*\*\*\* > and I bet you’ll feel \*\*\*\* > > The bleeped words are **pants** and **nuts**. Sheesh. \*\* I’m really disappointed! One of the things I found wonderfully impressive (and amusing) about that song was that mangages to be rather explict and **wasn’t** censored at all around here (central and eastern PA). (Yes, we get the gun-less version of _Teenage Dirtbag_.) ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391/30 "2001-02-01T06:58:12Z")
God must is a bad, bad word. That is right, when someone says “Goddamn” on TV, “God” is bleeped or silenced out. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391/31 "2001-02-02T01:39:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Umm, the thunder rolls also features her shooting him at the end of the song No kidding? Either I’m not remembering it, or I saw a different version. But the last time I saw it was years ago, shortly after the song was released, so it’s most likely faulty memory on my part. ---
**Author:** ![Brood\_McEto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Brood\_McEto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brood_McEto)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391/32 "2001-02-02T04:45:55Z")
I hate listening to Rick Dees Top 40, because it edits songs so needlessly. I wouldn’t listen to it, but sometimes on weekend trips, the only sounds are his… Nelly: Country Grammar - He cuts out like 3 lines, which could be objectionable, but the way they do it totally disrupts the flow. It sucks. Shaggy’s It Wasn’t me: I’ve heard this 3 ways: First way the chorus was Picture this we were both caught making love on the bathroom floor. Second way: (Dees crap) Picture this we were both wearing aprons mopping the bathroom floor. Third way: (Dallas pop Radio) Picture this we were both buck naked banging on the bathroom floor. Who’s idea was it to leave the mic live on the field in the opening of the SuperBowl? Hmm… Also, I’ve said it before, but that Dixie Chicks ‘Earl had to die’ song is a bit much for me. They banned ‘Thunder Rolls’ because she got hit and he got killed, but it’s okay to poison some abuser… ugh. Rick Dees is the worst. I hate it. I agree that ya shouldn’t say bad words on the radio, but in the same context, let’s not ruin the artist’s intentions… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-censorship/52391.md?page=1)