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liontamer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 05:12 PM
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american censorship in music is insane!!!
latest example. Weezer has a song entitled "we are all on drugs"
sample lyrics:
"When you're out with your friends
In your new Mercedes Benz and you're
On drugs
And you show up late for school cuz
You think your really cool when you're
On drugs
And you put on your headphones
And you step into the zone when you're
On drugs
But the world don't care
If your not there cuz you're
On drugs

Give it to me
We are all on drugs yeah
Never getting enough (Never get enough)
We are all on drugs yeah
Give me some of that stuff (Wooooh)"

I get a fuse, a canadian channel, and have seen the video. I just saw on mtv2 , which is american, the exact same video except the song is now called "We are all in love" if you read lips it's obvious what's going on, and the things that happen in the video (accidents) only make sense if you know what the song is really about. What's even weirder, is that mtv put a little bubble on the bottom of the screen to say that "this is an anti drug song"

seriously, :wtf: play the song or don't this bizarre subterfuge is unneccessary and insulting.

:rant:
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 05:13 PM
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1. Censorshit sucks.
End censorship now.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 05:14 PM
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2. It's for the chiiilllldrenn that songs are censored
Can't have them thinking non prescription drugs are OK.

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liontamer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 05:15 PM
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3. lol
but thinking that being in love leads to impaired jugdgement?... on second thought, maybe that's true
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 05:16 PM
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4. In between all the Budweiser, Smirnoff and Bacardi commercials....
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bhuddaboy Donating Member (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 05:19 PM
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5. My Bad
My wife spent nearly a full hour trying to convince me the song had been aletered and I refused to believe her. I was adamant that they were singing "We are all in love". She was right. I was wrong. Yuck. Crow does not taste good.
:puke:
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liontamer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 06:09 PM
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8. sorry
at least you can admit when you're wrong
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 05:22 PM
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6. I agree - either play the song or don't
It bugs me too. :grr:
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Graf Orlok Donating Member (441 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 06:08 PM
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7. I hate it when they do that!
That's why I only watch Fuse. They don't censor their music as much.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 06:15 PM
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9. Great song.
Horrible censorship.
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-05 06:19 PM
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10. Ba-dadada-DAda-dadada...Let's Spend Some TIME Together!
Oh my my my oh my my, welcome to 1967 boys and girls! :thumbsup:

Aren't you excited? Let's borrow our parents clothes, just relive their youth, and be done with it already.
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