Don't care. I just don't like songs like 'f*** You' by CeeLo Green and Lily Allen as I think they're getting the token novelty buyers that will buy it just because they swear etc... although I do adore Eamon's track (his follow-up 'I Love Them Hoes' was vile though and sits with CeeLo and Lily's tracks!) though. Although it does slightly over use the swear words, but I think it was a one off and something that hadn't been done quite to that extent before. So it was unique and original. Plus people can relate to it.

 

Like Cremey, they're just words which 99% of the population use now so why does having them in songs make it any more offensive? Also, I think P!nk's 'F**kin' Perfect' for example, it is needed as it gives the song the emotion and emphasis it really needs for it to hit you properly.

 

So I honestly don't care whether they swear or not as some times it works, but sometimes it can be a bit too much.

Where's the difference between f***in' perfect and f*** You by Lily Allen? I think Lily's song needed more the use of f*** You! Really gives the right meaning to the song and express exactly Lily's feelings (and i suppose a lot of other people too)!

Don't care.

 

In a bizarre way I actually prefer some songs with the swear words cut out - I got so used to the radio edit of Crack A Bottle that when I first heard the non-censored version it just sounded wrong.

 

It was a real shock when I first heard the album version of James Blunt's 'You're Beautiful'! :o

It was a real shock when I first heard the album version of James Blunt's 'You're Beautiful'! :o

 

It was a real shock when I first heard 'You're Beautiful' - I didn't think it'd be possible for a song to be that sleep inducing and bland. How the hell was THAT #1 for 5 weeks (and 1 week in the USA where almost no British acts ever get #1)? :mellow:

Edited February 9, 201114 yr by ★BlindFaithBray★

I don't care- if people feel they have to add swearing to their song , thats fine and sometimes it adds emotion and as with f*** You and I Don't Want You Back it adds to the message of the song and if I like the song, its not really a problem

 

although I have to admit, its pointless occasionally- a song as MOR and radio friendly as You're Beautiful having a swear word in it really shocked me :o it could be because I'm so used to the radio version, but I think 'flying high' just sounds so much more appropriate than 'f***ing high'- I just find that completely pointless :huh:

Edited February 9, 201114 yr by chart wizard

Love a bit of swearing in songs :lol: Whose with me?

 

The more suggestive the better :P

Yes.

 

Well, i like it used in moderation, e.g. "I'm a free bitch baby", "I'm telling you 'bout the $h!t we do'", "snap, snap to that $h!t on the radio" etc.

 

But i don't like it when words are constantly used and repeated throughout, e.g. "f*** You" and "Tonight, I'm f***ing You...".

 

If the songs have a clean version i listen to that instead of the explicit one, which is good because i f***ing LOVE 'Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)'. :P

 

I voted "Don't care", because it can add emphasis on the message of the song, AND be the sign of a limited vocabulary/be included solely to shock. I usually get the clean versions or radio edits of songs if I don't like the swearing in them.

I don't mind it sometimes, for example Alanis' wonderful You Oughta Know just wouldn't be the same without the classic F moment and surely has to be one of the better examples of swearing for a reason.

 

On the whole though I'd rather they didn't as it does detract from my enjoyment of a song if it swears for pointless reasons, see most rap music for example - I know it's how they choose to express themselves but it just isn't a nice listening experience for me. I particularly hate hearing MF in a song.

Swearing is good in a song. Cee-Lo Green's 'F**k You' is more powerful than 'Forget You' and more realistic. I mean if you're girl's cheating on you are you going to say "Forget You" or "F**k You!"

 

And swearing is needed in rap to add a syllable that couldn't be replaced with another word. e.g in Pass Out

 

"Where's my f**king clap, where's my encore?" What could of he said instead of the f word, nothing. Swearing is needed.

 

Oh, and what would "S&M" be without the words "sex", "chains" and "whips" ??? The title's called S&M so the song needs to be about sex!!!

 

In Enrique's case, saying the f word doesn't add anything to the song and he is just trying to be cool and gangsta by having a swear word in the title of a song, a trend that's starting to pick up.

 

But I've voted yes, as in most cases it does have emphasis on the message, especially in songs like "Love The Way You Lie" and "F**k You"

I think it adds emphasis....Eminem's music is a good example. It wouldn't be the same without the swearing.

Love a bit of swearing in songs :lol: Whose with me?

 

The more suggestive the better :P

I'm with you on this one.

Swearing is a form of expression, as is music. The two are always going to cross over at some point, it's all about freedom of speech/expression (i can't remember which, maybe it's both) and you don't have to listen the uncut versions if you don't want, it's like I don't like songs with racist or homophobic themes, but I don't listen to them, so they don't bother me! :)

Edited February 9, 201114 yr by Leonardo

I said don't care, as whether it has swearing in or not I may or may not like the song. That said, I prefer F*** You to Forget You, F***ing Perfect to Perfect and Tonight (I'm F***ing You) to Tonight (I'm Loving You). :P

Swearing doesn't offend me and I'm not a child, OAP or someone who lives a sheltered life so why should it bother me?

 

I do think it's kinda sad when people try and do it for shock value and it seems desperate though, but that's not all the time.

I don't really care about it, doesn't bother me at all though sometimes there isn't really any need I suppose. As for current songs, I prefer 'Forget You' to 'f*** You', but I always listen to the explicit versions of 'Tonight (I'm f***in' You)' & 'f***in' Perfect'.

I don't mind it sometimes, for example Alanis' wonderful You Oughta Know just wouldn't be the same without the classic F moment and surely has to be one of the better examples of swearing for a reason.

 

On the whole though I'd rather they didn't as it does detract from my enjoyment of a song if it swears for pointless reasons, see most rap music for example - I know it's how they choose to express themselves but it just isn't a nice listening experience for me. I particularly hate hearing MF in a song.

Apart from the hidden track on EMF's Schubert Dip :D

'Billionaire' annoyed me recently. I prefer the 'frickin' version so much better, it just seems really unneeded when Bruno Mars says the stronger equivalent.

 

'Forget You' I listened to very happily for ages not even knowing of the original, and when I finally did I still listened to the 'Forget' version as it sounds better and I was more used to it. Sometimes swearing works - Lily Allen's famous track and of course Rage Against the Machine - and sometimes it just feels really unnecessary and you wonder why they couldn't have just used another word. As recently as 20 years ago, there were still whole top 40s that probably didn't include a single swear word at all in the lyrics, these days we must have broken the record surely?

 

When it's necessary, yes. Most of the time no, unless we get to a point in the future when swearing becomes so normal and commonplace that it just becomes part of the vocabulary...

I don't have a problem with the odd swear word in a song, but all too often nowadays, it is used to excess, which rather defeats the object. After the first few naughty words, you simply tune the rest out.

 

There's always the issue of promo too - TV & radio will *always* have a problem with bad language in songs, and while getting one song banned may generate extra publicity to offset the reduced media exposure, that trick soon becomes very old.