I buy a lot of the German and Swedish hits compilations and it's always amusing that explicit versions just end up on those as standard. Especially Jack Harlow's First Class on the current Bravo Hits 118...certain parts of that caught me off guard, I think I've only ever heard the song on the radio before.

 

On Now 112, Lizzo's multuple uses of bitch are not edited, I know they've censored bitch in the past, not sure if they do anymore usually.

Edited August 12, 20222 yr by gooddelta

*Warren G - 'Prince Igor' on Now 39 has a fair bit, despite being the 'Radio Edit' from the single (same on the music video).

*Tasmin Archer- In Your Care (Now 24) ('son of a ...!') depending on perhaps context or what you think of the word, I suppose, although performed on TOTP on radio as per.. in turn, the Meredith Brooks song on Now 38..

I think all NOW albums should be available on iTunes with the option for clean or explicit

Is Lizzo’s single About Damn Time the first occasion of the word “Damn” in a song title to be in the series? I imagine that there must be a few cases of the word being removed or replaced in some edited clean versions of many songs in the series.

I’m pretty sure they never edited out f*** her face off "Poker Face" on NOW 73

According to iTunes, the version of "Caught Out There" which appears on Now Millennium 2000-2001 is the explicit version. As I was previewing the song, I could hear the word "bitch" whereas on some compilations, that word is edited out. Also on "It Wasn’t Me", it says "bangin’" instead of "love"

Edited February 28, 20241 yr by Hadji

Just Like A Pill on Now Millennium 2002-2003 has the word "bitch" kept in

Just Like A Pill on Now Millennium 2002-2003 has the word "bitch" kept in

 

Radio stations used to play that version when it first come out, but in recent years most have edited it out.

 

If you count that, then you might as well add in Maredith Brookes on Now 38 with her track called ‘Bitch’.

Edited October 11, 20231 yr by gavindeejay

Radio stations used to play that version when it first come out, but in recent years most have edited it out.

 

If you count that, then you might as well add in Maredith Brookes on Now 38 with her track called ‘Bitch’.

The Meredith Brooks song has been mentioned on here a few times

Just Like A Pill would lose some effect without the word bitch in it. It was always in the radio edit as I recall.

One of the reasons why Now albums should never omit explicit lyrics is because they mostly try to aim their albums at the older audiences as the younger audiences tend to stream music where they will hear the explicit lyrics anyway so it’s pointless to omit the explicit lyrics

These days that's probably true. But until the market collapsed for Now before streaming started to dominate, I think a lot of people played Now CDs at family parties, and record stores and supermarkets would play them over their speakers, so swearing would have been pretty inappropriate in those contexts. I'm not sure it matters much anymore though.

These days that's probably true. But until the market collapsed for Now before streaming started to dominate, I think a lot of people played Now CDs at family parties, and record stores and supermarkets would play them over their speakers, so swearing would have been pretty inappropriate in those contexts. I'm not sure it matters much anymore though.

My local HMV still plays Now CDs over their speakers whenever they bring a new one out from spin-offs to numbered series and they also play artist albums with swearing on their albums ie. Eminem

They seem to think that the word "stiffness" is rude, hence why it was muted on "Really Love" when that appeared on Now 107

I’m pretty sure that "pissin’ me off" was left on Piece of Me on Now 69

Not necessarily a Now album but I heard Escapism on the radio yesterday and the only word edited out was cocaine. I found that a little odd.

Now 59: The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now

Now That's What I Call A Massive 80s Party has Captain Sensible's Happy Talk on it, and although it's pretty subtle, he does audibly use 'the c word' on it.

 

Most people never notice and think he's singing 'golly baby I'm a lucky cuss' but he intentionally mangles and hides the offending word.

 

He explained the whole story in a Q Magazine interview years ago.

Pretty sure that Now 12 included 'pissed' in Salt 'N' Pepa's Push It

 

Transvision Vamp's 'I Want Your Love' (Now 13) didn't have a swear word but sure that 'I just want your funky love' heavily implied f***ing love, especially the way Wendy James sang it.

Pretty sure that Now 12 included 'pissed' in Salt 'N' Pepa's Push It

Maybe because it was used in a different context. Every time Tubthumping appears, they always leave the word "pissing" in

Edited February 28, 20241 yr by Hadji