Clean version

I'm fairly new here, but I've been lurking for a long time.

Anyway, I'm curious about something, and I couldn't find anything where this had been discussed.

On the edited version of ATS, does anyone know why exactly they didn't edit "shit" out of Wretches & Kings? Also, on the edited version of When They Come for Me, if you listen closely on a few parts, you can still hear "motherfucker". Actually, I think on one part of the song they leave the word in its entirety. Not that it matters, but like I said, I'm curious.

 

eh, bad censorship is the issue. Just someones fuck up for not censoring the tracks correctly.

 

They didn't even note Wretches And Kings as an explicit track yet he says "shit" around three times.

 

It's weird, they had the incorrect title on the art book, and now they didn't censor the album correctly (the point of it being censored is to block out all swearing, not just fuck). Dodgy stuff.

 

Probably part of the journey!
/sarcasm

 

I reckon it's because only "fuck" is taken as swearing, and "shit" is OK. That's why on the iTunes screenshot only Blackout and WTCFM are clean.

 

How is "shit", used as an offensive term okay?

It's not like Mike is saying:

"To save face, how low can you go/
I'm taking a shit and it's coming out slow/"

He uses it offensively deeming it-- wait -- in this day and age I'll bet you can say fuck in a song 20 times and get away with it.

 

I agree. There's no such thing as a "bad word." It's the meaning of what you're saying, not the words themselves, that count. Why is it fine to say crap, and bad to say shit? Both words mean the exact same thing. Personally, I think it's some stupid rule people made up that have nothing to do with real morality.

 

As far as I know, when it comes strictly to profanity, "shit" isn't enough to warrant an album a Parental Advisory sticker. Silver Side Up by Nickelback has several songs with that word in it, but it isn't a PA album. So no need to censor it for the clean version.

 

So you're saying you're cool with a 4 year old calling you a motherfucker?

 

No, not what I said.

 

No, you all missed Ben's point. If you were called a motherfucker you would be offended, because in our day and age it is an offensive term. Using it differently would mean it isn't a curse since it's intention would be different (ow that hurt like a motherfucker).

 

"clean" versions are so 90's.

 

That'd be kind of funny actually.

 

I've been called many things, bastard, motherfucker, and a slew of other words that others find offensive, but the words aren't offensive it's how one interprets them.

 

lol, it would.

 

All I was saying was that words themselves are not inherently evil, it's just how you use them.

 

Yeah I misinterpreted your post. I agree...though there are exceptions.