I’m so fucking tired of clicking on a song and finding out it’s the fucking censored version halfway through. It genuinely pisses me off, even if the censors are well done, it still fucks up the flow of the music. Songs should never be censored regardless of the amount of swears and innuendos; they’re a form of expression by artists and creators. Oh, what about the kids? Yeah fuck right off. Parent your children better. They’re eventually going to learn what curses are anyways.
Hot take, the radio edit of CeeLo Green’s “Fuck You” actually flows better.
You know, this is actually the one singular song where I actually prefer the censored version. 99.99% of the time it just dulls the edge of the song and nothing more, but in this case it kinda changes the meaning of the song. To me “forget you” sounds like he’s trying (albeit struggling) to move on from the girl. The “fuck you” version comes off as way more bitter. Plus like you said, it flows better
The radio edit I’ve heard just blanks out the “fuck” and the n-word and doesn’t change anything to have altered the flow. Is there another version or something?
I always assumed this was the radio edit. I think I was mostly listening to classic rock stations at the time…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKxodgpyGec
That does sound better than what I’ve heard and now I am wondering why the radio station I heard it on choose the crappy one.