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Catchy song, lots of fun - On a side note, while I was in Australia last fall they were playing Thrift Shop uncensored on the radio. We'll never hear that in th
by jbuzbee 14y ago
Catchy song, lots of fun - On a side note, while I was in Australia last fall they were playing Thrift Shop uncensored on the radio. We'll never hear that in the states. How about the rest of the world? Does it get uncensored air play in Europe, Asia, etc?
- fnordfnordfnord 14y agoIn Europe, stations play the grown-up versions of songs, and even play songs for which there is no hope of a censored version. Example: The Ballad of Chasey Lain, which received some radio play in Germany a number of years ago.
- tobylane 14y agoBy Europe you mean continental? FM/DAB radio in the UK follows ofcom standards, but French daytime music tv plays F You by Lily Allen.
- Samuel_Michon 14y agoOutside of the UK, almost no one makes the distinction between 'continental' Europe and those islands on the coast of France. Also, that water between England and France? Most of the world refers to it as 'the Channel', while the British tend to refer to it as 'the Atlantic'. Both are correct, of course, but it does show how significant the British find that 4 mile wide gap.
- GHFigs 14y agoNobody has a monopoly on exceptionalism.
- chewit 14y agoI'm British and I have never heard anyone call the Channel the Atlantic. I'm not saying your generalisation is wrong (there does seem to be a very us|them mentality here) but just thought it was worth a note - in fact, we call the tunnel, The Channel Tunnel.
- coldtea 14y ago>Does it get uncensored air play in Europe, Asia, etc? Yes, in Europe we're mostly treated like adults.
- jbuzbee 14y agoTo be clear, it plays uncensored over the air in the States too as long as it's on Satellite-radio or pay-TV.
- trafficlight 14y agoThe version I've been hearing on XM at the gym is censored.
- duaneb 14y agoPretty sure that's unusual-most (but not all!) programs are explicitly uncensored.
- _stephan 14y agoThough I sometimes suspect that radio stations wouldn't play certain songs during the day if the average listener actually understood the English lyrics. (I'm from Germany.)
- mynameishere 14y agoThe point is, not everyone listening to a broadcast is an adult. I mean, the laws are completely obsolete, but there's a logic to them.
- jaggederest 14y agoYou've clearly never had a 12 year old spew all the seven dirty words at you (and some I had to look up) What are you protecting kids from at this point?
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- Jackim 14y agoI've heard the uncensored version in Canada.
- bobbles 14y agoLikely only on the station Triple J, which does give a strong language warning before songs (but will happily play pretty much anything uncensored). Most other stations even sensor the line 'big-ass coat'...
- nekojima 14y agoI've heard uncensored 50 Cent & Eminem in the toy section of Japanese department stores (as well as elsewhere in the stores, but hearing in the toy section was most memorable). Many of the locals don't understand most of the lyrics, but liked the tune or beat.
- siphor 14y agoIt's funny how content doesn't play into whether a song is censored or not... I mean this song is about shopping.. and a few 'bad' words are censored.. It's also probably one of the more innocent rap songs out there. Maybe we can drop this censoring bullshit when people realize the words aren't really the thing thats bad..