Radio censorship

I don't know if there's another thread on this since I can't search properly...

But is it just me or is censorship of lyrics on radio way over the top? Example - on 2FM when they play Rihanna's Unfaithul they censor the word "gun." It's not like "gun" is bad language.

Nikki Hayes played it last week - censored - followed by Regulate by Warren G and that was totally uncensored - "They've got guns to my head" "Sixteen in the clip and one in the hole. Nate Dogg is about to make some bodies turn cold"

There's no consistency to this, some lyrics in some songs are blocked while others aren't. It drives me spare. I can understand censorship of genuine bad language but someone hearing the word "gun" isn't gonna make them want to kill someone.

Rant over

fade2black

Probably because Rhianna will be bought by 12 year olds. Know what you're saying though.

Mr E

What makes me smile is Green Days Boulevard of Broken Dreams gets played uncensored every time..... "Read between the lines, What's ****ed up and everything's alright, Check my vital signs, To know I'm still alive and I walk alone"

In comparison, censoring Gun is ridiculous.

DublinWriter

Karsini wrote:

But is it just me or is censorship of lyrics on radio way over the top? Example - on 2FM when they play Rihanna's Unfaithul they censor the word "gun." It's not like "gun" is bad language.

Bascially it's because of things being so strict regarding broadcast radio and tv in the states - most acts will have a 'radio-edit' version that goes out as a promo to radio stations with all the gang-banger type references and norty words blanked out.

Obviously they don't care about us liberal Europeans.

_feedback_

Very true last poster.. and a lot of jocks will be playing the music from one universal computer in the main on air studio.. some stations will have the radio edit and 'album' version as it might be known, on the computer, Others will just have the radio edit. Sometimes jocks will just play the uncensored version of their own accord aswell..from CD's etc.

Our man in Havana

Are there any BCI guidlines on this subject? Do they have a list of banned words?

HowllinPelle

they are probably compiling them now as we speak...the pricks

tbh

are the words not censored by the record company? the dj either plays the clean or dirty version, they don't choose which words to censor - I THINK.

remember electric 6 gay bar? "Lets start a

war

...start a

nuclear war

or was it "without me" when they censored the word

clitoris

I remember watching a segment about breast cancer on american tv, and they showed an anatomical model of a womans body (you know, a cutaway, showing muscles and tendons and stuff) and they had the nipples blacked out! WTF??!?

Well in the situation which made me open this thread, the entire track is muted so it sounds a bit amateur to be a record company edit.

projectmayhem

tbh wrote:

nipples

you can't say that on american radio either. you can get around it by saying "areola" within context only.