{"id":4492,"date":"2011-03-23T00:58:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T05:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=4492"},"modified":"2011-03-23T00:58:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T05:58:04","slug":"repost-censorship-sucksfrom-cee-lo-green-to-pink-speaking-the-unspeakable-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2011\/03\/23\/repost-censorship-sucksfrom-cee-lo-green-to-pink-speaking-the-unspeakable-nytimes-com\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost :: Censorship Sucks::From Cee Lo Green to Pink, Speaking the Unspeakable – NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nThe offending syllable is right in the titles of two of the songs, deployed as an imperative by Cee Lo Green and as an adverbial participle by Pink. Mr. Green\u2019s song was nominated for a Grammy Award, where its televised listing was coyly phrased, \u201cThe Song Also Known as \u2018Forget You.\u2019 \u201d Pink\u2019s song, a self-help power ballad assuring insecure people that they don\u2019t have to be (emphatically) perfect, also has a cuss-free version. There\u2019s an airplay-ready variant of Enrique Iglesias\u2019s hardcore hit discreetly titled \u201cTonight (I\u2019m Lovin\u2019 You).\u201d But it\u2019s the bluntness of his original chorus \u2014 which is prefaced by Mr. Iglesias singing, \u201cI don\u2019t mean to be rude\u201d \u2014 that got the song noticed in the first place.
\nOf course he means to be rude! Pop songs fight to be noticed in an arms race of sentiments, gimmicks, sonic manipulation and promotional strategies. For Mr. Iglesias, trading pop\u2019s usual affectionate euphemism for the bluntly physical verb couldn\u2019t be more calculated; as a pop lover-boy, Mr. Iglesias decided that the crudity would turn on more fans than it would drive away. It\u2019s a cheap shot that worked. (He has also released a video clip set in a strip club, complete with topless women in a cage.)
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  The offending syllable is right in the titles of two of the songs, deployed as an imperative by Cee Lo Green and as an adverbial participle by Pink. Mr. Green\u2019s song was nominated for a Grammy Award, where its televised listing was coyly phrased, \u201cThe Song Also Known as \u2018Forget You.\u2019 \u201d Pink\u2019s song, … <\/p>\n

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