Hermione Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 I think Minority is almost clean It says "Fuck 'em all!" twice I agree about the swearing, artists release songs with swearing in them all the time and have done for years and it's no big deal. They can just be bleeped on the radio.
Harry Potter. Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 I agree about the swearing, artists release songs with swearing in them all the time and have done for years and it's no big deal. They can just be bleeped on the radio. If there's a song with one, two, or maybe even three swears then I think it's okay to bleep all of the swears, but the problem is Green Day's new songs (from the trilogy) would in my opinion sound terrible if all the swears were bleeped out. How would this sound... Someone kill the DJ! Kill the *bleep*in' DJ! or Oh baby baby it's *bleep* time! ...repeated over and over all the time?
1039SweetChildren Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 I really dont think the guys are catering to radio this time around. 21st Century Breakdown took the safe route with singles and that didn't even work out that well. Releasing a song called "Kill the DJ" with the line "Shoot the fucking DJ" repeated a bunch of times in the chorus is a fun gamble to take. They have nothing to prove to anyone! Though I guess "Oh Love" was the safe radio single for Uno.
Hermione Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 If there's a song with one, two, or maybe even three swears then I think it's okay to bleep all of the swears, but the problem is Green Day's new songs (from the trilogy) would in my opinion sound terrible if all the swears were bleeped out. How would this sound... Someone kill the DJ! Kill the *bleep*in' DJ! or Oh baby baby it's *bleep* time! ...repeated over and over all the time? Sometimes that can work though. If it's obvious what the word is then it can be kind of a funny/cheeky thing to hear the beep each time when everyone knows what's really being said. Or if they used another word like "funk" it could work a similar way. There's tons of songs with lots of swearing beeped out on the radio every day and it's not a problem.
Sweet Armataged Chump Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Sometimes that can work though. If it's obvious what the word is then it can be kind of a funny/cheeky thing to hear the beep each time when everyone knows what's really being said. Or if they used another word like "funk" it could work a similar way. There's tons of songs with lots of swearing beeped out on the radio every day and it's not a problem. Shoot the funky DJ? It's funk time? well, that just sounds gay
7 P 5 (Kyra) Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Shoot the funky DJ? It's funk time? well, that just sounds gay If it sounds gay then that's even better.
Hermione Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 I dunno, I just don't get why people are acting like there's a problem with songs that contain swearing being on the radio. They can either bleep it, just cut the word out, or replace it with a different word or sound. Sometimes the fact that there's a dirty version that everyone knows about can even work to the song's advantage. Fuck You/Forget You by Cee-Lo and Dedication To My Ex by Lloyd are recent huge hits with a ton of swearing that spring to mind, there was no problem with them getting airplay and if anything the fact that everyone knows the original version is rude makes the songs even more appealing.
DannyDirnt Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 I just don't think Green Day even cares about their songs being censored on radio. Radio is stupid anyway.
Todd Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 I think Minority is almost clean Except for a fuck or two
Sweet Armataged Chump Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 I think Minority is almost clean yes and so is Longview.
petros Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Do you guys really care if the singles are radio friendly?Have you heard what music is considered nowadays "radio friendly"? You mean you want to hear a green day song after a nicki minaj one?Ok...
Annie, get your gun Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Yeah, radio's full of crap. What's important is that we'll have all the original songs right from the cds and we ain't gonna need to listen the radio!
Sixtrix Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 were there also so many worries about censorship when Holiday was announced to be a single?
WalkingContradictionPL Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 To tell the truth there are some songs in Polish radios which aren't clean. I don't know why one are censored and the other one aren't. It's as huge mistery as the date of Oh Love video's premiere Do you guys really care if the singles are radio friendly?Have you heard what music is considered nowadays "radio friendly"? You mean you want to hear a green day song after a nicki minaj one?Ok... Yes, beacause it's a chance for new fans. I heard KYE after one of the Disney star song (I don't remember who it was) and I realised what the great music means.
petros Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 Yes, beacause it's a chance for new fans. I heard KYE after one of the Disney star song (I don't remember who it was) and I realised what the great music means. And why do you care if they get new fans?Not trying to sound selfish or something it would be great if they are really really famous but since you are a fan and you hear the songs why would you care for more people start listening to them too? It's not that Green Day are an underground band
WalkingContradictionPL Posted August 8, 2012 Posted August 8, 2012 And why do you care if they get new fans?Not trying to sound selfish or something it would be great if they are really really famous but since you are a fan and you hear the songs why would you care for more people start listening to them too? It's not that Green Day are an underground band I just want to save some souls which listens to shitty music I'll probably go to hell, but if I can do something good, I'm trying to
No Rhyme Or Reason Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 And why do you care if they get new fans?Not trying to sound selfish or something it would be great if they are really really famous but since you are a fan and you hear the songs why would you care for more people start listening to them too? It's not that Green Day are an underground band It' just cool seeing new people discover and fall in love with a great band - like Green Day. I know I - and many others here on GDC - wouldn't have known anything about Green Day had their songs not been played on MTV and the radio. I'm glad their songs were played and that I was able to discover good music. (And not just by Green Day - I found dozens of great artists through the radio/MTV, mostly back when they actually played lots of good music. The last few years it's been a lot rarer....) Also, if good music can get on the radio, and enough of it, eventually radio could be good again. In theory. So more GD on the radio could maybe eventually lead to more music kind of like that (cause you know how people in the music industry love to jump and bandwagons - hence the whole dance pop eruption), which means better music on the radio. It's been good before, it could be good again. Plus, the popular music genre shifts every 5 or whatever years (kind of like politics and their pendulum swinging from more conservative to more liberal ever 8 years or so). It's about time to go back to rock, right? I hope so. I am sick of dance pop... And it would be nice if radio was more listenable again.
Todd Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 Any more pictures of the physical single? The front maybe?
No Rhyme Or Reason Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 Any more pictures of the physical single? The front maybe? One more in this thread-
Heather. Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 I have the overwhelming urge to say "BJ killed the DJ." Glad that crap is out of my system.
solongfromthestars Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 I don't really care about the radio because I never listen to it anyway, but it's cool if people get to discover Green Day - that could really change their lives like it did for me and many others. We had a thread a while back called something like "Green Day make the world a better place" and I think that pretty much sums it up I have the overwhelming urge to say "BJ killed the DJ." Glad that crap is out of my system. They should replace the lyrics with that. Although with all this sexual tension around, you might begin to question whether the BJ that killed him is Billie Joe or something different... I'm sorry.
That Dude Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 There wasn't an issue with Holiday or Minority because there were only one or two words to be bleeped. But now, with songs like Let Yourself Go, F-time and Kill the DJ it seems like they may be butchered to the point of the song sounding bad. Around here, they bleep out words like "kill', "shoot", "drown", "shoplift"....so Kill the DJ would be "the DJ" and....yeah. almost an instrumental. Fortunately, I don't listen to the radio much.
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