Fuck censorship
So, on the advice of Josh Love (#4, near the bottom) I went to go find the video for Ghostface's "Run" (you can get it here). The song is indeed genius (both for THAT HAT and the fact that I defy you to give me a better example of sweaty desperation in pop music all year), but the stuff that got bleeped out was fucking stupid.
Okay, when Ghostface says "if you're selling drugs in the school zone", I guess I can see the rationale, but the key line in the chorus is the shouted out "Cops got - Guns!". They took out the word "guns".
I mean, what the fuck? Cops do have guns, it's not like he's fucking lying or something. And not only is the word inoffensive, it neuters the song entirely to yank it out. Pity.
Okay, when Ghostface says "if you're selling drugs in the school zone", I guess I can see the rationale, but the key line in the chorus is the shouted out "Cops got - Guns!". They took out the word "guns".
I mean, what the fuck? Cops do have guns, it's not like he's fucking lying or something. And not only is the word inoffensive, it neuters the song entirely to yank it out. Pity.
They bleeped "guns?" How very unamerican of them. Next thing you know they'll be censoring the "cars," "latte," and "preventative war."
Posted by
Jeromy Lloyd |
10:22 AM