heartbeats
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Post by heartbeats on Feb 4, 2011 17:11:45 GMT -5
What the fuck is this suppose to be?
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Feb 5, 2011 0:09:52 GMT -5
Sure, it may be attention grabbing. For me, I heard the titles of all those songs before I heard them. I wasn't compelled to go listen to the songs. I still haven't heard the Enrique one. I think you're digging too deep into this marketing ploy. Sure it is one, but I don't think it's been as successful as you think it's been. I think it worked for Cee Lo as that was the main focus, or motivation factor to draw attention to the song. The fact that the song itself is clever and catchy kept it going. I think for Pink, it suits her personality based on previous songs but I think Perfect would have been a hit without it. It seems like a cheap way to grab attention to me. The Enrique one baffles me. I didn't even know that was the original title until this topic. So that is pointless to me.
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Arson
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Post by Arson on Feb 5, 2011 21:44:42 GMT -5
I didn't know the original Enrique title either until someone told me. It taints the song for me a little since I'm not a fan of expletives in songs... and it totally sucks when you get the CD especially for rap artists I like and it's the swearing versions.
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David
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Post by David on Feb 7, 2011 1:06:45 GMT -5
I feel like they're trying to get some sort of cheap shock value by changing it to F*@$ing Perfect. Its not though. Once the official radio edit was released it was changed to "F**kin Perfect (Perfect)" on Mediabase. I don't know if it was Mediabase or her label that had that temporary fug title. lol . Same for Perfect, it's good, not that good. But people checked it out because of the title. Probably wouldn't have gotten much attention if it was called "simply perfect" No. This doesn't apply to any of the "f**k" songs. Plenty of songs have had the "f-word" in them and people didn't suddenly rush to buy them. Sure, it may be attention grabbing. For me, I heard the titles of all those songs before I heard them. I wasn't compelled to go listen to the songs. I still haven't heard the Enrique one. I think you're digging too deep into this marketing ploy. Sure it is one, but I don't think it's been as successful as you think it's been. Thank you! Like I said, songs with the f-word in them have been around for a while. Its nothing new. Its just a lot of people don't give a s**t anymore. Sure, it may be attention grabbing. For me, I heard the titles of all those songs before I heard them. I wasn't compelled to go listen to the songs. I still haven't heard the Enrique one. I think you're digging too deep into this marketing ploy. Sure it is one, but I don't think it's been as successful as you think it's been. I think it worked for Cee Lo as that was the main focus, or motivation factor to draw attention to the song. The fact that the song itself is clever and catchy kept it going. I think for Pink, it suits her personality based on previous songs but I think Perfect would have been a hit without it. It seems like a cheap way to grab attention to me. The Enrique one baffles me. I didn't even know that was the original title until this topic. So that is pointless to me. Mmm.. Yes & no about Cee-Lo. I think its called "F**k You" because it fits the song itself. Its what the song is about. Titling it anything else wouldn't have been fitting. I do agree on P!nk though. It still would have been a hit without the F-word in the title. Enrique's is definitely pointless, but I'm pretty sure the song is called Tonight (I'm F**kin You) in the ( ). So its like, in the title, but not. To me, that seems more like marketing for attention and not even hiding it. Its like, "we could just call this song "Tonight" and planned on it, but we'll include the "I'm F**kin You" part as well off to the side. I think P!nk's & Enrique's would have been hits without the f-word in the title. I don't think Cee-Lo's would have been, simply because he isn't really known that well. The song itself is a hit, but I think using the f-word in the title helped it get noticed. P!nk & Enrique's songs didn't even need it in the title, nor did having the f-word in the title suddenly help.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Feb 7, 2011 4:41:31 GMT -5
Its not though. Once the official radio edit was released it was changed to "F**kin Perfect (Perfect)" on Mediabase. I don't know if it was Mediabase or her label that had that temporary fug title. lol Yeah but either way, it wasn't changed to just Perfect. They still incorporated some form of "F**kin" or whatever in there when the word, in its censored form, isn't even in the song anymore. With Cee-Lo's song, the title varies depending on which version it is. Forget You. Eff You. Fuck You. I think P!nk's & Enrique's would have been hits without the f-word in the title. I don't think Cee-Lo's would have been, simply because he isn't really known that well. The song itself is a hit, but I think using the f-word in the title helped it get noticed. P!nk & Enrique's songs didn't even need it in the title, nor did having the f-word in the title suddenly help. Pretty much. I just think, in the case of Enrique and Pink, having it in the title cheapens the songs, especially with Pink's song. It's as if keeping it there they're trying to give her some sort of edge or hardness that she doesn't really need. I'm the type of person that says it's just another word that offends some people but at the end of the day, most people see that word in public as being some sort of a shock. I simply think it's a pointless shock in these cases.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2011 13:59:59 GMT -5
I don't think the F word in any of these songs is the main reason for the success, especially because the versions played on the radio don't even have the slightest hint of the fact that the word is there in the original version. If I had to say any of them had even the slightest bit of help it would be Cee Lo's because he's never had success as a solo artist until now and the initial internet hype was because of the "I Am A Rock"-esque irony of the relationship between the music and lyrics. But given that the song only really started exploding after Glee and the slew of Grammy nominations, I think that is a bigger reason for its success, although you could argue it may never have appeared on Glee or gotten those nominations if it hadn't gotten that initial attention. Still I think the irony of the relationship between the music and lyrics (not to mention it is insanely catchy) would have still helped to get the song attention even if it wasn't as profane. In the case of P!nk she is one of the biggest pop artists of the past decade and the song sounds like a hit, and Enrique is following up a huge hit with something that sounds like it followed a by the numbers rulebook on how to create a hit in 2011.
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Feb 7, 2011 14:23:52 GMT -5
When Janet Jackson is no longer making music.
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halo19
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Post by halo19 on Feb 12, 2011 21:24:09 GMT -5
Maybe Nelly Furtado will send a live version of her vulgarity single "Shit on the Radio" to um radio in years to come.
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atlantaboy
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Post by atlantaboy on Feb 15, 2011 20:25:30 GMT -5
Green Day has a new CD coming out called "Awesome As F**K"
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