Resurrected this from the dead to post a new example I just thought of:
Love Galore by SZA. I dunno why, maybe it's because I heard the clean version before the explicit one, but that swearing in the first verse feels super unnecessary and for some reason, I really like the way the lines flow with the final line censored out.
Along with "Let's Get It Started," that's really the only example I can think of.
i. cant believe i ever condoned censoring our queen sza ?? awful take 2017 me
i accidentally listened to the clean version of vigilante s**t by taylor on midnights release day and the shhh actually sounds cool with the haunting vibe
"I'm Good at Being Bad" by TLC. The choices of knocks and other sounds to censor the lyrics are so funny and over the top to me, plus this "clean" version got to keep the "Love To Love You Baby" sample. Donna Summer's team made them remove it from the explicit.
Post by thiccqueenweesa on Feb 11, 2024 19:20:08 GMT -5
The Radio Disney version of Lou Bega's "Mambo #5" is still a legendary edit in my opinion. It wasn't "explicit" per se but c'mon, it's Radio Disney so you gotta change "liquor store" to "candy store." But to change the girl names to the Mickey Mouse characters in the song was a whole new epic level.
Noah Cyrus' "Stay Together" - her saying "I shattered my phone on the cement/But I don't give a FUCK" sounds forced and barely on-beat. The clean version says: "I shattered my phone on the cement/But it's still lighting up", which is a better and much less clunky lyric.
I like the Radio Disney version too but a few of the changes are pretty Kidz Bop - "It went straight to my head/I went outside so I could catch my breath", "Finish and hurry, please".
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