Naughty words that go over my head
When wicked words get so subtle that I cannot even see where the wickedness lies must mean that "incorrect" speech has reached new heights of absurdity. Or maybe Alzheimer's has got me and I don't know it yet.
"Britney Spears' attempts to come back as the clean-living pop princess have come seriously unstuck - she has reportedly been forced to change the title of her new single. US radio stations threatened to ban Britney's If U Seek Amy, her third single from the album.
There's no four-letter swear word but fairly obviously an unsubtle title. "But all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek Amy," is also the catchy hook to the song and another bone of contention for radio.
Britney also knows that her music's target is young women and schoolgirls. Mothers have written they don't want their daughters to be singing the song.
Fearing the backlash of releasing the song in the controversy and about to embark on a world tour, Britney has, according to The Sun newspaper, altered the title. The song is now called If You See Amy.
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The most that I can make out of it is that "If U" could be seen as short for "F.U.", which means "f*ck you" but that is pretty indirect.
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Say it fast enough and If You Seek Amy becomes F-U-C-K Me. And, the lyrics of the song bear out that this is the intended meaning.
Word games are as old as media itself. Soupy Sales got fired from a children's program because of such games:
Soupy: Do you know your letters?
Sidekick: Yes.
Soupy: (writing A on blackboard) What's that?
Sidekick: An "A."
Soupy: (writing B on blackboard) What's that?
Sidekick: A "B."
Soupy: (writing C on blackboard) What's that?
Sidekick: A "D."
.....
Soupy: (writing F on blackboard) What's that?
Sidekick: A "K."
Soupy: Uhm...no, let's try again... [Repeat the excercise, sidekick calling "F" a "K" again.]
Finally Soupy, in frustration, turns to his sidekick and asks "Why is it every time I write F you see K?"
And again there was the song "If You See Kay" back in the 80s.
And yes, the intent in all three cases is to sneak a dirty concept past the sensors, and into the minds of our young, innocent children.
I say scar your children early. Someone's gonna do it, it might as well be you!
Or, perhaps the intention is to force us all to GROW UP!
This blog, January 17. Apparently some of the people who posted to that blog would not agree with you. Why is not ok to sing a song about if you see kay, but it is ok to write the 'f' work on blogs? Don't both go out to the masses? Why is one ok and the other not?
"Say it fast enough and If You Seek Amy becomes F-U-C-K Me."
Well, if Britney sang that song to me in a secluded spot I might consider obliging her.
If you say it out loud, you can hear the letters F U C Kay meee which spells it, not pronounces it. Kind of like that cologne from England, FCUK. The intent is there. Ah, the level to which our civilization has risen...
Think that Soupy Sales bit may be an urban legend. Did you verify it? At the very least check Snopes.
That aside, I think the age of people listining to Ms. Spears and that of a show directed to children in the 1950's are a tad different. (mental age may be another topic= but I digress)
Hell, I remember when a congressional committee wasted time trying to figure out if the words to Louie, Louie. were vulgar.
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