Profanity

[scott salvatori]

yep, i'm a big fan of coe.  yep, in fact just had "redneck rock n roll son of the south" cranked loud,louder, and loudest yesterday.   but them d.a.c. under the counter recordings you speak of are crapola.  lets bury them all in a casket on the count of three, and forget they ever existed!

[firepoint525]

One of our local stations (can't remember which one) played a version that went "I done tole you once you son of a" [1-second pause][crowd going "awwwwww"] because there was some community complaints (letters to the editor, that kind of thing) about stations playing the "SOB" version.
So I don't think country's ever been "family friendly" around here either...

Wouldn't it have been easier (and a lot less obvious!) to just go ahead and play the "son of a gun" version?

[johnbasalla]

The edited-out words to "A Boy Named Sue" is "Son of a B*tch", I believe.  Sony/Columbia has released the complete San Quentin concert which has the song unedited on it.

I think the "Gay Ben" song referred to in a previous post is actually "The Ballad of Ben Gay" by Ben Gay and The Silly Savages (Elm Records, 1973).  Elm Records was an independent label out of Westminister California. 
Another one of this nature that actually was a modest Country chart hit was "C.B. Savage" by Rod Hart (Plantation Records, 1976).  Plantation was often good for some off-center hits.  Who can forget "Harper Valley P.T.A." by Jeannie C. Riley?

[ChrisInMI]

Don't forget the word "@$$" getting bleeped (actually muted) in Jo Dee Messina's "I'm Alright."

And for sure, AC isn't family friendly anymore.  There are still some AC stations that claim to be "safe for the whole family" but then you turn them on and they have Lady Gaga talking about her "muffin" and Katy Perry warbling about having a menage a trois last Friday night.  But that's another topic.  Really most of the stations that I hear making the "family friendly" claim today are Contemporary Christian formatted.

[jfrancispastirchak]

The edited-out words to "A Boy Named Sue" is "Son of a B*tch", I believe... 
I think the "Gay Ben" song referred to in a previous post is actually "The Ballad of Ben Gay" by Ben Gay and The Silly Savages (Elm Records, 1973).  Elm Records was an independent label out of Westminister California... Who can forget "Harper Valley P.T.A." by Jeannie C. Riley?

I was the origional inquiring poster, re Boy Named Sue & Gay Ben.  Thanks for those informative replies. 

Re, JCR's Harper Valley PTA-- perhaps not the most "family friendly" lyrics, but I think the message had more to do with hypocricy than hanky panky.

[johnbasalla]

You are correct about "Harper Valley PTA" being about hypocrisy.  If you want some interesting Country-based music to explore, search out Plantation Records.  They tended to be left-of-center.  Even one of their instrumentals is unique... "Groovy Grubworm" by Harlow Wilcox and The Oakies (1969) is way-cool.  A real Rockin' Country groove!

[jfrancispastirchak]

It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Off All Day Long  Cherry Bombs, Vince Gill

[James Otto Sweet Heart]

What I definitely don't go for are the finger flipping references that are now in country music.

1.) "He flipped me the bird and then he was gone."-Blake Shelton's "Some Beach"
2.) "There was one of her flipping the bird..."-Clay Walker's "Before She Was Mama"
3.) "I'm giving you the one in the middle."-Sarah Johns "The One In The Middle"

God bless you always!!!

Holly

[jfrancispastirchak]

What I definitely don't go for are the finger flipping references that are now in country music.
1.) "He flipped me the bird and then he was gone."-Blake Shelton's "Some Beach"
2.) "There was one of her flipping the bird..."-Clay Walker's "Before She Was Mama"
3.) "I'm giving you the one in the middle."-Sarah Johns "The One In The Middle"
God bless you always!!!
Holly

Puhleeeze! Just leave the vulgarity where it belongs, in rap songs.

[James Otto Sweet Heart]

^^^ Amen to that!!!

God bless you always!!!

Holly