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Monday, December 12, 2005

Radio Edits (and other annoyances du jour)

I am wondering what possesses radio stations to edit the same word out of one song but not another. Roommate says it is all contextual, but many of the songs use the same word in the SAME context, or the song that is edited is in a BETTER context than the non-edited song. This is really starting to piss me off, and that's not really something one should get too worked up about.

Another thing is that in Pakistan they are banning a kite festival because of its Hindu background. Oh, and sometimes people fall of roofs in their excitement and die. They are KITES people. I do not care WHAT connotations are behind the festival...it's some paper secured to some sticks on strings...GET OVER IT.

Presentation to be made to my colleagues tomorrow. Nervousness abounds. Wish me luck!

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3 Comments:

  • At 11:22 PM , Blogger Likestrek said...

    How odd you bring the radio editing up. I was just thinking about that very subject today for somr reason. I never understand it since it's usually obvious what word they removed. "Golddigger" is a fairly current example. It's "weed" people!

     
  • At 5:47 AM , Blogger LadyVader said...

    It's word like "ass" and "bitch" which I find fascinating when they are/aren't edited.

     
  • At 10:26 AM , Blogger Likestrek said...

    Yeah, I remember when I worked at my colege radio station it was "Back That Thang Up." Why they edit out words that they say frequently on "family hour" television makes little sense to me but I suppose that why Howard Stern moved to sattelite...

     

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