Sometimes songs get edited on the radio and re-recorded with alternative lyrics to become less offensive. The most obvious recent examples that come to mind are Cee Lo Green "Forget You" and Black Eyed Pea's "Lets Get It Started".
Well this morning I found out after all these years that I've been listening to the edited version of Money for Nothing by Dire Straights! Popped on the album and was listening away when the word 'faggot' hit my ears like a sledgehammer. Wut! When did that get included?! From day one apparently. All through my 90s childhood, I'd never once heard the original version. It's interesting that their best of album, from 1988 and called money for nothing, only includes the edited version of the song as well (an entire verse comes out). It's said in satire but I guess it was outdated language even in the 80s so I can understand why it came out.
Anyway there must be more interesting examples like this - any others of note?
Well this morning I found out after all these years that I've been listening to the edited version of Money for Nothing by Dire Straights! Popped on the album and was listening away when the word 'faggot' hit my ears like a sledgehammer. Wut! When did that get included?! From day one apparently. All through my 90s childhood, I'd never once heard the original version. It's interesting that their best of album, from 1988 and called money for nothing, only includes the edited version of the song as well (an entire verse comes out). It's said in satire but I guess it was outdated language even in the 80s so I can understand why it came out.
Anyway there must be more interesting examples like this - any others of note?