It’s because lyrics are written from the perspective of a moron.
From Wikipedia:
According to Knopfler, he was in New York City and had visited an appliance store. At the back of the store was a wall of televisions which were all tuned to MTV. Knopfler said that standing next to him, watching the TVs, there was a male employee, dressed in a baseball cap, work boots, and a checkered shirt, who was delivering boxes. As they were watching MTV, as Knopfler recalled, the man came out with lines such as, “What are those, Hawaiian noises?.. That ain’t workin’,” etc. Knopfler then requested a pen to write some of these lines down, and eventually put them to music.
Radio be recoiling at ‘little faggot’ then drop a ‘Hawaiian Noises’ @1.2x speed with the DJ talking over any intro like it’s not the same crime! who speeds up a song!?
Woosh
This is the best reaction I’ve seen to this tired discussion.
😀 Listening to that really catchy song from America when you’re not a native speaker
😧 Once you learn a bit of English and realize they’re singing about doing a school shooting
Lemme guess.Pumped Up Kicks?
Yeah that’s the one.
I was thinking Pearl Jam’s Jeremy
Isn’t he talking about people talking about him in the cut verse? Referring to himself? He’s not calling anyone a bundle of sticks, he’s repeating what he’s been called
About some other guy on MTV, according to Wikipedia
As someone not affected by this, I am curious. Are gay people offended by this song? My guess was no because the lyrics are making fun of the people who called them that, but now I am uncertain.
It’s literally impossible to be offended when the guitar is that good. You wanna know what happens to Money for Nothin when your sound system gets twice as good? it doubles in quality. This rule applies for any sound system ever invented.
I think the fact that the radio edit cuts out that verse answers your question.
By that logic black people cringe in pain listening to every other hip hop release for including that word. Which I also doubt.
Point being, radio stations censoring themselves preemptively because someone, somewhere, might take offense isn’t a good indicator of how the affected people actually feel about it.
Perhaps you can test this for yourself?
Wait outside your nearest gay bar and call anyone that walks out a removed?
The song does not call anyone a faggot, it’s quoting an (probably) hypothetical person thoughts.
(Sorry for spelling it out - but I am convinced not using an evil word does only make the word an even stronger weapon)
How is that in any way the same thing? I wouldn’t call a black person the other word either, in music or art it’s fine though.
Are you gay?
Only on Sundays.
Are you offended?
Yeah buddy, that’s his own hair.
Worst of all, radio edits of “Sultans of Swing” that cut the guitar solo…
