ImThatGuyToo Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 What was the first famous song that contained a swear word? Who Are You by the who contains the F word. That's the earliest I can think of. If anyone can think of any earlier one please let me know. Thanks.
edna Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 John Lennon wrote "Working Class Hero" with the line "When you´re still [bleep] crazy..." in 1970. The BBC replaced the F... by BEEP, but I recall in 1980, spending Xmas with my family in London, Lennon´s death was so close in time that they waved the song with the bad word inc.
EdL Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 What about Country Joe and the Fish at Woodstock (1969) when they replaced the F.I.S.H. cheer on "I Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die" with the F.*.*.* cheer? It's on the Woodstock album.
EdL Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 Another one just occurred to me. On the Beatles White Album (1968) John Lennon sings, on "I'm So Tired", ....and curse Sir Walter Raleigh he was such a stupid GET. These days, "get" may not sound like foul language but it certainly was in England in the 1960's. The Monkees song Alternate Title was originally titled Randy Scouse Get but they had to change it so the BBC would not ban it. As for the meaning of "Scouse", that's another story......
Crazy Don Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 I do know that the first dirty word in a song that got left on the 45 and on the radio version of the song is on Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion," in which the word "@$$" was used. It was probably not bleeped because it rhymed with "glass."
edna Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 What about Country Joe and the Fish at Woodstock (1969) when they replaced the F.I.S.H. cheer on "I Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die" with the F.*.*.* cheer? It's on the Woodstock album. You´re right, it´s the famous "Gimme an F... gimme a U... etc." It´s also in the movie... What I didn´t know is that "git" was a bleeped word...I thought it was liverpudian slang.
_Annabelle_ Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 Not really official but in "Hey Jude" (1968) at around 2:58 you can hear John Lennon mumble 'F-in hell' after he messes up something... that boy had a mouth on him. ::
MindCrime Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 The End by the Doors featured Jim screeching the F word in relation to how he wanted to treat his mother. I don't know about the very first though, I checked a music history listology, & that particular subject went unlisted.
Uncle Joe Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 I think you'd have to go back to the early 50's and the songs of Big Mama Thornton and her contemporaries to find the first songs wth expletives included.
ImThatGuyToo Posted October 17, 2004 Author Report Posted October 17, 2004 This seems to be an interesting topic...I think the earliest we have so far is The Beatles, right? I wonder if 'git' counts... I was thinking more along the lines of modern curse words. Any definitive answers?
Earth-Angel Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 he was such a stupid GET. These days, "get" may not sound like foul language but it certainly was in England in the 1960's. I believe the word is GIT. It is still an insult to call someone a git in the UK. Apparently (rumour has it) it means "pregnant camel" in Arabic.
Jugband_Blues Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 not exactly the question, but i'm pretty sure that "who are you?" is the only song that the language isn't bleeped out or censored on the radio. not sure why though.
Jugband_Blues Posted October 17, 2004 Report Posted October 17, 2004 i'm pretty sure the f-bomb was dropped in "revolution 9" by the beatles. i can here lennon say it in "hey jude" as well, but that wasn't really planned or a part of the song.
nobody_home Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 I remember the word "s***" is said somewhere in the Velvet Underground song, The Gift (1967), although it isn't really a famous song. I think the VU were so ahead of their time that they are still under appreciated by the mainstream. Maybe the first famous song to have a blatant curse word was KICK OUT THE JAMS MOTHERF***** (1969 MC5).
edna Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 Someone joked in another thread about John Lennon´s great number of "fbleepings" in his songs...
Jazzcat Posted October 28, 2004 Report Posted October 28, 2004 Can't remember the dates but two of the earliest uses of "mother" as half a word and very clearly spoken was on Jefferson Airplane's Volunteers and MC5 Kick Out the Jams.
behindblueeyez Posted October 28, 2004 Report Posted October 28, 2004 I don't remember when the Stones released "She's So Cold" but that has g-d*mn in it. Strange that they won't bleep that out but they bleep out bullsh*t in "Money"
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