My Civilisation
Carl E. Anderson
canders at WJH.HARVARD.EDU
Thu Aug 31 19:23:59 EDT 1995
> Interesting that the word "fuck" is
> bleeped on the disc - this strikes me as out of character for The Brain
> Surgeons, but perhaps they've already got plans to release this as a single?
> Of course, looking at my comment, I'm thinking, "well, perhaps it was
> bleeped because that's exactly what I would expect the Brain Surgeons
> NOT to do" Like, the Brain Surgeons refusing to be typecast. Although,
> I thinkg this song would be a great single (and it's my favorite on the
> disc), so maybe the bleep is needed . . .
It's my opinion that it must have been done deliberately. If they
felt strongly about using the word "fuck" (if not actually "Belgium"--sorry
'bout that non-Hitchhiker's fans ;) they could have left it on the album
and bleeped a version for radio-play (thus also creating a rarer bleeped
version that would be immediately purchased by every BOC/BrS fan on the
list ;)
Or they could have just bleeped it for fun. After all, saying
"fuck" in a song is no longer new and shocking. But bleeping is much more
likely to get people's attention ... as y'all may note it has in fact done
on this list! :)
Cheers,
Carl
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