Swearing on stage/recording

The most surprising instance of the F word was during Pigs (Three Different Ones).  "You f**ked up old hag."  I remember listening to that on the radio (along with the Who's Who Are You ["Who the f**k are you?"]) and thinking, my god, did he just sing that?  Later when I bought the album, I discovered that he did.  There were some great mavericks back in '70's album-oriented rock stations.  In both those instances I believe that contextually the word fits.  But in-between songs (with the exception of the afore-mentioned Ted Nugent... the Motor City Madman has way with words... lol ... and you knew that that was part of his act) in a performance that was not necessarily promoted as "Rated M for mature" I would like the performers to show a little restraint, given there might be some young teens in the audience.

el böthy wrote: It really depends who says it for me. Cause if...Jon Anderson comes out saying "lets all f**k tonight", well that would be just plain stupid. But when Maynard shouts "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck you buddy" in Hooker with a pennis, its just orgasmic...oh sorry, f**king orgasmic

I agree.

I couldn't care less... f**k is one of the most beautiful words in the English language if you ask me...

Trouserpress wrote: There's a, quite frankly, beautiful moment towards the end of an Absolute Zero song (Stutter Rock, You Said - you can hear the streamed version on their PA page) where the song falls apart a bit and (probably) Pip Pyle just yells from the distance "OH... F*CK IIIIIIT!", smashes the drums and the whole band kicks back into gear for another climactic minute of noise. Now, call me a heathen, but that track, especialy its closing moments, would be less effective without that deliciously timed piece of swearing.

I love that part!

sm sm wrote:   What I find offensive is inappropriate gross talk. I never understood why the need to include the lyric "snot is running down his nose" in Tull's Aqualung.

Aqualung is a musical and poetic portrait of a vile, decript old man. In what way is that lyric inappropriate in such a context?

When used in a justified way, swearing is acceptable.

"Hey Jude" contains a profanity from John Lennon towards the end, before the "na na na" bit. He fluffs a backing vocal and shouts "f***ing hell!". You probably wouldn't notice it unless you knew it was there.

Swearing killing songs? lol, definitely not! Listen to Zappa!
Anyway, I don't own this transatlantic CD but I can not imagine that any word can affect the atmosphere on any record..!

Trickster F. wrote: Bryan wrote: If swearing onstage bothers you, don't go to a Children of Bodom concert.  I honestly am pretty sure Alexi Laiho rehearses his banter between songs in an effort to include the F word as many times as humanly possible.   Agreed with the last part of the first sentence, not for those reasons though.

Tony R wrote: I think the word used in songs is OK in the right context,for example Marillion's "She Chameleon" it is exactly the right word to use.

Don't forget the mythical Garden Party line.

Fish also cursed a lot during the introductions and his talking to the audience between songs (he was a very explicit speaker) with Marillion (and solo as well), the most notable one usually being Fugazi where before they'd begin he'd say, "this world is f**ked up".

Trouserpress wrote: Philéas wrote: I don't really mind it, but it's a little contradictory considering the otherwise sophisticated nature of Prog Rock. I really don't agree with this at all. Swearing can be highly sophisticated if used consciously, as one would use any other word. When people resort to swearing due to their own limited vocabulary, then it becomes unsophisticated. I can't think of many examples where this is the case in prog, though.