Britney Spears’ new song ‘If You Seek Amy’, as taken from her current album ‘Circus’, is causing trouble for Radio DJs everywhere – all thanks to the song’s cheeky title, which spells out a swear word of you say it fast [Website – Amy Grindhouse].
For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, the song title is a play on words that when sung a certain way sounds a lot like “F. U. C. K. ME”, which in the context of any song is rather rude. The only reason I am bothering to pay attention to this mess is that the thought of little kids singing this catchy filth is enough to make my stomach turn.
The issue with the song lies with Brit Brit learning to spell and using her newly found superpowers to spell dirty words. Like some kind of renegade foul mouthed four-year-old. When popstars actually have the balls to just swear, radio stations can bleep it out. There is a more sticky area to contend with when a rude word is spelled out. KIIS FM Los Angeles program director John Ivey says, “It’s a potential issue for every station,” Ivey said of the Spears single. “I’m certain that I would run it by my legal department first. My first job is to protect [the station's] license. … It’s better to be safe than sorry.”
Asked if he would re-cut the song to edit out the naughty bits, Ivey said he probably wouldn’t because he felt the phrase was included in the song to provoke, so an alteration would change its intention. “[Spears' label, Jive,] might also be just floating it out there to see if they can stir things up a bit.”
I don’t want the YouPoop police banging down my door, so you can listen to the song here. Or click on the preview Track No 6., using the MP3 player below.
LYRICS:
Love me hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to If You Seek Amy
Love me hate me
But can’t you see what I see
All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to If You Seek Amy
DO YOU THINK THE LYRICS ARE OFFENSIVE?
Celebrity news and gossip written by AmyGrindhouse.com. Image credit to Doug Meszler / Splash News. Story Via MTV News.
someone has to keep the censors on their toes, and then when they come down on her thinking its somethign else maybe they’ll calm their asses down and stop assuming everything is sacrilege!
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