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January 10, 2006
items of interest
fucking indecency laws
so i downloaded a mix from coop, and found an awesome old school reggae song i've never heard before, "wreck a buddy". it's all sexual euphemism, of course, but at first i thought it was unintelligible enough to pass by our FM listeners without tweaking anyone's indecency-dar.
the more i listened to it, though, the more obvious i decided the lyrics are, if you can really hear them. in the end, i decided not to take the chance. but if there's a mystery show slot during safe harbor hours this year, maybe i'll work on an all-filthy reggae/ska show. heh.
here's my transcription of the lyrics, as close as i can get. she's singing in patois so i don't recognize all the words. yeah, it's dirty.
i need a man to wreck a buddy
a big strong man to wreck a buddy
and if he's ugly i don't mind
he has a dick? and i want a mumble, i want a mumble, i want a mumble
my skin is in a terrible state
o lord good lord it's in the mumble
i want a lion mumblemumble
and if it's big i do not mind, i want to grind, i want to grind
me have a crushing buddy
get things off will do you good
use your brush to stiff up your hood
the stiffer the hood the longer the stay
and when it's big you can push it my way, push it my way and let it stay
lord i mumblemumble
i need a man to wreck a buddy
a big strong man to wreck a buddy
and if he's ugly i don't mind
he has a dick? and i want to grind, i want to grind, i want to grind
i have a broken buddy
oh, and it's all to the tune of "little drummer boy".
no more playlist for a while
tonight was probably the last playlist show i'll do for a while. i'd love to do the filthy reggae show, and even more i'd love to do an all mashups mystery show, if no one else has already. i might also sub FDDF (funk disco dance friday) or take a shift of Mondo Mundo. we'll see.
OMFG so cuuuuute!
the lisa self-indugence hour or so
yeah, my show tonight did not exhibit my usual slavish devotion to the playlist. i sifted back through all the stuff i'd ripped at the station during 2005 and pulled out the highlights, then went off on a few tangents.
playlist.
webcam photo animation includes surprise visit from wxdu's erstwhile engineer!
Posted by lisa at January 10, 2006 11:29 PM
Comments
i like the photo taken at 9:24. i don't know whether you're dancing or just happy to see jim. ;-)
and as for suggestive music... don't get me started. i have a ZILLION 'nasty' divaville-esque songs and will play one now and then, hoping the FCC isn't listening.
posting this comment probably doesn't help myself maintain any kind of low-profile, though. hrm.
Posted by: xta on January 11, 2006 02:20 PM
I was told by the programming director that raunchy divaville songs like "be my chauffer" ("ride me all over town") are not indecent. Which makes me wonder, how much innuendo does a song need to be considered indecent?
still, I wouldn't play that reggae song you quote outside safe harbor either. My rule of thumb is "your revolution" by sarah jones -- the fcc ruled it indeccent, but she had a lot of lawyers on her side & they reversed their decision. so i figure, anything with content as explicit as "your revolution" ("six foot blow job machine", "you shaking and me faking between these thighs") is likely to be ruled indecent. whether an army of lawyers could get them to reverse the decision later is not something I'd want to find out.
ps: I want a lion mumble mumble too!
Posted by: Sarah on January 11, 2006 07:29 PM
the two things that made me decide not to play the song were: it really sounds as if she's saying "dick", and the one really legible lyric about "stiff up your hood" is pretty obvious even though it uses slang that wouldn't be recognizable as sexual to most folks in our FM area.
you're right about the fact that it doesn't matter if a team of lawyers could get us out of an indecency fine. we don't have a team of laywers!
Posted by: lisa on January 11, 2006 10:59 PM
Can the electrified rabbit do semaphore with its ears? If so, maybe they could put on The Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights.
Posted by: Joseph H. Vilas on January 20, 2006 11:34 AM
So, I downloaded the same mix and google brought me here.
Looks like the lyrics are here- http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Disco/6032/WreckAPumPum.htm
Posted by: Jeff on January 26, 2006 10:28 AM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.