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Fat Bottomed Girls cut from Queen’s greatest hits to appease younger audience
Telegraph ^ | 20 August 2023 | Craig Simpson

Posted on 08/20/2023 2:34:51 PM PDT by grundle

Suggestive 1978 hit single considered by Universal Music Group to be too raunchy

Queen’s Fat Bottomed Girls has been dropped from a greatest hits compilation targeted at younger listeners.

The suggestive 1978 single in praise of “dirty ladies” with fuller figures was a chart success and featured on previous selections of favourite tracks by the glam rock band.

However, a new compilation of Queen hits released by Universal Music for a younger market does not feature the Fat Bottom Girls and its lyrics celebrating the beauty of a “heap big woman”.

The new greatest hits album has been made available on Yoto, an audio platform specifically aimed at children.

A new generation listening to the work of Queen will be shielded from the song, which describes an infatuation with “Fat bottomed girls” who “make the rockin’ world go round”.

The track written by Brian May includes the lyrics “I was just a skinny lad, Never knew no good from bad, But I knew life before I left my nursery, left alone with big fat Fanny, she was such a naughty nanny, big woman, you made a bad boy out of me”.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: dating; fatbottomedgirls; freddiemercury; greatesthits; manosphere; mgtow; pua; queen; redpill; slutwalk; women
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To: Robe

I like Big butts….


61 posted on 08/20/2023 5:04:17 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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To: wbslws

so...maybe “gay bottom girls” will be the future anthem of the new band “QueenS?


62 posted on 08/20/2023 5:05:45 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: grundle

Silly me. I thought they were singing “black-bottomed girls” which wouldn’t offend anyone, right?!


63 posted on 08/20/2023 5:07:35 PM PDT by scottiemom (As a retired Texas public school teacher, I highly recommend private school. Written in 2015.)
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To: God luvs America

Ahh those were the days. When the world still had a sense of humor


64 posted on 08/20/2023 5:17:07 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: DoodleBob

Well this changes the story thank you.


65 posted on 08/20/2023 5:18:26 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: grundle
No "Fat Bottom Girls? This is the same thing so play it...

Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

They're speaking of the same things.

No treble...all...ahem...bass.

66 posted on 08/20/2023 5:37:45 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: dfwgator
Can Whole Lotta Rosie be fat behind.

I love typos! {;^)

67 posted on 08/20/2023 5:41:35 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: grundle

https://youtu.be/3cn-iPEEzfA

She’s too fat for me.


68 posted on 08/20/2023 5:45:33 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
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To: grundle

I’m just waiting for them to replace We Are The Champions with a song celebrating participation trophies and everyone getting ice cream after the game.


69 posted on 08/20/2023 6:07:58 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago )
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To: gibsonguy; SunkenCiv
You’re welcome.

In all honesty, I was never a fan of “children’s music.” I hate dumbing down art for children.

The soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas remains a favorite of kids AND adults, chiefly due to the late Vince Guaraldi’s style. It wasn’t dumbed down, and it has withstood the rest of time.

While I hate dumbing down art, I DO think this is a matter of age-appropriateness.

When I was nine, I went to several art galleries in the Philadelphia area. I also had a great teacher who traveled the world and showed us pictures from her travels for “social studies.” Most of it went over my head.

And I laughed and giggled at the nudes. But I also had an adult nearby to tell me, effectively, to knock it off. The laughing and giggling stopped. But it was a lot. So far, I’m not damaged.

All that said, some art and music MAY be PG13ish. Or even R. Personally, I would be OK with a parent deciding that Fat Bottomed Girls is too much for 6-year old Mary. However, I would be down with playing hard rock or even some punk for little kids, as well as free jazz and Zappa (though I’d cut _______ and Beer from the playlist).

However, does decorum require that 6-year old Timmy shouldn't go and see Rodin’s “The Kiss”? At what age IS “The Kiss” appropriate?

These are decisions best left to the parents, because every child AND every family are different. But I’m ok with a FBG-free Queen playlist being streamed to kids.

70 posted on 08/20/2023 6:09:26 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: grundle

Lizzo probably threatened to sit on someone if they didn’t remove it.


71 posted on 08/20/2023 6:20:19 PM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: Psalm 130)
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To: Robe

Musta pissed off a bunch of fat asses
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See, right there. I have a large dupa. Call me a fat arse and I know where you stand. Sing to me about Fat bottom girls making the world go round, just confuses me.
A compliment or an insult? Life isn’t both ways. You sing love, but your words speak lard ass....

sarc. some sarc.


72 posted on 08/20/2023 6:48:43 PM PDT by BarbM (Men who look at porn are impotent for God.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

I think people talk too much. Why not release the album and that’s it. If asked say they had so many songs to chose from. Everything has to be broadcast today. Unless it’s a marketing ploy. Kinda strange but I guess any publicity is good.


73 posted on 08/20/2023 6:49:30 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: BarbM

Butt NEVER censor the song.


74 posted on 08/20/2023 6:49:37 PM PDT by BarbM (Men who look at porn are impotent for God.)
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To: CJ Wolf

She’s too fat for me.
__________________

I get dizzy, I get dumbo when Im dancing with my Jum, jum, jumbo.

Great song. Play that at a Trump rally and watch everybody meltdown.


75 posted on 08/20/2023 6:52:57 PM PDT by BarbM (Men who look at porn are impotent for God.)
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To: mcmuffin

It is a great song. Awesome, driving rhythm and bass lines. And of course, no one could even hope to sing it like Freddie Mercury.


76 posted on 08/20/2023 6:53:42 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: DoodleBob

Good thoughts and it’s a serious topic that deserves careful thought and responsibility.


77 posted on 08/20/2023 7:38:22 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: DoodleBob
It's the only Queen tune that I ever want to hear again.

78 posted on 08/20/2023 7:58:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: grundle

I guess I’m gonna have to stop using BMW to describe Big Mexican Women......


79 posted on 08/21/2023 4:18:32 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Your reply makes a lot of sense.


80 posted on 08/21/2023 4:20:54 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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