Posted on 08/21/2023 9:30:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Rock music has always been about tweaking the establishment. From the early rock & roll days, musicians have specialized in sticking it to the man. That’s all well and good when the man is a buttoned-down square with traditional values, but when the woke becomes the establishment — you kids had better turn that music off.
We’ve already seen the left go after authors, films, and TV shows, but that’s not all. Now wokescolds are going after classic rock music. It all started when Universal Records added Queen’s “Greatest Hits” album to the library for Yoto, a new entertainment platform aimed at a youth audience.
“Queen’s greatest hits are now available!” crows the Yoto website. Only it’s not true because one of Queen’s biggest smashes is missing. Universal left “Fat Bottomed Girls” off the Greatest Hits album on the Yoto platform.
“Fat Bottomed Girls” is an ode to women of the title, and it has been staple of classic rock radio for decades. It’s unmistakably Queen, and it’s a lot of fun to harmonize with.
The Daily Mail described “Fat Bottomed Girls” as “a humorous and hard-rocking tribute to a young man’s appreciation of fuller-figured ladies.” The tune hit #11 on the British charts and #24 on the Billboard Hot 100; it also went double-platinum stateside. But it’s too much for the woke folx.
Guitarist Brian May wrote the song specifically for lead singer Freddie Mercury to enjoy. He said in 2008, “‘I wrote it with Fred in mind, as you do, especially if you’ve got a great singer who likes fat bottomed girls… or boys.”
According to the Daily Mail, music industry insiders are mystified at the decision, with one telling the news site that the song is nothing more than “merely a bit of fun.”
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That would be his sense of humor.
“Mostly they just play the short version. Recently I heard it without the faggot section at all! Talk about short! (I think satellite radio.)
A shame, being the rock song with the greatest whole intro ever”
IIRC, 80’s on 8 only plays the short version. Classic Rewind, Rock Bar, and Red White aBooze has played both depending on the DJ on duty.
Sting provided the falsetto introduction and the backing chorus of “I want my MTV” in the song.
Lyricfind has the original:
sting money for nothing lyrics https://g.co/kgs/cx41g6
“See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy that’s his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he’s a millionaire”
The song goes on with:
“Look at that mama, she got it stickin’ in the camera
Man we could have some fun
And he’s up there, what’s that? Hawaiian noises?
Bangin’ on the bongoes like a chimpanzee
That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Get your money for nothin’ get your chicks for free”
A great song with a fantastic guitar solo at the beginning.
I liked Walked on the Wild Side but was mystified as to the immense radio play it got. Stations would ban something as bland as Puff the Magic Dragon but played the hell out of Lou Reed. Did they even know what Reed was singing about?
That was always in the song.
Not true. Always in the song. Different line altogether.
Correct.
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Then LOLA by The Kinks will surely drive them crazy.
Queen is a legendary rock band, but they have recorded several misses along the way.
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