Queen’s classic song 'Fat Bottomed Girls' removed from Greatest Hits collection!
The Daily Mail said that the track has 'been enjoyed by generations of fans as a humorous and hard-rocking tribute to a young man's appreciation of fuller-figured ladies.'
Couldn't remember the song so just listened to it, it alludes to sex but doesn't outright say it so if it's off a platform aimed at 3-12 that's parental choice.
The big question though is are they massive hypocrites and they have stuff like Anaconda or Whap on there because 'diversity'
It's why I'm really hesitant on going 'this is censorship!' Because they set it out at a specific age demographic of 3-12 and there are lines that might make you go 'ehhh I'm this ok for a kid to hear?'
This might turn out to be trap so they can go 'if you allow this, why are you complaining about what music WE play for kids (plays some ghetto song about being a slut)'. That does assume some intelligence on their side but rather overestimate my enemy than underestimate.
Yeah, man. This song effectively tells children that statutory rape from nannies or daycare workers, etc., can be welcome. Not wanting it available to children is not the same as wanting it erased from existence. Similarly, I don't like the idea of alphabet sex books masquerading as educational kids' books in elementary school libraries when they're closer to queer recruitment or Trojan horse grooming attempts.
That's not even really hinting, remember this comes from back when some lowlife type parents thought it was cute or OK for their sons to be introduced to sex via older whores (or naughty nannies) , in a way they would never allow for their daughters vis a vis creepy older men.
The meaning has always seemed pretty damned clear to me.
I like Queen's beats, but I fucking hate their stupid lyrics.
That being said, I do remember "Afternoon Delight" being all over the goddamn radio when I was a kid. But this is a streaming platform specifically for little-kid-friendly music (although 3-12 is a HUGE developmental range, there's no way a 12 year old should like the same things a 4 year old does. And I would worry about any kid older than about 8 that didn't start rejecting baby music.)
I dunno, I heard “Afternoon Delight” as a kid and the meaning of the words went way over my head. Hell, for the longest time I thought they were singing “Happy movie night”. Never occurred to me until much later that they were talking about sex.
Of course there’s Jackson Browne’s song “Rosie”. I had that LP for years, and finally I was listening to it and slapped my damn head and said out loud, “He’s singing to his own right hand. Isn’t he.”
They have the other Queen songs that talk about doing drugs and killing people.
Put a gun against his head
Pulled the trigger, now he's dead
I'm not playing gangster rap about running drugs and killing people to kids so can't really complain if adults are looking at the lyrics and deciding not to play it around their kids
I would do that and this is the first song I bought as a kid
Might as well go all the way. Suggestions for further edits to problematic Queen lyrics:
I want to ride my bicycle (to save on carbon emissions)
We are all champions, even the runners-up
I want to make a supersonic genderfluid individual out of you
We will rock you (but only with your consent)
I am the invisible person
you don't get it, to achieve true free speech we MUST give 3 year olds music about fat asses!
Not quite what I'm getting at. What specifically about this song did they determine was inappropriate for kids? As has been pointed out, there are many lyrics and themes in Queen's music that kids needn't be exposed to, so why this particular song?
Dude, the guy is singing about a babysitter who seduced him as a kid, and that's why he likes fat-bottomed girls (like his babysitter).
you haven't pointed out jack shit, lol. the line "we are the champions" being equal to a song titled "fat bottomed girls"?
wake up, bro. prioritize. we have better hills to die on than acting retarded to attempt to prove that 3 year olds need to hear "fat bottomed girls".
Why not update the song in question as well? "Bootylicious xirs" would be more body positive and inclusive while normalizing personalized pronouns and HAES!
If it's an audio platform marketed as for children, sanitize it as much as pearl clutchers would like. It ensures no fault from any crazed parents who can't be assed to make playlists for their child to listen to.
That being said, my parents played classic rock radio since forever when I was growing up, and oh-ho I remember this song. But I never got too deep into the lyrics of the song, and when I could as I got older, I didn't take them to heart. Although, there are women with some fine asses out there. (The lyrics in question do come from that old double-standard of "older women molesting slightly underage boys is okay". Also it was penned by Brian May, so can't really blame Mercury for this)
In hindsight, I think the Internet does more to screw up children and teens than some radio songs but maybe I'm wrong. It's really hard nowadays, unless you monitor like a hawk.
But they make the rockin world go round.
It's flat out a song about hookers.
Love the song, no problem with this.
Hmm