 Britney
Spears forthcoming single could be banned by some US radio stations over fears
that listeners might mishear the song's lyrics.
Programmers are concerned about the meaning behind the song, If You Seek Amy,
which when sung by Spears sounds like F U C K me.
Spears' song could technically avoid censorship because it doesn't contain
offensive language.
Patti Marshall, program director at Cincinnati's Q102, told MTV: It's OK to
put in on an album, have fun with it, but we're publicly owned, you know?
We have a responsibility to the public ... you put this ... out and act like
we're all fuddy-duddies, like we're trying to make moral judgements. It's not
about us. It's about the mom in the minivan with her 8-year-old.
In the song, Spears sings the line: All of the boys and all of the girls are
begging to if you seek Amy, which sounds like: All of the boys and all of
the girls are begging to F U C K me.
Another programmer told the broadcaster that it would have to run the song past
a legal team before it could be aired.
Update: If
You See Amy
20th January 2008. See
article
from
earsucker.com
Britney Spears has reportedly been forced to re-record her song, If You Seek
Amy due to the threat of radio stations worrying about that mom in the
minivan with her eight-year-old. Good grief, will this ever end?
She is editing the track, which includes the lyrics, All of the boys and all
the girls are beggin’ to If You Seek Amy, to If You See Amy.
The uncensored version is going to do well in the dance clubs, though.
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Nutters
of the Parents Television Council (PTC) have issued a statement, warning parents
and radio stations to ban Britney Spears' song If U Seek Amy. The
organization believes that it would violate the broadcast indecency law
if the track, which carries phrase If U Seek Amy sounding like F U C K
Me when sung quickly, is played between 6 A.M. and 10 P.M.
