The Parents Television Council is warning parents about the Britney Spears song "If U Seek Amy" and urging radio stations not to broadcast it because they say the title sopunds like an obscene phrase.
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What?
Donald Wildmon thinks that GQ is obscene.
And exactly when are they going to do something about that disgusting "Louie, Louie" song by The Kingsmen?
That vile song is solely responsible for the moral decay of America for the past 45 years!
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The members of PTC must be using PCP if they get the F-bomb out of "If U Seek Amy". Time to round up all these right-wing "culture warriors" and give them the electro-shock therapy they obviously need.
Well, I get what they are saying...if you say it fast, the "if" is obviously "F", the U is the U (naturally) and if you blend the sounds of "Seek amy "(see...kay me) as in "C, K me"...and put it together...F U .....C K me.
But that having been said...I always thought masking things was okay...now it's not? These people need a life. lOL
This group and others like it (Christian Coalition) are what is fundamentally wrong with this country! There is such a thing as freedom of speech. Also, as an adult, I have the right to listen to or watch what ever I want, and that includes on a publicly broadcasted radio or television station. If you are so DAMN worried about what your kid will see or hear then as their parent, it is YOUR responsibility to monitor what they are watching or listening to, not mine or anyone elses. I am sick of these groups pushing their own mis-guided morals on the rest of us.
The present and former poptarts, such as Madonna and Spears, have contributed greatly to the moral decline and early sexuality of young girls. While it is a parentaly responsibility to moniter your children, the societal decline is difficult to insulate your children from.We never permitted any Spears or Madonna "art" in our household, but told the children when they were on their own, they would be welcome to purchase it. We also finally had to homeschool our children. Yesterday, as I drove downtown, there was a woman with her breasts hanging out of her bra, as an advertisement on a billboard for a lingerie store! And Victoria Secret stores have their underwear hanging out in the mall, for crying out loud. The overt sexuality of our societyis disgusting.
Just because you think there is a "moral decline" does not mean we all do. Get over yourself, loosen up. There is nothing wrong with sexuality, or the human body. Why do you people have to be so uptight about everything?
A hilarious anecdote from, of all sources, Rolling Stone:
It wouldn't work with "George." You need the sound of the "A" in Amy after the sound of the "K" in seek for the first word to work.
Nice try, DJs. :)
..., And while we are at it, let's censor that filthy Song of Solomon in the Bible:
1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
2 Thy vulva is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
I wow! I am so hot and sweaty now and thinking the most sinful thoughts! I must go and mortify my flesh and pray for God to forgive me!
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Only a religious nut would find this remember the purple character on TV that Falwell decried as an obvious Gay character.
Only someone as thick as a sack of hammers would not see that I am being satirical and sarcastic.
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...and in my mother's day (1950's) it was Elvis, Little Richard, James Dean and Natalie Wood...
...in my day(1970's) it was The Beatles (Why Don't We Do It In The Road), Black Oak Arkansas (Wham, Bam, Thank You Ma'am - and many similar) and Frank Zappa (Dinah Mo Humm)...
...so what' new?
I demand immediate congressional action!
I agree! We haven't had a witch trial since the Mary Schiavo debacle. Where are the bible pounders when we need them?!
....Here I am!!! (...and the correct terminolgy is 'thumper' not 'pounder')
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Just think... out of all of Sodom and Gomorrah, the angels saved Lot and his two daughters who ended up in a cave (cave = rock) drunk (alcohol = drugs) with both of his daughters present. Both daughters (not just one of them, mind you - both) then proceed to copulate (copulate = sex) with their father and also conceive by him, thereby becoming the first bona fide female "Rock 'n' Roll" (Cave + Copulation) celebrities in History who begin the long tradition of "sex,drugs, rock 'n' roll!
Oh, yeah.... forgot to include "Lot = first 'sugar' daddy"!
and by the way...paul is dead coz he wasn't wearing shoes :)
heh heheh he he hehe...
Say 'Hi' to your knee...
heh he he heheh
It took me a few seconds to get it! That is morally disturbing.
I had hoped we grew out of this, oh, about 1985.
Does Tipper Gore know about this?
these people need to get a new hobby
Actually, Wildmon's next step will undoubtedly be to have his followers boycott Britney Spears and anything she endorses. Do you think that Britney endorses anything polular among the dowdy evangelical set?
Oh yeah, the Britney creature has got her (its?) act back together and is on the comeback trail serving up this latest drivel. What do you expect from a whack job, scuzzy serial twat flasher?? This is entertainment road-kill. I give it 6 months - 18 months tops, before it stumbles back into some convenience store with its head shaved, drooling.
Extra, don't hold back.
Seriously, tell us how you really feel.
Wow. Those folks need to get a life. I keep trying and no matter how fast I say it I can't get the F word. Maybe I have a speech impediment. But who cares?
It took me a second or two to get the phrase f-u-¢ k-me out of "If You Seek Amy" (excuse the naughtiness, Newsvine) but I wouldn't even have gotten that far if these censorship Nazis hadn't sat around all day looking for something to complain about.
This is another reason we need to get people working again. There are some folks with way too much time on their hands.
And who cares about Spears' hidden agenda or double entendres? Aren't there more important things for these people to worry about? Like getting lives?
I went on You Tube just to see what all the talk was about. The only reason I think I heard the so called Fu... is because I was looking to hear it after reading the article. I have to agree after someone who listened to it over and over just had to bring this up and now all teens will be singing it. I did notice there was a radio edit that just says "seek amy" with the "if you" removed. I think the song is awful and now with all the attention it will get more radio play. I also have heard very raunchy music on certain radio stations that edit the profanity out but of course the average kid can easily fill in the blank.
Kids by the TIME they 6, and ready for school, raised in the homes of today, know most of the DIRTY words already. My son had and 8 year old daughter, and she talked to me one day, like only some adults I know, tell one another off. Even my wife on just one of her madder moments, has NEVER talked to ME that way.
This song is amazing, I don't care what the title is. And yeah, it is "explicit". She isn't for KIDS anymore, Britney is an adult.
the music you listen to sucks.
I agree Eririn - I saw Britney Sunday night and she was about 20 feet from me at the stage and she was great and had her sh** together, she put on a great show and she's not a little teeny bopper for kiddies anymore, she's taking over where Madonna left off. Great comeback Britney!!
this article alone will now probably help sell another 100,000 copies
Surely, you jest.
Sex sells. :)
I bet these wack jobs don't mind when their kids order "FISH STICKS" say THAT at normal speech speed and hear what your kids have been asking for all these years...
Where do these people come from?
Please, Thought Police...Please... I beg you... Get. A. Life. Please!!!
Why is this news and Solja Boy's song about "superman that 'ho" was never brought to the light of day? To "superman a 'ho" means to ejaculate on a sleeping girl's back and then place a sheet on her so that it sticks to her like a cape. What a vile disrespectful act and kids of all ages were singing and dancing to a song about it!
I did not know that's what "superman a ho" meant!
You know I tried it on my girlfriend and it works! It was hilarious!
What was even funnier was that the ho was so stoned on crack that she didn't notice she was dragging the bed linen around for about an hour!
I'll have to tell all the kids on my street about that.
Thanks Conservative Mom! And who says Conservatives aren't fun people?!
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The Souljah Boy song was brought to light.
And last year in NYC, I was working security with my colleagues and observed those 3 wholesome Jonas Brothers dancing to the tune. Mine was the only Black face in the room, but white teens and tweens were bopping to the song.
Kids like to rebel. What are you gonna do?
The kids used to dance to that song during Physical Education at my childrens school until the lyrics were brought up after a kid was singing it is class. I honestly could not even understand most of what he was saying in that song. Alot of kids were really into that Superman dance.
... and one more thing. I've listened to a couple of the tracks on 'Circus'. It's OK. It's the musical equivalent of bubble gum, and about as harmful. If you don't want your kids listening to Britney, then do your best to control what they have access to. But really, if this is the worst thing they're exposed to, they're doing OK.
But did you hear about the 14-year old girl in Britain who went missing a week ago, and they found her (alive and well, thankfully) in France with a 49-year old man? And, this guy had already been accused of raping a 16-year-old girl. You see, THAT is what we need to worry about. If Britney kinda-sorta sounds like she's spelling out F#*K, please tell me... SO THE F#*K WHAT??!!
This reminds me of Jerry Falwell's insistence that one of the Tella Tubbies was a gay agenda plant because it was dresed in a lavender jumpsuit and had a triangle atop its head. Several years prior to that, the Right Reverend insisted that the gay agenda had placed a number of images of the male anatomy behind the castle on the Walt Disney logo. I have just about decided that these folks see almost exclusively what is within themselves.
"Founded in 1995, the PTC describes itself as "a nonpartisan education organization advocating responsible entertainment." Jive was unavailable for comment on the PTC's advisory."
Translation: A bunch of religious right-wing zealots who want to impose their morals on all Americans.
I think people are just really bored.
Hey TEA: sent you a pvt.
By the way, 2c is up to his usual over here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28779459/
This isn't exactly groundbreaking. The Canadian rock band April Wine had a minor hit in the '80s with a song called "If You See Kay." As if it wasn't obvious enough during the regular chorus, the band sings it faster near the end to make sure everyone hears how clever they think they are. Last I looked, the video was available on a popular video site.
Van Halen had a hugely popular album in the early '90s entitled, "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge." I don't recall the PMRC taking issue with that at the time.
That said, Britney does, of course, have a much younger audience and I certainly wouldn't want my children singing this song. Fortunately, they prefer Clique Girlz (this week, anyway). I just wanted to point out that this isn't a new phenomenon.
"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge." is actually where the word comes from. It was a crime. At the time, clerks or whomever would just write it as an acronym with periods after each letter instead of writing out the entire phrase.
It's definitely not new as you point out.
Are the Clique Girlz tolerable? Mine are into "HS Musical" and I find the whining that passes for singing these days to be unbearable.
Here's a tip - if you don't want your kids listening to bad music (and most of today's music is bad, as in horrible to listen to) don't buy them CD's, CD Players or MP3 players. You are still the adult and the parent.
Oh please.
Thanks Andy...I was killing myself trying to remember who sang "If you see Kay" Kind of makes me tear up thinking of all the perversion of the '80s. I see some of the stuff we used to watch and then crack up over what the same people who lived through the early days of MTV are pissed about now...some stuff has gotten tame in comparison.
It was also an awesome Van Halen album :)
Seriously though, I had to have my husband explain it to me & even then I didn't understand what the big deal is supposed to be. I guess I'm going to have to find the song online & decide for myself. But come on, this isn't the only song with a racy title or lyrics. Those who are getting upset are acting like this is the very first dirty song that's ever been released. Lighten up, go have some of your own sex so you won't be so uptight about someone else's :)
Actually it was used above legal whore-house doors and meant "Fornication Under Consent of the King." Hence a F*&$House.
Spears is just an idiot....I don't give a rats arse about lyrical content, I just find her an offensive person in general. She's a goose.
On behalf of geese everywhere, I protest that comparison.
Testing testing. I am testing to see if the new Newsvine policy allows me to delete posts that I have seeded. Stand by.
I guess not. Welcome to the land of no moderation lol.
"If you seek Amy" is the least of it!
If the CD is played backwards, there is a message hidden in the song that says, "Kill the virgin mirth makers by the light of the next full moon for the greater glory of Satan!"
I swear it's true! And any little kid who happens to own $30,000 worth of digital sound processing equipment can hear that violent, blasphemous message at any time!
All copies of that CD must be burnt immediately along with the evil witch Britney Spears!!!
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How do you get your little finger into the CD player to spin it backward? And CD players spin REAL FAST...I think this is just crazy talk.
"Britney Spears is an adult." Wow. If that's your definition of an adult, please tell me the name of the trailer park you live in and we'll all pray for a nice swath of tornadoes to visit you. Or would you consider that a light breeze? I can't believe their are still 107,000 morons alive who actually bought this single. Shaking your cooch and asking everyone she meets to "...seek Amy" isn't exactly what I'd call talent. Brainless trash...but hey....she did tell us all to trust GW Bush. If only we'd listened to such insight...maybe...oh, right....
Give me a break. This has been going on for decades. I'll never forget walking into a Burger King during off-peak time once about 10 years ago and two nuns were the only patrons. Blasting away on the P.A. was Nine Inch Nails singing "I want to f*** you like an animal." It was just background noise to everyone but me, because I'm a big NIN fan.
All this shows is what an infantile idiot Britney Spears is. Get over it.
LOL! That song is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO filthy...I think I would have cracked up had I been in that Burger King.
Good point Michael. I was racking my brain for another radio friendly song that no one made a big deal about & there's one right here!
It's a great song, but I'd still be a little embarrassed to sing along in front of nuns :)
That is hilarious MichaelBo!!! LOL! :)
That's a great tune by NIN. Those dudes rock.
But you know gay nuns are probably about as common as gay priests; I bet they were staring into each others eyes and humming along! LOL!
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That Britney, she so clever. No really. like, Isn't she just ...No really.