https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 06 May 2026 19:13:29 +0000 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:24:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5941 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28095&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28095 Author: EdisonLite
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Posted: 14 October 2010 at 8:24pm

So I'm not quite clear - Pat, on your version, are you hearing the "f" word where other people are hearing the word "put"?

Also, this reminds me of the Spinners situation on "One of a Kind". The Spinners always struck me as a classy act and I was surprised when the whole "censored" version issue appeared here. The line in question was "Makes you want to f_ _ _ her", and the record label subsequently (and quickly) issued an edited version specifically designed to remove this line. This almost seems like an admission of guilt, but when the song came up on my iPod last week (unedited), I had the thought, and I wonder if anyone here can answer this ...

Did the Spinners ever address this in an interview or statement or on the radio or anywhere public and say what it is they claim to say there?

I think some of us thought it might be "Makes you want to hug her" but it really sounds more like it starts with an "f" than an "h" and I can't see it being "hug". So I wonder if the Spinners ever addressed this matter.]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:24:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28095&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28095 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28092&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28092 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 5941
Posted: 14 October 2010 at 5:42pm

mstgator wrote: I'm still hearing "If you're gonna put her down, here's where our friendship ends."

I hear the exact same line as above (on my copy of "The Very Best of Neil Sedaka" RCA release). ]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:42:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28092&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28092 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28089&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28089 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 5941
Posted: 14 October 2010 at 4:14am

Sounds like "put her down" to me.]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:14:20 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28089&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28089 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28087&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28087 Author: TomDiehl1
Subject: 5941
Posted: 12 October 2010 at 8:35pm

I love audio manipulation programs.... i checked it out in a couple of copies of the song I found, he most definitely sings "put her down". Seems he recorded a second tune titled Bad Girl that remained unreleased until a Bear Family box set...have to say I prefer it over the hit by the same title, though. ]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:35:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28087&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28087 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28086&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28086 Author: mstgator
Subject: 5941
Posted: 12 October 2010 at 7:55pm

Just downloaded "Bad Girl" from Platinum and Gold Collection and Neil Sedaka Sings The Hits (the only two albums on iTunes other than The Very Best of that feature that song), and I'm still hearing "If you're gonna put her down, here's where our friendship ends."

Also, my bank account is $1.98 lighter. :)]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:55:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28086&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28086 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28085&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28085 Author: Pat Downey
Subject: 5941
Posted: 12 October 2010 at 6:54pm

I haven't checked but I think you could download both versions from Itunes and if you do you will hear what I am talking about.]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:54:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28085&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28085 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28083&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28083 Author: mstgator
Subject: 5941
Posted: 12 October 2010 at 3:38pm

It sounds like he sings "put her down" on my copy of The Very Best of Neil Sedaka, although I had to listen closely (it does resemble the F bomb).]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:38:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28083&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28083 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28081&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28081 Author: Pat Downey
Subject: 5941
Posted: 12 October 2010 at 7:13am

Here is a surprising discovery I made today. While reviewing a new Neil Sedaka cd release titled "Little Devil And His Other Hits"/"The Many Sides Of Neil Sedaka" I discovered a time discrepency between the version of "Bad Girl" on this cd and all other domestic cd's released to date that contain this song. When I went to research why there was a discrepency I was shocked to find out that in all previous cd appearances of "Bad Girl", Neil drops the F bomb at 1:08 which you just wouldn't expect to find on a Neil Sedaka song in 1963 when this song charted. Does anyone know if this version ever appeared on vinyl with the F bomb? ]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:13:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=28081&title=bad-girl-by-neil-sedaka#28081