Meredith Brooks - Bitch
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Topic: Meredith Brooks - Bitch
Posted By: aaronk
Subject: Meredith Brooks - Bitch
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 7:51pm
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I came across an interesting promo for "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks:
DPRO 7087 6 12067 2 2 1. Bitchless Edit (listed 3:58; actual 4:06) This edit simply mutes the vocal when she sings the word "bitch." Pat mentions in the database that DJ copies run 3:58 and 4:11. The only other promo CD single I have is a 1-track (DPRO 7087 6 12014 2 0) and has only the "Edit" version with a printed and actual time of 3:58. Is there a third promo CD with the full-length LP version? ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
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Posted By: radiofan16
Date Posted: 10 May 2019 at 12:35am
I reckon not many stations played this version. |
aaronk wrote:Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 10 May 2019 at 4:57am
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My copy is the one-track 3:58 version. This is the version
we played on the air. Wasn't aware there was a "clean" version of this. While I was a bit surprised at how big of a hit this became, the muted edit sounds like it would detract too much from the song. I always referred to it as the "big bad B-word song" on the air. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 10 May 2019 at 6:32am
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I wasn't aware of the clean version either until I came
across the promo on Discogs while adding things to my collection. The edit is smooth sounding and doesn't necessarily detract from the song. Despite it being the title, she actually only sings the word four times in the entire song. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Ron S
Date Posted: 11 May 2019 at 11:36am
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I have both the edited version and the bitch version on cd single. Walmart
carried the edited version. I remember buying it there and being disappointed that the word bitch was edited out and the song sounded weird without it. The other music stores carried the bitch version. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 11 May 2019 at 11:49pm
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That's interesting, Ron! What's the catalog number of the Walmart/edited version? ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Loveland
Date Posted: 12 May 2019 at 8:00am
I don't shop at Walmart at all just in principle. They treat their employees as if they were sub-humans. |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 14 May 2019 at 5:07pm
| I still don't get the logic of censoring the word bitch. At that rate you might as well censor Elton's The Bitch Is Back! I get curse words and profanity, but bitch is neither. Nor is damn. |
Posted By: Loveland
Date Posted: 14 May 2019 at 5:15pm
Universal Records issued a 4-track promo CD Maxi single for Sophie Ellis-Bextor's "Murder On The Dancefloor", which includes a Clean Version mix. |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 15 May 2019 at 1:20pm
Clearly, you've never worked in radio, especially in a small and/or conservative market where you have to watch it with lyrics. Remember, in 1974 Elton John was as hot as an artist could be, and could get away with it. Meredith Brooks was a one-hit wonder, though to be fair I've never heard the "clean version" of her song...we were never serviced with it. At the station I worked at in 1974, it was made very clear by management that we were not to give the title on air, only the artist, and if we wished mention that it was from his "Caribou" album. |
Posted By: Paul Haney
Date Posted: 15 May 2019 at 1:33pm
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Neil Sedaka got away with the "B-word" in Bad Blood (with
Elton John on prominent backing vocal) in 1975. Radio also had no problem with "Rich Girl" by Hall Oates in 1977. Seems like people were generally less uptight about such things back then, especially if it was as catchy as those songs were. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 15 May 2019 at 3:10pm
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There was a local adult oriented music station back in
1977 that aired a special edited version of "Rich Girl" they received from WWWE in Cleveland. They edited in "You're A Rich Girl" for each instance of "It's A Bitch Girl." I still receive clean radio edits from my current music service (Promo Only) and have other Xtra Clean Edits from my many years receiving TM Prime Cuts. One of Prime Cuts edits on "Hollaback Girl" completely mutes the word 'shit' in the song. The regular clean version left the 'sh' part intact. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: Ron S
Date Posted: 15 May 2019 at 3:54pm
Don't know. I have to look for the CD...it might take me a while since I have a ton of CDs....LOL |
Posted By: Loveland
Date Posted: 15 May 2019 at 6:14pm
This promo CD Singles was actually under the title of: "Bitch (Nothing In Between)" In Australia, the song was released under that title, which is hilarious, since most Aussies curse worse than a drunken sailor. |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 16 May 2019 at 4:29am
Keep in mind that this was before the Janet Jackson Superbowl incident where individual tv stations got fined by the FCC for allowing her "wardrobe malfunction" to go over the air (even though they had no idea it was coming). Stations got a lot more paranoid about airing material with questionable language after that. I believe around the same time the Canadian counterpart of the FCC got very strict about language/content too. |
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 17 May 2019 at 8:47pm
| Aaron thanks for letting me hear it. Takes all the fun out of the song removing the Bitch part if anyone is curious. |