I was watching Smallville today and one of the pieces of music was that one by Gwen Stephanie. Now, in the normal lyrics is the word “Whore”. But in the version used on this show, that line was changed.
Now, Smallville is probably targetted at a teen and up audience.
Anyway, I took the kids to their school disco tonight, and again, one of the tracks was the Gwen Stephanie one. The full lyrics, no “fudging”.
The audience at this disco is between 4 and 12.
So, which is right? to edit out what some may think is objectionable content or to let it go, in all its glory?
I don’t know. I think the song has more integrity in the original, but its a close thing.