QUESTIONS ABOUT MUSIC (little insignificant ones)

1. RE: it is. somehow the censors never noticed it. to this day, it's not censored on radio.

unbefuckinlievable. I guess that was before lyric sheets and before the threat of satanic metal porn rap scariness.

i asked this elsewhere but got no answer: what kind of instrument makes that kind of monkey "ooh-ahh" sound in latin music and occasionally disco and stuff. you know the sound.

Post youtube with time of specific instance of ooh-ahh

Is that the cuica you're thinking of? Samba drum, has a wet flap and rod contraption that makes a sound like ... like scrubbing something squeaky clean.

http://www.emiliano.com/cuica.html

(will leave you feeling significantly more enlightened about the history, construction, sound, and social relevance of the cuica than you ever expected to become today)

There are a lot of songs that get a pass on profanity: "Who Are You", "Money" by Pink Floyd. "Start Me Up" and "You Shook Me" featuring lyrics about cum. Lou Reed talking about giving head in "Walk on the Wild Side".

I used to work for a classic rock station that promoted the fact that it was "family friendly" and all the bad words were gone. I never had to do the bowdlerizing, but it would've wounded my soul if I had done so.

I really wish I knew what creme1 was talking about. Are there any samples of cuica that aren't .rm?

"Mr cab driver, fuck you! I'm a survivor" - Lenny Kravitz, received mucho daytime and primetime radio play, no-one seemed to notice.

3. What is making the "oo-OO-HOO-hoo" sound in Gainsbourg's "Bonnie and Clyde"?

thats a person

a voice (xpost)

oh yea. i just did it.

i thought it was one of those weird airto moreira drums or something

take you 2 minutes to type 3 words huh, shasta?

Maybe he's one of those people who reads a thread before posting.

musically OTM.

i think i opened the thread and then worked for a bit and then went back to the thread actually.

That "who the fuck are YOU?" has nagged at me silently for years. Thank you, dean ge.

^

Maybe he's one of those people who reads a thread before posting.

this makes no sense

i think i opened the thread and then worked for a bit and then went back to the thread actually.

i think you're full of shit and trying to bite my style.

I think you're full of it and trying to copy him.

^ I opened the browser and then watched Tim & Eric.

do I hear correctly the words 'who da fuck are you?' and how has this possibly escaped the censors on the radio all these years?

there is actually a censored version ("who the hell are you?") that was a radio-only edit in 1978. it's rather hard to find these days, so classic rock stations just play the regular version and let it slide. ditto pink floyd's "money" ("goody-good bull-blank"), steve miller's "jet airliner" ("funky chicks goin' down in the city"), and jethro tull's "locomotive breath" ("kick in the fun").

i've seen old vinyl copies of who are you with a warning sticker about possibly "objectionable" lyrics.

This is probably something I should know, but don't.

What's the source of that ever-ubiquitous sample that's common in early house and hip hop and what have you, which I think may be James Brown, but goes "whoo!. . . yeah!" If you don't know what I mean, it can be heard here

Again, should be really obvious, but I've never had any idea what it is.

Lyn Collins, Think. She sang backup for James Brown.

A song with that cuica thing is Adeus Maria Fulo by Os Mutantes. Unless it's just someone rubbing a balloon or something.

"funky chicks goin' down in the city"

that's a better line than the original!