Thats it, I'm old

With my birthday looming I'm feeling like an old fogey. Okay not really, but still. I don't particularly want to get older. So I'm listening to music on iTunes and I found a song I used to like called Caught Up by Ja Rule & Lloyd. I downloaded it, the explicit version as I normally don't prefer edited versions. So I played and ugh I shuddered. Sometime in the last few years I've turned into one of those people who is offended by unedited music. I mean I've heard explicit versions of songs that were completely different songs than the edited ones (like Some Cut). But this song, just a few words were changed and I realized I can't play that in my car. I think I may have to pay 99 more cents to download the edited version. The question is do I like the song that much. Probably not.

Example: Some of the least graphic changes (if you can believe it) in Some Cut

Edited Version:
And I'll follow that thang in the mall
Take you home so we can do it all

Explicit Version:
And I'll follow that ass in the mall
Take you home, let you juggle my balls

I remember I had someone get that song for me. When it started playing, I was singing along, then I heard the graphicness, I almost threw up and crashed my car. Okay that didn't happen, but I was shocked. I never listened to the unedited version ever again. I'm not mentally capable of handling it. It is much too freaking graphic for me. Man, I really am old. I guess I'll start listening to adult contemporary music.

Update: I had to post this Pretty Ricky clip from their concert because it showcases what I'm talking about. I like a few of Pretty Ricky's songs, but I have noticed that many of their lyrics are quite graphic. They are adults but their target audience are pre-teens and teenage girls. Knowing that and seeing this video makes me disgusted.



Interestingly enough I saw this quote in the iTunes review of Pretty Ricky's first album. "Thats how outrageous they are, fitting somewhere between Usher and the Yin Yang Twins at their most lecherous."