Soulgirl

That's a lot of old codswallop. You first say it's a sign of low intelligence yet continue to say we all do it at times of stress or frustration. So, it's ok if you're frustrated because then your intelligence remains intact? Twaddle

KiwiGTI

Actually swearing has nothing to do with intelligence whatsoever, but stress, frustration and upset are. They indicate that you are not able to control emotion well and that you have little control over the processes occuring in your frontal lobe. (Are you a woman?)

TelBoy

**** me, everyone's an amateur psychologist!

I swear all the time at work, but i thought the extent and timing of Saturday's outbursts was inappropriate. I'd wager that anyone who disagrees doesn't have young children.

Abdabz

LOL @ Snoop Live on the BBC singing "Whats my motha forkin name" - When Madge did it it was old news for the snoopmaster had already been there...
We make them famous by spending money on their self expression then slag them off for self expression... errrm....

Jap2Scrap

Got to admit I laughed when they aired the footage of Green Day and left in the Mindfúck lyric and again when Razorlight popped one in but I was cringing when Snoop Dogg was on stage.

I don't blame the guy, those are the lyrics he wrote (despite me thinking he's a shít artist and performer) but putting him later on the bill might have been prudent.

For the record I haven't heard any of you old timers complain about Roger Daltrey singing "Who the fúck are you?" during Who Are You

stormyuklondon1

the swearing was no where near as bad as mariah careys on stage antics. **** me, that was something to complain about.

TelBoy

But The Who are an institution...!

Plus it was late enough for nobody to have reasonable grounds for complaint, imo.

Alan C

Agree with TelBoy that that's what the watershed is there for..

I've no issue after 9 as you know what you're going to get and it allows me as a parent / individual to choose.. I had no choice on Saturday..

OllyK

Yes you did, you could have gone down the pub like I did, and avoided the whole sorry mess.

thundertiger

i turned the s**t off after 10 minutes.....
and went down the pub instead, to hear proper contextual swearing!!!

its not hard to say the "f" word, and i'm sure it didn't generate any more money for the
little hungry black kids.

BB

KiwiGTI

I have young kids and they will be brought up properly to know what right and wrong are, with manners and respect.

You can't hide kids from all the wrong things but you can educate them. I knew swear words when I was a child but I never used them because I knew it was bad or inappropriate.

I don't think there were any outbursts on Saturday, a couple of incidents of swearing - possibly less than a child would hear at school these days.

Why single out Snoop though - Is it because he is black?

davegtt

Listen to you all, the whole thing was a publicity stunt and your making it work by starting threads like this.... you all had a choice, the second Snoop was introduced on the stage you could have turned over, Im sure 99% of people watching knew you was going to get some colourful language from him. no matter what time of day it was!!!!

Personally I didnt see any of it and Im glad... Im sure Sir Bob didnt make any money from all this

lightning101

OMFG

TelBoy

So are you accusing me of NOT doing that???

Are you saying i should have explained to my six year old daughter by now that **** and **** are naughty, naughty words???


Get a life.

RichWalk

I swore when they took The Killers off after one song

Alan C

But why are we censoring all radio broadcast R&B / Rock songs by phasing out the swear words? Why don't TOTP producers allow artists to swear instead of playing the watered down version?

As a parent, I'm not stupid enough to think that my 12 year old lad isn't swearing at school.. But as parent I have to protect them from the potentialy harmful effects of using such language as normal everyday language, which includes education.. Do I really want Snoop or Eminem as my lads role model?

Why stop there? Why not let him see the pornographic content of the Internet?

There HAS to be a decency line drawn somewhere..

KiwiGTI

No, but are you accusing yourself? A bit paranoid I think.

She's probably heard them already, or will do very shortly in the future. And when she does an explanation will be given. They can't be wrapped in cotton wool all their lives, Live 8 swearing happened, it was an exception. Get over it.

I'm sure there will be people who blame the swearing on Live 8 for their children becoming criminals later on in life.

TelBoy

Are you ******* mad??? If you think you're the only competent father out there, get your head out of your ****. And no, she *hasn't* been subjected to that sort of language yet, so get off your high horse and don't assume YOUR way is the only right way. As and when the time comes, all well and good, NOT from Madonna well before the watershed when it isn't expected and totally unnecessary.

RobJenks

I have just seen a video clip from the German concert.
2 chicks went on stage stripped off bollock naked -then a member of the band stripped off , he was aroused lets say , he then screwed one of the girls from behind -All this on the stage and to an audience that were encouraging them .
Now I've been in the army and seen everything , but this was disgusting

Soulgirl

LOL - and people here are worried about a few words

I swear a lot, and I am a mother My kids? They are normal balaced and polite so where have I gone wrong by swearing?

KiwiGTI

I'm competent enough to know that a concert featuring one of the most prominent "gansta" rappers, Madonna and Bob Geldof will have some swearing in it. After all it's not exactly the Wiggles or Hi-5. It all comes down to responsible parenting and allowing your kids to watch appropriate tv programs.

thundertiger

KIWI, theres a time a place, and this wasn't the time OR place for such profanity!!!

starving kids or not, there's NO excuse, just ignorance. (IMHO)

BB

jasey

Anybody on the planet thinking there would be no swearing on Live8 needs their heads examining. I missed most of the concert - but from the bits I did see it looked pretty poor.

As for picking on Snoop cos he's black - I didn't see his set or any of the others but I would bet he's being singled out cos he swore the most.

But here's something for you - Most parents would be telling their kids that swearing is bad and only done by bad people - So if Snoop comes on swearing like a trooper the kids might well put 2 and 2 together and come up with Black People are Bad.

So does that make the kids racist or Snoop an arsehole ***** ****** ?

Soulgirl

In Glasgow the c word is used very often and has no insult attached to it yet if you call someone a cow that's pretty offensive

Brendan Hughes

400 complain to Auntie Beeb.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...ic/4648051.stm

KiwiGTI

At least 400 very sad individuals then.

OllyK

I was tempted to complain, but not about the swearing