What's explicit about these lyrics? (1 Viewer)

Anyone shed any light on the reason why this Ian Dury and the Blockheads song is listed as having explicit lyrics?

I want to include it on a playlist, but that playlist has to be clean. I can't see anything untoward at all. "Widebrows" isn't derogatory is it? Love the song and now wonder if I can use it.



Clevor Trevor

Just cos I ain't never 'ad, no, nothing worth having
Never ever, never ever
You ain't got no call not to think I wouldn't fall
Into thinking that I ain't too clever
And it ain't not having one thing nor another
Either, neither is it anything, whatever
And it's not not knowing that their ain't nothing showing
And I answer to the name of Trever, however

Just cos I ain't never said, no, nothing worth saying
Never ever, never never, ever
Things 'ave got read into what I never said, 'till me mouth becomes me 'ead
Which ain't not all that clever
And it's not not saying one thing nor not another
Neither, either is it anything I haven't said, whatever
And it ain't not proving that me mind ain't moving
And I answer to the name of Trever, however

Knock me down with a feather
Clever Trevor
Widebrows wonder whether Clever Trevor's clever
Either have they got
Nor neither haven't not
Got no right to make a clot
Out of Trevor

Why should I feel bad about something I ain't 'ad
Such stupidness is mad cos nothing underfoot
Comes to nothing less to add to a load of old toot
And I ain't half not half glad cos there's nowhere to put it
Even if I 'ad I'm a bit of a Jack the Lad

Knock me down with a feather
Clever Trevor
Widebrows wonder whether Clever Trevor's clever
Either have they got
Nor neither haven't not
Got no right to make a clot
Our of Trevor

"Also, it takes much longer to get up north, the slow way."


Anyone help?

torchomatic said:

Got me there, Otis. Not even a case of "uses language that was acceptable at the time" kind if thing.

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Yeah, mad isn't it. Always loved the song and thought I would give it a dust down, but on compiling a playlist, this came up as explicit lyrics.

clint van damme said:

Trevor?
What platform are you using that it's censoring your songs?

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It just comes up on Spotify or Amazon Music with an E.

Always took that as being explicit, but maybe in this case, it means Excellent.

I am downloading from Bandcamp.

Listening in Amazon Music predominantly, but then downloading from Bandcamp.

It's for a radio show and it's with the remit that it simply cannot have any explicit lyrics contained within the song in question.

nicksar said:

Apart from the obvious meaning of the lyrics I can't see why it's deemed explicit?.
I'm lucky enough to have seen Ian & the blockheads live , amazing and very talented band live.

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Yeah, saw them too.

shmmeee said:

Same on Apple Music. I wonder if it’s just a labelled issue on whatever they use as a source for lyrics.

Every track on the album is listed as explicit.
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I think that's it right there, that they have just labelled every song as explicit. I'm 99.9% certain that Sweet Gene Vincent is clean too.