Fat Bottomed Girls = Family Friendly?

[hisfamily]

I was quite shocked to find that I Want To Break Free, Another One Bites the Dust, and Somebody to Love were not "family friendly" but Fat Bottomed Girls was. Magic Bus, Who Are You, and Take It On the Run shocked a bit too. I was wondering if Harmonix was done adding songs to the "family friendly" list.

[Awesome_Tree]

I hope they aren't done. I really wanna play Cheeseburger in Paradise. Those minifigs have get hungry somehow.

[hisfamily]

I just noticed that! I am kind of shocked. They took out White Rabbit! I love that song. The lyrics are not that bad...

[davidshek]

I just noticed that! I am kind of shocked. They took out White Rabbit! I love that song. The lyrics are not that bad...

Except that it's blatantly about drug use. :)

[General Lein979]

I hope they aren't done. I really wanna play Cheeseburger in Paradise. Those minifigs have get hungry somehow.Alcohol refrence.
Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer and
Warm beer and bread they said could raise the dead
There is no songs with alcohol references in lego.

[Awesome_Tree]

Aww. They should at least have told us the criteria of the song filter or something.

To stay on topic, Fat Bottom Girls seem kind of sexual, unless I'm mistaken.

[hawkofva]

Wait, Who Are You is available now?

Sweet. Weird though, since it's a song about Pete's alcohol abuse.

[SonicRocker15X]

I don't get how Killer Queen is out, personally.

[JohnnyBGoode28]

Maybe they left Fat Bottomed Girls in just for the laugh value? Y'know, little kids eat that stuff up. "Hehe. Butts."

[ExplodingTurnips]

I just noticed that! I am kind of shocked. They took out White Rabbit! I love that song. The lyrics are not that bad...

It's about drugs. :]

[dblduece]

and I Want to Break Free is about coming out of the closet

[Doc_SoCal]

I cant believe Fire made it.

Everyone knows Kids + Fire is bad M-kay...

And Ghostbusters? Clearly a hate song... Poor ghosts, they should not be persecuted like that...

Kung Fu Fighting? Violence as entertainment? Oh my goodness...

Think of the children...

;)

:rolleyes:

[hisfamily]

Kids don't really know what drugs are. When I was a kid, I thought cigars and drugs were the same. Don't Stop Believin kind of shocked me. It doesn't have anything that a kid would notice. Jimmy Buffet songs are happy, so I still think Cheeseburger could be in.

[Thargor]

Alcohol refrence. and
There is no songs with alcohol references in lego.

So What by Pink. It is an on disk song.
It mentions, "So i’m gonna drink my money", Along with talking about "sit next to Tom boy" who will know how to "hit this"(maybe i am taking this one out of context but i work around kids and they all know what this means), and it repeats over and over again about someone starting a fight. While I have no particular problem with this song it just does not seem kid friendly to me.

[SonicRocker15X]

Along with talking about "sit next to Tom boy" who will know how to "hit this"(maybe i am taking this one out of context but i work around kids and they all know what this means),

Exact line:

"I guess I'll go sit with drum boy, at least he'll know how to hit"

Either that or I'm reading my vocalist text wrong.

[Thargor]

Exact line:

"I guess I'll go sit with drum boy, at least he'll know how to hit"

Either that or I'm reading my vocalist text wrong.

The in game vocals may say that (I am not a vocalist) but that is not what the original lyrics say. I guess it may have been censored, wouldn't suprise me.
Like I said before, the song doesn't bother me at all. My Kids listen to whatever they want and I guarantee that no music will have them out there killing people or stealing cars or dealing drugs etc, and it will not be because a video game music filter or censorship was in place.

[MonkeyGoneToHeaven]

I just noticed that! I am kind of shocked. They took out White Rabbit! I love that song. The lyrics are not that bad...

One brick makes you laaarrrger, aaAAaand one brick makes you smaaaall... And the ones that mmmmmmother gives yooou don't build anything... at aaaaaall...

[ghostofjarjar]

The filter is a giant contradiction, at least we all know that. No one knows how it really works or doesn't.

[Lawdog1521]

Suffergate City is all about sex yet made it. It even features "Whaming", "Baming", and "Thank you Maming".

[MonkeyGoneToHeaven]

The filter is a giant contradiction, at least we all know that. No one knows how it really works or doesn't.

It's clear how it works, to me.

Ok, here's what they did. They put all of the songs in the game on pieces of paper and tacked them to a dart board. They then threw a hundred or so darts, and whichever songs got hit made it.

[PopCornHopper]

Fat Bottomed Girls promotes positive self image. I expect to see Baby Got Back as LRB DLC as well.

[DookieMan]

Fat Bottomed Girls promotes positive self image. I expect to see Baby Got Back as LRB DLC as well.

Win.

I'm sort of surprised about Fat Bottomed Girls, and Killer Queen didn't. The only possible bad thing in that is "killer", but still that's stretching it and has nothing to do with killing.

People were saying Don't Stop Believing didn't make it? I guess because it mentions wine. I guess the mention of alcohol, even though the kids are all aware and their parents talk about it, will make them want to impulsively drink.

[AthenaBast]

I don't get how Killer Queen is out, personally.

"She keeps the Moet et Chandon in a pretty cabinet"

Moet et Chandon is a champagne.

Also, much of the references can be made that "she's" a call girl.

[Lawdog1521]

Win.

I'm sort of surprised about Fat Bottomed Girls, and Killer Queen didn't. The only possible bad thing in that is "killer", but still that's stretching it and has nothing to do with killing.

People were saying Don't Stop Believing didn't make it? I guess because it mentions wine. I guess the mention of alcohol, even though the kids are all aware and their parents talk about it, will make them want to impulsively drink.

Your post caused me to get drunk. I demand an apology.

[fuselage321]

Ha! Too funny:)

[PieterMC]

and I Want to Break Free is about coming out of the closet

It's nothing to do with coming out. Especially since John Deacon wrote it and he is straight.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

It's nothing to do with coming out. Especially since John Deacon wrote it and he is straight.

Haha I love how everyone assumes Queen songs have a homosexual context since one member of the band was gay.

[onduvalst]

I want to break free is actually about the womens liberation movement and the video was a nod to a popular british soap opera. Neither have anything to do with "coming out"

Which brings me to the fact that the song is awesome and deserves to make it through the filter! The only reason I can see why it didn't is bolded:

I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
Youre so self satisfied I don't need you
Ive got to break free
God knows God knows I want to break free

Ive fallen in love
Ive fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know it's for real
Ive fallen in love yeah
God knows God knows Ive fallen in love

Its strange but it's true
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free baby
Oh how I want to be free
Oh how I want to break free

But life still goes on
I can't get used to living without living without
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone hey
God knows got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see
Ive got to break free

Ive got to break free
I want to break free yeah

I want I want I want I want to break free....


But Uncle John's Band made it through and it contains (and it's not censored):

Well the first days are the hardest days,
Don't you worry any more, 'Cause when life looks like easy
Street, there is danger at your door.
Think this through with me, let me know your mind.
Woh - oh, what I want to know, is are you kind?

It's a buck dancer's choice my friend; better take my advice.
You know all the rules by now and the fire from ice.
Will you come with me, won't you come with me?
Woh - oh, what I want to know, will you come with me?

Goddamn, well I declare, have you seen the like?
Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is
Don't tread on me. Come hear Uncle John's Band playing
To the tide, come with me, or go alone.

It's the same story the crow told me;
It's the only one he knows.
Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go.
Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait,
Woh - oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?

I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb;
I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune
Anybody's choice, I can hear your voice.
Woh - oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?

Come hear the Uncle John's Band by the riverside
Got some things to talk about, here beside the risin' tide
Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide,
Come on along, or go alone,
He's come to take his children home.
Woh - oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?

Come hear Uncle John's Band by the riverside,
Got some things to talk about here beside the risin' tide.
Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide, come on
Along or go alone, he's come to take his children home.

[aspiring]

One thing i have noticed is that this filter is stupid. I am sorry but how did Somebody To Love not make it? Also Pinks song does have an alcohol reference in it, as well as encouraging violence. What on earth does Somebody To Love got wrong?

[davidshek]

People were saying Don't Stop Believing didn't make it? I guess because it mentions wine. I guess the mention of alcohol, even though the kids are all aware and their parents talk about it, will make them want to impulsively drink.

As I stated earlier in this thread (or was it one of the other content filter threads?), Don't Stop Believing is about 2 people hooking up in a smoky bar and having a 1 night stand. Doesn't surprise me at all that this one didn't make it in.

[onduvalst]

One thing i have noticed is that this filter is stupid. I am sorry but how did Somebody To Love not make it? Also Pinks song does have an alcohol reference in it, as well as encouraging violence. What on earth does Somebody To Love got wrong?

Also Call Me transfered and it mentions sharing the wine, plus is about getting your freak on. So if Wine is acceptable why not Cheeseburger in Paradise's reference to cold beer and if hooking up is acceptable in Call Me why not Don't Stop?

[IanC14]

Also, much of the references can be made that "she's" a call girl.

Really? Blimey, I didn't catch that...

[AthenaBast]

Really? Blimey, I didn't catch that...

And a high priced one at that.

[Koenn]

Fat Bottomed Girls promotes positive self image. I expect to see Baby Got Back as LRB DLC as well.
As long as it's the Jonathan Coulton cover! :p

OP: You mentioned "Take It On the Run" being included in LRB. Oddly, my girlfriend wanted to sing that earlier and we noticed that it wasn't available. Is it possible that the song slipped through by mistake somehow?

[Kidmitt]

As long as it's the Jonathan Coulton cover! :p

OP: You mentioned "Take It On the Run" being included in LRB. Oddly, my girlfriend wanted to sing that earlier and we noticed that it wasn't available. Is it possible that the song slipped through by mistake somehow?

He mentioned that it wasn't available.

[odd-props]

It's about drugs. :]

straight from one of the most popular childeren's stories of all time, unchanged.

[nicko68]

Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer

Alcohol refrence. and
There is no songs with alcohol references in lego.

I think "Big kosher pickle" also is considered phallic. (KIDDING!)

When my wife sings Cheeseburger in Paradise in RB2 around my son, she sings "Big kosher pickle and a cold root beer". But seriously, he knows what beer is. I even let him taste it so he'd see how awful it tastes (when you're a kid anyway)

On a side note, I find it funny that on American Pie on Band Hero, they censored out the word "whiskey" but not "rye".

[hisfamily]

"Family Friendly" DLC:
I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty:

You can stand me up at the gates of Hell
But I won't back down.

Back in Black by AC/DC:

I`v e been looking at the sky
`Cause it's gettin` me high

On-disc:

Every Little Thing She Does is Magic by the Police:

Chorus: Every little she does is magic
Everything she does just turns me on

Lyrics straigt from the game.

[Koenn]

He mentioned that it wasn't available.
I see now, the wording's kind of ambiguous.

[hisfamily]

Well, if Magic Bus and Who Are You are not in the list, so you would have to assume that Take It On the Run isn't either.

[UncleSaltyTaterChips]

The in game vocals may say that (I am not a vocalist) but that is not what the original lyrics say. I guess it may have been censored, wouldn't suprise me.
Like I said before, the song doesn't bother me at all. My Kids listen to whatever they want and I guarantee that no music will have them out there killing people or stealing cars or dealing drugs etc, and it will not be because a video game music filter or censorship was in place.

Exactly. I listen to music for the rhythm and melody, not the lyrics. The voice is just like any other instrument (it's what makes "Runnin' With the Devil" so catchy), except more versatile, and anyone can sing without any "practice", per se. Some things are better when you take them at face value.

[Xzyliac]

I'm surprised people are making such a big deal about Fat Bottomed Girls to the point where it gets it's own successful thread but nothing about Suddenly I See which constantly has the phrase "Why the hell?" and isn't even DLC but on the disc so it was intended for LRB use.

Also, Call Me.

[TheRollingBones]

I don't get how Killer Queen is out, personally.

Remember, the Queen is a KILLER! We wouldn't want the kids killing someone because the queen did it, would we?

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

I loved singing Fat Bottomed Girls in the car when I was a kid. Of course it's family friendly! But also, I memorized the lyrics to "Strokin' " by Clarence Carter at the age of 4, so...

[Xzyliac]

Remember, the Queen is a KILLER! We wouldn't want the kids killing someone because the queen did it, would we?

God save the Queen!

Sorry...I had to

[jasonrosenbaum]

I don't understand why Someone to Love didn't make the cut. There doesn't seem to be anything offensive about it.

[Jason777123]

I am still trying to figure out how Hammer Smashed Face didn't make it! :confused:

[XacharyCross]

Tipper Gore programmed the filter, obviously.

[jasonrosenbaum]

tipper gore programmed the filter, obviously.

qft

[LuigiHann]

I don't understand why Someone to Love didn't make the cut. There doesn't seem to be anything offensive about it.

A lot of people have speculated that any kind of religious reference will trigger the filter (though some have slipped through), and Somebody to Love has several instances of "Lord," including the very specific "I have spent all my years in believing you," so while I agree that it's completely inoffensive, there's something that somebody might have flagged.

[folkeye]

A lot of people have speculated that any kind of religious reference will trigger the filter (though some have slipped through), and Somebody to Love has several instances of "Lord," including the very specific "I have spent all my years in believing you," so while I agree that it's completely inoffensive, there's something that somebody might have flagged.

I don't think it's that, since they have the phrase '...she loves Jesus...' in 'Free Fallin' ' So.... I think it's all just up for our speculation on how the filter works :p

[LuigiHann]

On-disc songs definitely go by different rules than the imported DLC. The ESRB had to screen all the songs for the disc, but HMX had to screen the import songs themselves, and they likely opted to "play it safe" more on the import side.

But yeah, it's all speculation for us. We don't know who specifically is making these decisions, or what their criteria might be.

On a related note, did a song with the word "Goddamn" really make it onto the Family Friendly list? If so, that's a huuuge oversight no matter who's judging it.

[CloudWolf]

Feels Like the First Time is also considered child-friendly, isn''t it?

[XacharyCross]

One man one man
One bar one night
One day hey hey
Just gimme gimme gimme gimme
Fried chicken

Though I'm pretty sure it means "bar" in the musical sense, the filter design would mean it's not a surprise if that got zapped for being an alcohol reference.

Somebody To Love I have no idea, other then the initial verse mentions die a little.

[Cliphead]

On a side note, I find it funny that on American Pie on Band Hero, they censored out the word "whiskey" but not "rye".
Because there's nothing wrong with drinking bread, apparently.

[crazysean05]

Isn't Take It On The Run about a guy catching or knowing about his girlfriend cheating on him?

It also mentions something about bed time clothes. I'm going to assume that caught the attention of the filter.

[masterantonio]

I'm amazed at the amount of songs that didn't make it through. Maybe they can have a cheat code awesomeness detection, that unlocks all the banned songs. Only 20 Rock Band 1 songs made it and way less than half of my dlc.

[Ferocious Q]

It's clear how it works, to me.

Ok, here's what they did. They put all of the songs in the game on pieces of paper and tacked them to a dart board. They then threw a hundred or so darts, and whichever songs got hit made it.

Even thought I'm pretty sure that's what HMX does for weekly DLC, so I doubt they would use that method more than once.

[KingKoolBeans]

Except that it's blatantly about drug use. :)
Monster is also about drug use but its ON DISC
Also no Working Man.... WTF?