Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
I was listening to my favorite Seattle radio station recently, and they played that Naughty By Nature classic “O.P.P.” Except for you know that one part about dicks?
As for the ladies, OPP means something gifted
The first two letters are the same but the last is something different
It’s the longest, loveliest, lean — I call it the leanest
It’s another five letter word rhymin’ with cleanest and meanest
Ok, so that part? They bleeped out the words “cleanest” and “meanest.” In 1991 they played the whole song, but 16 years later, they bleep out these two words? I had a moment of thinking, dude, what the flying fuck?! Now you can’t even say words that rhyme with penis on the radio? But it’s ok for hate-mongering morning jocks to call basketball players “nappy-headed hos“?! It is for this reason that I’m reassured that Imus got fired.
That said, I hope this doesn’t mean more bleeping in songs about penises.
Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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Sijeka
April 13th, 2007 at 3:01 am
Wow - Thanks for the link! It must be the middle of the night in Seattle 9Im in London in the morning) but the radio is rocking Prince, Black Street and Montell Jordan…
It’s like being back in my teenagers years ALL OVER AGAIN!
Makes me happy at work (would be better if they didn’t play Sean Paul).
john
April 13th, 2007 at 3:51 am
Good grief, you said “nappy-headed hos”! You might cause a car wreck.
hello insomnia
April 13th, 2007 at 6:15 am
I like 92.5, but I can’t stand their commercial because I don’t like seeing 30 seconds of dancing butts.
Opie
April 13th, 2007 at 8:32 am
I like penises!
liz
April 13th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Hmm, I actually think they might have bleeped that out in the original here in Denver. I can hear the song in my head, and reading the lyrics now, I thing there was some bleeping going on. Weird!
timothy Fox
April 13th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
yo ariel. i’m a DJ at the college radio here in honolulu hawaii and i can assure you that all my songs will say the word penis if i damn well please. the legend lives on.
Ben Haley
April 15th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
hee hee - penis!