For Our Friends In Canada

Get subversive!

Now go out there and read Huck Finn!

11 Responses to “For Our Friends In Canada”

1. tree hugging sister says:

   January 14, 2011 at 8:44 am

   Which version…?

2. Mr. Bingley says:

   January 14, 2011 at 8:52 am

   Naughty and banned ones, I hope.

3. Syd says:

   January 14, 2011 at 9:54 am

   The interesting part of this story is that the banning came after one single complaint from some think skinned resident in Newfoundland. One complaint from someone who objected to the use of the word, “faggot”. The sad thing is that the song is a work of satire, not a threat to the gay community. Yes, the Nanny State is busy in Canada.

4. Mr. Bingley says:

   January 14, 2011 at 10:04 am

   Ours is trying hard to catch up, Syd!

5. major dad says:

   January 14, 2011 at 11:06 am

   Saw this yesterday, WTF is wrong with these people?

6. nightfly says:

   January 14, 2011 at 11:14 am

   If you don’t know the original, then Weird Al’s funniest line from the Beverly Hillbillies parody makes no sense:

   “That little Clampett’s got his own cement pond,
   That little Clampett, he’s a millionaire!”

7. Gary from Jersey says:

   January 14, 2011 at 1:20 pm

   So Denise is Canadian. It makes sense now.

8. Rob says:

   January 14, 2011 at 4:23 pm

   Speaking of Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms album, check this guy out. Coolest tattoo ever.

   http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2038041_2220390,00.html

9. barking spider says:

   January 14, 2011 at 4:49 pm

   I couldn’t help but notice that Knopfler does not sing the offending word in the clip you posted.

10. Rob says:

    January 14, 2011 at 4:57 pm

    He only used it on the album, Spider. He says “queenie” or “mother humper” or some such when he performs it.

11. Kathy Kinsley says:

    January 16, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    Unedited (North American) MTV version:
    here.

    IIRC the original British version used “pooftah.”