TREMENDOUS FLUFFY NEEDS YOUR HELP
Tremendous Fucking has been lucky enough to receive an invitation to play at a benefit concert for the victims of the recent tornado in Evansville, Indiana. As the band includes an Evansville native, it seems fitting. But beyond that it's a great opportunity because a couple of the other bands – namely Murder by Death and Mock Orange – figure to bring in a crowd in the hundreds. So it's a great opportunity as well as something that figures to be an assload of fun.
Here's the rub.
Given the charitable nature of the event, a variety of religious and non-profit groups are involved with its planning. As such our participation is conditional upon cooperation with a PG-13 rule. We're billed exclusively as "TremFu" and can't refer to ourselves by our God-given name. But beyond that, we're faced with the challenge of cleaning up or radio-editing our most popular songs in a very short period of time. Somehow we must sanitize such Christian campfire sing-a-long favorites as:
Even the songs with clean titles tend to swear more than a Teamster with his dick caught in his zipper. And let's not get started on the stage banter. Help us out, loyal readers. How can we take songs like the ones listed above and substitute in words that make them acceptable to the average Evansville Christian organization?
Just Like Kirk Fucking Cameron, bitches.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:03 pm
You got me, but I'm having a great fucking time thinking about it. Ooo, hey, I could come up with christian-themed anagrams of those titles for you pretty easily.
November 30th, 2005 at 2:48 pm
I say leave them as-is.
Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke. Besides, are you really interested in ever playing the Wired Cafe in Evansville, Indiana, again? Or in tarrying with religious organizations?
Failing that:
eat what you are while you're falling apart
and it opened a can of worms
the nun's in my hand and I know it looks bad
but believe me I'm innocent
i'm fearful I'm fearful I'm fearful of sinning
and sinning is fearful of me
i covered my eyes when she told me the news
turning me on with my lightsabre witnessing blues
are you coming?
communion wine stained on account of her crutch
and I'm aching from praying too much
i know what I do but it all comes to you
did you sell me to wanderlove?
i'm fearful I'm fearful I'm fearful of sinning
and sinning is fearful of me
i covered my eyes when she told me the news
turning me on with my lightsabre witnessing blues
are you coming?
…
If anything gets me into hell, it will be that, I think.
November 30th, 2005 at 3:49 pm
Damn, Liz. That's good.
November 30th, 2005 at 9:49 pm
I'm with Liz on this one. Donate to the cause and take a pass. If not rather then change the words, when you come to the words that might be offensive, say nothing. The crowd will know what they should be.
December 1st, 2005 at 12:09 pm
Just open your set by explaining that your lyrics were inspired by the words of our fine, Christian Vice President and by Scott Stapp of Creed. That ought to pacify them–if it's good enough for those paragons…
December 2nd, 2005 at 2:22 pm
"Now Look What You've Done" isn't dirty, is it?
December 5th, 2005 at 8:28 am
Oh my. Lets just change all "fuck"s to "funk"s and make Joe slap and pop his way through the set.
December 5th, 2005 at 10:11 am
yeah, I've been trying to weed through our songs, and i really don't think we can take the Fucking out of the Tremendous.
December 11th, 2005 at 2:42 am
Just Like Burt Funky Reynolds
Bladow! Moherfunker!
Every Funky Time
Lightsaber funkfunking Blues
Kick in the funky
December 11th, 2005 at 4:12 pm
i used the word "Heck" last night…
as in, "this next song is good as heck!"