{"id":2010582,"date":"2023-08-24T10:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fat-bottomed-girls-cut-from-queens-greatest-hits-album-on-kids-platform\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T10:07:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:07:58","slug":"fat-bottomed-girls-cut-from-queens-greatest-hits-album-on-kids-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fat-bottomed-girls-cut-from-queens-greatest-hits-album-on-kids-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Fat Bottomed Girls&#8217; Removed from Queen&#8217;s Greatest Hits Album on Children&#8217;s Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffat-bottomed-girls-cut-from-queens-greatest-hits-album-on-kids-platform%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010582&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Queen Fans Upset Over Exclusion of &#8220;Fat Bottomed\u200b Girls&#8221; from Children&#8217;s\u200c Audio \u2063Platform<\/h2>\n<p>Queen\u2063 fans are expressing\u2062 their disappointment and \u200dfrustration after discovering that the iconic song &#8220;Fat Bottomed Girls&#8221; was \u2062omitted from the \u2062band&#8217;s &#8220;Greatest\u2062 Hits&#8221; album on Yoto, a popular children&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-platform-needs-to-police-the-view-suggests-limits-on-free-speech-as-long-as-it-limits-joe-rogan\/\" title=\"\u2018This Platform Needs To Police\u2019: \u2018The View\u2019 Suggests Limits On \u2018Free Speech\u2019 \u2014 As Long As It Limits Joe Rogan\">audio platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The compilation, released earlier this month, features \u200da collection of Queen&#8217;s greatest hits, but the absence of &#8220;Fat Bottomed Girls&#8221; has left fans puzzled. Originally released in 1978 on the\u2062 album\u2062 titled &#8220;Jazz,&#8221; the\u2063 song&#8217;s catchy lyrics and\u200d memorable melody have made it a\u2064 fan favorite for decades.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I was just a skinny lad \/\/ Left alone with a big \u2064fat Fanny \/\/ She was such a naughty\u2064 nanny \/\/ Heap big\u2063 woman,\u2062 you made a bad boy out of me \/\/ Fat bottomed \u200cgirls you make the rockin&#8217; world go\u200c round,&#8221; the song&#8217;s lyrics include.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While some fans, including Senator Ted Cruz, have accused the left of canceling the song, a representative for lead guitarist Brian May\u2064 clarified that\u200d the decision to exclude it was made by the band themselves. The representative did\u2063 not provide further details and\u2062 stated that the \u200bband would not be commenting further on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, it&#8217;s important to note that &#8220;Fat Bottomed Girls&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-slams-video-of-drag-marchers-appearing-to-chant-they-are-coming-for-your-kids\/\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizes video of drag marchers allegedly chanting about targeting children.\">holds significant historical<\/a> and \u2064artistic value. The song was written by Brian May and performed by the band&#8217;s flamboyant lead\u2063 singer,\u200c the late Freddie Mercury, who was openly gay\u200c and tragically passed \u200caway from AIDS \u200bin 1991.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Total Guitar Magazine in 2011, May revealed that the song \u200bwas inspired by various experiences and not\u2063 just his own. He\u200d explained, &#8220;Remember, I was writing a \u2064song for\u2063 Freddy to sing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy Surrounding Other\u2062 Songs on the\u200c Album<\/h3>\n<p>Interestingly, while\u200c &#8220;Fat Bottomed Girls&#8221; was excluded due to its content, other \u200bsongs on the album contain lyrics that some may consider \u200binappropriate for children. For example, \u2063&#8221;Bohemian Rhapsody&#8221; includes lines about killing someone:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Mama, [I] just killed a man \/\/ Put\u200c a gun against his head \/\/ pulled my trigger \/\/ now he&#8217;s dead,&#8221; the lyrics read.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lyrics for &#8220;Another\u2063 One Bites the Dust&#8221; also reference violence:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Ain&#8217;t no sound but the sound of his feet \/\/ machine guns ready to \u200dgo \/\/ Are you \u2064ready? \u200c\/\/ \u2064Out of the doorway bullets \u200drip\u2063 \/\/ To \u200dthe sound of the beat, yeah \/\/ Another one bites the dust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, the song &#8220;Killer Queen&#8221; depicts a call \u200dgirl described as &#8220;playful as a pussy cat.&#8221;\u200d Despite these explicit lyrics, they remain included\u200d on the album.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how Yoto and Queen determined which songs would \u2063be suitable for \u200cthe children&#8217;s platform. Yoto has not yet responded to requests for comment from The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>Yoto&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everyone-is-talking-about-this-tucker-carlson-speech-days-before-his-exit-from-fox\/\" title=\"Everyone Is Talking About This Tucker Carlson Speech Days Before His Exit From Fox\">audio player<\/a>\u200b is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fat-bottomed-girls-cut-from-queens-greatest-hits-album-on-kids-platform\/\" title=\"'Fat Bottomed Girls' Removed from Queen's Greatest Hits Album on Children's Platform\">screen-free device designed<\/a> to\u200c provide \u200cchildren with \u2062a range of audio entertainment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fyre-festival-ticketholders-will-only-get-refund-of-4-cents-on-the-dollar\/\" title=\"\u2018Fyre Festival\u2019 Ticketholders Will Only Get Refund Of 4 Cents On The Dollar\">including music<\/a>, books, and\u200b jokes. \u200cThe company aims to inspire creativity and\u200c imagination through \u2062audio\u2064 experiences.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Greatest Hits&#8221; album by Queen on Yoto is marketed as an \u2062introduction to\u2062 the band&#8217;s music\u200d for young music lovers. It is described as the \u2062perfect soundtrack \u2064for various occasions, such as kitchen dance parties, road trip singalongs, and bedtime air guitar sessions.<\/p>\n<p>While the album is labeled suitable for ages 6-14 years, Yoto has added a Disclaimer \u2063acknowledging that some songs contain adult \u200bthemes,\u200d including occasional references to violence and drugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen fans are upset as &#8220;Fat Bottomed Girls&#8221; is absent from the children&#8217;s audio platform, Yoto&#8217;s release of the band&#8217;s &#8220;Greatest Hits&#8221; album. The iconic song, originally featured on the album &#8220;Jazz,&#8221; was noticeably excluded from the compilation, causing disappointment among fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1556,"featured_media":2010583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}