Why do artists have to go and ruin songs by swearing?

[Jesus-Egg]

Surely if they were a good songwriter they would be able to get their point across without needing to swear every other lyric. I have no problem with swearing in songs, but as others have said, when overused it loses its impact, and gets annoying.

[PaintYourTarget]

The whole purpose of swearing is to convey a strong emotion when regular words just aren't enough... A lot of songs are made to portray a strong emotion... they fit together, yes?

[drama]

I can understand what some of you mean about 'Artists swearing to make it sound more effective' but i dont understand in a song like akons or something where he says something like the N word and ruins the
song also i would like to apologise swearing in one of my recent posts it was realy early and i didnt realise i said it so im sorry

Yeah when artists use the latin word for brown/black it grinds my gears aswell!!1

[N-Dubz]

its not like none of us havnt heard a swear word in our lives, so whats wrong with putting it in a song lol?

[Fapin]

So they have 2 versions "clean" and "dirty" hardc0re fans will buy both ^^

[Rixion]

an example of this avril lavigne - girlfriend..

[untrustus]

lol trying to imagine a clean version of 'Killing in the name of'

strangely, i was about to mention that song. it was the first song that came into my head that i could think is really helped by the swearing.

[leah]

its annoying isnt itt

[Richie]

its annoying isnt itt

yeah also id say it annoys u big time cos u cant play swears on the radio

[Andeeh]

How would the song F.U.R.B by Frankee sound in a clean version? Or the original by Eamon, **** It (I Dont Want You Back) sound??

Or some Eminem songs? Have you heard Stan (the original)? It sounds a lot better then the live one

Some songs do need swearing as it suits what they are singing about.

because eamon and frankee are terrible songs

eminems stan is class though