More on Crystal Bowersox's "Farmer's Daughter" music video and the "F-bomb"

When the Crystal Bowersox "Farmer's Daughter" music video first appeared on VEVO.com early yesterday, I noticed the version of the song they used was the "explicit" version which simply meant it had the "F-bomb" in it. Frankly, I think the song and video are so moving that word is really not needed, but I guess Crystal likes it since it adds more impact to that line of the song. I personally prefer the "I'm so sick and tired" version she has been performing on TV lately (Leno, Regis and Kelly, Ellen.) I noticed the music video has now popped up on MTV.com and that version is the "clean" version from the CD which will obviously be the version that also plays on VH1. The VEVO video version on YouTube by CrystalBowersoxVevo is the one everyone is linking to (including the country music site, todayscountrymusicvideos.com) and that is the original "explicit" version most popular with the most hits. In about 24 hours it has had over 10,000 views. In fact if you check the single song tracks from Crystal being purchased on iTunes, the explicit version of "Farmer's Daughter" is far and away her most popular download. The clean version is way down at #12 right now with "For What It's Worth" still being #2, and "Speak Now" being #3 and her first single "Up the Mountain" is now #4. I guess there could be a lot of people who purchased the hard copy CD who wanted the full impact of the "explicit" version and were willing to pay $1.29 to hear her sing that one extra word! Personally, I still am amazed "For What It's Worth" is #2. I think she sings that song well, but I consider a number of the other songs on the album better songs than that one ("Speak Now", "Mine All Mine", "Holy Toledo", "Mason".)

Another topic this brings up about her album is the "explicit" labeling of the album. The only difference between the "explicit" and "clean" versions of the album is the one F-word ("f*ing sick and tired") in the title track. Personally, I am curious why she didn't just get rid of it and always just use the "I'm so sick and tired" line she has been performing live lately. The current clean version is just blanked out vocally until she sings "sick and tired", and I think the "I'm so sick and tired" version works a  lot better. I wonder if the "explicit" label actually helps sales, by showing she is "edgier" or more "aggressive". She also uses the "s-word" a couple times on the album, once in "Ridin With the Radio" and repeatedly in the chorus in "Kiss Ya". After her interesting lyrical "change up" during her duet with Alanis Morrisette in the season finale, I don't see why she didn't just clean up all her songs to be more "radio ready". I will give my suggestions here. In "Ridin With the Radio", she could have sung "the hits that they play now" which flows just the same and flows a lot better than "the crap that they play now" or "the mess that they play now". The chorus in "Kiss Ya" is a bit tougher. How about "I don't care a bit who's around" or "I don't even care who's around". I am not sure what having those "bad" words in her songs matters, but I know it matters quite a bit to some people, especially older folks who have a thing against bad language.