The original version refers to pop stars being faggots. The verse in particular is where a New York delivery worker says -
The little faggot with the earring and the makeup. Yeah buddy, that's his own hair. The little faggot owns his own jet airplane. The little faggot is a millionaire.
I dimly remember this, but it is hard to believe it has been thirteen years already. Our Canadian cousins are at the cutting edge of social engineering it seems.
It is a great 1980s song by the way. Mark Knopfler is so good with a guitar he never could have been black. He wasn't setting fire to his instruments at the end of gigs because that would be retarded for a start.
KyleIsThisTall -2 points 3 months ago
Fun fact: Mark Knopfler is actually gay, so doesn't he get the f-word pass? Are they silencing gay voices?