Britney News: Song Title Angers Parents, First Husband Goes to Jail

Parents who bought their children a copy of Britney Spears' Circus have begun coming to the realization that the song "If You Seek Amy" is just a sneaky way to say "F-U-C-K Me," and predictably they're not too happy. "I was astonished and totally taken aback when I heard my 5 and 7 year old kids walking around the house singing 'F-U-C-K'," said one parent. "When I asked them what it was, they told me it was Britney Spears. I was horrified." Listen, we don't want to tell people how to raise their kids, but a Britney album is guaranteed to be stocked with sexual innuendos, from "...Baby One More Time" through Blackout's "Get Naked (I Got A Plan)." Barsenbach goes on to complain that she felt "deceived" by the song title, as she thought the album would be filled with "acceptable content for children."

In other vaguely Britney-related news, remember Spears' first husband Jason Alexander? The guy who probably took a shotgun wedding a little too far and will forever be known as the guy who isn't the co-star on Seinfeld? The poor guy was arrested this week for violating his probation linked to a 2006 DUI conviction. He'll spend ten days in jail while his ex-wife enjoys the spoils of her latest top-selling album.

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“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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