Christopher Golding

Q: iTunes Match Match Explicit Songs Matches Clean

I am having issues where some songs that have explicit words are being replaced by songs that have been censored ( clean version ).  I am pretty particular about my music, ever time I hear a song that has been censored, it is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

 

Some of my songs are being properly matched, Eminem for instance seems to have no problem being matched, however Blink-182 gets matched with the clean version.

 

I hope Apple will correct this before this comes out of beta, for an Apple product I am thoroughly disappointed.

 

~Chris

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 16, 2011 12:30 PM

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  • by bruistopher,

    bruistopher bruistopher Dec 20, 2011 7:39 AM in response to MjaMes1409
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    Dec 20, 2011 7:39 AM in response to MjaMes1409

    Don't get me wrong though. Music purchases off iTunes itself are going to be explicit if you purchased the explicit version. But your imported music files i.e. music CD's that are explicit. They are practically all clean. I just checked. I upset. Because I'm so use to listening to the way the music was meant to be. Which is explicit! Now I'm listening to clean lyrics which is annoying because there is way to many editings!

     

    Ugh! Apple please fix this. I chose iTunes Match because I didn't want all my music taking my iPhone 4 storage space. This iCloud feature is awesome. I do know this is the early stages and your working on the important parts first. But this bug is serious though!

  • by iAmKingPhil,

    iAmKingPhil iAmKingPhil Dec 21, 2011 5:37 PM in response to bruistopher
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    Dec 21, 2011 5:37 PM in response to bruistopher

    yea, the same thing happened to me and I didn't even realize it until yesterday when I bought the physical copy of Young Jeezy's new TM103.. Some songs in iCloud are edited, some aren't.  It's so bizzare, and I don't understand why this would happen when Apple sells both explicit and clean in the iTunes store.. Something has to be done or else iTunes match is just ruining my iTunes library that is well over 12,000 songs.. Apple, this isn't like you.. HELP!

  • by Slicecom,

    Slicecom Slicecom Dec 21, 2011 6:13 PM in response to Christopher Golding
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    Dec 21, 2011 6:13 PM in response to Christopher Golding

    This is a MAJOR problem. I wouldn't be so concerned if I knew that they'd be able to fix it, but now that I have so many cleaned versions of songs, how will they ever be able to tell that I originally had the explicit versions to correct it!? The only thing I can think of is a master switch where you select if you want all of your matched songs clean or explicit.

  • by Mike Connelly,

    Mike Connelly Mike Connelly Dec 22, 2011 10:27 AM in response to Slicecom
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    Dec 22, 2011 10:27 AM in response to Slicecom

    Keep reporting to apple, they definitely need to fix it.  I would send lists with specific examples.

     

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

  • by bruistopher,

    bruistopher bruistopher Dec 22, 2011 12:40 PM in response to Mike Connelly
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    Dec 22, 2011 12:40 PM in response to Mike Connelly

    Thanks. I just reported this problem to Apple. Hopefully they can release a fix for iTunes. It's very annoying. I had to avoid some of the songs that are now edited!

     

    Everyone else that posted this so far. Just do what Mike suggested the more that report this problem the more Apple will be aware of the problem.

  • by erinfrombroadford,

    erinfrombroadford erinfrombroadford Dec 25, 2011 4:37 AM in response to Christopher Golding
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    Dec 25, 2011 4:37 AM in response to Christopher Golding

    i've downloaded a load of albms that have replaced the explicit tracks with censored versions, i've also deleted the original tracks, what will happen now? this is a huge error on apples part, the whole point of itunes match for me was to replace the low quality rips i made of cd's with better quality, now i'll have to re-rip the cd's anyway to get the explicit tracks back, what a waste

  • by Mike Connelly,

    Mike Connelly Mike Connelly Dec 28, 2011 8:26 AM in response to erinfrombroadford
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    Dec 28, 2011 8:26 AM in response to erinfrombroadford

    erinfrombroadford wrote:

     

    i've also deleted the original tracks

     

    Not a good idea, definitely keep a backup copy of the full iTunes library.

  • by OWN3D,

    OWN3D OWN3D Jan 10, 2012 9:36 PM in response to Christopher Golding
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    Jan 10, 2012 9:36 PM in response to Christopher Golding

    Having the same issue, this is cropping up all over the forums.  Music that was unedited went up to the cloud and came down edited/clean.  Most irritating thing listening to scratched, bleeped music.

  • by Akidnamedjp ,

    Akidnamedjp Akidnamedjp Jan 11, 2012 3:58 AM in response to Christopher Golding
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    Jan 11, 2012 3:58 AM in response to Christopher Golding

    I really hope they fix this I'm have the same problems with drake's songs and jay-z's and it not all of them it's making me mad cuz I just changed computers and I don't have any of the old songs any more :/

  • by OWN3D,

    OWN3D OWN3D Feb 1, 2012 3:39 PM in response to Christopher Golding
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    Feb 1, 2012 3:39 PM in response to Christopher Golding

    The is enfuriating, a 1GB download for 10.7.3, theres no mention of fixing iTunes Match.

  • by Michael Allbritton,

    Michael Allbritton Michael Allbritton Feb 1, 2012 4:14 PM in response to OWN3D
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    Feb 1, 2012 4:14 PM in response to OWN3D

    That's because any fixes to iTM will not come with an OS update. The type of fix we are are looking for will be done on the server side. We will probably not see an iTunes update to fix this.

  • by Slicecom,

    Slicecom Slicecom Feb 3, 2012 7:40 AM in response to Christopher Golding
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    Feb 3, 2012 7:40 AM in response to Christopher Golding

    A 9o5 Mac reader said he received a reply from one of Apple's engineers saying they're working on the problem: http://9to5mac.com/2012/02/02/apple-working-on-fix-for-itunes-match-bug-that-mat ches-explicit-songs-as-clean/

     

    Hopefully we'll see a fix soon!

  • by Spencer Lewis,

    Spencer Lewis Spencer Lewis Feb 3, 2012 8:11 AM in response to Slicecom
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    Feb 3, 2012 8:11 AM in response to Slicecom

    But does "working ont the problem" mean that they'll retroactively address people who have had their unedited songs replaced, or just moving forward there won't be a problem.

     

    As it stands, I just "upgraded" all my files over the past few days, and am noticing this issue in places. Because it's near impossible to know what songs/albums it impacts, I think I may just restore my entire iTunes library from my Time Capsule and then wait until a fix is announced.

  • by Slicecom,

    Slicecom Slicecom Feb 3, 2012 8:34 AM in response to Spencer Lewis
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    Feb 3, 2012 8:34 AM in response to Spencer Lewis

    Hopefully the former, but I suppose we won't know until its released.

     

    The only way I can think of that they can rectify it for people like us who "upgraded" our libraries only to get our explicit stuff replaced by clean is a master switch in the preferences where we can select if we want all clean or all explicit versions. There's no way for them to re-scan our libraries because they no longer exist in their original form.

  • by Michael Allbritton,

    Michael Allbritton Michael Allbritton Feb 3, 2012 8:58 AM in response to Spencer Lewis
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    Feb 3, 2012 8:58 AM in response to Spencer Lewis

    Spencer Lewis wrote:

     

    As it stands, I just "upgraded" all my files over the past few days, and am noticing this issue in places. Because it's near impossible to know what songs/albums it impacts, I think I may just restore my entire iTunes library from my Time Capsule and then wait until a fix is announced.

    I think this is the course of action to follow. And good on you for having a backup.

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