@SexyUnicornH8U Lol , really ? I thought Iraq was a sophisticated place until the war...and from that comment I totally know you never been to Iraq, and BTW I'm Arabian and I have never ridden a camel in my life....it's just that Arab care more about their heritage than you do...I live in UAE , and I own a LED 3D smart TV and a X6 BMW and many things you wish you own...we actually live better than you, and my paycheck is 180,000 $ a year....
@Ikesama Jealous of wat??? I hv a fucking ml63 and 911 @ home but look who flaunting u insecure faggot. I don't know how being rich makes u less of a camel jockey... use ur brain before u speak next time
A little hyperbole on the 'if they don't like your face' bit perhaps, but it is certainly true that one of the possible punishments for many 'crimes', including theft, drinking alcohol and blasphemy, is the amputation of limbs. (Generally hands and feet though, not ears.)
Of course, several 'more civilised' countries still execute people who are arguably innocent... but if you make a movie about that - oh wait, they do, and episodes of TV shows like Boston Legal.
I would believe it's normal to break taboos nowadays, especially considering different cultures...American Dad did it for example in 'Stan of Arabia'.
Mmm. :/ Was the DVD edit actually needed? I grew up with this lyrics (As well as many other "racist" stuff of the time) and didn't actually become a racist myself. My family taught me to not judge people because of their color and race.
Companies and activists can edit and censor whatever they want, but as long as you don't get rid of racism at the very core of society (FAMILY), the problem will never go away.
And seriously, everyone chill! I'm sure they changed the lyrics because they were afraid people would take it too seriously/the wrong way. Aladdin was set in a time with different values and harsher punishments. Heck more recently than Aladdin's time, in America, they threw suspected witches in the water and if they floated they were a witch and got hung, but if they sank then they were not a witch... but they were also dead from drowning. That was barbaric too, but hey, it was home.
Huh... thanks for clearing that up. I was wondering why most of the videos of this song had the "wrong" lyrics there. Now I have to find a copy of it with the right lyrics... sheesh thanks a lot Disney...
This is fucking racist. How did the guy who wrote this not get fired? They cut off your ear if they don't like your face it's barbaric but hey it's home...wtf. Dirty Americans put propaganda into cartoons to ingrain this idiocy into children from a young age on.
@PappinAce How is that racist? It actually happened/happens.. that's like saying that its racist to say that black people come from Africa. Black people come from Africa. Stupid fuck. Facts aren't racist just because they're facts. God, you're ignorant.
@itschrisperry And what happens in the USA/the western world? Idiots getting fat off McDonald's, capitalists colonizing and destroying innocent cultures, drug dealing, etc. Doesn't mean I'm going to sing about that in a children's movie. Why not talk about the positive things that happen in a culture? Saying "it happens" doesn't mean shit; bad things and good things happen everywhere, but the Middle East is portrayed as ONLY bad. "Stupid ignorant fuck" etc. no need to insult, my friend.
@PappinAce "Idiots getting fat off McDonald's, capitalists colonizing and destroying innocent cultures, drug dealing, etc. Doesn't mean I'm going to sing about that in a children's movie."
Did you see Wall-E? The backdrop of this movie is that society's gluttony and idiocy has destroyed the planet and they have to evacuate. Then, low gravity makes everyone fatter and they move their bloated butts around town in hover chairs. There weren't any songs, but it was definitely a children's movie.
@air453 Yeah that's definitely true. I did see Wall-E; the film served as a warning to society, and actually had a positive message to spread. Aladdin did nothing of the sort; it's just a big pile of empty, retarded stereotypes. I actually tried to watch Aladdin recently because I thought it would bring me pleasant memories of my childhood. It was such a piece of shit that I couldn't make it past the half-hour mark.
@corkman666 And you see nothing wrong with that? That is the problem right there...what better way to communicate racist messages than to kids in their formative years, in cartoons all of them watch? They grow up with these stereotypes.
@PappinAce dude, kid's really aren't as stupid as you think, they learn pretty fast that not everything said in movie's is true (animated or not) also i believe the people who wrote those lyric's were more referring to the middle east in the time the movie was set more so then when the movie was released, when the entire world was savage and people were, stoned,burnt or stabbed to death for doing anything wrong
shit. that some racist crap going on there. Calling other folks barbaric is never nice. Neither is making huge assumptions about what an entire group of people do. If I was an arab, I'd be maaad pissed about this line.
@Godaiseirei well i live in the middle east and i had both my ears, but then they cut em off wen i heard this lol jokes... im still here wit both ears fine...
It's kind of stupid they tried to censor it. The harshness of ancient Persia/Arabian culture is one of the things which made it so mystical to the Europeans.
Wow lots of animosity on here... all I wana do is listen to some sweet retro Disney and not really think a whole lot about it you know... reminisce....
(cont) With that being said, in U.S still there is the death penalty...that's a fact...and for Arabs there is still stoning of women (Iran) and yes, cutting off hands and ears in some other tribes/countries.. that's a fact too..right, wrong, whatever...THAT HAPPENS...
Now, how is that RACIST??
and that's without even going to the time placement of the events in the movie...
This song is 0:57 long, uses a great part of the orchestra and demands a good voice to sing it..it is simply awesome!! thx
The change of this original is so wrong in so many ways...artistically speaking this one is way more sublime...the voice is so neat...strikes exactly where it should and the right pitch, perfect execution...this ain't precisely an easy one to sing..ups and downs...the new one is just shameful in comparison...
Then, we have the political thing..not going to argue what's wrong or right...facts...fact is that every civilization has a kind system of justice...(cont')
@meidraw nah. dont believe that american brainwash crap. you probably already have it in ur subconsciousness by watching this movie everywhere as a child....
@LadySpellcaster umm, I see I should've put this face: =P to show that I was kidding. if you knew me, you'd know I'm one of the biggest classic Disney fans ever, and am anti-censorship, but seeing as these are kids' movies, you can say the man Disney compromised by going as far as he legally could with the portrayal & hidden innuendoes. I was about to say you're being a little crazy with me, but I can see you're being a little crazy with everyone on here, so.
While I prefer the new version, I think that the reasoning behind the lyric change was dumb. The fact is they DO dismember people in the Middle East, if you steal they cut off your hand, for example. These Arab-American unions really are over-sensitive.
They should have kept the original lyrics. I love this so much better than the changed version. And it's so obvious where they changed it. Thank you for putting the original up <3
An eye for an eye approach to justice isn't just a Middle Eastern thing, and it's offensive to other cultures and histories to claim so. The early English--like the Anglos, Saxons, and Jutes--also had similar practices, and the later English had even more barbaric punishment, like being drawn and quartered. They shouldn't have changed the lyrics to the song. This takes place in some random time period, where the eye for an eye policy was valid. That's how it was. Not meant to demean, but fact
I don't see how this is remotely racist. It doesn't criticize the Arabic people or refer to them as inferior in any way. It just says what happens in the Middle East. I mean, is it not true that barbaric things such as slicing off someone's ear occur in the Middle East? That's where Aladdin is supposed to take place, right? So why do people think this is racist if it's pointing out something that really happens in this region of the world. It has nothing to do with race.
@1manmafia It happens everywhere? The only other place than the Middle East where that happens is maybe in some obscure third world African countries and Indonesia (not even sure about Indonesia). That doesn't occur in any society that can even remotely be considered civilized.
@TheoreticChaos You do realize that Aladdin takes place over a thousand years ago right? So does Mulan. Ancient China had an equally if not more harsh punishment system; so did the Greeks at one time. If you're just talking about some random thugs maiming people, then yes, it DOES happen everywhere. Assault is not exclusive to the Middle East. Don't believe in stereotypes just because everyone else does.
You know, they try to censor and to cut everything, they fight against rasissm and all of this things but this is useless without a good education from family... I was 6 when I discovered Disney universe and I saw these things uncuted, and today I have no problem with other race. It's just, the movies were more magical in that times you were part of the action. Now everything is commercial and cold... That's a shame
I don't get how racial and kids hearing wrong things from movies came into this. The racial thing, it is more likely for a kid to grow up and say racist things if their parents encourage it, a movie won't do much if the parents teach the right thing. Kids hearing stuff that they're "not supposed" to, um you're kid is going to learn it sooner or later and the things people are pointing out, kids won't ask about it. Usually they just watch the pretty color dance across the screen.That's what I did
@StrychnineLD100 you are sooo damn right. However, tell me, was it ME who has made a whole country believe this, who one way or the other teaches their children this way??? Even if you know a Hispanic what would you have believed if you didn't know their nationality?? FYI: I'm Salvadorean, and I'm proud to be one.
@StrychnineLD100 DId I ever say HISPANIC was a RACE?? If you please, re-read my comments... When I mentioned RACE, I was refering to the AFRICAN race, and all the ethnic groups that derive from it, historically a person who had Black blood, in them would never be considered white and were viewed as inferior by Whites. Geez, thank you very much for assuming I'm Mexican just because I'm Hispanic and keeping the little "If they speak Spanish they're Mexican" stereotype. Yes it would be baseless,
what do you expect from Hollywood (which controlled by Jewish) to give a positive feedback about Muslim or Arabic people?
i don't hate a Jew but the people over there never make a movie about a real Arab or Muslim who live in peace . Hollywood is same as western media never show a regular Arab people
where they cut you ears if they don't like your face ???? if this is true, Gorge Bush would not have ears right now
as a kid i never noticed the "where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face" part until years later after hearing that they took it out. either way, i love aladdin (:
I was worried when I suddenly missed this wonderful song and started singing with it in the first video link. I was like Whaaat on the 4th verse. Never even heard that one before. THANKS for digging up the original! On the racism subject, allow me to second the exact words from @xpuffybluedragonx . You gotta admit, the poetry in this song doesnt harm and its nothing but marvelous.
Also would like to point out this particular song is about the Arabian Nights the novel, or compilation of short stories however you think of it. If anyone has read these in here along with myself they will know that they are wonderfully imaginative but also grisly and barbaric, much like grimm stories.
I happen to believe that we treat children like they're stupid a lot more than they are. I knew my parents would NEVER let me steal when I was a child, despite what I saw in a movie. and i really doubt that if I heard about ears being cut off my first thought would absolutely not be to test that out for myself.
I would like to point out that when I watched this movie as a kid (and I did many, many times), not once did I pay attention to the "Where they cut off your ears, if they don't like your face" part of the song. Kids just like the music. They're not paying attention to the lyrics.
No matter if the 'cut off your ear' line is true or not, theres no place for such lyrics in kid movies. thats inappropiate. young kids mostly cant place this in history, since they dont know much about history yet. for kids who dont live in arabic countries, this is the first time learning about the arabic world. do they really have to hear 'they cut off your ear'. they dont know the other sides to it, so its misleading.
@YoungWolve1 I do not agree with you. First of all, these movies are not JUST for kids. They'll probably watch with parents and can ask them questions. And if cutting off an ear is the worst thing a child can hear, well then it is a very luck child. In my believes, parents should not hold their children back in certain things just because it can 'scar' them; it will eventually make them stronger.
@YoungWolve1 If that's the case, they should also replace the line "more often than not are hotter than hot...", since it implies something else. What if the kids ask questions about it... ¬_¬
i mean i used to watch this when i was a little boy but alot our society doesnt notice is that thet use words slit your throat or cutting ears off and this this is supposed to be a kids movie for fucks sake
lol @ the top rated comment.. shows how dumb people are... how is that even close to true? when the fuck do arabs cut off each others ears if they dont like ur face? lmao
@5600167 I don't think song represents arabians cutting each other as evil, exactly the opposite - it teaches us to appreciate other culture, what we could consider as extremely "barbarian" can be absolutely normal in other culture...
How can you say Arabs have no feeling and this was once true they cutted of people ears that never was true this sentence isn't racist you're the ones who's racist
I like this version better than the altered version. My church is the only place where i know where a VHS copy of Aladdin is. I sorta wanna check and see if this line is in it and if it is i kinda wanna take it because kids these days can't tell the awesome Disney classics from Hannah Montana so they'll never miss it...
@itsleahofcourse That's illogical. If you're rehearsing the old gripe about pop culture being popular, then LEAVE THE MOVIE. If true, then those kids need a movie as epic and immersive as Aladdin. Just start playing it for them. Everybody loves Aladdin.
I'm of middle eastern decent and I find this song neat rather than offensive, I hate to say that I kind of agree with the comment that whites are taught to be extra sensitive to other races, when people ask what my heritage is and I tell them I hate how careful their language becomes, it's uncomfortable. I'd rather a stupid joke at my expense than that.
@pharaohsketches I will talk to you no differently. & Talk to you like I human being. I’m not agent any race of any kind. I have been told many times how I’m not afraid of difference!
@pharaohsketches you have the freedom to feel whatever you please. not because i'm of middle eastern decent i'm saying this, but these lyrics are not appropriate in the context of a cartoon for children. when my kid steals a rock from the neighbor's backyard, he's supposed to return it, metaphorically, that will teach him to not touch anything that's not his. sometimes you have to take extra measures because children aren't aware of the social complexity of why this sounds like it sounds
@pharaohsketches Actually I agree with you, and I'm white. I have to be extra careful with how I word things because is I flat out ask, 'Hey, could ya pass me the black crayon?' its to be considered to be racist. At least where I live.
@pharaohsketches I agree but I'm white and I make all kinds of "racist" jokes with my friends of just about every skin tone and culture you can imagine and they laugh with me. Plus if anyone thinks this song is racist, it's impossible to make something entertaining that won't offend anybody so Disney uses stereotypical imagery to make it entertaining for kids, they expect you to be entertained by this not live your life by it. Jeez
@prideofclouds Even though I'm hispanic and so far Disney has not portrayed my culture in a movie, well maybe they have as ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS; the day I see that I will be extremelly dissappointed and upset. Just think about this, what "races" or ethinicities do you make jokes about? and Who are the victims or subjects of them? Now your claim addressing children and movies, children are so vulnerable to all these messages transmitted through media, they are like little sponges that absorb it all
@prideofclouds If we start implanting these ideals in children's minds since a very young age they will use them in the future against "inferior races," true we don't live our lives exactly like the movies, but media is a mirror that reflects what man thinks and does. Media can build up or help deteriorate respect to the HUMAN RACE, and children are our hope for tomorrow, and I really hope we can rid of these stereotypes and view each other as a human being not Arab, Asian, Black, White, or Mex.
@pharaohsketches its not all whites, if your serious about the offensive joke move to eastern europe were they've never seen skin darker then their own taned noses in the summer
@pharaohsketches i guess its still a matter of guilt. after all, as much as ALL cultures have slaughtered each others throughout times (i am norwegian, and we spent thousands of years killing each others, then swedes, then the rest of europe), white people have managed to create THE bloodiest conflict _ever_, that was based in racism. i totally aggree with your point, but thats probably where it comes from.
censoring things like that is fucking stupid, disney is fucking stupid, america is fucking stupid and so is anyone who gets offended by anything so simple and harmless
guys... please, come on. this is not racist. this movie doesn't even take place in arabia or any actual country. it takes place in fictional place, so PLEASE get off people's backs about this wohle racism thing.
@Sophia9295 Legit. but seriously, how many cultures does this take from? The palace looks like the Taj Mahal in India, and the tiger's name is Raja, which is also an Indian name. In the movie they fly around the Egyptian pyramids...heck, when you go to Epcott the Aladdin and Jasmine characters are in the Moroccan section of the park! Can you think of any others? lol
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RCDrose1 4 days ago
Everytime somebody ask me about my tour in Iraq, I play them this song
SexyUnicornH8U 1 week ago
@SexyUnicornH8U Lol , really ? I thought Iraq was a sophisticated place until the war...and from that comment I totally know you never been to Iraq, and BTW I'm Arabian and I have never ridden a camel in my life....it's just that Arab care more about their heritage than you do...I live in UAE , and I own a LED 3D smart TV and a X6 BMW and many things you wish you own...we actually live better than you, and my paycheck is 180,000 $ a year....
Ikesama 1 week ago
@Ikesama And I forgot one thing we don't have to pay taxes...
Ikesama 1 week ago
@Ikesama ...OK well neither of these points, important though they may be, address either of my points so... cool I guess.
Chairchuckee 1 week ago
@Ikesama
and i am d king of UAE haha shut the fuck up u ragheaded turd everyone knows u r one paycheck away from blowing urself up
SexyUnicornH8U 3 days ago
@SexyUnicornH8U Haha I can see how jealous you are.....I can spare few dollars if you want..you can work as a maid in my mansion....
Ikesama 3 days ago
@Ikesama Jealous of wat??? I hv a fucking ml63 and 911 @ home but look who flaunting u insecure faggot. I don't know how being rich makes u less of a camel jockey... use ur brain before u speak next time
SexyUnicornH8U 2 days ago
e on the dunes
Maruader25 2 weeks ago
I come from a land from a far away place where the caravan camels roam
Where they cut off your ear if they dont like your face its barbaric but hey its home
When the winds from the east and the suns from the west and the sand in the glass is right
Come on down stop on by hop a carpet and fly to another Arabian night
Arabian night like Arabian days more often than not are hotter than hot in a lot of good ways
Arabian nights neath Arabian moons a fool off his guard will fall and fall hard out ther
Maruader25 2 weeks ago
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Maruader25 2 weeks ago
A little hyperbole on the 'if they don't like your face' bit perhaps, but it is certainly true that one of the possible punishments for many 'crimes', including theft, drinking alcohol and blasphemy, is the amputation of limbs. (Generally hands and feet though, not ears.)
Of course, several 'more civilised' countries still execute people who are arguably innocent... but if you make a movie about that - oh wait, they do, and episodes of TV shows like Boston Legal.
Chairchuckee 3 weeks ago
@Chairchuckee Under 'hudud', that is.
Chairchuckee 3 weeks ago
@Chairchuckee Arabs are mostly muslim and for us the suspect is innocent until he's proven guilty...
Ikesama 1 week ago
"More often than not, are hotter than hot, in a lot of good ways!"
I wonder what those "good ways" could be.
bookisomg 1 month ago 2
@bookisomg LOL I was wondering the exact same thing. Why would they put such a line in a children's film?
dexateu 1 month ago
@dexateu to make it fun for a bigger audience, simple as that...
dickspr 1 month ago
@dexateu cause its funny lol
98u5 1 month ago
@bookisomg
Cherck out Jasmine on the Rule 34 site...
MisterMaster389 1 week ago
FItta
BladeSicker 1 month ago
@BladeSicker idiot.
amgpownu 1 month ago
LOL it's funny cause it's true
SarahLee1 1 month ago
lol I got the censored version on VHS, I remember wondering why flat, hot lands were barbaric XD
GiftedContractor 1 month ago
They cut it out cuz the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee,found that line to be offensive xD
ThePkmTrainerGold 2 months ago
@HellStriker66 its Disney, not a fucking history lesson.
DBTFxC 2 months ago
I would believe it's normal to break taboos nowadays, especially considering different cultures...American Dad did it for example in 'Stan of Arabia'.
tahtipuikkoblogi 2 months ago
Don't know why they've changed this line. Original can teach a few things kids :
1) cutting ears is barbaric. And when kid ask mom, she says :"barbaric" is word with negative meaning
2) you must always love your home, even when some things in it are not best
3) if someone doesnt' like your face, you'll lost ear, so don't cut yourself at home ! And its valuable lesson :don't be an emo
For the guys on high positions-don't change anything, people have their own minds and internet still exists.
dfeas10 2 months ago 2
definitely my favourite cartoon of ALL TIMES...
My grandchildren will have to watch it
djordje1yu 2 months ago
Mmm. :/ Was the DVD edit actually needed? I grew up with this lyrics (As well as many other "racist" stuff of the time) and didn't actually become a racist myself. My family taught me to not judge people because of their color and race.
Companies and activists can edit and censor whatever they want, but as long as you don't get rid of racism at the very core of society (FAMILY), the problem will never go away.
EspectroUrbano 2 months ago 2
Why censor the truth?Damned animals.
LastAmerican6 2 months ago
Until NOW there is no case or WHAT so ever that a person got his/her ears cut off cuz of his/her beauty/uglyness.......show me JUST 1 case
Drprinceshakespear 2 months ago
wow thats kinda harsh (im egyptian)
rawanelbieber 3 months ago
And seriously, everyone chill! I'm sure they changed the lyrics because they were afraid people would take it too seriously/the wrong way. Aladdin was set in a time with different values and harsher punishments. Heck more recently than Aladdin's time, in America, they threw suspected witches in the water and if they floated they were a witch and got hung, but if they sank then they were not a witch... but they were also dead from drowning. That was barbaric too, but hey, it was home.
Jen24601 3 months ago
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tafeshlh 3 months ago
@Jen24601 +1. Dead on.
air453 2 months ago
Huh... thanks for clearing that up. I was wondering why most of the videos of this song had the "wrong" lyrics there. Now I have to find a copy of it with the right lyrics... sheesh thanks a lot Disney...
Jen24601 3 months ago
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tafeshlh 3 months ago
This is fucking racist. How did the guy who wrote this not get fired? They cut off your ear if they don't like your face it's barbaric but hey it's home...wtf. Dirty Americans put propaganda into cartoons to ingrain this idiocy into children from a young age on.
PappinAce 3 months ago
@PappinAce How is that racist? It actually happened/happens.. that's like saying that its racist to say that black people come from Africa. Black people come from Africa. Stupid fuck. Facts aren't racist just because they're facts. God, you're ignorant.
itschrisperry 3 months ago
@itschrisperry And what happens in the USA/the western world? Idiots getting fat off McDonald's, capitalists colonizing and destroying innocent cultures, drug dealing, etc. Doesn't mean I'm going to sing about that in a children's movie. Why not talk about the positive things that happen in a culture? Saying "it happens" doesn't mean shit; bad things and good things happen everywhere, but the Middle East is portrayed as ONLY bad. "Stupid ignorant fuck" etc. no need to insult, my friend.
PappinAce 3 months ago
@PappinAce "Idiots getting fat off McDonald's, capitalists colonizing and destroying innocent cultures, drug dealing, etc. Doesn't mean I'm going to sing about that in a children's movie."
Did you see Wall-E? The backdrop of this movie is that society's gluttony and idiocy has destroyed the planet and they have to evacuate. Then, low gravity makes everyone fatter and they move their bloated butts around town in hover chairs. There weren't any songs, but it was definitely a children's movie.
air453 2 months ago
@air453 Yeah that's definitely true. I did see Wall-E; the film served as a warning to society, and actually had a positive message to spread. Aladdin did nothing of the sort; it's just a big pile of empty, retarded stereotypes. I actually tried to watch Aladdin recently because I thought it would bring me pleasant memories of my childhood. It was such a piece of shit that I couldn't make it past the half-hour mark.
PappinAce 2 months ago
@PappinAce dude, chill, it's fucking Disney they do this shit all the time :P
corkman666 3 months ago
@corkman666 And you see nothing wrong with that? That is the problem right there...what better way to communicate racist messages than to kids in their formative years, in cartoons all of them watch? They grow up with these stereotypes.
PappinAce 3 months ago
@PappinAce dude, kid's really aren't as stupid as you think, they learn pretty fast that not everything said in movie's is true (animated or not) also i believe the people who wrote those lyric's were more referring to the middle east in the time the movie was set more so then when the movie was released, when the entire world was savage and people were, stoned,burnt or stabbed to death for doing anything wrong
corkman666 3 months ago 2
This is the real version!
MCMIVC 3 months ago
Yet if something similar was said about Europe of the same period (or this)....
FourSquareEyes 3 months ago 4
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robin williams is a genius he owned the movie
richkidsfreakmeout 3 months ago
I am a barbarian and I'm highly offended by this song.
Rappadurzen 3 months ago 18
I hope they like my face, I like my ears. :3
richkidsfreakmeout 3 months ago 8
The fact that they had to edit 1 line shows too many ppl are way to PC. Calm down it's a cartoon
daniisgreat 3 months ago 3
shit. that some racist crap going on there. Calling other folks barbaric is never nice. Neither is making huge assumptions about what an entire group of people do. If I was an arab, I'd be maaad pissed about this line.
Godaiseirei 4 months ago
@Godaiseirei well i live in the middle east and i had both my ears, but then they cut em off wen i heard this lol jokes... im still here wit both ears fine...
blah23ist 3 months ago
@Godaiseirei
You seem to be the one making the assumptions.
FourSquareEyes 3 months ago
@Godaiseirei Wow, it's a cartoon. IT'S SUPPOSED TO MAKE FUN OF EVERYONE!
ENTERtheCREATOR 3 months ago
It's barbaric but hey its the original lyrics
juvy2008 4 months ago in playlist juvy2008's favorites 77
Finally- the real version
PainfulSuffering 4 months ago 3
"Where they cut off your ear, if they don't like your face. Its barbaric, but hey its home!" Ha nice joke Disney.
TheAnubis567 4 months ago
It's kind of stupid they tried to censor it. The harshness of ancient Persia/Arabian culture is one of the things which made it so mystical to the Europeans.
classifieds103 4 months ago 4
this is sooooo nice this arabian vibrato in the voice excellent
supermohamed76 4 months ago 3
Wow lots of animosity on here... all I wana do is listen to some sweet retro Disney and not really think a whole lot about it you know... reminisce....
butterfly4001 4 months ago
@butterfly4001
I totally agree with you
Saturnstales 4 months ago
f u!
XKikaider01X 4 months ago
Where they cut off your ear if they dont like ya face its barbaric but hey its home, its barbaric but hey its the original lyrics Disney Jerks
juvy2008 4 months ago 2
(cont) With that being said, in U.S still there is the death penalty...that's a fact...and for Arabs there is still stoning of women (Iran) and yes, cutting off hands and ears in some other tribes/countries.. that's a fact too..right, wrong, whatever...THAT HAPPENS...
Now, how is that RACIST??
and that's without even going to the time placement of the events in the movie...
This song is 0:57 long, uses a great part of the orchestra and demands a good voice to sing it..it is simply awesome!! thx
Maickel01 4 months ago 3
The change of this original is so wrong in so many ways...artistically speaking this one is way more sublime...the voice is so neat...strikes exactly where it should and the right pitch, perfect execution...this ain't precisely an easy one to sing..ups and downs...the new one is just shameful in comparison...
Then, we have the political thing..not going to argue what's wrong or right...facts...fact is that every civilization has a kind system of justice...(cont')
Maickel01 4 months ago
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they cut off ur ear if they dont like ur face? o.o
meidraw 5 months ago
@meidraw nah. dont believe that american brainwash crap. you probably already have it in ur subconsciousness by watching this movie everywhere as a child....
we gotta wake up naww
blah23ist 3 months ago
@LadySpellcaster umm, I see I should've put this face: =P to show that I was kidding. if you knew me, you'd know I'm one of the biggest classic Disney fans ever, and am anti-censorship, but seeing as these are kids' movies, you can say the man Disney compromised by going as far as he legally could with the portrayal & hidden innuendoes. I was about to say you're being a little crazy with me, but I can see you're being a little crazy with everyone on here, so.
JackieBorelli 5 months ago
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JackieBorelli 5 months ago
@LadySpellcaster So is Hitler. Should I give him respect too? And you know that.
Abena20 5 months ago
Fun question: were the representatives of the Arab-American committee that complained about these lyrics, actually Arab-American?
smega39 5 months ago
i like this one more :D
linkinparklvr013 5 months ago
While I prefer the new version, I think that the reasoning behind the lyric change was dumb. The fact is they DO dismember people in the Middle East, if you steal they cut off your hand, for example. These Arab-American unions really are over-sensitive.
MrLunitunz 5 months ago
They should have kept the original lyrics. I love this so much better than the changed version. And it's so obvious where they changed it. Thank you for putting the original up <3
zaurefirem 5 months ago 2
wow, I never heard those lyrics before. crazy disney, always trying to sneak in sexual & political bits.
JackieBorelli 5 months ago in playlist Disney Songs 2
These lyrics are idiotic. Disney was right for changing it.
Abena20 5 months ago
Ha! Watching this so I can reference it in a paper on Said's book on Western-shaped images and narratives of the east, 'Orientalism'.
CrawdaddyJoe 6 months ago
@CrawdaddyJoe
Me too! Said would have been proud. I watched this 1000 times as a kid without knowing I was being indoctrinated with Western myths.
MrDeathofasalesman 6 months ago
My sister had the lights off, and headphonesin and it was really loud and the cut off her ear part really got her
kelkinz224 6 months ago
I'm glad I grew up with this version, or at least I'm pretty sure I did. I seem to remember the ear line anyways.
Shinntoku 6 months ago 59
@Shinntoku Same, I was born in 92 so my parents probably didnt get the movie for me until like 95 or 96 but I'm not sure when they put the censor in.
Walkwithstrings 3 months ago
An eye for an eye approach to justice isn't just a Middle Eastern thing, and it's offensive to other cultures and histories to claim so. The early English--like the Anglos, Saxons, and Jutes--also had similar practices, and the later English had even more barbaric punishment, like being drawn and quartered. They shouldn't have changed the lyrics to the song. This takes place in some random time period, where the eye for an eye policy was valid. That's how it was. Not meant to demean, but fact
Anzabela 6 months ago 3
"Cut off your ear if they don't like your face"?
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN, DISNEY!
KrashDown25 6 months ago
I don't see how this is remotely racist. It doesn't criticize the Arabic people or refer to them as inferior in any way. It just says what happens in the Middle East. I mean, is it not true that barbaric things such as slicing off someone's ear occur in the Middle East? That's where Aladdin is supposed to take place, right? So why do people think this is racist if it's pointing out something that really happens in this region of the world. It has nothing to do with race.
TheoreticChaos 7 months ago 6
@TheoreticChaos
So true!
MCMIVC 7 months ago
@TheoreticChaos Maybe the American Arabs from AADC were ashamed of their own history.
jacoblgames 6 months ago
@TheoreticChaos That happens everywhere, so why not throw that line in Mulan? Why Aladdin? Maybe not racism but it is ignorant.
1manmafia 6 months ago
@1manmafia It happens everywhere? The only other place than the Middle East where that happens is maybe in some obscure third world African countries and Indonesia (not even sure about Indonesia). That doesn't occur in any society that can even remotely be considered civilized.
TheoreticChaos 6 months ago
@TheoreticChaos You do realize that Aladdin takes place over a thousand years ago right? So does Mulan. Ancient China had an equally if not more harsh punishment system; so did the Greeks at one time. If you're just talking about some random thugs maiming people, then yes, it DOES happen everywhere. Assault is not exclusive to the Middle East. Don't believe in stereotypes just because everyone else does.
1manmafia 6 months ago 4
You know, they try to censor and to cut everything, they fight against rasissm and all of this things but this is useless without a good education from family... I was 6 when I discovered Disney universe and I saw these things uncuted, and today I have no problem with other race. It's just, the movies were more magical in that times you were part of the action. Now everything is commercial and cold... That's a shame
putoader 7 months ago 5
This is the best version! This is the way Howard Ashman wrote the song!
MCMIVC 7 months ago
So Robin williams is the voice of the lil dude thats singing but hes not singing the song?
kiefer1house2 7 months ago
LOL I heard `a fool off his guard could fall and fall hard up there on the moooooon` lol
WarriorHawkSpirit 7 months ago
23 people had their ears cut off because someone didn't like their face...
gerwain1 7 months ago
I was pissed when I heard the censored version. They ruined that part completely.
jackoneill45 7 months ago 53
im in loooooove with this song! its soo catchy:D
GleekyGAGA1 7 months ago
i like this version better simply because i feel the singers voice has more of a spooky echo to it and the backround music is louder
mlahk7 8 months ago 4
22 people are on the ADC's (American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee) side.
vnisanianisback 8 months ago
I don't get how racial and kids hearing wrong things from movies came into this. The racial thing, it is more likely for a kid to grow up and say racist things if their parents encourage it, a movie won't do much if the parents teach the right thing. Kids hearing stuff that they're "not supposed" to, um you're kid is going to learn it sooner or later and the things people are pointing out, kids won't ask about it. Usually they just watch the pretty color dance across the screen.That's what I did
ChaoSally23 8 months ago 4
@StrychnineLD100 you are sooo damn right. However, tell me, was it ME who has made a whole country believe this, who one way or the other teaches their children this way??? Even if you know a Hispanic what would you have believed if you didn't know their nationality?? FYI: I'm Salvadorean, and I'm proud to be one.
mariamsqueen 8 months ago
@StrychnineLD100 DId I ever say HISPANIC was a RACE?? If you please, re-read my comments... When I mentioned RACE, I was refering to the AFRICAN race, and all the ethnic groups that derive from it, historically a person who had Black blood, in them would never be considered white and were viewed as inferior by Whites. Geez, thank you very much for assuming I'm Mexican just because I'm Hispanic and keeping the little "If they speak Spanish they're Mexican" stereotype. Yes it would be baseless,
mariamsqueen 8 months ago
I had the original version on VHS, and had no idea that this was censured out...lol
Ferndawg2012 8 months ago
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what do you expect from Hollywood (which controlled by Jewish) to give a positive feedback about Muslim or Arabic people?
i don't hate a Jew but the people over there never make a movie about a real Arab or Muslim who live in peace . Hollywood is same as western media never show a regular Arab people
where they cut you ears if they don't like your face ???? if this is true, Gorge Bush would not have ears right now
TheDevilfruit 8 months ago
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TheDevilfruit 8 months ago
where they cut off your cock if you stick it in a mans ass its barbaric but hey its home
burberrycap13 8 months ago
@burberrycap13 not in New York they won't
thewizofseus101 8 months ago
@thewizofseus101 im not american
burberrycap13 8 months ago
@burberrycap13 ok :)
thewizofseus101 8 months ago
@Goodcapcay lmfao
burberrycap13 8 months ago
22 people dont like arabian nights
CrusaderRyuoki 8 months ago
Cultural sensitivity is stupid. If it was made that way, then it should stay that way!
ecmartz 8 months ago
as a kid i never noticed the "where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face" part until years later after hearing that they took it out. either way, i love aladdin (:
DaiDaaisuki 8 months ago
@DaiDaaisuki i didnt notice that until just now when i watched this video....the things you dont pay attention to when your a kid, eh?? lol
LukkieBear 8 months ago
I was worried when I suddenly missed this wonderful song and started singing with it in the first video link. I was like Whaaat on the 4th verse. Never even heard that one before. THANKS for digging up the original! On the racism subject, allow me to second the exact words from @xpuffybluedragonx . You gotta admit, the poetry in this song doesnt harm and its nothing but marvelous.
Agherian 8 months ago
Also would like to point out this particular song is about the Arabian Nights the novel, or compilation of short stories however you think of it. If anyone has read these in here along with myself they will know that they are wonderfully imaginative but also grisly and barbaric, much like grimm stories.
pharaohsketches 8 months ago
I happen to believe that we treat children like they're stupid a lot more than they are. I knew my parents would NEVER let me steal when I was a child, despite what I saw in a movie. and i really doubt that if I heard about ears being cut off my first thought would absolutely not be to test that out for myself.
pharaohsketches 8 months ago
I would like to point out that when I watched this movie as a kid (and I did many, many times), not once did I pay attention to the "Where they cut off your ears, if they don't like your face" part of the song. Kids just like the music. They're not paying attention to the lyrics.
XxOriginalMiddyxX 9 months ago 5
As a child I loved Aladin (especially this opening song) and despite the racism it's not a bad movie, a little cheesy, but good nonetheless.
HanaSetDool 9 months ago in playlist Disney
No matter if the 'cut off your ear' line is true or not, theres no place for such lyrics in kid movies. thats inappropiate. young kids mostly cant place this in history, since they dont know much about history yet. for kids who dont live in arabic countries, this is the first time learning about the arabic world. do they really have to hear 'they cut off your ear'. they dont know the other sides to it, so its misleading.
YoungWolve1 9 months ago
@YoungWolve1 I watch this movie lots of times growing up, and it never messed me up.. Is it possible that you are making mountains out of molehills?
Also, do you think they should edit out the part where Jasmin almost gets her hand cut off for stealing?
slowpols 9 months ago
@YoungWolve1 I do not agree with you. First of all, these movies are not JUST for kids. They'll probably watch with parents and can ask them questions. And if cutting off an ear is the worst thing a child can hear, well then it is a very luck child. In my believes, parents should not hold their children back in certain things just because it can 'scar' them; it will eventually make them stronger.
ridderres 8 months ago in playlist heather dale disney blackmoores night mercedeys lackey
@YoungWolve1 If that's the case, they should also replace the line "more often than not are hotter than hot...", since it implies something else. What if the kids ask questions about it... ¬_¬
Koualtrec 8 months ago
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YoungWolve1 9 months ago
I own the vhs from years ago, and have watched it hundreds of times. This is definitely not what he said in it.
jes1 9 months ago
@jes1 this was released in the theatre version and when it released, they had to discontinue it and rerelease it.
zacandsabby 9 months ago
i like the new version better than this one
Nicole25xx 9 months ago
i mean i used to watch this when i was a little boy but alot our society doesnt notice is that thet use words slit your throat or cutting ears off and this this is supposed to be a kids movie for fucks sake
luislopez509 9 months ago
@luislopez509
well it's the middle east. what do we say "blowing up towers" instead?
WolfytheWolf5667 9 months ago
Best Disney movie ever made
DeltaCookies007 9 months ago
why cover the truth when everyone know it? it was so cheap when they changed the that line
DemonGirlinHell 9 months ago
@DemonGirlinHell they had to because the muslims sued them...
smileybug14 9 months ago
@smileybug14 well that explains everything
DemonGirlinHell 9 months ago
@DemonGirlinHell yep. now it sounds like random jack black
smileybug14 9 months ago
i have the VHS version
AHHH YEAH
kgerdes96 9 months ago
Can't people just enjoy humor? Go back to the politic forums, we don't care here.
Atratzu 9 months ago
lol @ the top rated comment.. shows how dumb people are... how is that even close to true? when the fuck do arabs cut off each others ears if they dont like ur face? lmao
moclucka 9 months ago
@5600167 I don't think song represents arabians cutting each other as evil, exactly the opposite - it teaches us to appreciate other culture, what we could consider as extremely "barbarian" can be absolutely normal in other culture...
m1ndwrapper 9 months ago
How can you say Arabs have no feeling and this was once true they cutted of people ears that never was true this sentence isn't racist you're the ones who's racist
Royvex 10 months ago
never touch iriginal version !!!!! it's sacred!!
MsCloclote 10 months ago
I like this version better than the altered version. My church is the only place where i know where a VHS copy of Aladdin is. I sorta wanna check and see if this line is in it and if it is i kinda wanna take it because kids these days can't tell the awesome Disney classics from Hannah Montana so they'll never miss it...
itsleahofcourse 10 months ago 56
@itsleahofcourse I have the VHS version since I was a kid and even then it had the altered version
Arthus850 9 months ago
@itsleahofcourse That's illogical. If you're rehearsing the old gripe about pop culture being popular, then LEAVE THE MOVIE. If true, then those kids need a movie as epic and immersive as Aladdin. Just start playing it for them. Everybody loves Aladdin.
Metropolis3003 8 months ago
It is a good version personally I like this one beter
anythingfun13 10 months ago
@Nikkiscamful They took from multiple cultures.
Saroona24434 10 months ago
I'm of middle eastern decent and I find this song neat rather than offensive, I hate to say that I kind of agree with the comment that whites are taught to be extra sensitive to other races, when people ask what my heritage is and I tell them I hate how careful their language becomes, it's uncomfortable. I'd rather a stupid joke at my expense than that.
pharaohsketches 10 months ago 73
@pharaohsketches I will talk to you no differently. & Talk to you like I human being. I’m not agent any race of any kind. I have been told many times how I’m not afraid of difference!
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trekforphotos 8 months ago
@pharaohsketches you have the freedom to feel whatever you please. not because i'm of middle eastern decent i'm saying this, but these lyrics are not appropriate in the context of a cartoon for children. when my kid steals a rock from the neighbor's backyard, he's supposed to return it, metaphorically, that will teach him to not touch anything that's not his. sometimes you have to take extra measures because children aren't aware of the social complexity of why this sounds like it sounds
MaReAnS 8 months ago
@pharaohsketches Actually I agree with you, and I'm white. I have to be extra careful with how I word things because is I flat out ask, 'Hey, could ya pass me the black crayon?' its to be considered to be racist. At least where I live.
IveLostMyMind83 8 months ago
@pharaohsketches I agree but I'm white and I make all kinds of "racist" jokes with my friends of just about every skin tone and culture you can imagine and they laugh with me. Plus if anyone thinks this song is racist, it's impossible to make something entertaining that won't offend anybody so Disney uses stereotypical imagery to make it entertaining for kids, they expect you to be entertained by this not live your life by it. Jeez
prideofclouds 8 months ago
@prideofclouds Even though I'm hispanic and so far Disney has not portrayed my culture in a movie, well maybe they have as ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS; the day I see that I will be extremelly dissappointed and upset. Just think about this, what "races" or ethinicities do you make jokes about? and Who are the victims or subjects of them? Now your claim addressing children and movies, children are so vulnerable to all these messages transmitted through media, they are like little sponges that absorb it all
mariamsqueen 8 months ago
@prideofclouds If we start implanting these ideals in children's minds since a very young age they will use them in the future against "inferior races," true we don't live our lives exactly like the movies, but media is a mirror that reflects what man thinks and does. Media can build up or help deteriorate respect to the HUMAN RACE, and children are our hope for tomorrow, and I really hope we can rid of these stereotypes and view each other as a human being not Arab, Asian, Black, White, or Mex.
mariamsqueen 8 months ago
@pharaohsketches its not all whites, if your serious about the offensive joke move to eastern europe were they've never seen skin darker then their own taned noses in the summer
weby3412 8 months ago
@pharaohsketches i guess its still a matter of guilt. after all, as much as ALL cultures have slaughtered each others throughout times (i am norwegian, and we spent thousands of years killing each others, then swedes, then the rest of europe), white people have managed to create THE bloodiest conflict _ever_, that was based in racism. i totally aggree with your point, but thats probably where it comes from.
zegh8578 5 months ago
@Nikkiscamful Middle-eastern. Hence the name Arabian.
MrBrowndinstien 10 months ago
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SOROLAK 10 months ago
I am half Arab and I don't find this offensive, in fact in old world times they did cut off your ear(s) for certain crimes.
GunsOfThePhoenix 10 months ago 2
@Nikkiscamful
You mean you're racist.
NormanAngle 10 months ago
They should have changed it to:
Where they cut off your head if they don't like your faith.
NormanAngle 10 months ago 4
@MarshmallowDolly Why don't you actually learn what you're talking about before you open your mouth.
nicolebaresi 10 months ago
They actually made this change on later runs of the VHS, well before the DVD version came about.
KatziiYataki 10 months ago
What if they think your face looks worse without an ear? Do they cut off another?
LlamaJudge 10 months ago 3
@MERULZ69 i dont really think you can say that considering that you got that angry at the fact that they censored it.
ClashxCityxRocker 10 months ago
censoring things like that is fucking stupid, disney is fucking stupid, america is fucking stupid and so is anyone who gets offended by anything so simple and harmless
MERULZ69 10 months ago
guys... please, come on. this is not racist. this movie doesn't even take place in arabia or any actual country. it takes place in fictional place, so PLEASE get off people's backs about this wohle racism thing.
Sophia9295 10 months ago
@Sophia9295 Legit. but seriously, how many cultures does this take from? The palace looks like the Taj Mahal in India, and the tiger's name is Raja, which is also an Indian name. In the movie they fly around the Egyptian pyramids...heck, when you go to Epcott the Aladdin and Jasmine characters are in the Moroccan section of the park! Can you think of any others? lol
Saroona24434 10 months ago