M.I.A. Song Ruined on Letterman and MTV

M.I.A has been ranting and raving on her blog over what transpired recently over here in the States. The first crime is how Letterman (or American television) censored her song "Paper Planes," which, by the way, I love more and more each time I hear it. I don't think I've given Kala enough credit this year. Anyways, what more or less happened was the gunshots in the chorus got censored and sounded like firecrackers or a cap gun. You can see why she is mad over that below. It does sound like crap.

Apparently, there is also a censored music video going around YouTube and being played on MTV. I found it, but it really isn't worth your time. The gunshots now sound like stomping feet. If you're dying to hear it I'll save you the time. You can find it here.

I still don't understand why these gunshots are being censored. Someone suggested it was being done to not scare the live audience at Letterman. Okay that makes sense, people who watch Letterman are old and the loudest sound they hear all day is bread popping out of the toaster, but why on MTV? I could be wrong, but I believe I've heard music video gunshots on MTV before. Well, since I'm spending all this time talking about this I might as well end this with the real, official video.