Advancedkid From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 762 posts, RR: 2 Posted (10 years 3 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2823 times:
Hi there,
I have just heard a report on
German radio about certain songs
and music which have been quietly
censored because of the upcoming
war recently and after the 9/11
tragedy.
In most cases they are songs promoting
peace in the world.
The most prominent song being
John Lenon's Imagine.
Amongst others, "A Little Peace"
and "99 Red Balloons" by German singers
Nicole and Nena respectively.
Ever tried to request your local FM station
airplay of these songs and others promoting
peace at this time??
Any other songs that you know, wouldn't
have airplay at this time in the US??
Advancedkid From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 762 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (10 years 3 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2816 times:
The DW report says there are about
150 songs censored from US airwaves
at this time because of the reasons
mentioned above.
Regards,
Advanced
An-225 From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 3950 posts, RR: 45 Reply 3, posted (10 years 3 months 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2700 times:
Actually there were around 150 songs banned right away. REM's It's the end of the world as we know it and Frank Sinatra's New York, New York come to mind. Censorship is ridiculous, and that's why I haven't listened to commercial radio since late 1997.
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Cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 7713 posts, RR: 55 Reply 4, posted (10 years 3 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2698 times:
In the first Gulf War, the BBC circulated a list of songs that were deemed inappropriate and therefore banned. It was so oversensitive, it was hilarious. The obvious ones were Merry Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon, but also stuff like I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight (Cutting Crew) and my favourite, I'm On Fire (B Springsteen).
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Cfalk From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (10 years 3 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2688 times:
Can anyone show me where it says that these songs are officially banned by a government order? Or is this simply that radio stations have decided not to play them?
LHMark From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 7255 posts, RR: 51 Reply 7, posted (10 years 3 months 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2668 times:
There was a thing going around after 9/11 that Clear Channel (America's largest shitty radio monopoly) had sent a list of verboten songs to its affiliates, but that was just an urban legend.
I caught "99 Red Balloons" on VH1 Classic yesterday. My band covers it (in German) and we sure as hell won't stop.
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NoUFO From Germany, joined Apr 2001, 7798 posts, RR: 13 Reply 8, posted (10 years 3 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 2649 times:
I consider censorship the governmental control of the information circulated within a society.
Does the British government have have any say or control over BBC?
Blink182 From Azerbaijan, joined Oct 1999, 5430 posts, RR: 19 Reply 10, posted (10 years 3 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 2616 times:
Does anybody remember this song by Sugarcult "...today I changed, too late 'cause everyone feels the same...everybody's talkin' about blowin up the neighborhood..." in my area, it was played a lot before 9/11 and then afterwards it took a vacation.
Bush(the band) had a song called "Speed kills" released shortly before 9/11 but then changed it to "The people that we love". In all fairness, I can't say it was because of 9/11 because the line "The things we do to the people that we love" is repeated often in the song.
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STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16268 posts, RR: 52 Reply 12, posted (10 years 3 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 2573 times:
Censorship?.
Did any of the egg heads who came up with this theory watch the Grammys last Night, how many Anti-War speeches were there. Too many IMO but it's their right to speak what they believe , even on National tv.
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