does clear channel think that they can AVOID DISTRESS RIGHT NOW????
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn McClements" <glenn.mcclements@openwave.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:26 AM
Subject: [idm] [OT] Stairway To Heaven on US radio list of 'lyrically
questionable' songs
quoted 15 lines Other songs they've banned, not mentioned in the article.
> Other songs they've banned, not mentioned in the article.
> 99 Red Balloons (an *anti* war song)
> American Pie
> Walk Like an Egyptian (!)
> Sunday Bloody Sunday
> What A Wonderful World (!!!!!!)
> Another One Bites The Dust
>
> From Ananova.com:
>
> > America's largest radio network has produced a list of songs it feels
> should not be played in the aftermath of the US terrorist attacks.
> >
> > The Clear Channel decided about 150 songs are "lyrically questionable,"
> including Aeroplane by Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Led Zeppelin's Stairway
To
quoted 7 lines Heaven.
> Heaven.
> >
> > Rolling Stone magazine editor Joe Levy said he was concerned about
> censorship, but Clear Channel claims the list is just a guideline for
> individual stations.
> >
> > Other tracks included on Clear's list include The Beatles' Lucy In The
Sky
quoted 1 line With Diamonds, John Lennon's Imagine, and Alien Ant Farm's Smooth
> With Diamonds, John Lennon's Imagine, and Alien Ant Farm's Smooth
Criminal.
quoted 5 lines The whole back catalogue by Rage Against The Machine was also included.
> >
> > The whole back catalogue by Rage Against The Machine was also included.
> >
> > Levy told Worldpop.com: "When does the action of a corporation slip over
> the line into censorship? To ask that all Rage Against The Machine songs
be
quoted 6 lines taken off the air is disturbing."
> taken off the air is disturbing."
> >
> > A spokeswoman for Clear Channel said the list was "not meant as a
> corporate mandate."
> >
> > She said the list was designed to give radio stations an idea of the
type
quoted 17 lines of songs which could cause distress in the wake of the Washington and New
> of songs which could cause distress in the wake of the Washington and New
> York attacks.
> >
> > She said: "It's clearly up to the local programmer to take the pulse of
> their own market."
> >
> > *US terror attacks story sent by Ananova
> >
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