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From:
Andrei
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Date:
Tue, 18 Sep 2001 13:36:57 -0400
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Re: [idm] [OT] Stairway To Heaven on US radio list of 'lyrically questionable' songs
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As a joke I was gonna ask if they banned "Imagine" before I noticed it's actually on the list.
quoted 3 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) > Sunday Bloody Sunday
as is this one
quoted 36 lines What A Wonderful World (!!!!!!)> 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 > 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 > With Diamonds, John Lennon's Imagine, and Alien Ant Farm's Smooth Criminal. > > > > 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 > 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 > 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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