Songs/clips that were banned....

[johnnyhoward]

I'm not sure if this was banned completely but "Working Class Hero" by John Lennon was one of the first songs to have a word *beeped* out and hidden/not printed in the lyrics pages of the record...For the line;

"They hit you at home and they kick you at school, til you're so ****ing crazy you can't follow the rules"

I thought "banned" implied songs that were in contention to be played on commercial radio, don't think a folk tune like that would have made it to radio back then. That song was from 1970, but a song from 1969 by MC5, "Kick out the jams" may be an earlier example of such language in a song. "Kick out the jams, mother****ers!".

Also in 1967 when the Rolling Stones had to perform on the Ed Sullivan show, they ridiculously had to change the lyrics to "Let's Spend the Night Together" to 'lets spend some time together'. I've only heard audio of it, but I've read that during the performance Jagger was rolling his eyes as he sung the chorus, can't blame him either.

 

[Mentallo]

Wasn't "Girls on Film" by Duran Duran banned?

The clip to a track called "Worlock" by one of all my all time favorite bands Skinny Puppy was given an X rating in Nth America which meant that it could not be shown on tv anywhere.
Which at the time 1988 caused a bit of a stir in the alternative music scene.
It was given to the X rating due to the horror scenes depicted, their is no pornography what so ever in the clip.
Judge for yourself.

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[Stig O'Hara]

Lola - The Kinks,
not because of the trans reference,
but the XXXX cola, was reworded.

Paul McCartney - Hi, Hi, Hi - obvious

Skyhooks - Why don't you all get XXXXed,
point was they took out a full page ad in 'Juke' Magazine,
a weekly Oz mag in the '80s, to make their point.

 

[SunKing]

Wasn't "Girls on Film" by Duran Duran banned?

The extended version was sort of. From 10-1 Richard Wilkins was saying they could only play it after midnight.

 

[Chops_a_must]

2 Live Crew, whose only purpose seemed to be attracting censorship were arrested after performing their illegal song, "Me So Horny". Mainly for sampling Papillon Soo Soo from her role as a Hooker in Full Metal Jacket. Maybe also for the line, "put your lips on my dick and suck my arseh*le too", or "I wont tell your mama if you dont tell your dad: I know he'll be disgusted when he sees your pussy busted."

One member of 2 Live Crew has since become a born again christian. I've met a few people who knew these guys, and they have all said they were actually incredibly shy, just with a really twisted sense of humour.

For this reason they are one of my favourite bands.

Me So Horny and Pop That Coochie.

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[HoldenMagroin]

How could I forget Nine Inch Nails' Broken movie (1992). A good friend of mine who works at Peril off Elizabeth Street told me about NIN's video that out-shocks the Happiness In Slavery clip, if that was possible.

Being a huge NIN fan back then, I had to grab a VHS bootleg copy that he sold under the counter back then... and this video ended up being a great talking point at the Hellfire Club and other underground joints, for its depiction of a fake snuff film captured on grainy amateur cam to lend some authenticity to the horror/gore. The snuff footage was interspersed with NIN's other songs Pinion, Happiness in Slavery, among others. A great concept and well done, I must admit.

 

[volcboy]

wasn't tism's "i might be a c*** but i'm not a ****ing c***" banned as well or am i dreaming that?

It was banned from being played on JJJ due to the word c*** - quite a hypocritical move given that 'Closer' by NIN was in high rotation at the time.

 

[Oct19]

Is This It? by the Strokes has an alternative cover in the states. The track "New York City Cops" was also removed in the wake of September 11.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

How could I forget Nine Inch Nails' Broken movie (1992). A good friend of mine who works at Peril off Elizabeth Street told me about NIN's video that out-shocks the Happiness In Slavery clip, if that was possible.

Being a huge NIN fan back then, I had to grab a VHS bootleg copy that he sold under the counter back then... and this video ended up being a great talking point at the Hellfire Club and other underground joints, for its depiction of a fake snuff film captured on grainy amateur cam to lend some authenticity to the horror/gore. The snuff footage was interspersed with NIN's other songs Pinion, Happiness in Slavery, among others. A great concept and well done, I must admit.

I mistakenly took a look at the Wiki article after reading this.

is all I can say. Don't think I'd be able to stomach the actual video.

 

[Cleavy]

I recall the clip for Faith No More - Falling to Pieces being banned, b/c of all the skeletons or whatever

 

[Oct19]

The Split Enz song Six Months in a Leaky Boat was 'discourage from airplay' in the UK during the Faulklands war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Months_In_A_Leaky_Boat

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=oMylfkSDKV0

Video induced seizures.

Bowie - China Girl.
for a hint of beach nipple.

 

[lions_den]

barbie girl by aqua was bant in France

 

[P.A.F.C]

Probably been mentioned but the Beatles 'A Day in the Life' was banned from some radio stations because of the drug reference in the line 'I'd love to turn you on'

 

[raskolnikov]

I think it was censored rather than banned but Rage would never play Stan by Eminem.

 

[BABYBOMBERS2007]

barbie girl by aqua was bant in France

How?

Afroman - Because I Got High, was not shown on Rage also.

 

[D Mitchell]

Give Ireland Back To The Irish (Wings), banned by the BBC for the political nature of the song.

McCartney responded by releasing a nursery rhyme (Mary Had A Little Lamb) as his next single.

24 year bump.



Brexit, the Protocol, now the Northern Ireland revised Protocol and Backstop. Within another 20 years.

 

[CURVE]

Blondie's Atomic as well 66 other songs (Kate Bush's Army Dreamers, Maria Muldaur's Midnight At The Oasis & The Bangles Walk Like An Egyptian to name a few) were banned by the BBC at the beginning of the first Gulf war.

This one wasn't banned but Blondie was also forced to change the song title of lyrics of their debut single to X Offender by their record company because they thought it, and perhaps even the album, would be banned. The original title was Sex Offender and was about a Prostitute who was attracted to the Policeman who arrested her.

 

[Dan Moody]

Blondie's Atomic as well 66 other songs (Kate Bush's Army Dreamers, Maria Muldaur's Midnight At The Oasis & The Bangles Walk Like An Egyptian to name a few) were banned by the BBC at the beginning of the first Gulf war.

Isn't it strange that they ban harmless songs but turned a blind eye to Jammy Savile for decades?

 

[No eye deer]

Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn was banned for the lines

"And their legs were often open
But their minds were always closed"

and

"I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long"

Also ‘A growing need for speed and novacaine’

 

[Im New]

this was banned from MTV in the USA (was allowed late night) so they had to make a second video for the US.

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

INXS had their song Original Sin banned by numerous radio stations in the US. The lyrics "dream on white boy, dream on black girl, wake up in a brand new day” — about interracial relationships were enough to trigger hate from plenty of people in the US. The band took threats more seriously after someone tossed a pistol with a threatening note onto the stage in Austin, Texas.