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Can you think of a song that was specifically banned by a radio station, tv station, or government?
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 266 Songs That Are Banned entries on the site.
"I Don't Like The Drugs (But The Drugs Like Me)," Marilyn Manson
Banned by Much Music because of its frank references to drug use.
Celeste
"Seek & Destroy," Metallica
A Program director for a radio station made a completley unofficial list of songs that may offend/remind people of 9/11. However this list was leeked out as being an official company policy, which was not true.
Optimus Lime
"Aeroplane," The Red Hot Chili Peppers
A Program director for a radio station made a completley unofficial list of songs that may offend/remind people of 9/11. However this list was leeked out as being an official company policy, which was not true.
Optimus Lime
"Brain Stew," Green Day
This song has been banned in multiple places & on multiple media related broadcasts, because it was thought to possibly offend people or remind them of 9/11.
Optimus Lime
"Uh-Huh (album)," John Mellencamp
some fundamentalist types bellyached that the album cover shows Mellencamp along with angels that have "demonic" features (horns and pointed tails and such).
Buckeye Chuck
"Joan Crawford," Blue Oyster Cult
Banned from MTV having a disturbing part in the video were a girl finds her mom and a man sharing a moment
bob
"Play Guitar," John Mellencamp
The song got plenty of airplay but sometimes the line where Mellencamp says "Forget all about that macho sh*t and learn how to play guitar!" is edit by having acymbal crash dubbed in to mask the dirty word.
Clash City Rocker
"My Generation," The Who
The BBC refused to play the song at first because they did not want to offend people with stutters.
dxman
"F*** It (I Don't Want You Back)," Eamon
Banned for a lot of swearing. There are 33 profane words in the song.
dxman
"God Only Knows," The Beach Boys
Banned from radio at the time of release for containing the word "god." Stupid, isn't it?
dxman
"Boom Boom Pow," Black Eyed Peas
The word 'satellite' of 'satellite radio' is bleeped out so that commercial radio stations aren't playing a song that promotes satellite radio.
IndieLover
"Jet Airliner," Steve Miller Band
On the album we hear "and I don't want to get caught up in no
funky sh*t going down in the city". On the single edit played on the radio the profane word is replaced by "kicks".
funky sh*t going down in the city". On the single edit played on the radio the profane word is replaced by "kicks".
Space Cowboy Toker
"What It's Like," Everlast
An obvious example of unnecessary censorship, as some of the words that were bleeped out of the radio version include "weed", "drugs", and "Colt .45 (a gun)". Strangely, the word "balls" was left untouched on some of the "clean" versions.
Rocky
"Closer," Nine Inch Nails
Most radio stations don't play this song due to its explicit sexual content and supposed blasphemy in the lyric "you get me closer to God." The music video for Closer was banned by MTV for disturbing images (such as a monkey on a crucifix) and nudity. Nine Inch Nails later made a censored version of the video that replaces the offensive scenes with placards that say "SCENE MISSING".
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"Rape Me," Nirvana
MTV never aired the video because they thought the song was trying to slag them off. At the 1993 MTV Music Awards, Nirvana were down to perform "Rape Me", but the camera crew were told that if this happened, they would cut to a commercial. Kurt Cobain started to play the chords to "Rape Me", but when he realised what was happening played "Lithium". This is why most casual Nirvana fans who think they've heard "Rape Me" have actually not; they've heard "Lithium".
Jakko Wakko
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