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Can you think of a song that was specifically banned by a radio station, tv station, or government?
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"Wet Dream," Max Romeo
banned by the BBC on 1969 Max claimed it was a song about his bedroom ceiling. The BBC weren’t having it either
weirdkid106
"French Kiss," Lil Louis
banned by the BBC on 1989 for Heavy breathing
weirdkid106
"Shadows Of The Night," Pat Benatar
It's not the song really that was banned (not that I know of anyway) but the music video for it. The video for this song from the 80s was and is banned in Germany (it's never been played on German tv to this day). It was banned because of the storyline for the video. Which wasthought up by some record executive at Pat Benatar's record company at the time. It's a black and white video and it takes place during World War II and it features American soldiers and German Nazis. With swastikas and everything. It's an OK video (no real violence or anything), but I think it's kind of dumb and boring since the WWII storyline doesn't really pertain to the song at all. The lyrics have nothing to do with and never reference anything having to do with Word War II. I've also heard because of this, and the fact that she felt the video didn't fit her image (it was called a "costume" video) Pat Benatar wasn't very happy with it. And she never again let her record company tell her how one of her videos was going to be done. It was banned by the German government because of the Nazi imagery. The German government (and I dont' blame them) doesn't like anything in the entertainment media that would appear to advocate or promote Nazism or Hitler or any of his ideas. The same thing happened with an episode from Star Trek TOS. For those of you who don't know, that means the original show with Captain Kirk and company. When the show went into reruns around the world, the episode PatternsOf Force was banned in Gemany. It's never been shown there. The episode concernsthe crew of the Enterprise going to a planet with a Nazi worldwide government. It's a pretty dumb episode. Mostly because of the really lame acting. They tried to be humorous with it, but then there's nothing funny about Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
Edward
"Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)," Paul Lekakis
For it's obvious title. Many schools refused to play this at dances
whistledog
"Christmas at Ground Zero," "Weird Al" Yankovic
This was banned because of the cheerful way the song is and the lyrics are about Nuclear Destruction which is not cheerful.
Paul Warren
"Walk Like An Egyptian," The Bangles
One of the 166 songs "blacklisted" by the Clear Channel Communications group following the September 11th attacks.
Ra'akone
"Love to Love You Baby," Donna Summer
Banned on some stations (including the BBC) due to the content, especially the "simulated orgasms"
Ra'akone
"Desdemona," John's Children
Banned by the BBC due to controversial lyrics, such as "lift up your skirt and fly"
Ra'akone
"Too Drunk to Fuck," The Dead Kennedys
First top 40 hit in the UK to have the F word in the title. Not surprisingly, Radio 1 and Top of the Pops refused to have anything to do with it. Many chart listings just called it "Too Drunk To" and Top 40 presenter Tony Blackburn called it "A record by the Dead Kennedys"
Ra'akone
"Bankrobber," The Clash
Banned on the BBC, presumably because of its lyrics about robbing banks
Ra'akone
""I give her Penis"," Mark Chagdes
I wrote this song ..to the tempo of "Fever" played it on local radio station it is a classic. Contact me on myspace comedy mark chagdes
Mark Chagdes
"Peaches," The Stranglers
A song about girl-watching, banned because of its content (about a lecherous boy watching girls on a beach), and because of the word "clitoris" in context (although it was pronounced in a non-standard way, to almost rhyme with "guitarist") Also has mentions of the S word. A toned down version was made for UK radio airplay.
Ra'akone
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