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...we’re the BBC. Anyone ever read the list of songs banned by Auntie, good gawd it’s extensive? What was so alarming about Mott the Hoople’s ‘All the Young Dudes’ ffs and Arthur bleedn’ Askey’s in there back in 1943!
There are some songs still being played on all stations that have the lyrics changed to make them fit for playing. What is wrong with “what a bummer?” That gets changed to “what a summer” when it’s played on the radio these days.
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Never Mind The Bollocks... on 16:30 - Oct 15 with 2425 views
I don't remember 'All the Young Dudes' being banned, fairly sure Mott were on TOTP etc singing it.
Maybe it's the bit about stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks that is 'offensive'.
I remember 'Give Ireland back to the Irish', they wouldn't even say the title. It was read out as, 'at number 2 a song by Paul McCartney and Wings', during the chart rundown.
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Never Mind The Bollocks... on 17:03 - Oct 15 with 2395 views
Always remember Mike Read suddenly realising the lyrics to Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood wasn't suitable for airtime, especially at Breakfast. The subsequent ban for this record saw what was no doubt something that was destined for mid-table mediocrity suddenly go shooting up to No. 1 for quite a few weeks.
Killing an Arab by The Cure banned years ago. Good story how the band dealt with it to if you research.
Here in the divided and not so United States many radio stations banned Imagine by John Lennon because he sang ‘Imagine no Religion, no heaven or hell’ The band Drive by truckers wrote a song about it. Great band as well, full on southern Americana country with a punk edge.
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Never Mind The Bollocks... on 19:50 - Oct 15 with 2231 views
Never Mind The Bollocks... on 16:30 - Oct 15 by francisbowles
I don't remember 'All the Young Dudes' being banned, fairly sure Mott were on TOTP etc singing it.
Maybe it's the bit about stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks that is 'offensive'.
I remember 'Give Ireland back to the Irish', they wouldn't even say the title. It was read out as, 'at number 2 a song by Paul McCartney and Wings', during the chart rundown.
i think it's more boring than that... once upon a time the bbc were obsessed with not advertising anything, so the very mention of marks and sparks was banned (as was the case with coca-cola in lola by the kinks)
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Never Mind The Bollocks... on 20:04 - Oct 15 with 2218 views
BBC also banned x-ray spex song germ free adolescence because dear Poly sang scub away the SR(toothpaste)way. Brilliant song. W@nkers also banned Gang of Four for mentioning keeping rubbers in his pocket on At home he thinks he’s a tourist tune. Yet yet yet allowed chas and Dave to sing you’ve got more rabbit then Sainsburys.
I recall thinking how deep the hypocrisy ran. Bless those menJohn Peel and Walters.
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Never Mind The Bollocks... on 16:20 - Oct 15 by stowmarketrange
There are some songs still being played on all stations that have the lyrics changed to make them fit for playing. What is wrong with “what a bummer?” That gets changed to “what a summer” when it’s played on the radio these days.
Never Mind The Bollocks... on 18:54 - Oct 15 by charmr
Killing an Arab by The Cure banned years ago. Good story how the band dealt with it to if you research.
Here in the divided and not so United States many radio stations banned Imagine by John Lennon because he sang ‘Imagine no Religion, no heaven or hell’ The band Drive by truckers wrote a song about it. Great band as well, full on southern Americana country with a punk edge.
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And now self censorship, as on the occasions they play it live, he now sings “killing another”.....
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Never Mind The Bollocks... on 23:50 - Oct 15 with 2037 views
1978. Statue of Liberty single. Banned for the line 'and in my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt'. Corrupting the morals of the nation.
1981. Respectable Street single. Banned for the line '...on their portable Sony entertainment centres'. This after having changed the lines 'sex position' to 'proposition', 'abortion' to 'absorption' and 'retching' to 'stretching' from the album version. All that and they get done for mentioning a brand.
Bastards.
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Never Mind The Bollocks... on 09:13 - Oct 16 with 1911 views
Never Mind The Bollocks... on 16:20 - Oct 15 by stowmarketrange
There are some songs still being played on all stations that have the lyrics changed to make them fit for playing. What is wrong with “what a bummer?” That gets changed to “what a summer” when it’s played on the radio these days.
I'm amazed that 'Peaches' is still played on the radio these days, given it's subject matter.
No band would ever dream of writing a song like that now and hope to get it played.
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Never Mind The Bollocks... on 09:40 - Oct 16 with 1881 views
Never Mind The Bollocks... on 09:13 - Oct 16 by BrianMcCarthy
Not sure it was ever called 'Sexual Feeling'?
I remember hearing it mentioned on R1 like it was yesterday. But then I guess it was they who wanted it banned originally. Can’t see anything on wiki, but then again..... Guess you could be right, but it sticks in my mind as I think it was ‘Uncle John’ that announced it, in his mocking way.....?
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Never Mind The Bollocks... on 09:45 - Oct 16 with 1879 views
Never Mind The Bollocks... on 23:50 - Oct 15 by qpr1976
Missing from the list -
1) Marvin Gaye - Sexual Feeling, which lyrically had to be changed to Sexual Healing before tge Beeb would play it.......
"When I get that feeling, I need sexual healing."
It was always called Sexual Healing. The BBC announced the title as "Healing". It was the sexual part that was the problem, not the feeling. But they did play it.
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Never Mind The Bollocks... on 12:32 - Oct 16 with 1786 views
Post 1966 John Lennon suffered quite a bit - Come Together was originally banned for advertising Coca Cola. A Day in the Life and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds were banned for drugs references. I am the Walrus was banned due to the girl letting her knickers down. Ballad of John & Yoko was also banned I think.
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Never Mind The Bollocks... on 11:27 - Oct 17 with 1601 views
Walk Like An Egyptian was not played during the first Gulf War and I presume the second. As were several other songs including Rock The Casbah(?) Massive Attack had just brought their first LP out and were asked to drop the Attack and were just called Massive.
I seem to remember The Police’s Invisible Sun was played on the radio initially then because of the video a Northern Ireland reference led to a ban. Maybe the video was banned.
Desdemona by John’s Children was banned by the BBC because of the line “Lift up your skirt and fly” Frankly I feel besmirched even now.
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