The cravenness of the BBC

Petingo · Post by **Petingo** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:22 am

There is a very depressing programme on BBC4 right now.

It features songs which have been "banned" by the BBC for one reason or another at times.

Atomic by Blondie is one of those songs......banned during the first Gulf War along with Maria Muldaurs "Midnight At The Oasis".

Pathetic stuff.

NorthBank · Post by **NorthBank** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:24 am

I like how the BBC banned pop songs but not presenters who fondled and fucked the underage help.

Petingo · Post by **Petingo** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:27 am

Petingo · Post by **Petingo** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:32 am

Fuck sake......they banned the sublime Scott Walker from singing Jackie on the airwaves but allowed Marc Almond to murder that song on prime time TV.

Bad Blue 2000 · Post by **Bad Blue 2000** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:13 am

Massive Attack could only be referred to as "Massive" during the first gulf war.

Edit: I didn't see the programme but I'm sure there was a Donny Osmand song that was censured because it had "Soldier" in the title.

Post by **Basualdo** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:57 am

This from an organisation who massively and expensively used a song praising the joys of heroin to promote their tawdry output for months on end.

Reg · Post by **Reg** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:52 am

Basualdo wrote:This from an organisation who massively and expensively used a song praising the joys of heroin to promote their tawdry output for months on end.

I don't think the song is about heroin - people have just read that into it. Reed said it was about a day in the park with his wife.

When he wrote about drugs, he tended to be a bit more direct, with songs such as, er… Heroin.

Reg · Post by **Reg** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:59 am

Anyway, they're busy ruining God Only Knows now.

subsub · Post by **subsub** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:08 am

Reg wrote:Anyway, they're busy ruining God Only Knows now.

Shocking cover version, that.
Still, they massacred Teardrop and Perfect Day, too...

The Ghost of Alex Higgins · Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:20 am

I just heard Donnie Osmond talking about Children in Need??!! The BBC are sinister beyond mortal comprehension

Boozios · Post by **Boozios** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:03 pm

Petingo wrote:There is a very depressing programme on BBC4 right now.

It features songs which have been "banned" by the BBC for one reason or another at times.

Atomic by Blondie is one of those songs......banned during the first Gulf War along with Maria Muldaurs "Midnight At The Oasis".

Pathetic stuff.

They must have picked up on the line 'You won't need no camel when I take you for a ride' ...ha ha

I always liked how the Beeb banned Lola by the Kinks cos it mentioned Coca Cola, Ray changed it to Cherry Cola but the songs content wiz about a tranny from So-Ho and a ahem 'Dilly Boy' under electric candlelight

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Petingo · Post by **Petingo** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:21 pm

Reg wrote:Anyway, they're busy ruining God Only Knows now.

What the heck is that all about?

One of the most revolutionary songs of the rock era (in terms of layering and arrangement and engineering technique) reduced to this pulp.

Brian Wilson should be ashamed of himself for having owt to do with this.

Petingo · Post by **Petingo** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:26 pm

And the fuckers hadn't a clue what they were banning half the time.

During the Acid House war they banned that stupid "Aceeeeeed" song......but hadn't the wit to realise Eboneezer Goode was a song extolling the virtues of E......."eezer good, eezer good.......'e's Eboneezer Goode......"

Sadact7 · Post by **Sadact7** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:55 pm

They cancelled an episode of Red Dwarf during the Gulf War.

The episode was about robots composed of wax having a battle of good vs evil

Reg · Post by **Reg** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:01 pm

Sadact7 wrote:They cancelled an episode of Red Dwarf during the Gulf War.

GOAD ALERT.

Spoiler:

Sadact7 · Post by **Sadact7** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:26 pm

Reg wrote:
Sadact7 wrote:They cancelled an episode of Red Dwarf during the Gulf War.
GOAD ALERT.

Spoiler:
They should have cancelled Bottom - permanently.

Reported!

Sin-O

Post by **Carlos J** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:48 am

Ee's done nothing wrong.

Trimphone:

Hillman avenger · Post by **Hillman avenger** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:59 pm

Petingo wrote:There is a very depressing programme on BBC4 right now.

It features songs which have been "banned" by the BBC for one reason or another at times.

Atomic by Blondie is one of those songs......banned during the first Gulf War along with Maria Muldaurs "Midnight At The Oasis".

Pathetic stuff.

Not sure why they would have bothered. It was released in 1973.

Roquetas · Post by **Roquetas** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:07 pm

Allo Allo got shitcanned during the Falklands War.

carcinogen · Post by **carcinogen** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:43 pm

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