February 16, 201411 yr When JK & Joel first took over it was part of the format not to play new entries below 20 in full, but they gradually changed that because it was so unpopular. R.E.M. were also victims of that policy.
February 16, 201411 yr half the current chart would have been banned back in the 70's, just wasn't deemed appropriate for sexual-innuendo being broadcast to minors (ironic, of course given Savile). Every single Judge Dread record was banned (loads of them charted, naughty reggae lyrics) for at least 3 years, W*.t Dream from Max Romeo (another reggae track, I had no idea what it was about, so could hardly be corrupted by it, as a child), even 10CC's Rubber Bullets faded when they got to the bit where "some's got balls & chains/ b*lls & brains" popped up but they missed Lou Read's Walk On The Wild Side naughtiness for some reason. Love To Love You Baby (Donna Summer) wasn't played, (all that groaning). By the early 80's it was OK to refer to b*lls (That's Entertainment by The Jam), but not gay stuff (Relax). I thought they were talking about ice-cream or Lollipops. Honest B-) Even the Beatles fell foul, they had to change the lyric To Ticket To Ride to "She's a big teaser" to get airplay, Wings were banned twice in 1972, Give Ireland Back To The Irish (politics), Hi Hi Hi (drugs), Plastic Ono Band's Cold Turkey (heroin withdrawal a bit harrowing, though it gets the message over) was turned down by the other Beatles for Abbey Road (good decision!) and banned by most radio stations. It's still harrowing...
February 16, 201411 yr Pretty sure you can't broadcast swear words on the radio in any country (unless post-watershed with a warning) :lol: They aren't skipping it because it's explicit, but because they don't have access to a clean edit. The watershed doesn't apply to radio. That's how some of the programmes at 6.30 on Radio 4 get away with what they do. That said, the BBC would apply different standards to R1 from R4 because of the different audience.
February 16, 201411 yr Was God Save The Queen by The Sex Pistols skipped only during Silver Jubilee week or for it's full chart run?
February 16, 201411 yr Was God Save The Queen by The Sex Pistols skipped only during Silver Jubilee week or for it's full chart run? Yes. Tom Browne just said something "and at number 2 there's a record by the Sex Pistols"
February 16, 201411 yr Towards the end of last year Jameela skipped Blurred Lines & another song (can't remember) because it took so long for someone to answer with the correct phrase on the competition. I remember her saying something like we're gonna have to skip a few tracks but we're trying to be diplomatic so we'll skip ones that have been in the chart for ages.
February 16, 201411 yr Super Furry Animals - The Man Don't Give a F**k (Skipped for Obvious Reasons) Edited February 16, 201411 yr by CommanderTuvok
February 16, 201411 yr Towards the end of last year Jameela skipped Blurred Lines & another song (can't remember) because it took so long for someone to answer with the correct phrase on the competition. I remember her saying something like we're gonna have to skip a few tracks but we're trying to be diplomatic so we'll skip ones that have been in the chart for ages. Yup, the other song was Passenger's Let Her Go ^_^
February 17, 201411 yr Super Furry Animals - The Man Don't Give a F**k (Skipped for Obvious Reasons) But only the first time it charted (and it wasn't named either). When the live version was a hit in 2004 Wes did play a radio edit of that version, presumably because we'd already had Eamon and Frankee at the top of the chart by then.
February 17, 201411 yr Yup, the other song was Passenger's Let Her Go ^_^ They skipped I Won't Give Up that week too. Need U (100%) and Pompeii were also skipped in the first week of June, probably for similar reasons. I presumed these didn't count for the thread since they were played every other time though :lol:
February 17, 201411 yr One track that came close to a BBC ban was Lola by The Kinks, not because of the references to a tranvestitism/transexuality, but because of the mention of the trademark Coca-Cola in the lyrics. I think I read that it was the BBC that pressured The Kinks to change the lyric to 'cherry cola' to avoid advertising. Of course about 30 years later the beeb was strangely less concerned about mentioning the Coca-Cola brand when they were the chart sponsors.
February 17, 201411 yr One track that came close to a BBC ban was Lola by The Kinks, not because of the references to a tranvestitism/transexuality, but because of the mention of the trademark Coca-Cola in the lyrics. I think I read that it was the BBC that pressured The Kinks to change the lyric to 'cherry cola' to avoid advertising. Of course about 30 years later the beeb was strangely less concerned about mentioning the Coca-Cola brand when they were the chart sponsors. That's always been one of my favourite bans. Ray Davies actually had to fly to London from the US and then back again to re-record the cherry cola line :lol: BTW, the chart sponsors were Pepsi and it was the chart broadcast on independent radio. The BBC chart has never had a sponsor.
February 17, 201411 yr Could someone please just tell me which two were skipped yesterday and why, as I didn't listen to the chart and it's not clear if they're included in the first post. Thanks.
February 17, 201411 yr One track that came close to a BBC ban was Lola by The Kinks, not because of the references to a tranvestitism/transexuality, but because of the mention of the trademark Coca-Cola in the lyrics. I think I read that it was the BBC that pressured The Kinks to change the lyric to 'cherry cola' to avoid advertising. Of course about 30 years later the beeb was strangely less concerned about mentioning the Coca-Cola brand when they were the chart sponsors. And of course Coca-Cola went on to make Cherry Coke many years later
February 17, 201411 yr Actually for a brief period the chart - not the BBC's broadcast of it, but the chart itself - was sponsored by Coca Cola so for a couple of weeks Wes did have to namecheck them at the start of show, in the same way that a sports reporter talking about the Coca-Cola Cup would have to. The BBC had a rethink just in time for right-wing newspapers to blame the nanny state. 'Come Together' by the Beatles was also officially banned because of the Coca Cola reference, though possibly for other content as well. But it was one side of a double A-side so the other side could be played (I presume that was what happened on chart rundowns but it's before my time). By 1995 the Smokin' Mojo Filters version wasn't banned though.
February 17, 201411 yr Could someone please just tell me which two were skipped yesterday and why, as I didn't listen to the chart and it's not clear if they're included in the first post. Thanks. Roll of Honour by The Irish Brigade because it commemorates the IRA hunger strikers and Proper Moist by Dapper Laughs because it is rather rude.
February 17, 201411 yr When JK & Joel first took over it was part of the format not to play new entries below 20 in full, but they gradually changed that because it was so unpopular. R.E.M. were also victims of that policy. It also cost Groove Coverage's version of 'Poison' a full play on Radio 1. Edited February 17, 201411 yr by zenon
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