Posted on 02/17/2016 10:32:32 AM PST by subterfuge
Due to the ingrained political correctness in the American culture there are certain musical compositions that are essentially banned from American radio. Here is my short list with brief explanationa of why I think they are "banned." This an effort to lighten things up around here so join the fun and add your own.
"When A Man Loves a Woman" - Percy Sledge. Obviously, this song offends homosexuals and "animal lovers."
"I'd Love To Change The World" Alvin Lee and Ten Years After. While this tune is a tribute to socialism as it seems to be promoting "tax the rich, feed the poor, til there are no rich no more," It also uses the phrase "dikes and fairies" and we all know that when liberal themes collide, gayness wins out. So no radio for this one anymore.
"The Game of Love" - Mindbenders. This song has the Lifetime Achievement award for political incorrectness as it contains the phrase "the purpose of a man is to love a Woman and the purpose of a woman is to love a man" (!) Heresy against the Church of Political Correctness! Oh my! It doesn't get more hate filled than that.
"Out Go The Lights" by Pat Travers anyone?
And don't get me started on Dire Strait's Market Knopfler self censoring his own song and changing "little faggot" to "little maggot" during live performances. Wuss.
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That's the first one that came to my mind. I used to hear it at Taco Bells that plays oldies, but not anymore.
Been Caught Stealin’, by Jane’s Addiction.
Offends the Black Lives Matter crowd.
I can’t believe I still hear this song from time to time.
I Love It.
“Black Betty”
(originally by Lead Belly)
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Black Betty had a child, bam-ba-lam
The damn thing gone wild, bam-ba-lam
Said it weren’t none of mine, bam-ba-lam
The damn thing gone blind, bam-ba-lam
I said oh, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
She really gets me high, bam-ba-lam
You know that’s no lie, bam-ba-lam
She’s so rock steady, bam-ba-lam
And she’s always ready, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
She’s from Birmingham, bam-ba-lam
Way down in Alabam’, bam-ba-lam
Well, she’s shakin’ that thing, bam-ba-lam
Boy, she makes me sing, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam
“I’m a Boy” by The Who.
They would resent a song about a boy actually complaining about being made to be dressed up like a girl.
No kidding.
I mean, "Who are you to say what gender you are!?"
Star Spangled Banner because it offends socialists.
Unless "Chaz" Bono is singing it.
It is only a matter of time before somebody sues a barkeeper for having Percy Sledge’s “When a Man Loves a Woman” on the jukebox.
Seals and Crofts “Unborn Child”
“Big D” — the song from “The Most Happy Fella” — was essentially banned for a couple of years after JFK was assassinated.
It was a tradition to play Black Betty at some northeastern university before their sporting events, but was recently banned. I feel so free now! \s
It’s either about the musket from 1700’s or the whip that was used on the plantations.
Give “Les Boys” by the Dire Straits a listen. Pretty funny. Never heard it on the radio, tho’
Shinedown 45 Gun reference(actually it’s not).
“My Guy”? Maybe sung by Brucie Jenner?
Well, he/she/it could also sing Helen Reddy’s “I am Woman” too if he/she/it felt like it.
Well we know at the Alma Mater they tried to get rid of “We Are the Boys.”
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