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Gay slur in lyrics disqualifies Dire Straits hit from Canadian radio play
The Globe ands Mail (Canada) ^ | 1/13/11 | Staff

Posted on 01/13/2011 7:47:32 AM PST by Impala64ssa

The 1980s song Money for Nothing by the British rock band Dire Straits has been deemed unacceptable for play on Canadian radio. In a ruling released Wednesday, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council says the song contravenes the human rights clauses of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code of Ethics and Equitable Portrayal Code. A listener to radio station CHOZ-FM in St. John's complained last year that the song includes the word “faggot” in its lyrics and is discriminatory to gays. The broadcaster argued that the song had been played countless times since its release decades ago and has won music industry awards. A CBSC panel concluded that the word “faggot,” even if once acceptable, has evolved to become unacceptable in most circumstances. The panel noted that Money for Nothing would be acceptable for broadcast if suitably edited.

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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: canada; dire; direstraits; gay; homonaziagenda; homonazism; homosexualagenda; homostalinism; markknopfler; moneyfornothing; pcthoughtpolice; politicalcorrectness; popmusicdirestraits; staights; thoughtpolice
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To: Trajan88
This is from Wikipedia:

"Since the break up of Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler has shown no interest in reforming the group. However, keyboardist Guy Fletcher has been associated with almost every piece of Knopfler's solo material to date, and Danny Cummings has made frequent appearances, including one on Knopfler's 2007 solo album, Kill to Get Crimson. In October 2008 Knopfler declined a suggestion by John Illsley that they should reform. Illsley said that a reunion would be "entirely up to Mark", while Knopfler is quoted as saying "Oh, I don't know whether to start getting all that stuff back together again", and that the global fame that came his way in the 1980s "just got too big"."

I know the Kill To Get Crimson tour ran in Europe until the latter part of '09. The guy's over 60 now, so maybe he's just kicking back :-)

21 posted on 01/13/2011 8:08:37 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Trajan88

Mark Knopfler has put out a lot of solo material since Dire Straits and it’s quite good. However, you won’t hear it on commercial radio.


22 posted on 01/13/2011 8:13:31 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I’m curious about their position on rap lyrics and slurs toward women.

Guess we need to report those songs and find out the ruling.

23 posted on 01/13/2011 8:15:42 AM PST by Lockbox (`)
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To: SamAdams76
"Money For Nothing" is actually one of my least favorite Dire Straits songs but guess what, I'm going to download it off iTunes when I get home tonight.

I must admit, it does seem out of place on "Brothers in Arms." But the rest of the album is killer.

24 posted on 01/13/2011 8:16:11 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Trajan88

Knopfler has been very prolific since Dire Straits, he’s done solo albums, the Notting Hillbillies, a collaboration with Emmylou Harris, an album with Chet Atkins.

It just got to the point where Dire Straits got so big, that Knopfler wasn’t comfortable with it anymore, and preferred to be more low-key, but his solo stuff is up there with any Dire Straits material, in fact, if they just simply labeled his albums as ‘Dire Straits’, they would have sold a lot more.


25 posted on 01/13/2011 8:19:25 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ-JyAGUsys


26 posted on 01/13/2011 8:19:30 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Telegraph Road is simply one of the most awesome songs ever.


27 posted on 01/13/2011 8:21:26 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Mark Knopfler - Song for Sonny Liston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to6wwNAqznc

yeah, I’m a fan.


28 posted on 01/13/2011 8:21:29 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

It depends who is singing the rap. I remember that there were some protests about the rapper “Eminem” getting some music award. But “Eminem” is a rare white rapper. I think it’s ok to criticize rap if you criticize Eminem. But, you are now allowed to criticize black rappers, because that would be racist.


29 posted on 01/13/2011 8:24:49 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Sorry, meant to say “NOT” allowed to criticize black rappers, not “NOW” allowed to criticize black rappers.


30 posted on 01/13/2011 8:27:34 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Impala64ssa
Faggots...


31 posted on 01/13/2011 8:31:05 AM PST by Fresh Wind (TOTUS knows how to give a speech, Obama knows how to read.)
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To: Impala64ssa

This is so gay.

I wonder at what point we say no?


32 posted on 01/13/2011 8:32:26 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Impala64ssa

The animated music video is what made “Money For Nothing” such a hit back in the 1980s and the half-shaven cigar-chomping loading dock guy is actually an object of derision in the song, which the video makes clear.

The loading dock guy is working in an appliance store and mocking the wealthy rock musician in the video:

“That little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah, buddy, that’s his own hair...”

I miss the creative music videos of the 1980s back when MTV and VH1 actually played them instead of the garbage they show now. Some of the videos were more interesting than the music and some of them just grabbed your attention but some of them actually visualized the message behind the lyrics so you understood the song better and appreciated it more.


33 posted on 01/13/2011 8:32:31 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Washington, we Texans want a divorce!)
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To: Impala64ssa

What a bunch of faggots. They probably wear earrings and makeup. I’m also sure that’s their own hair.


34 posted on 01/13/2011 8:34:10 AM PST by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: Impala64ssa

Actully, I’ve been wondering for years when this would happen to Money for Nothing simply because they were using the word ‘faggot’. I’m just surprised it was Canada and not the US for bending over to gay demands.


35 posted on 01/13/2011 8:34:10 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (My baloney has a first name, it's DEMOCRAT; my baloney has a second name, it's PARTY)
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To: Impala64ssa
Gay slur?

Is that like a drunk homosexual trying to talk?

36 posted on 01/13/2011 8:35:32 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't skipper a boat, Can't drive, Can't ski, Can't fly. But they KNOW what's best!)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Canada has been bending over for a long time with homo marriage and all. Also, persecution of Bible-teaching ministers and priests.


37 posted on 01/13/2011 8:35:38 AM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: Impala64ssa
IMHO Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is one of the best guitar players in the world. So take of you hosers, eh!
38 posted on 01/13/2011 8:37:05 AM PST by McGruff
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To: Impala64ssa
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council webpage has this case listed and a few others. Four out of the first five cases have to do with GLBT complaints.
Apparently, somewhere, somehow, Canadian citizens have turned over their free speech to "queer review." Unbelievable.
39 posted on 01/13/2011 8:38:44 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: circlecity
If you listen to the lyrics, the “character” using the slur in the song is the point of ridicule of the song. This is like banning Hucklebrry Finn because it has the N word.

It took the geniuses this long to catch "faggot" in the song, and be offended; it will take them another 30 years to understand the context.

40 posted on 01/13/2011 8:47:07 AM PST by windsorknot
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