Posted on 01/13/2011 2:08:42 PM PST by Leigh Patrick Sullivan
The Nazi's at the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council have determined, after a complaint filed last February by a listener of OZ fm in Newfoundland, that the song 'Money for Nothing' by British rockers Dire Straits was 'too offensive for radio'.
In the song, a working class average Joe wishes he'd have learned to 'play a guitar' so he would have made 'money for nothing' and got his 'chicks for free'.
The segment of the song that the CBSC decided was offensive contains the lines: "...that little faggot with the earring and the make up...", "...that little faggot got his own jet airplane. That little faggot he's a millionaire...".
(Excerpt) Read more at themoderateseparatist.com ...
Think he was talking about Adam Ant. Goodie Two Shoes.
I always thought he was referring to Boy George- but he probably meant it as a generic reference, considering some of the musicians that were popular then.
FM around here (WCMF 96.5) has already edited out that verse years ago. I always thought it was a dig on David Geffen, never thought about the makeup though.
There is a certain song by Duran Duran they might want to check out and then there is a song called Obsession... and then...
oh whatever.
Too bad; it's a really good song!
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