Nobody remembers that Rod Stewart song 😅😅😅😅😅 ERM only millions and millions of people, Rod Stewart has sold millions of records more than the Sex Pistols and has a worldwide fan base. I'm not a massive fan BUT facts are facts, Rods songs are known and loved the world over and he's in the record books for playing the biggest concert ever. Rods been around 60 years and still sells out stadiums, I'll think you'll find it's the other way around 😅😅
@@grabtharshammer oh we use that the other way round here... The big players that have the main channels would be seen as commercial as they're the main ones and the one you pay your licence for. Non commercial would be the niche radio that can only be heard in a certain area that dont have to worry about what they do as they're not the ones that runs anything and has no award things and all that... So thats all non commercial. I find DR radio very commercial and would talk about BBC in that way, but idk ?
everyone in Britain remembers that Rod Stewart song. you couldn't escape it, and everyone's mum and aunty loved him its funny the BBC banning these songs while Jimmy Savile presented Top Of The Pops.
@@wulfgold they are about to demolish Jimmy's cottage in Glen Coe because it is constantly vandalized. strange target as its just a house, but i understand the sentiment
@@VeritySnatch I get the symbolism and desire, some sites should be saced - war graves, some (most) monuments etc. Some sites are going to be profane and should just have the earth salted - if for no reason but to stop them being focal points, but it does seem society needs reminders not to be monsters :/ On a tangent - there was/is a linguistics project on how to warn future generations post an extinction event about places like Chernobyl - STAY AWAY messages translated through symbols that "should" be easily decipherable. Lol - stoned rambling ;)
It was my dads nickname for me because I adored it and sang it constantly. I think it was the first song I knew all the lyrics to, and I was so proud of that
The radio guy saying I've just looked at this cover and I'm not gonna play it, is on the Album Welcome to the Pleasure Dome. Same with the early copy of it i had. It talked about ejaculation. But it wasn't on all versions I know. I had several since 1985. But the 80s is full of vinyl in many different versions. It was the thing I feel.
I like that when George Formby known for having songs banned by the BBC like "My little bit of Blackpool Rock", and "When I'm cleaning windows". The lyrics were to be changed for a royal performance. HM Queen Mary liked and insisted that the original naughty innuendo version be sung instead.
Edited as apparently it was not banned just censored by the BBC not playing the last lyric. Too Much Too Young by the Specials reached number 1 despite being censored by the BBC and is one of the most influential song of a generation. Debatably surpassing any of the songs here, or at least on par with My Generation & God Save the Queen.
MI5 (British Secret Service) included The Sex Pistols in their 1977 ‘Subversion in contemporary music’ file. They allegedly had their phones tapped, and John Lydon later confirmed it didn’t make for a very happy visa life.
Regarding the banning of sings during the first Gulf war, it actually extended beyond songs. Massive Attack chose to release their single Unfinished Sympathy under the shortened name Massive, for fear it would be banned otherwise. One of the most famous banned songs was Relax, by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, which shot to number 1 in the charts as a result of the publicity gained following the ban.
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Its so funny the resemblance to John and Malcolm at @4:34 its like he has summoned a familiar of his own species. This is fascinating. I grew up in the 90's and I really didnt gel with punk, and post punk was a huge factor in my local music scene (Im a funk/blues/rap guy mostly) But I cannot deny the power of this movement and seeing Malcolm talk with such confidence gives me a shiver of excitement. I hope there will be more like this guy to come.
The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band did an excellent cover of Monster Mash, with a bonkers live recording in 1968 (Bonzo Dog Doodah Band "Monster Mash" '68) featuring the enigmatic Viv Stanshall on vocals. Also, fun fact: Boris Karloff (AKA William Henry Pratt) was cremated and had his ashes scattered at Guildford Crematorium, Surrey, England.
With the Gulf War bans it was pretty much anything vaguely war/bomb/desert/middle east related that was banned, the one I remember being banned at the time was The Clash - Rock the Casbah, but these bans were lifted soon after
Other countries do the same...I forget what network it was but there was a site I saw a fair while ago with a list of 150+ songs that the US banned post 9/11.
1:14, the Who's archaic reputation? Not this reactor's video, but the original, don't they check it before it gets posted? 5:30, that was Malcolm McLaren (spelling may be wrong), the Sex Pistols' manager answering. JR was quite capable of taking them on as well though.
in 1969 there were two banned records in the Top 10 in the same week Je T'Aime ..Moi Non Plus by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg because it supposedly soundly like two people in the act of procreating. The second was by Max Romeo and the presenters were not even allowed to say its name (and my not sure that TH-cam allows it either). W-t Dream.
In My Generation. I always thought the stuttering on other words was an excuse to allow them to get away with the drawn out "f"s on "why don't you all f-f-f- ade away" because everyone knew what they meant. By doing the stutter on other words too, they could protest innocence?
The Kinks' 'Coca-cola thing.... Funny that several yrs later (in the 80s) several of the big cola brands (Pepsi - Coke - etc...) started selling Cherry Cola. Maybe Ray Davies should have sued 🤣
I did have a chuckle to myself in the week before Xmas because Radio 2 played "A Day In The Life" from Sgt.Pepper. The BBC banned it in 67 for the line "I'd Love To Turn You On" apparently.
I remember from the time how the BBC refused to play "The Rising Sun" by the Animals on Top of the Pops simply because it was over three minutes, and were obliged to relent when it hit the No. 1 spot. They made it fit by running the closing credits over it, not something they had done previously.
Funny how even at a time when most people consumed their music primarily via the BBC we had no trouble in finding and purchasing copies of 'God Save the Queen' to see what all the fuss was about...... (I do remember the Rod Stewart song though btw)
The days of the jubilee in '77 we escaped from it by hanging in a flat with no TV. But we did open all the windows and had the single on repeat, interspersed with anything Punk we had available, absolutely flat out, for the 6th & 7th June. 😆
@ramblerandy2397 We were down in Paignton, Devon so sulphate & shrooms & midnight on the beach were already included! Camping sounds like a bloody brilliant idea! As far away from the bbc & bleedin' bunting & buns as possible! Nice one!
@ramblerandy2397 We were handy for Dartmoor. Mushroom wine (30 to the glass at an abv of 18%. Lovely induction!) was as legal as the 'shrooms back then! 😜
@@Aengus42 Wow, mushi wine. Never had that. We did the Psilo tea. I one climbed the cliff at Polzeath Beach to escape the fast incoming tide. Normally, irrationally scared of heights, I climbed the cliff like a leopard going up a tree - on a mug of tea consumed on the beach. Oh, the things we used to get up to. 😇
You should react to Malcolm McLaren more broadly, he had a music career after managing the pistols, (buffalo girls, double Dutch etc) as well as being married to Vivienne Westwood.
He missed Jerusalem by ELP. It got banned by the BBC because it was a hymn. ELP gave up, but if you wanna hear prog in 3 minutes, go listen, It's fantastic.
I lived in a very conservative area of London, Wimbledon, and I was surprised when 'Never Mind the B@llocks'. the Album by the Sex Pistols appeared on cassette in the local library.
Another song that was "banned", or more correctly just not played on-air was made by a BBC 1 TV co-presenter of the consumer programme "That's Life". His TV name was Doc Cox, and the record was "The Winker's Song (misprint)" from 1978. The fake band's name was Ivor Biggun & the Red-Nosed Burglars. It was pretty explicit. Just look up the lyrics. IIRC, Doc Cox just carried on co-presenting the show. Despite not being played on the radio it reached No.22 in the UK charts.
I remember being a young teenager and going into Walworths where the singles chart was posted up on the wall and seeing the number two slot blank, they wouldn't even put the name of the song or the Sex Pistols up on the chart. Wonderful feeling.
I don't honestly remember anything y the Sex Pistols. I vaguely remember that God Save The Queen offended people, but their music was just boring to me.
Never Mind the Bollocks was a breath of fresh air (How could you fail with lyrics like "Her name was Pauline, she lived in a tree."!) in a stale & self absorbed, navel gazing, self important, slowly dying music industry. Punk & the New Wave that it triggered produced some bloody brilliant music. Although, I don't think the yanks quite got it. They tried, bless their hearts 😆
@PaulHaigh072 That was the point! My christ, you lived through the birth of Punk surrounded by an ocean of pompous, middle class, mediocrity and you STILL didn't have the foggiest what was happening! Even with 20/20 hindsight you're still blind. It's no longer frustrated anger that you people in beige cardigans & beige Vauxhall Vivas, sorry, Vivaros induce in me. It morphed into pity as I matured. Best go walk the dog mate. Bet it's beige! 🤣
German band Juli had a big hit with their debut single "Die perfekte Welle" ("The Perfect Wave") in June 2004. Then, on December 26, 2004 the tsunami happened in Indonesia ... and for a while, the song didn't get any airplay. Even the band concurred with this decision -- it would've been inappropriate.
Check out the one this video does not mention but also was banned by BBC; 'Right Side Won' by What Fun. ‘‘What Fun! is a pop/reggae group based in Haarlem, Netherlands founded in 1981. Within two years, the group grew rapidly in size to a total of ten members and success quickly followed in 1983 with the release of the single "The Right Side Won",[1] which reached #3 in the Dutch hit parade in December of that year, and #1 in Belgium. "The Right Side Won", inspired by the Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina,[2] made the BBC Radio 1 playlist, but was quickly removed when the content of the lyrics became apparent. The single was banned from release in South Africa because What Fun! had both black and white members.’’ Source: Wikipedia
Getting a song banned is usually a great step to having a hit song, all these songs are brilliant, with the exception of George Michael's song, that was sh*te 😀 I'm surprised the BBC banned My Generation for stuttering and not the implied swear word though.
I kinda hoped he might mention "Burn My Candle". It was the debut single by Dame Shirley Bassey (3 Bond Themes fame). It was recorded in February 1956, when Bassey was nineteen years old - and had the line "There's "S" for Scotch, that's so direct / And for straight and simple sex / " - which had the BBC ban it. It is a sexy, and at the same time kind of innocent, song. One of my favourites from "The Girl from Tiger Bay" - and you can find it on TH-cam.
@@MrGrahawkyeah was just going to say though I’d have thought the George Michael IWYS fell into the same camp as Relax though reason being g both were too overtly se*ual for the Beeb?
Definitely bizarre that Relax by Frankie goes to Hollywood wasn't mentioned that a BBC radio DJ realised what it was about and got it banned, erm i realised on first listen what it was about and i was only 13 or 14 years old and the original also banned video made it even more clear which i saw late at night on the recently launched Channel 4 TV station.
During the first gulf war the BBC had a long list of songs they didn't think it would be tasteful to play. Then our soldiers arrived in Saudi for preps, turned on the US armed forces radio to hear it's launch and it played Killing an Arab and Rock the Casbah as the first two songs. Taste, it seems, has a time and place. :)
When videos like this say "banned" they really should say not put on the playlist. DJ's like John Peel got away with playing whatever the hell they wanted.
Not musicians making the establishment look less intelligent, but I remember seeing a clip where John Cleese and Michael Palin went on a show to defend The Life of Brian against an establishment figure and a bishop. They went prepared with logical arguments and the 2 establishment figures just said it's childish rubbish and couldn't answer any of the point the Pythons made.
The Doors got into trouble over the Girl we couldn't get much Higher line... And Closer by NIN got a uk dj fired as soon as he played it the first time... He got to the fuck you like an animal line and he killed it instantly. Too late, fired the same day. It was in the papers of the day..
You know about Blondie but don't think you've heard 'Atomic'? I, on the other hand, would have difficulty naming any other Blondie song other than that one! (Though I have a feeling I'd be saying "Oh yeah. I remember that one" if I were presented with their other songs' titles.)
LOL. Lou Reed’s Walk On The Wild Side did NOT get banned. Apparently nobody in the BBC knew what “giving head” meant. Even with the clue “in the back room she was everybody’s darling”. 😂
I remember all the songs and as for Sir Rod Stewart that sold a lot of records so unfortunately because you're way too young to remember these first time around, it's called music not the thing that passes for music these days
Just shows you what bellends who work at the BBC knows about fsshion/style. Whatever they ban usually became No.1 hits. Just look at this Christmas No.1. "It'll be freezing this Christmas". JJ may have to look this up.😅
I have to disagree with you about Rod Stewart, I was middle teens in the 70s and my bedroom wall was plastered with pictures of Rod, he was massive (still is) I Don't Want To Talk About It is still one of my favourite songs, The Sex Pistols were gimmicky, didn't last long.
An American that in 6 videos doesnt know all these iconic songs that even a fisherman from Denmark and Norway knew back then is cray cray... Like Atomic is the fave Blondie track at the clubs i go to... So idk about this guy. I certainly dont pay any attention to his rants... They're meaningless. 😅
Rod stewart song is far superior than god save the queen, also the B side was first cut is the deepest so i think you really havent a clue about good music? You are after all american😂
So you you think Rod Steward is crap do you, I have been listening to and attending venues where Rod together with Long John Baldry ,Julie Driscoll and The Brian Auger trinity, were performing as the Steam Packet, in 1965. I was 17 then, Rod is still going strong now, so he cannot be crap can he? you are obvious talking out of your arse!
God save the Queen was not that popular among the population and some sales were an objection to the BBC busy bodies not support for the song. Rod Stewart song ' I don't wan't to talk about it!' was very popular and is still remembered. I was one of the youth at the time.
The Rod Stewart song is good though, so you're talking bollocks again. And only a septic can hear dirty stuff in a George Michael song. Here all his stuff was played. Denmark dont ban anytht, so I want your sex in 87 was a daily thing for most of that year. Same with Relax that you could hear all the time on the big radio stations. Frankie was played all the time in the 80s. You couldn't escape those singles. Depeche Mode had some trouble by some UK djs i remember but not for that long. Master and Servant and Blasphemous Rumors was always risky in England but i remember the guy that was gonna ban one of them at the time was on holiday abroad so it got through. Years later the guys was sure Personal Jesus was gonna get banned in America but they loved it. So you never know really. 😊
No, the Queen Mother as in Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, mother of Queen Elizabeth II. She died in 2002 at the age of 101. Imagine if I actually knew that rather than just blatantly copying off Wikipedia, I could win money in quizzes with stuff like that.
Nobody remembers that Rod Stewart song 😅😅😅😅😅 ERM only millions and millions of people, Rod Stewart has sold millions of records more than the Sex Pistols and has a worldwide fan base. I'm not a massive fan BUT facts are facts, Rods songs are known and loved the world over and he's in the record books for playing the biggest concert ever. Rods been around 60 years and still sells out stadiums, I'll think you'll find it's the other way around 😅😅
A lot of us remember Rod Stewart.
And he didn’t kill Nancy Spungen.
We probably wouldn't have Everything But The Girl without Rod Stewart, he was quietly influencial within the music of the following decade...
The BBC doesn't "ban" songs. The BBC can't control the existence of specific pieces of music. They just sometimes don't play some stuff.
If it doesn't get any airplay that's what a ban is. Radio is or was 90% of where you heard a song in the 70s and 80s. Specially in the UK and US.
@@ebbhead20 Except that most people were listening to Pirate Radio, or commercial Radio not the BBC
@@grabtharshammer or commercial radio ? Whats BBC then ? Thats the biggest players out there in England ?
@@ebbhead20 The BBC is Non-Commercial Radio, hence them not playing certain records that mentioned products in the lyrics or Title
@@grabtharshammer oh we use that the other way round here... The big players that have the main channels would be seen as commercial as they're the main ones and the one you pay your licence for. Non commercial would be the niche radio that can only be heard in a certain area that dont have to worry about what they do as they're not the ones that runs anything and has no award things and all that... So thats all non commercial. I find DR radio very commercial and would talk about BBC in that way, but idk ?
everyone in Britain remembers that Rod Stewart song. you couldn't escape it, and everyone's mum and aunty loved him
its funny the BBC banning these songs while Jimmy Savile presented Top Of The Pops.
The Eurythmics got a partial ban in the US because a lot of people thought Annie Lennox was a bloke
We all remember I don't wanna talk about it Rod Stewart. Great song! Sex Pistols was just a novelty song.
Don't forget Jonathan King as a presenter too :/
@@wulfgold they are about to demolish Jimmy's cottage in Glen Coe because it is constantly vandalized. strange target as its just a house, but i understand the sentiment
@@VeritySnatch I get the symbolism and desire, some sites should be saced - war graves, some (most) monuments etc.
Some sites are going to be profane and should just have the earth salted - if for no reason but to stop them being focal points, but it does seem society needs reminders not to be monsters :/
On a tangent - there was/is a linguistics project on how to warn future generations post an extinction event about places like Chernobyl - STAY AWAY messages translated through symbols that "should" be easily decipherable.
Lol - stoned rambling ;)
I'm glad they delayed The Monster Mash. We kids in the 70s loved it.
It was my dads nickname for me because I adored it and sang it constantly.
I think it was the first song I knew all the lyrics to, and I was so proud of that
I think the most banned artist on BBC radio is still George Formby
Where was "Relax"?
The radio guy saying I've just looked at this cover and I'm not gonna play it, is on the Album Welcome to the Pleasure Dome. Same with the early copy of it i had. It talked about ejaculation. But it wasn't on all versions I know. I had several since 1985. But the 80s is full of vinyl in many different versions. It was the thing I feel.
Relax was banned for obvious reasons, hence not being on this list.
I like that when George Formby known for having songs banned by the BBC like "My little bit of Blackpool Rock", and "When I'm cleaning windows". The lyrics were to be changed for a royal performance. HM Queen Mary liked and insisted that the original naughty innuendo version be sung instead.
Edited as apparently it was not banned just censored by the BBC not playing the last lyric.
Too Much Too Young by the Specials reached number 1 despite being censored by the BBC and is one of the most influential song of a generation. Debatably surpassing any of the songs here, or at least on par with My Generation & God Save the Queen.
MI5 (British Secret Service) included The Sex Pistols in their 1977 ‘Subversion in contemporary music’ file. They allegedly had their phones tapped, and John Lydon later confirmed it didn’t make for a very happy visa life.
😮!!!!!!
Regarding the banning of sings during the first Gulf war, it actually extended beyond songs. Massive Attack chose to release their single Unfinished Sympathy under the shortened name Massive, for fear it would be banned otherwise.
One of the most famous banned songs was Relax, by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, which shot to number 1 in the charts as a result of the publicity gained following the ban.
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I thought Turning Japanese by The Vapours might have been on the list, that got played until they realised what it referred to I think
My Sharona is also problematic in a different way.
Turning Japanese and My Sharona never had a problem with airplay by the BBC.
@@chrish4181 thanks for the correction, I realise now my recollection was false 👍
Its so funny the resemblance to John and Malcolm at @4:34 its like he has summoned a familiar of his own species. This is fascinating. I grew up in the 90's and I really didnt gel with punk, and post punk was a huge factor in my local music scene (Im a funk/blues/rap guy mostly) But I cannot deny the power of this movement and seeing Malcolm talk with such confidence gives me a shiver of excitement. I hope there will be more like this guy to come.
The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band did an excellent cover of Monster Mash, with a bonkers live recording in 1968 (Bonzo Dog Doodah Band "Monster Mash" '68) featuring the enigmatic Viv Stanshall on vocals. Also, fun fact: Boris Karloff (AKA William Henry Pratt) was cremated and had his ashes scattered at Guildford Crematorium, Surrey, England.
With the Gulf War bans it was pretty much anything vaguely war/bomb/desert/middle east related that was banned, the one I remember being banned at the time was The Clash - Rock the Casbah, but these bans were lifted soon after
Other countries do the same...I forget what network it was but there was a site I saw a fair while ago with a list of 150+ songs that the US banned post 9/11.
1:14, the Who's archaic reputation? Not this reactor's video, but the original, don't they check it before it gets posted?
5:30, that was Malcolm McLaren (spelling may be wrong), the Sex Pistols' manager answering. JR was quite capable of taking them on as well though.
in 1969 there were two banned records in the Top 10 in the same week Je T'Aime ..Moi Non Plus by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg because it supposedly soundly like two people in the act of procreating. The second was by Max Romeo and the presenters were not even allowed to say its name (and my not sure that TH-cam allows it either). W-t Dream.
It was a bit more than 'supposedly'. Frankie Howard made a rather pointless cover.
In My Generation. I always thought the stuttering on other words was an excuse to allow them to get away with the drawn out "f"s on "why don't you all f-f-f- ade away" because everyone knew what they meant. By doing the stutter on other words too, they could protest innocence?
The Kinks' 'Coca-cola thing....
Funny that several yrs later (in the 80s) several of the big cola brands (Pepsi - Coke - etc...) started selling Cherry Cola.
Maybe Ray Davies should have sued 🤣
I did have a chuckle to myself in the week before Xmas because Radio 2 played "A Day In The Life" from Sgt.Pepper. The BBC banned it in 67 for the line "I'd Love To Turn You On" apparently.
Do yourself a favour and listen to Atomic in full - it's a great song. Happy New Year!
I remember from the time how the BBC refused to play "The Rising Sun" by the Animals on Top of the Pops simply because it was over three minutes, and were obliged to relent when it hit the No. 1 spot. They made it fit by running the closing credits over it, not something they had done previously.
No "Inna Gada Da Vida" then..🤔😁
Funny how even at a time when most people consumed their music primarily via the BBC we had no trouble in finding and purchasing copies of 'God Save the Queen' to see what all the fuss was about...... (I do remember the Rod Stewart song though btw)
The days of the jubilee in '77 we escaped from it by hanging in a flat with no TV.
But we did open all the windows and had the single on repeat, interspersed with anything Punk we had available, absolutely flat out, for the 6th & 7th June. 😆
We escaped to the IOW for a weekend of camping.
@ramblerandy2397 We were down in Paignton, Devon so sulphate & shrooms & midnight on the beach were already included!
Camping sounds like a bloody brilliant idea! As far away from the bbc & bleedin' bunting & buns as possible! Nice one!
@@Aengus42 Ah yes, the old psilocybin. Always fun. 😇
@ramblerandy2397 We were handy for Dartmoor. Mushroom wine (30 to the glass at an abv of 18%. Lovely induction!) was as legal as the 'shrooms back then! 😜
@@Aengus42 Wow, mushi wine. Never had that. We did the Psilo tea. I one climbed the cliff at Polzeath Beach to escape the fast incoming tide. Normally, irrationally scared of heights, I climbed the cliff like a leopard going up a tree - on a mug of tea consumed on the beach. Oh, the things we used to get up to. 😇
Atomic is still a well known tune here in the UK and Ireland. At least where I DJ.
My favourite Blondie song.
How someone can't remember Atomic by Blondie is very odd as it was one of the biggest songs of that year and is a classic to me!
I refuse to accept that JJ has never heard this song.
He only listened to the pre intro of the song which I thought was funny as.....
class tune
You should react to Malcolm McLaren more broadly, he had a music career after managing the pistols, (buffalo girls, double Dutch etc) as well as being married to Vivienne Westwood.
Oh interesting, thanks!
I don't think they were ever married, though they did have a son.
He missed Jerusalem by ELP. It got banned by the BBC because it was a hymn. ELP gave up, but if you wanna hear prog in 3 minutes, go listen, It's fantastic.
Great suggestion.
I lived in a very conservative area of London, Wimbledon, and I was surprised when 'Never Mind the B@llocks'. the Album by the Sex Pistols appeared on cassette in the local library.
Another song that was "banned", or more correctly just not played on-air was made by a BBC 1 TV co-presenter of the consumer programme "That's Life". His TV name was Doc Cox, and the record was "The Winker's Song (misprint)" from 1978. The fake band's name was Ivor Biggun & the Red-Nosed Burglars. It was pretty explicit. Just look up the lyrics. IIRC, Doc Cox just carried on co-presenting the show. Despite not being played on the radio it reached No.22 in the UK charts.
I remember being a young teenager and going into Walworths where the singles chart was posted up on the wall and seeing the number two slot blank, they wouldn't even put the name of the song or the Sex Pistols up on the chart. Wonderful feeling.
I found out about Atomic by Blondie with "Trainspotting", the film.
I don't honestly remember anything y the Sex Pistols. I vaguely remember that God Save The Queen offended people, but their music was just boring to me.
Philistine.
Totally agree.
Never Mind the Bollocks was a breath of fresh air (How could you fail with lyrics like "Her name was Pauline, she lived in a tree."!) in a stale & self absorbed, navel gazing, self important, slowly dying music industry. Punk & the New Wave that it triggered produced some bloody brilliant music.
Although, I don't think the yanks quite got it. They tried, bless their hearts 😆
It was all just a bit rubbish really
@PaulHaigh072 That was the point! My christ, you lived through the birth of Punk surrounded by an ocean of pompous, middle class, mediocrity and you STILL didn't have the foggiest what was happening! Even with 20/20 hindsight you're still blind.
It's no longer frustrated anger that you people in beige cardigans & beige Vauxhall Vivas, sorry, Vivaros induce in me. It morphed into pity as I matured.
Best go walk the dog mate. Bet it's beige! 🤣
German band Juli had a big hit with their debut single "Die perfekte Welle" ("The Perfect Wave") in June 2004. Then, on December 26, 2004 the tsunami happened in Indonesia ... and for a while, the song didn't get any airplay. Even the band concurred with this decision -- it would've been inappropriate.
The BBC banned the song Boneyard by Little Angels in the gulf war hit list. I loved them.
Check out the one this video does not mention but also was banned by BBC; 'Right Side Won' by What Fun.
‘‘What Fun! is a pop/reggae group based in Haarlem, Netherlands founded in 1981. Within two years, the group grew rapidly in size to a total of ten members and success quickly followed in 1983 with the release of the single "The Right Side Won",[1] which reached #3 in the Dutch hit parade in December of that year, and #1 in Belgium. "The Right Side Won", inspired by the Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina,[2] made the BBC Radio 1 playlist, but was quickly removed when the content of the lyrics became apparent. The single was banned from release in South Africa because What Fun! had both black and white members.’’ Source: Wikipedia
Getting a song banned is usually a great step to having a hit song, all these songs are brilliant, with the exception of George Michael's song, that was sh*te 😀
I'm surprised the BBC banned My Generation for stuttering and not the implied swear word though.
I kinda hoped he might mention "Burn My Candle". It was the debut single by Dame Shirley Bassey (3 Bond Themes fame). It was recorded in February 1956, when Bassey was nineteen years old - and had the line "There's "S" for Scotch, that's so direct / And for straight and simple sex / " - which had the BBC ban it. It is a sexy, and at the same time kind of innocent, song. One of my favourites from "The Girl from Tiger Bay" - and you can find it on TH-cam.
Can't get the image of the queen mums car toad out of my head 😂
I think his name was Warty Bliggens.
He missed out the biggest banned song... Relax - by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
That wasn't banned for a "weird" reason though.
@@MrGrahawkyeah was just going to say though I’d have thought the George Michael IWYS fell into the same camp as Relax though reason being g both were too overtly se*ual for the Beeb?
"nobody remembers I don't want to talk about it... it's a crap song" 🙄
The Everything but the Girl version is the one people remember.
During the Gulf War they also banned Waterloo by Abba
Definitely bizarre that Relax by Frankie goes to Hollywood wasn't mentioned that a BBC radio DJ realised what it was about and got it banned, erm i realised on first listen what it was about and i was only 13 or 14 years old and the original also banned video made it even more clear which i saw late at night on the recently launched Channel 4 TV station.
I bought Soace Oddity when it was banned.
In 1945, the BBC banned the song "Rum and Coca-Cola" by The Andrew Sisters for the same reason.
During the first gulf war the BBC had a long list of songs they didn't think it would be tasteful to play. Then our soldiers arrived in Saudi for preps, turned on the US armed forces radio to hear it's launch and it played Killing an Arab and Rock the Casbah as the first two songs. Taste, it seems, has a time and place. :)
Malcolm MClaren was The Sex Pistols manager, not a musician (at the time).
NZ band Split Enz had their song Six Months In A Leaky Boat banned because it came out in 1982 during the Falklands War.
When videos like this say "banned" they really should say not put on the playlist. DJ's like John Peel got away with playing whatever the hell they wanted.
John Peel got away with a lot of things
@@Cleow33 He disliked punk and Uriah Heep.
@ I’m not talking about music.
@@Cleow33 Ah, yes. Another of Aunty's many naughty boys. And they still lecture us on how to behave!
John Peel was brilliant and a maverick and very much missed by me!
Great video. Love Dee Snider.
Not musicians making the establishment look less intelligent, but I remember seeing a clip where John Cleese and Michael Palin went on a show to defend The Life of Brian against an establishment figure and a bishop. They went prepared with logical arguments and the 2 establishment figures just said it's childish rubbish and couldn't answer any of the point the Pythons made.
Look on TH-cam for the clip titled: “God Save The Queen playout -BBC Newsnight”
How times change :-)
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The Doors got into trouble over the Girl we couldn't get much Higher line... And Closer by NIN got a uk dj fired as soon as he played it the first time... He got to the fuck you like an animal line and he killed it instantly. Too late, fired the same day. It was in the papers of the day..
'Deep in the heart of Texas' was banned in WW2 because of the clapping! Munition workers would clap along affecting productivity!
Adam English claims he was a DJ previously?? When, with who? - Oh, Student Radio and then BBC Radio Oxford
Any time the UK ban something, it automatically becomes a hit .... doesn't matter what subject it is; video, movie, game, music.
Calling the 70's BBC 'Squeaky Clean', is really "Rotten"!
You know about Blondie but don't think you've heard 'Atomic'? I, on the other hand, would have difficulty naming any other Blondie song other than that one! (Though I have a feeling I'd be saying "Oh yeah. I remember that one" if I were presented with their other songs' titles.)
The video for I Want Your Sex has the written word Monogamy, indicating that it was not intending to promote casual sex
I believe that Cherry Cola didn't exist at the time Ray Davies included the phrase in the song. (I could be wrong).
I think Judge Dread had the most hits banned by the BBC. About eleven hits, I believe.
LOL. Lou Reed’s Walk On The Wild Side did NOT get banned. Apparently nobody in the BBC knew what “giving head” meant. Even with the clue “in the back room she was everybody’s darling”. 😂
I remember all the songs and as for Sir Rod Stewart that sold a lot of records so unfortunately because you're way too young to remember these first time around, it's called music not the thing that passes for music these days
I loved Rod Stewart the first time around, but there is still good music around today, I have loved music from every decade from the 50s to present.
Rod Stewart’s 1975 hit ‘Sailing’ was banned from being played in 1982 during the Falklands Conflict.
Just shows you what bellends who work at the BBC knows about fsshion/style. Whatever they ban usually became No.1 hits. Just look at this Christmas No.1. "It'll be freezing this Christmas". JJ may have to look this up.😅
The famous one is Frankie Goes to Hollywood, ‘Relax’. Watch the video and it’s pretty clear why.
This list is for songs banned for weird reasons. Relax was banned for a very clear reason.
I have to disagree with you about Rod Stewart, I was middle teens in the 70s and my bedroom wall was plastered with pictures of Rod, he was massive (still is) I Don't Want To Talk About It is still one of my favourite songs, The Sex Pistols were gimmicky, didn't last long.
Crazyhorse wrote the rod Stewart song
Do watch the music video to Blondie's Atomic! Wonderful song, Debbie Harry's vonderful voice, and she's wearing a garbage sack as cardigan. Arty!
My favourite line from this video...'The Queen Mother, I think she's dead?', No she's very much alive at 125 years old. 🤣🤣🤣
She died in 2002, aged 102.
😂 they should have banned way more
What about Spasticus Autisticus?
I hope they do Enola Gay. Probably the most stupid reason for banning a song, pure misunderstanding
News report on BBC radio about Challenger disaster, was followed by David Bowie’s song
Ironically my comment about the BBC has been deleted. 😅
I'll bet it was something about the BBC's high moral attitude came at a time when they turned a blind eye to Saville and co.
@@sailorhms Yes, mine too.
John Lydon has of course utterly sold out now. Like Cleese, Caine and Daltrey. RW nutjobs.
lol, you should check out the latest BBC ban happening right NOW, “ It’ll be freezing this Christmas “ 😂
An American that in 6 videos doesnt know all these iconic songs that even a fisherman from Denmark and Norway knew back then is cray cray... Like Atomic is the fave Blondie track at the clubs i go to... So idk about this guy. I certainly dont pay any attention to his rants... They're meaningless. 😅
George Michals saying it's not about public sex... and being arrested for public sex in toilets yes its about sex in public and sex ....
Grow up
Rod stewart song is far superior than god save the queen, also the B side was first cut is the deepest so i think you really havent a clue about good music? You are after all american😂
Franki goes to Hollywood isn't there? Two tribes was banned massively then landed at #1 on its release.
Relax was banned just before it got to number one, but Two Tribes was heavily played.
You are totally correct Alex and Two Tribes had no problems at all.
To JJLA - The Rod Stewart song is NOT crap and people do remember it. American talking crap.
Calm down. He didn’t know ir
Rod Stewart's song deserved number 1 as it’s still relevant today and the punk song was crap
So you you think Rod Steward is crap do you, I have been listening to and attending venues where Rod together with Long John Baldry ,Julie Driscoll and The Brian Auger trinity, were performing as the Steam Packet, in 1965. I was 17 then, Rod is still going strong now, so he cannot be crap can he? you are obvious talking out of your arse!
He is though, isn’t he. I do like that particular song, though. Stuff like Sailing drives me up the wall
When Maggie died ,ding dong the whitch is dead reached no1
This year the bbc banned the xmas no1 , by starmer and the granny harmers .
God save the Queen was not that popular among the population and some sales were an objection to the BBC busy bodies not support for the song. Rod Stewart song ' I don't wan't to talk about it!' was very popular and is still remembered. I was one of the youth at the time.
The Rod Stewart song is good though, so you're talking bollocks again. And only a septic can hear dirty stuff in a George Michael song. Here all his stuff was played. Denmark dont ban anytht, so I want your sex in 87 was a daily thing for most of that year. Same with Relax that you could hear all the time on the big radio stations. Frankie was played all the time in the 80s. You couldn't escape those singles. Depeche Mode had some trouble by some UK djs i remember but not for that long. Master and Servant and Blasphemous Rumors was always risky in England but i remember the guy that was gonna ban one of them at the time was on holiday abroad so it got through. Years later the guys was sure Personal Jesus was gonna get banned in America but they loved it. So you never know really. 😊
Queen mother Mary is queen Elisabeth II grandmother. She died in 1953, so yes, she's dead all right😊
No, the Queen Mother as in Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, mother of Queen Elizabeth II. She died in 2002 at the age of 101. Imagine if I actually knew that rather than just blatantly copying off Wikipedia, I could win money in quizzes with stuff like that.
It was Elizabeth 2nd mother and she died in 2002
If I close my eyes and listen to you talking I would swear you are Sebastian Bach. It's spooky.
I noticed JJ stuttering when saying it it it . Careful JJ you'll be banned by TH-cam
BBC also banned Ian Dury's song Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll! th-cam.com/video/sfp8xrNAS6I/w-d-xo.html
Can't think why 🤔