Comment by Pissed Bitch

Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:09:23 EDT

This is bullshit!

Comment by Sarah B.

Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:47:18 EST

I received an email this morning that had the list. I too did some googling which is how I found you & this page. Thought you'd want to see the list: Clear Channel's List of Songs with Questionable Lyrics The following is a list of songs deemed "questionable" by Clear Channel Communications. They own about 1200 radio stations, and I believe they're asking them not to play any of these songs - "Crash Into Me" by Dave Matthews, "Safe in New York City" by AC/DC, "Burning Down the House" by Talking Heads, "Obli Di, Obli Da", by the Beatles, etc. - songs that probably everyone knows. Beware of where your freedom is going and who's going with it. Artist Title 3 Doors Down "Duck and Run" 311 "Down" AC/DC "Dirty Deeds" AC/DC "Hell's Bells" AC/DC "Highway to Hell" AC/DC "Safe in New York City" AC/DC "Shoot to Thrill" AC/DC "Shot Down in Flames" AC/DC "TNT" Ad Libs "The Boy from New York City" Alanis Morissette "Ironic" Alice in Chains "Down in a Hole" Alice in Chains "Rooster" Alice in Chains "Sea of Sorrow" Alice in Chains "Them Bone" Alien Ant Farm "Smooth Criminal" Animals "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" Arthur Brown "Fire" Bangles "Walk Like an Egyptian" Barenaked Ladies "Falling for the First Time" Barry McGuire "Eve of Destruction" Beastie Boys "Sabotage" Beastie Boys "Sure Shot" Billy Joel "Only the Good Die Young" Black Sabbath "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" Black Sabbath "Suicide Solution" Black Sabbath "War Pigs" Blood Sweat and Tears "And When I Die" Blue Oyster Cult "Burnin' For You" Bob Dylan/Guns N Roses "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Bobby Darin "Mack the Knife" Boston "Smokin" Brooklyn Bridge "Worst That Could Happen" Bruce Springsteen "Goin' Down" Bruce Springsteen "I'm On Fire" Buddy Holly and the Crickets "That'll Be the Day" Bush "Speed Kills" Carole King "I Feel the Earth Move" Cat Stevens "Morning Has Broken" Cat Stevens "Peace Train" Chi-Lites "Have You Seen Her" Creedence Clearwater Revival "Travelin' Band" Dave Clark Five "Bits and Pieces" Dave Matthews Band "Crash Into Me" Dio "Holy Diver" Don McLean "American Pie" Drifters "On Broadway" Drowning Pool "Bodies" Edwin Starr/Bruce Springstein "War" Elton John "Benny & The Jets" Elton John "Daniel" Elton John "Rocket Man" Elvis "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" Everclear "Santa Monica" Filter "Hey Man, Nice Shot" Fontella Bass "Rescue Me" Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly" Frank Sinatra "New York, New York" Fuel "Bad Day" Godsmack "Bad Religion" Green Day "Brain Stew" Happenings "See You in Septemeber" Hollies "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" J. Frank Wilson "Last Kiss" Jackson Brown "Doctor My Eyes" James Taylor "Fire and Rain" Jan and Dean "Dead Man's Curve" Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire" Jimmy Hendrix "Hey Joe" John Lennon "Imagine" John Mellencamp "Crumbling Down" John Mellencamp "I'm On Fire" John Parr "St. Elmo's Fire" Judas Priest "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" Kansas "Dust in the Wind" Korn "Falling Away From Me" Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" Lenny Kravitz "Fly Away" Limp Bizkit "Break Stuff" Local H "Bound for the Floor" Los Bravos "Black is Black" Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World" Lynyrd Skynyrd "Tuesday's Gone" Martha & the Vandellas "Nowhere to Run" Martha and the Vandellas/Van Halen "Dancing in the Streets" Megadeth "Dread and the Fugitive" Megadeth "Sweating Bullets" Metallica "Enter Sandman" Metallica "Fade to Black" Metallica "Harvester or Sorrow" Metallica "Seek and Destroy" Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels "Devil with the Blue Dress" Mudvayne "Death Blooms" Neil Diamond "America" Nina "99 Luft Balloons/99 Red Balloons" Nine Inch Nails "Head Like a Hole" Norman Greenbaum "Spirit in the Sky" Oingo Boingo "Dead Man's Party" P.O.D. "Boom" Paper Lace "The Night Chicago Died" Pat Benatar "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Pat Benatar "Love is a Battlefield" Paul McCartney and Wings "Live and Let Die" Peter and Gordon "A World Without Love" Peter and Gordon "I Go To Pieces" Peter Gabriel "When You're Falling" Peter Paul and Mary "Blowin' in the Wind" Peter Paul and Mary "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" Petula Clark "A Sign of the Times" Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight" Pink Floyd "Mother" Pink Floyd "Run Like Hell" Pretenders "My City Was Gone" Queen "Another One Bites the Dust" Queen "Killer Queen" Rage Against The Machine All songs Red Hot Chili Peppers "Aeroplane" Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under the Bridge" REM "It's the End of the World as We Know It" Rickey Nelson "Travelin' Man" Rolling Stones "Ruby Tuesday" Saliva "Click Click Boom" San Cooke Herman Hermits, "Wonder World" Santana "Evil Ways" Savage Garden "Crash and Burn" Shelly Fabares "Johnny Angel" Simon And Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Skeeter Davis "End of the World" Slipknot "Left Behind, Wait and Bleed" Smashing Pumpkins "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" Soundgarden "Blow Up the Outside World" Soundgarden "Fell on Black Days," Black Hole Sun" Steam "Na Na Na Na Hey Hey" Steve Miller "Jet Airliner" Stone Temple Pilots "Big Bang Baby," Dead and Bloated" Sugar Ray "Fly" Surfaris "Wipeout" System of a Down "Chop Suey!" Talking Heads "Burning Down the House" Temple of the Dog "Say Hello to Heaven" The Beatles "A Day in the Life" The Beatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" The Beatles "Obla Di, Obla Da" The Beatles "Ticket To Ride" The Clash "Rock the Casbah" The Cult "Fire Woman" The Doors "The End" The Gap Band "You Dropped a Bomb On Me" Third Eye Blind "Jumper" Three Degrees "When Will I See You Again" Tom Petty "Free Fallin'" Tool "Intolerance" Tramps "Disco Inferno" U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday" Van Halen "Jump" Yager and Evans "In the Year 2525" Youngbloods "Get Together" Zombies "She's Not There" [This message contained attachments]

Comment by san

Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:28:17 EST

I think Clear Channel (CC) has a mixed anecdotal record on the censorship issue. See this article in Salon about antiwar billboards. Granted, these are pretty mild antiwar billboards, but CC is running them across the U.S., even in Texas. I, like you, believe that there is no official CC "banned-songs list". There may have been some wink-wink-nudge-nudge, but no head-office dictum. Probably deemed too risky. But the "banned list" is reaching the level of urban legend. The tactic of quietly organizing pro-war rallies is far more interesting, and stealthy. To continue the musical reference from the NYT piece, step out of line and the man come and take you away.

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