kmo@ptsfa.UUCP (ken olsen) (09/19/85)
Radio station KFOG in the San Francisco Bay area plays what seems
to be a censored version of "Money for Nothing". I haven't noticed
it on other stations yet. (Even MTV plays the "real" version.)
The part about "the little faggot" with the earring, jet plane, "that
little faggot is a millionaire" is missing.
I know the first few times I heard it on KFOG it was the whole song, but
now each time it's played, it's the "shortened" version.
Are there other radio stations that are doing this? Was more than
one version distributed (or "requested")?
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". . . maybe get a blister on your little finger
maybe get a blister on your thumb . . ."rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (09/21/85)
> Radio station KFOG in the San Francisco Bay area plays what seems > to be a censored version of "Money for Nothing". I haven't noticed > it on other stations yet. (Even MTV plays the "real" version.) > The part about "the little faggot" with the earring, jet plane, "that > little faggot is a millionaire" is missing. > I know the first few times I heard it on KFOG it was the whole song, but > now each time it's played, it's the "shortened" version. > Are there other radio stations that are doing this? Was more than > one version distributed (or "requested")? [KEN OLSEN] At Live Aid, Knopfler changed the words completely, referring to a "little queenie" (??) rather using the word "faggot". -- Meanwhile, the Germans were engaging in their heavy cream experiments in Finland, where the results kept coming out like Swiss cheese... Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr
ewa@sdcc3.UUCP (Eric Anderson) (09/22/85)
In article <883@ptsfa.UUCP> kmo@ptsfa.UUCP (ken olsen) writes: >Radio station KFOG in the San Francisco Bay area plays what seems >to be a censored version of "Money for Nothing". I haven't noticed >it on other stations yet. (Even MTV plays the "real" version.) ... >Are there other radio stations that are doing this? Was more than >one version distributed (or "requested")? A radio station here in San Diego plays the censored version. The same station is one of those boring top-40 stations that still thinks songs like 'The Power of Love' or 'Sussuido' (sp?) are nifty things (like digital watches) (for those of you near S.D. I am of course refering to B-100) Eric Anderson, UC San Diego {elsewhere}!ihnp4!ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc3!ewa
dsi@unccvax.UUCP (Dataspan Inc) (09/22/85)
Here in the Nation's Centre of Horrible Broadcasting, four of five FM stations and all the AM stations play the "censored" version of "Money for Nothing." (However, when I heard it in Ft Myers-Sanibel-Cape Coral, there were no stations playing the censored version.) And now, a big, fat fit of hocqueting (12 th century style of music (lyric??) which enraged church leaders) in Ms. Gore's general direction !!!! David Anthony CDE DataSpan, Inc. .
seb@mtgzz.UUCP (s.e.badian) (09/23/85)
There are quite a few radio stations in the US censoring songs. I saw a show on PBS about the controversy of rating records and they went to a few radio stations that do their own censoring. One of the stations was in Dallas. They say they cut out objection- able lyrics. I personally wouldn't listen to any radio station with that kind of policy. Sometimes radio stations will play different versions at different times of the day. Maybe the thought police listen between 9 and 5 during the day. I can figure out why KFOG in SF cut out those lines since San Francisco is such a gay city. Some gay people might find the lyrics objectionable. I don't think calling gay people faggots is very nice. But I don't think they should cut it out. If they were to listen to the song maybe they would realize that Dire Straits is trying to say something about the people who don't like rock and roll, not the rock and roll stars themselves. If you don't like one line in the song, don't play the song at all. Just don't go around mangling the lyrics for the rest of us. Sharon Badian ihnp4!mtgzz!seb Baby, baby, please let me hold him. I want to make him stay up all night. Sister, sister, he's just a plaything. We want to make him stay up all night.
hess@gondor.UUCP (Nathan R. Hess) (09/25/85)
In article <883@ptsfa.UUCP> kmo@ptsfa.UUCP (ken olsen) writes: >Radio station KFOG in the San Francisco Bay area plays what seems >to be a censored version of "Money for Nothing". I haven't noticed >it on other stations yet. (Even MTV plays the "real" version.) > >The part about "the little faggot" with the earring, jet plane, "that >little faggot is a millionaire" is missing. > >". . . maybe get a blister on your little finger > maybe get a blister on your thumb . . ." Hmmm, the version I heard was: ". . .maybe get a blister on your little finger maybe get a blister on your little faggot . . ." :-) -- When you meet a master swordsman, show him your sword. When you meet a man who is not a poet, do not show him your poem. -- Rinzai, ninth century zen master --Nathan Hess uucp: {allegra, ihnp4, akgua}!psuvax1!gondor!hess Bitnet: {allegra, akgua,ihnp4}!psuvax1!NRH@PSUVM.BITNET