It could be worse, we could be in Cambodia under Pol Pot. Ros Sereysothea and Sinn Sissamouth were murdered just because they were musicians. My views are that I'm against it but, in some cases, it's a neccessary evil. For example, the song incites anything illegal, like violence against travellers or even a rival football team, or creates a susbtantial risk of serious prejudice in a court case. I studied media law and they've got to be judged on its merits.  However, the artistic merit is often more important when deciding.  

Here's a list of songs banned by the BBC, with some really unlikely candidates (I even wonder whether som of it is due to over sensitivity):

B

• "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" - Bob Dylan (1962)^[2]
• "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" - Cher (1966) (banned during Gulf War)^[13]
• "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" from the musical Kismet (1953)^[2]
• "Boom Bang-a-Bang" - Lulu (1969) (banned during Gulf War)^[1]

[edit] C

• "Charlie Brown" – The Coasters (1959)^[10]

[edit] D

• "A Day in the Life" - The Beatles (1967)^[8]
• "Diggin' My Potatoes" - Lonnie Donegan (1954)^[9]
• "Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans" - Noël Coward (1943)^[9]

[edit] E

• "Ebeneezer Goode" - The Shamen (1992)^[14]
• "Ebony Eyes" - The Everly Brothers (1961)^[15]

[edit] F

• "Fairytale of New York" - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl (1987)^[12]

[edit] G

• "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" - Wings (1972)^[16]
• "Glad to Be Gay" - Tom Robinson Band (1978)^[17][18]
• "Gloomy Sunday" - Billie Holiday (1941)^[1]
• "God Save the Queen" - Sex Pistols (1977)^[6]
• "Green Jeans" - The Flee-Rekkers (1960)^[2]

[edit] H

swt , Keep up the good work. I'M SURE HIS ROLE MODELS , HITLER , STALIN , KHOMEINI , FRANCO , ETC. , would think he's on the SIDE THAT'S RIGHT , AND THE SIDE THAT'S WINNING. HA! Even J. Edgar Hoover had to pay for defaming the likes of The Kingsmen , in time.  

swt said:

A couple of weeks ago on my COUNTRY show on our local public radio (I also do a more garagepunk-oriented freeform show there too) I got a call from this dildo bitching about the fact that one of the songs I'd played (Road Bound by Bob Wayne) said "fuck" three times.

I thought it was a friend of mine just goofing on me, so I told him, "Sorry. My Fuckometer is broke."  But he was not a friend and he was serious. I politely told him that the FCC only enforces obscenity rules between the hours of 6 am and 10 pm. That's true. It's to "protect the children." (MY show starts at 10 pm) But the douche bag still threatened to write the FCC.

 

I figure if I can offend just one asshole a night, I'm doing my job.

It's really at the Parent's discretion , whether they want their kids to hear something or not. My Mom let us listen to Cheech and Chong , because A) You'd have to wait 10 minutes to hear "Fuck " or "Shit" , and B) She thought they were funny , too , the parts she understood. Rap and Hip Hop , well , you know ,  at least people like Grandmaster Flash were trying to use that medium to SAY something , WAAAAAAAAY back when. I was'nt crazy about it , but , I found it tolerable , in small doses. But , when someone combines NO musical instruments , just  headache - inducing drum machines , and someone going "FUCKA MUTHAFUCKA MUTHAFUCKFUCK FUCK" , IT'S MORE ANNOYING THAN OFFENSIVE.   Rudy Ray Moore cussed a lot , and described some truly filthy situations , but , when he said those words , they had an impact. Plus , when he rapped , there was an actual rhythmic pattern to it , like Beat Poetry and street corner jive, and , the cat could sing , too , when he wanted to. But , as he said , "When it comes down to rappin' , I was THROUGH with it before they learned what to DO with it.".    Sometimes , I feel I've become so desensitized , I have to hear something TRULY filty , like LaWanda Page , before I can really start laughing. But , I don't MAKE people listen to that , or to Garage Rock  , or anything I like , but , If I only have two Rap SONGS FORCED ON ME IN A DAY , it's been a slow day......

swt said:

As for the children, I have two grown kids and I let them listen to anything they wanted. Both turned out to be fine citizens.

 

Here's the one act of "censorship" I engaged in. Back in the '90s my daughter, then a teen, wanted a copy of the Liz Phair album Exile on Guyville or whatever it was called.  (Didn't think much of it then -- still don't) I told her no. If she wanted to go out and buy her own copy, I wouldn't stop her. I just didn't think it was proper to a father to give his daughter a record with lyrics like "I want to be your blowjob queen."

 

So call me a prude.

 

When my son was in high school he'd play these crappy rap songs on his ipod in my car. I'd make sarcastic comments like, "My, he certainly seems angry about something" or, after the 3rd or 4th "motherfucker" I'd say "Why does he always feel compelled to resort to profanity?"

 

Drove the kid nuts.

Probably the funniest rock 'n' roll book I ever read is Dave Marsh's history of the song "Louie Louie." Among the subjects he covers is censorship, the L.A. R&B scene of the '50s and the Pacific Northwest rock 'n' roll scene of the early '60s:

http://www.amazon.com/Louie-Mythology-Including-Persecution-Introducing/dp/047203023X/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320508335&sr=1-6

if a song is or was banned it almost automatically sparks my interest.

As for the children, I have two grown kids and I let them listen to anything they wanted. Both turned out to be fine citizens.

Here's the one act of "censorship" I engaged in. Back in the '90s my daughter, then a teen, wanted a copy of the Liz Phair album Exile on Guyville or whatever it was called.  (Didn't think much of it then -- still don't) I told her no. If she wanted to go out and buy her own copy, I wouldn't stop her. I just didn't think it was proper to a father to give his daughter a record with lyrics like "I want to be your blowjob queen."

So call me a prude.

When my son was in high school he'd play these crappy rap songs on his ipod in my car. I'd make sarcastic comments like, "My, he certainly seems angry about something" or, after the 3rd or 4th "motherfucker" I'd say "Why does he always feel compelled to resort to profanity?"

Drove the kid nuts.

the black lips have "content" in spades. content understood as being great fucking "songs". that is really "it". the songs can walk away from them and do quite well on their own.

Michelle Magnero said:

I was one of the people talking about Vice, I don't know if you were talking about me but this post does bring up a good point about Black Lips- people seem to sometimes think that whatever the context of the conversation around them on GPH boards, any mention of that band is putting them down, but I don't necessarily think that is always the case- people post both positive, negative and mixed views about all sorts of bands- that is one of the things I like about the forums is that people always bring a new perspective. As far as what I was discussing in my post, I was looking at Vice from the aspect of a taste-making and how that avenue helped to widen the audience that BL had and bring them some success. My personal view on the band though is that they are innovators and making some great music. One of the sides of this discussion that I think critics neglect is the actual content of the music and the issues that it raises. People always focus on image and the idea of shock value which I think is basically outdated at this point anyway (personal opinion) :)
Cheers
Kyle Shantz said:

I loved the Strokes, but then they were my intro to "garage" in 2001.  I wouldn't have gone to see The Sonics two years ago in Toronto if it werent for them.  "Is This It" was a really good album (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOypSnKFHrE), I wont defend the other three. 

Ty Segal is amazing too in terms of new garage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK64JbKdNPM) and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj7oo_iLp9Q). 

Someone mentioned VICE, which I assume is hate for The Black Lips (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrNSjItTfes). 

Also good on the scene are Thee Oh Sees (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEtI5EZ4em4&feature=related). 

I hope I don't get banned for this post, there seems to be a lot of hate for new stuff...

I was one of the people talking about Vice, I don't know if you were talking about me but this post does bring up a good point about Black Lips- people seem to sometimes think that whatever the context of the conversation around them on GPH boards, any mention of that band is putting them down, but I don't necessarily think that is always the case- people post both positive, negative and mixed views about all sorts of bands- that is one of the things I like about the forums is that people always bring a new perspective. As far as what I was discussing in my post, I was looking at Vice from the aspect of a taste-making and how that avenue helped to widen the audience that BL had and bring them some success. My personal view on the band though is that they are innovators and making some great music. One of the sides of this discussion that I think critics neglect is the actual content of the music and the issues that it raises. People always focus on image and the idea of shock value which I think is basically outdated at this point anyway (personal opinion) :)
Cheers
Kyle Shantz said:

I loved the Strokes, but then they were my intro to "garage" in 2001.  I wouldn't have gone to see The Sonics two years ago in Toronto if it werent for them.  "Is This It" was a really good album (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOypSnKFHrE), I wont defend the other three. 

Ty Segal is amazing too in terms of new garage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK64JbKdNPM) and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj7oo_iLp9Q). 

Someone mentioned VICE, which I assume is hate for The Black Lips (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrNSjItTfes). 

Also good on the scene are Thee Oh Sees (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEtI5EZ4em4&feature=related). 

I hope I don't get banned for this post, there seems to be a lot of hate for new stuff...

My band, Bunt, do Japan every year and go around Australia fairly regularly. If you have any questions, just write to turbonun@gmail.com and I'll try to answer them.

- Chuckles.

My perspective of this is, that i always like to have bands, with which i work on an event, who know as much as possible what they are doing. Just wanna tell what i realy expect that should work, when i start a concert and the bands arrive:

- their equipment works

- they look at me (the mixer) while soundchecking and please just do what i tell em, no bored playing around

- they are not too drunk the hole time because a tour is longer than one night

- they do some advertising before the gig on their own

- they are nice guys/gals who do not expect they are superstars

- when they stay at my home they can feel free, but have to leave the place clean and think about my neighbours

- try to get a local band as support, that works best for catching people

- play a good song at last and before that tell the people you got some merchandise stuff, cds...whatever and where they find you after the gig

Have fun and don't mind if something goes wrong, just keep on :) But i think you know what you are doing, because your music does not sound like you are bloody beginners. Nice!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12-string-Vox-Phantom-Italian-Electric-Guitar-BRAND-NEW-/250914341637?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a6ba90305 these look okay see them on ebay all the rime i think they are brandoni guitars

bugger

Luke Greenwood said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOX-STARSTREAM-GUITAR-NEW-OLD-STOCK-UNBEL...

 

roughly 2-4000 pounds

dying slowly said:

what do you think of the vox starstreamer? how much can i get one for in british pounds

bugger

Luke Greenwood said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOX-STARSTREAM-GUITAR-NEW-OLD-STOCK-UNBEL...

 

roughly 2-4000 pounds

dying slowly said:

what do you think of the vox starstreamer? how much can i get one for in british pounds

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOX-STARSTREAM-GUITAR-NEW-OLD-STOCK-UNBELIEVABLE-ALL-EXTRAS-COLLECTIBLE-/140618752916?pt=Guitar&hash=item20bd87e394

roughly 2-4000 pounds

dying slowly said:

what do you think of the vox starstreamer? how much can i get one for in british pounds

I have my personal blog (in italian) at http://loudnotes.blogspot.com, check out!

Yeah , I have that , too. Jeff Dahl is a great guy. He played in Chicago , just once , and the club did nothing to promote it , because they thought he was just some guy....But ,he did a block of cover songs , I think it was Sonic Reducer , Slow Death , Search and Destroy, and maybe Next Big Thing or Two Tub Man, I forget....aMERICAN sOUL sPIDERS , some of 'em , anyway , morphed into the better - known Teengenerate.  I saw them twice in one night. They played at The Fireside Bowl (Mentioned elsewhere) and at The Empty Bottle. Nice guys , Fink spoke a little English. He asked me why they would'nt let people bowl at the Fireside Bowl "We wanted...to bowl , there.". They sounded a LOT better than their records (Sorry , the whole Lo - Fi and No - Fi thing had me thinking "Did y'ever get the feeling you've been cheated?".....).  I got suckered into buying records I'd only send back after two plays.

Alexander said:

It`s not a girl band-but I have a single from Jeff Dahl with THE AMERICAN SOUL SPIDERS called"living in the shadows" incredible!!!I have lots of good music but what J.Dahl and these Japanese Boys made is great!!!!5 Songs on two 7 inches(3rd generation nation,livin´in the shadows,slow death,junkies deserve to die,ramblin´rose).And the version of SLOW DEATH is the best ever played version of this monolithic song.Everytime when I was dj-ing in clubs-this was areal highlight.try to get it!!!!!!!!

It`s not a girl band-but I have a single from Jeff Dahl with THE AMERICAN SOUL SPIDERS called"living in the shadows" incredible!!!I have lots of good music but what J.Dahl and these Japanese Boys made is great!!!!5 Songs on two 7 inches(3rd generation nation,livin´in the shadows,slow death,junkies deserve to die,ramblin´rose).And the version of SLOW DEATH is the best ever played version of this monolithic song.Everytime when I was dj-ing in clubs-this was areal highlight.try to get it!!!!!!!!

I'm still looking out for a OMBand in nothern germany, espacially for an event in april 2012! So if you read this and think you are one of these, just send me a PM! I think all i know so far are already posted :) They are all great i think! Allways had a great time at such concerts!

Paisley Underground created such cool bands like The Bangles and the Fuzztones along with Mazzy Star and the Fleshtones, etc. But I'm more on the psychedelic side of music than pop :):)

It was week 1 of WMSE’s fall pledge drive, and Zero Hour featured plenty of new music, including Mark Sultan, Trolley,the Boss Mustangs, Curlee Wurlee, The Barreracudas and more. I won’t be around for the show next week cuz I’m headed to the event of the century happening Nov. 10-13 in NYC. The one-and-only Buzz will be sitting in for me. Last but not least, if you have time, check out my Q&A with Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team over at Sonic Diet. 

Download or stream the entire Nov. 4 show right here.

We All Love Peanut Butter – The One Way Streets
Bloodhound – Larry Bright
Sunshine of Love – Etta James

Path Finder – Teddy & the Rough Riders
Roadrunner (live) – Bo Diddley

Ring of Fire (live) – Johnny Cash
FBI Top 10 – DM Bob & the Deficits
Contact High – Ike & Tina Turner

Boss Hoss – Los Explosivos
Betty Lou’s Got a New Tattoo - Creep
My Baby Likes to Boogaloo – Don Gardner
Calloused Hands – Mark Sultan

Little Scream live in the studio

Dead of Night – Wheels on Fire

Local Lunchbox
She’s The Kind of Girl – Trolley
Marionette – Beach Patrol
Mess Around – Trent Fox & the Tenants

Black & White Memories – Thee Spivs
Burnout – The Boss Mustangs
Before You Came Here – The Party Lights
My Brian is Empty – Curlee Wurlee

I Need That Record – The Tweeds
Trash Talkin’ Woman – The Electric Mess
Scrap Collectin’ Man – Crankshaft & the Gear Grinders

Too Much Information – Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team
Ooh-Wee – The Accelerators
Black Sheep – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
He’s Coming – Stupidity

She’s So Satisfying – The Untamed Youth
Solid Gold (Thru & Thru) – The Real Kids
Squat With Me – The A-Bones with the Great Gaylord
Scalping Party – Jackie & the Cedrics

Shimmy Shake – The Hentchmen
I Wanna Join the James Gang – The Gaye Blades
Michelle (live) – The Flat Duo Jets
Shallow Grave – The A-Bones

Feet – The Barreracudas
Wrong End of the Leash – The Ribeye Brothers
Sick – Dynamite Pussy Club
Down in Mexico – Molly Gene One Whoaman Band
Guns & Knives – Swampmeat

Washing in the Blood of Rock-n-Roll – The Professor and His One Man Dirty Rhythm and Blues Explosion
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) – Sammy Davis Jr.

Dead Boys are The Godfathers of punk rock-look like punks and make dirty rock.

I like this video,because it contains also songs from the "we have come..." album,the video from 77-live at CBGB has more of that raw power and ernergy the Dead Boys always stood for even if the quality is not so good.Check it out

I don't imagine that Jello Biafra was lamenting the band for selling out, but songs do get 'ruined' after hearing them a few too many times, even the best songs. It's why they used it as a form of torture in Guantanamo Bay, although I think they were using mostly rubbish songs to begin with.

My opinion is use the coolest music you can in the adverts and I'll more likely buy the thing. They played the cool song while the plastic car is being driven around the store and had the dorky guy talking while the product they wanted to sell was being displayed. Big failure, now I want to buy the plastic car.

Oops, that should be Saturday November 5th.

I'll be on the air and the web on Saturday November 6 from 1:00-3:00PM EST. Listen live at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu .

Show #348: "Bands & Artists Starting With G, Part 7" playlist:

The Group, Inc. - "Like A Woman"
The Groupies - "Primitive"
The Growing Concern - "Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled"
The Growing Society - "Just For Fun"
Peter Grudzien - "Broken Bottle-Glass Sidewalks"
Grump - "Heartbreak Hotel"
Jack Grunsky - "Sally McGregor"
Grupa 220 - "Slike"
Grupo Ciruela - "Nada Nos Detendra"
Grupo 606 - "Busco Un Camino"
Gryphon - "The Last Flash Of Gaberine Taylor"
Gualberto - "Luz De Invierno"
The Guardians Of The Rainbow - "What Do You Do When You've Lost Your Love"
The Guards - "Fantastic Fair"
Gudibrallan - "Uti Var Hage"
The Guess Who - "I'd Rather Be Alone"
Earl Guest - "Foxy"
The Reg Guest Syndicate - "Guys, Guns, Girls, & Danger"
Guilbeau & Parsons - "Your Gentle Way Of Loving Me"
The Guild - "The Sun Shines For You"
The Guild Light Gauge - "14th Annual Fun & Pleasure Fair"
Isaac Guillory - "Staying Awhile"
The Guilloteens - "For My Own"
The Guise - "Waitin' Round The Corner"
The Guitar Ramblers - "Surf Beat"
Bonnie Guitar - "Dark Moon"
Les Guitares - "Les Martians Arrivent..."
Gulliver - "A Truly Good Song"
The Gullivers - "Dark Na Hitomi"
Gun - "Long Hair Wildman"
Gunhill Road - "Sag Harbor"
Guns & Butter - "The Wanderer"
Shirley Gunter & The Queens - "Oop Shoop"
Sandy Gurley - "On The Morning Side"
Guru Guru - "Baby Cake Walk"
The Gurus [CA] - "Shelley In Camp"
The Gurus [NY] - "Blue Snow Night"
Margo Guryan - "Sunday Mornin'"
Arlo Guthrie - "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"
Nora Guthrie - "Emily's Illness"
The Guv'ners - "The Kissing Had To Stop"
Art Guy - "Where You Gonna Go"
The Guys - "Ich Bin Froh, Dass Ich Dich Los Bin"
Y Gwenwyn - "Hen Benillion"
Gygafo - "A Room With A View"
Gypsy - "Turning Wheel"
Gypsy Trips - "Ain't It Hard"
Les Gypsys - "Proletaire"

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