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Topic History of: Censorship of hits and Kate Bush
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andrew |
JK2006 wrote:
Indeed - my tracks still get removed from Pick of the Pops (the excuse is that not every hit is played); so do Gary Glitter's; so, I'm sure, will all Rolf Harris tracks; we'll have to see how the Cliff saga develops. Should any Michael Jackson songs be removed? After all, an accusation is all that's needed. Rolling Stones? Phil Spector? Which crimes, real or imaginary, proven or suspected, should provoke censorship?
It sounds silly and trivial. It's not. It's crucial. Our music and books and films and entertainment are far more essential to memories than political events or natural tragedies.
Nobody remembers the front page news story about a murder or tax increase from 40 years ago. But everyone remembers Mull of Kintyre (unfortunately).
Why does Elvis still get airplay same with Jerry Lee Lewis ?
Should all copies Lolita be be pulled of the racks and pulped ? |
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Chris Retro |
When stuff gets locked away in this manner that is already, thanks to recordings, in the public domain I am suspicious that we aren't that far away from music and television recording being banned via 'reclassification' - we seem to be in the middle of a crazy social experiment that is all about rewriting history and brainwashing to believe light entertainment of yore equates to something highly sinister.
The entire archive of TOTP (that which still exists) is in the hands of private collectors (even recoveries of wiped shows), I imagine there are also private collections of domestic recordings of Jimmy, Rolf - even you JK! There's even still a sizeable following for Gary Glitter online - and he's been Public Enemy #1 for the past 17 years.
Phil Swern & Tony Blackburn seem to be frightened to play anything related to Gary Glitter - they skip anything by The Glitter Band too (without fail) and their records have no input from the erstwhile 'Leader' whatsoever. If I were John Rossall, Pete Phipps or John Springate I'd be asking them why this is. |
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JK2006 |
Indeed - my tracks still get removed from Pick of the Pops (the excuse is that not every hit is played); so do Gary Glitter's; so, I'm sure, will all Rolf Harris tracks; we'll have to see how the Cliff saga develops. Should any Michael Jackson songs be removed? After all, an accusation is all that's needed. Rolling Stones? Phil Spector? Which crimes, real or imaginary, proven or suspected, should provoke censorship?
It sounds silly and trivial. It's not. It's crucial. Our music and books and films and entertainment are far more essential to memories than political events or natural tragedies.
Nobody remembers the front page news story about a murder or tax increase from 40 years ago. But everyone remembers Mull of Kintyre (unfortunately). |
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Chris Retro |
To the original point about censorship, it is getting way out of hand.
In particular, the BBC and Tony Hall need to be reminded of the 2011 assurance made by Mark Thompson, and made to explain what the game is in no uncertain terms. They are here to serve us, the license fee payer - not "victims", not Slater & Moron and not bullshitting MP's.
The BBC, I am told by an 'insider', have gone as far as to remove whole editions of TOTP from their research database so that even the performances on those editions are no longer available to use for the TOTP2/BBC4 compilations, and they not acquiesce to using any footage of the falsely accused/convicted (Savile, Harris, even DLT) in the context they were made - only slowed down 'horror' excerpts of light entertainment on their tawdry
A truly sinister state of affairs. And if you, like me, had things to hand like editions of Clunk Click & Jim'll Fix It you would see why these shows are banned completely - rewriting recent history is the aim, more than pandering to the idiot masses. |
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JK2006 |
It is certainly not up to me or anyone else to tell a creative artiste what she should or should not include, just as nobody needed to tell Picasso that red might be better than blue, but I do feel I'd enjoy a show which included all the great tracks. Still - I'm open minded. Just not convinced I'm that intrigued by a show without them. |
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