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Thursday, September 20, 2001
 

I heard that radio stations across the country are being subject to a form of censorship...so in essence WE are being subject to a form of censorship. I can understand watching out for questionable lyrics but I found the list of songs they have chosen to SUGGEST that radio stations ban. I must say some of the songs don't surprise me,but ALOT of them do. Some of these songs have been around for YEARS...and have brought many pleasent thoughts. I will post the list in its entirety and the article that came with it. You can also find a list at foundrymusic.com....but I have to warn you. If you have dial-up like me,it will take forever to load

(ABCNEWS.com) — In the wake of last week's terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, one radio network is recommending its stations not

play "lyrically questionable" music and has issued a list of 150 songs it says should be off the air for the time being.

Clear Channel, the world's largest group of radio stations, circulated the list in its newsletter Hits Daily Double. It includes AC/DC's "Shot Down in Flames," as well as mellower songs such as Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" and Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door."

Dave Matthews Band's "Crash Into Me" and the 1977 Kansas hit "Dust in the Wind" also made the list.

Clear Channel represents about 1,200 stations and broadcasts in 47 of the top 50 U.S. markets. One out of every 10 radio stations across the United States broadcasts under the Clear Channel banner. A representative from Clear Channel confirmed that the list was circulated, but offered no comment.

ABCNEWS.com's Buck Wolf and ABCNEWS Radio's Vinny Marino contributed to this report.

Here is the list of songs deemed "lyrically questionable" by Clear Channel:

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

I didnt want this to forshadow my nieces poem so please check out the post below this one. Thanks

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some people's reactions to disaster and suffering can be so lame..another example of trying to save people from themselves....i personally would want to hear some of those songs especially hey joe by hendrix as we're going to war and it really is an insane song suited for insane times...

my humble .02

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Posted 9/20/2001 9:50 AM by sean808080 Xanga Lifetime Member - reply

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I don't think censorship is the answer
Posted 9/20/2001 10:10 AM by writermom25 Xanga Lifetime Member - reply

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That is why we have Cd players sweetie.
Posted 9/20/2001 10:23 AM by Razor95 - reply

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That is some fu**ed up shi*!!! I also think it's evil to burn/ban books...like *Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret* and *Huckleberry Finn* and *SLaughterhouse Five*...the older I get, the more I realize I reside on the wrong planet.
Posted 9/20/2001 1:18 PM by Supercalifragile - reply

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and P.S. "hey Joe" is one of the BEST songs EveR recorded. It's a folk song! It isn't making killing "glamourous." GOD. IT's just a song about something that happens all the time, unfortunately: crimes of passion! GET a grip, people! Fu**in Looney TUnes, man!
Posted 9/20/2001 1:19 PM by Supercalifragile - reply

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I think they are over-reacting by censoring the songs.  I wonder how long this will last.
Posted 9/20/2001 5:16 PM by lili Xanga True Member Xanga Lifetime Member - reply

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excuse my language but Holy fucking shit ... I can't believe all that (damn I should have censored myself) ... Crash into Me is one of my all time favorite songs .. As well as many others that were posted that Lyrically have no bearing on what has happened .. doesn't this infringed on our freedom amendments .. Sheesh ... *sulks and walks back to her corner and plays her dave mathews cd mumbling "screw Radio"
Posted 9/20/2001 7:39 PM by DreamCaster - reply

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The Beatles? U2?!  They can't take away my Metallica!  This list is just ..wrong.  Evil evil people.

On the good side, it reminded me of a few songs I need to download! tee hee.

Posted 9/20/2001 8:25 PM by Spankeeee - reply

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lucky for me, i dun like most of the songs in the list anyways.  i can understand how some of the songs might distress ppl but some of the choices made me LOL!  like "walk like an egyptian"?!  which i happen to like.  yeah razor95 is rite, we still got our CDs.. and MP3s.
Posted 9/21/2001 1:00 AM by KaLiStA - reply


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