I received this e-mail and it indicates that Clear Channel Communications, which owns 85% of all American radio stations, has chosen to ban dozens of songs on their playlist. If this is true, then it further indicates that we are moving into a dark time for the American freedoms that we are said to be fighting for at the moment. I could see a certain ammount of sensitivity about certain content at this moment, but this is insane. And a lot of the songs on the list actually protest violence. Here is the report and banned songlist that I recieved. Can anyone confirm this? From Radio Undercover: Clear Channel radio network calls Beatles, Elton John and others lyrically questionable American radio network Clear Channel has removed songs by The Beatles, Elton John, Queen and U2 from their playlist after last Tuesday's World Trade Center attack. Songs considered "lyrically questionable" by Clear Channel programmers include The Beatles 'A Day In The Life', Elton John's 'Rocket Man', Queen's 'Another One Bites The Dust'and U2's 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'. Clear Channel are the world's largest radio network and have recommended 150 songs be withdrawn from their radio network playlists. Also on the list, The Bangles 'Walk Like An Egyptian', Jerry Lee Lewis 'Great Balls Of Fire' and Kansas 'Dust In The Wind' have been taken off the air. Clear Channel own radio stations all over the world and control the Australian Radio Network with major ownership of stations MIX and WSFM in Sydney and MIXFM and GOLD FM in Melbourne. ****** Clear Channels List of Songs with Questionable Lyrics Artist Title Drowning Pool "Bodies" Mudvayne "Death Blooms" Megadeth "Dread and the Fugitive" Megadeth "Sweating Bullets" Saliva "Click Click Boom" P.O.D. "Boom" Metallica "Seek and Destroy" Metallica "Harvester or Sorrow" Metallica "Enter Sandman" Metallica "Fade to Black" All Rage Against The Machine songs Nine Inch Nails "Head Like a Hole" Godsmack "Bad Religion" Tool "Intolerance" Soundgarden "Blow Up the Outside World" 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" Black Sabbath "Suicide Solution" 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" 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" John Parr "St. Elmo's Fire" Peter Gabriel "When You're Falling" 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 and Wings "Live and Let Die" Jimmy Hendrix "Hey Joe" Jackson Brown "Doctor My Eyes" John Mellencamp "Crumbling Down" John Mellencamp "I'm On Fire" U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday" Boston "Smokin" Billy Joel "Only the Good Die Young" 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 and Gordon "I Go To Pieces" Peter and Gordon "A World Without Love" Elvis "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" Zombies "She's Not There" Elton John "Benny & 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 and Mary "Blowin' in the Wind" Peter Paul and Mary "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" Rolling Stones "Ruby Tuesday" Simon And Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Happenings "See You in Septemeber" Carole King "I Feel the Earth Move" Yager and 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 and Dean "Dead Man's Curve" Martha & the Vandellas "Nowhere to Run" Martha and the Vandellas/Van Halen "Dancing in the Streets" Hollies "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" San Cooke Herman Hermits, "Wonder World" Petula Clark "A Sign of the Times" Don McLean "American Pie" J. Frank Wilson "Last Kiss" Buddy Holly and the Crickets "That'll Be the Day" John Lennon "Imagine" Bobby Darin "Mack the Knife" The Clash "Rock the Casbah" Surfaris "Wipeout" Blood Sweat and 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" Lenny Kravitz "Fly Away" Tom Petty "Free Fallin'" Bruce Springsteen "I'm On Fire" Bruce Springsteen "Goin' Down" Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight" Alice in Chains "Rooster" Alice in Chains "Sea of Sorrow" Alice in Chains "Down in a Hole" Alice in Chains "Them Bone" Beastie Boys "Sure Shot" Beastie Boys "Sabotage" The Cult "Fire Woman" Everclear "Santa Monica" Filter "Hey Man, Nice Shot" Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly" Korn "Falling Away From Me" Red Hot Chili Peppers "Aeroplane" Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under the Bridge" Smashing Pumpkins "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" System of a Down "Chop Suey!" Skeeter Davis "End of the World" Rickey Nelson "Travelin' Man" Chi-Lites "Have You Seen Her" Animals "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" Fontella Bass "Rescue Me" Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels "Devil with the Blue Dress" James Taylor "Fire and Rain" Edwin Starr/Bruce Springstein "War" Lynyrd Skynyrd "Tuesday's Gone" 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 "Big Bang Baby," Dead and Bloated" Soundgarden "Fell on Black Days," Black Hole Sun" Nina "99 Luft Balloons/99 Red Balloons"
Oh crap, this is crazy! They're falling into the trap that these terrorist want. Not only do they want the United States out of the Middle East, they want the United States to be closed off, paranoid, and giving up their freedoms. I agree with some freedoms, especially when it comes to security, but this garbage that Clear Channel is pulling is straight up BS.
It's another case of "paranoia, paranoia, everybody's coming too get me...." Surprises me that "Flagpole Sitter" isn't on there, in that case. That would take off an inordinant amount of good songs. And they (record industry) wanted to control their trade on the Internet....fat chance of that. There's a point when you've gone too far. This is way beyond that, if true.
I also wanted to ask if anyone else heard the rendition of Lynyrd Skynyrd "tuesdays gone" with quotes from the tragedy mixed in. It was very very good, it brought a tear to my eye. I ask because i see that song on the list
In-f**ing-sane. It sounds like something they'd do, though, removing any song about war or fire or planes or death or bombs or destruction or unhappiness... or happiness, either, or certain places from their playlists. Never mind that some of these songs may actually be therapeutic and express what most of us are feeling. And their playlists were already so limited... they've probably got about two songs left on each station now. My opinion of corporate radio is not fit to be expressed on this BBS.
is this a hoax or a joke? if not, perhaps it's just temporary? if none of the above, then that is just stupid.
Bangles "Walk like an Egyptian" Van Halen "Jump" REM "It's the End of the World as We Know It" Oh hell no. Three great 80's songs just taken off the air. I'm not gonna stand for that. At least they left Madonna untouched (no pun intended). Just noticed CCR "Travelin' Band". Oh hell no again. Seriously though, are they crazy.
wait a second. i thought you said it was full of damn good music. at least i didn't see any bob dylan there, hehehe. seriously at first i thought this list was way fake but if so somebody went to a lot of trouble to list that many songs. this could be real scary if true. i'm still not convinced however...
I am 100% with you RM95 -- I quickly looked to see what DMB songs got hit . . . Just waiting for them to take away Ants Marching or I Did It . . .
The free market will take care of this problem. Spread the word, and ratings and advertisers will take care of the rest.
<B>If this is true, then it further indicates that we are moving into a dark time for the American freedoms that we are said to be fighting for at the moment. </B> While I agree that the censorship is bad, this has nothing to do with our freedoms. Privately owned radio stations can choose to play what they want to -- that's <I>their</i> freedom. If they don't feel comfortable playing a particular song, that's their choice. It's not like the government is forcing radio stations to stop playing them. If people want to hear those songs, CC's competitors will play them and it will siphon business away from CC. I think this is a perfect example of how the free market works.
In many markets, though, there aren't any Clear Channel competitors, at least not for many formats. Radio isn't a free market (and never really has been), especially not when one company owns and dominates the industry so much.
<b>While I agree that the censorship is bad, this has nothing to do with our freedoms. Privately owned radio stations can choose to play what they want to -- that's their freedom. If they don't feel comfortable playing a particular song, that's their choice. It's not like the government is forcing radio stations to stop playing them. If people want to hear those songs, CC's competitors will play them and it will siphon business away from CC. I think this is a perfect example of how the free market works.</b> They may have teh freedom to pull that, but the listeners have the freedom to stop listening to them. If they don't think it going to severely hurt them they are fooling themselves. You can bet I will listen to CC's competitors, and a lot of people will follow. Some songs may be wrong, but this is over doing it. They may not be taking away our freedom, but they are taking away their own freedom, because if they pull these songs, they will have to ban future songs that are even close to the songs they pulled, and that puts them in a SERIOUS bind. Their problem I guess. But what about the areas that DON'T have an option other then Clear Channel?
I find it hard to believe that they have done so. I sent an email to the program director at "Mix 96" in Houston to see if he can provide further information. I'll post his response if/when I get it.
