Is "Sunday Bloody Sunday" Inappropriate?

[Ally]

Accprding to the article below, American radio stations have been pulling SBS from their playlists, in light of last tuesday's attacks. Is this neccessary?

Personally, I cannot WAIT to hear this song live in NEW YORK CITY this fall. it has taken on a completely new meaning for me, as it has for many other Americans, i'm sure. I am also anticipating an intense verison of "Bullet the Blue Sky" when U2 returns to the States. "Peace on Earth" would also be very appreciated.

 

[Ally]

oops- here's the article:

Clear Channel Removes Songs From Station Playlists
Radio Undercover, September 17, 2001


Paul Cashmere

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Clear Channel are the world's largest radio network and have recommended 150 songs be withdrawn from their radio network playlists.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.


? Radio Undercover, 2001.

 

[brettig]

Clear Channel's list of songs with questionable content

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 Yo

 

[Johnny Swallow]

PC is retarded.

 

[Salome]

Originally posted by brettig:
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"

wow, good to see they have no problems with the DC's 'giving the dog a bone'

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Salome
Shake it, shake it, shake it

 

[Diemen]

I wouldn't trust this article - I've heard SBS on a ClearChannel station here (SF area) and I've seen a few message boards in which DJ's deny that they've been told to take these songs off.

Sounds more like sensationalistic reporting than anything else.

 

[U2Kitten]

Hi, Ally! Glad you're back safely. I know you were gone but there has been a lengthy discussion on this subject in the thread 'U2 song pulled from radio' which I just bumped if you want to read it!

I think SBS is more appropriate now than ever, and none of those songs should be banned. It's lame.

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"Walk On, stay safe tonight"

 

[Bonochick]

That is ludicrous.

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Trust In God...But Lock Your Doors

 

[SkeeK]

In response to the question asked in the title.. NO!! unfortunately caps do not do the weight of my statement justice, so I am currently looking at the possibility of Supercaps for really important statements.


In other news, the list is not actually like a ban, it's just songs that have been recommended that not be played. Or so I read.

 

[Badyouken]

"Imagine" by John Lennon!?!?!?
This is the most appropriate song right now!

This is ridiculous.

 

[PopFly]

I've heard several of these songs on the radio since the attack. Heck, I've even heard a remix of 'Imagine' with Bush's speech and news coverage spliced into it.

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They want you to be Jesus
They'll go down on one knee
But they'll want their money back
If you're alive at thirty-three
And you're turning tricks
With your crucifix
You're a star

"I can't watch a man sing a song. He gets all emotional, he starts swaying...it's embarrassing!" -- Jerry Seinfeld

 

[david]

What idiot suggested Lennons Imagine???
That song is about unity, you know all of us living as one.


Jesus Christ.

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The more of these I drink the more Bono makes sense.. - Bean from the KROQ Breakfast with U2.

 

[SkeeK]

Originally posted by david:
What idiot suggested Lennons Imagine???
That song is about unity, you know all of us living as one.

Exactly. and the US is preparing for war right? so any talk of unity and loving all humans would be inappropriate.