Talk:Censorship of music

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Ideas for expansion:

• Prominent examples and reasons
  • Marilyn Manson and the after-effects of the Columbine High School massacre
  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax (Done--Squiquifox 16:42, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC))
  • Cliff Richard on some radio stations
  • Eamon and Frankee
  • The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up
  • Je t'aime, moi non plus by Serge Gainsbourg
  • Videos such as Electric Six's Gay Bar, The Cardigans' Erase & Rewind
  • Songs released in some countries but not others
  • Tipper Gore and the censorship movement she led
  • Yesterday and Today, Beatles album cover.
• The people that decide what is acceptable and what is not (covered partly by, for example, censorship in the United Kingdom)
• Words/phrases/etc censored by some and not by others (MTV vs. other music channels, for example)

violet/riga (t) 21:51, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

How about mentioning the ban on 150 songs on most of the radiostations in the US after 9/11? I remember when they actually took songs off the air for inappropriate lyrics, such as AC/DC's "Safe in New York City", Saliva's "Click Click Boom" and the like. KNewman 03:02, Jan 21, 2005 (UTC)

• Definately worth a mention. violet/riga (t) 19:53, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Actually, that 150 song list is not an official ban. The list was a suggested list, the songs were never officially removed from playlists by fiat of corporate censorship. Also, the list mostly came from an overzealous employee who sent it around, and it grew little by little until it included songs like "Brain Stew" by greenday, and "Burning Down The House" by Talking Heads (oddly, I don't think "Psycho Killer" was banned). If anyone knows the name of it - their was one Bob Dylan single in the 60s that radio stations wouldn't play because of the word shit - and how could you guys forget about backmasking in the ways of cencorship. I'm sure you've heard songs on the radio where the guy can't give a 'kuf' or is sick of this 'ish.' An example would be the radio edit of Sum 41's Fat Lip. THollan (t)

I think the song list is still worth mentioning as "suggested censorship". I came up with the word censorship methods off of the top of my head, and so thanks for adding in backmasking. violet/riga (t) 21:23, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Bob Dylans song with shit in the lyrics was called "George Jackson" and *"Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus' --- is by (Serge Gainsbourg) a good link would be http://ericnuzum.com/banned/ and http://www.tabootunes.com/ The Primo (t) 16:47, 22 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 serious analysis 2 Beethoven not played in Israel? 3 The examples 4 Censorship in Rap section

[edit] serious analysis

With all due respect to the freedom of speech, etc. the page as it stands seems to be a mere vehicle for pop groups to blow their own trumpets (well, the trumpets played by the session musicians hired by the recording companies). Wiki is not just another space in which to advertise one's wares.

Censorship in music goes back to Confucius, Plato and Aristotles. Maybe we could give some more background information, and the implications of censorship, to what is a serious matter and perhaps relegate specific cases to a sub-section of examples (throughout the ages - not just stuff from the age of freedom opened up by the punks).83.191.62.175 11:24, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beethoven not played in Israel?

Are there any sources that say that Beethoven was not played in Israel because of supposed "Nazi connections"? 71.251.20.173 06:35, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The examples

Need sources that call it censorship. There is also a vague area where private decision not to play music is being called censorship. For example, If I choose not to have a particular artist in my collection, or simply choose not to listen to it that day, it is not censorhip.Some for of authority would generally have to be excercised. --Tbeatty 06:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Censorship in Rap section

It strikes me as though the "Censorship in Rap" section doesn't belong because it fails to represent a worldwide view of the subject (refers only to France) and is not encyclopedic (promotes a political stance on censorship of rap in France, using phrases like "censorship should not come from the French government" and "artists must realize"). Even with citations, political opinions do not befit Wikipedia, so I'm again removing this section. If you disagree, discuss it instead of simply undoing the change. MssngrDeath (talk) 15:51, 3 June 2008 (UTC)