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Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Dec. 19 2007, 06:14 Many of you may of heard of the recent fuss in the UK with Radio 1 (a national radio station) trying unsuccessfully to censor lyrics to "Fairytale in New York". If you haven't heard of this news item try googling for it if you want a laugh. Anyway, It occurrs to me that those fine chaps in Radio 1 have a point and we need to protect the sensitive people of the world from the unsavoury influence of song titles and lyrics. We therefore need to urge them to ban the following songs: "The Time has Come" - ever since that trouble with Frankie goes to Hollywoods "Relax" the word "Come" is banned. "On Horseback" - clearly a reference to the disgusting antics in "Equus" and cannot be allowed. "Man in the Rain" - Sexist! Any other songs that need to be banned because of unacceptable lyrics or titles? -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

CuNimb Group: Members Posts: 222 Joined: July 2003 Posted: Dec. 19 2007, 10:54 Holy - might offend aethists See the light - might offend blind people Hostage - might offend people with relatives in Gitmo Heavens open - see Holy Weightless - might offend anorexics Earth moving - might offend aliens -------------- Happy? ha ha ha.... Back to top

3Wheeler Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: Aug. 2007 Posted: Dec. 19 2007, 13:58 Earth Moving - Good Tk for Heavy Plant Operators                     Bad Tk  for  LA Residents WeightLess     Good For Fat Guys                    Bad for Anorexia Heavens Open  Good For Goody Too Shoes                     Bad for Bad Lads See The Light  Good For Sailors in a Storm                    Bad For  Vampires Hostage         Good if youre Homeless                    Bad   if youre Claustophobic Holy              Good if youre the Pope                    Bad if you dont like String Vests Man ive gotta get a life  lol.. -------------- We're Flying Aeroflot, We've Got Reservations. Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Dec. 20 2007, 05:16 Everything Mike has done is full of sexual innuendo. Bragging is a recurring theme. It's all about the length (FMO) and density (Platinum) of a tubular or oblong object (TB, HR, the QE2!) that wants (or needs) to be Exposed. However, these psycho-sexual themes were dropped after the Crises album that has an obvious castration theme (a phallic object in the night, surrounded on all sides by cold water, the de-sexualized man watching from the shore). So I'd say it's kiddie safe from Discovery and on. -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: Dec. 20 2007, 05:45 Quote (larstangmark @ Dec. 20 2007, 05:16) Everything Mike has done is full of sexual innuendo. Bragging is a recurring theme. It's all about the length (FMO) and density (Platinum) of a tubular or oblong object (TB, HR, the QE2!) that wants (or needs) to be Exposed. However, these psycho-sexual themes were dropped after the Crises album that has an obvious castration theme (a phallic object in the night, surrounded on all sides by cold water, the de-sexualized man watching from the shore). So I'd say it's kiddie safe from Discovery and on. But Lars, you're not taking "Tres Lunas" into account. In slangspeak, 'moon' = derriere/butt/ass. So, I believe the term 'three moons' must be porncode for a menage a trois of some sort, whether M/M/F, M/F/F, or M/F/A (Male/Female/Alien). Cover the kiddies' ears! -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Dec. 22 2007, 08:06 Portsmouth- as it might offend people not from there, and they may regard the BBC think Portsmouth and it's residents superior to those of any other UK town or city. Tubular Bells- Well we all know that a Tubular Bell is secretly another name for a party of the male anatomy    . Moonlight Shadow- I think we know that Moonlight Shadow is about the art of "mooning" , that is pulling one's trousers and pants down to reveal ones derriere, so therefore casting a Moonlight Shadow. -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

hergest fridge Group: Members Posts: 307 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Dec. 22 2007, 14:54 Don,t even mention THRASH[tb2003]that could cause all sorts of problems!   Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Dec. 22 2007, 15:16 Isn`t Mike already banned from radio one?If it wasn`t for Moonlight Shadow he`d probablly be banned from Radio Two as well.Mmmm maybe if we get him officially banned we might start hearing his stuff on the airwaves again? You can put me down for that Telescope debacle from the discovery album.Pure unadulterated filth from start to finish.Absolutely no excuses for it imo.A million times worse than  Frankie Howard`s Get Yer Tiiters Out album.And that`s saying something.Telescope indeed! Back to top

Ebony Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: June 2007 Posted: Dec. 29 2007, 20:30 Froggy Went A-Courting.  Don't think it needs explaining really... Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Dec. 30 2007, 19:38 Quote (Matt @ Dec. 19 2007, 12:14) Many of you may of heard of the recent fuss in the UK with Radio 1 (a national radio station) trying unsuccessfully to censor lyrics to "Fairytale in New York". Forgive me for the off-topic, but... hey, Matt... would the "Fairytale of NY" lyrics that were supposed to be censored be, by any chance, "You're a bum, you're a punk / You're an old slut on junk" ? Or maybe are they "You scumbag, you maggot / you cheap lousy faggot / Happy Christmas your arse, I pray God it's our last" ? Well, if that's the case, it's the n-th confirmation, to me, that (at least some of) Britain, with its excessive prudery, is still living in the Middle Ages. With no offence to you if you're British, of course, or to any other British people in here. It reminds me of when they tried to censor the cover to David Bowie's 1991 album "Tin Machine II" (and they did actually censor it, IIRC), because those four ancient Greek statues were naked and had their genitals exposed... [Ooops! I wrote a dirty word! GENITALS! Censors, please have mercy... ] -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Dec. 31 2007, 04:52 There's a plane on the cover of FMO and a tall skyscraper on the cover of Crises. What was he thinking? May those two albums never be put next to eachother on a store rack ever again! -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

3Wheeler Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: Aug. 2007 Posted: Dec. 31 2007, 06:07 5 miles out from a Crises   .....   -------------- We're Flying Aeroflot, We've Got Reservations. Back to top

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