Canadian government bans "Money For Nothing" on the radio

[smileyeagle1021]

-The person who complained isn't a homosexual, they complained to champion homosexual rights and did so for good intentions.

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And in doing so gave the bigots even more gasoline to fuel their hate engine... they want to paint us as nothing but a bunch of pansies and ninnies and this guy has proved them right... thanks asshole

[Ginger Tea]

How many people would have noticed the line untill this?
I didn't, but we could have the edited version on the radio and some compilations.

now we are all aware of it 26 years after its release, now we are kicking up a fuss over it's offenciveness?

Frankie goes to hollywood's relax caused a storm in its day, but I don't recall it ever being heavily censored on radio, just the video.

In the video to Electric Six's gay bar I first saw it around 4pm when you get these shout outs from school kids, war and nuclear war were whip sfx, but the video was un altered. Then later on even in the after dark section, they pixelated out the peppermill and other objects on teh mantlepiece, on the mantle piece not being used phalacly, just a peppermill on a mantle piece.

[Racket_Man]

the keyboardest for Dire Straights says "SO WHAT"

http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/14/di..._lnk2%7C195357

here is an older "edited"version from (I assume) VH1 with the "offensive" verse TOTALLY edited out. cuts about 25 seconds out of the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag

and here is the FULL unedited version (the offensive verse is around 1:55)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsnA0...eature=related

and here is the version from the Knebworth music benefit concert June 30 1990. (great concert. I taped it live off of the radio at the time). in this version Mark subsitutes several different words for the offensive word
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlPjxz4LGak

[PepperElf]

so really they didn't actually have to ban the song. they could have easily asked the radio stations to play the "clean" edit.

overkill perhaps?

[Racket_Man]

if one has not heard the song for some years, the edited versson might seem like just a slightly short version of the original song. I just seem to remember the "offensive" word/verse.

I had to go back and forth between the Knebworth version, the "full" version and the "edited" version to find exactly where the "missing" verse was. the "edited" video was cut pretty seemlessly. why could they not do that with the audio only version????

[Boozy]

so really they didn't actually have to ban the song. they could have easily asked the radio stations to play the "clean" edit.

overkill perhaps?

The song isn't banned.

Radio stations have to disguise the word "faggot". Otherwise, they can still play the original song in its entirety.