with lines like“I smoke two joints in time of peace / And two in time of war / I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints / And then I smoke two more.”Even though the track received some local radio airplay in Hawaii, where the Toyes were based,...
Analog recording technology was at its zenith, FM radio was ascendant, and the AM dial still focused on music. The children of the baby boom were coming into their late twenties and thirties—young enough to still be serious music consumers, but old enough to have their own generation of ...
” Joplin’s take on the track was so unique, so original, that Erma Franklin, who first released the song in 1967, didn’t recognize it as her own when she heard it on the radio. She infused the pain and triumph of the blues into the song, a skill she honed in the image of ...
Elvis broadly expanded upon his initial legend with this album, moving from the expected (a winkingly rebellious "Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me") to the deeply religious ("O Little Town of Bethlehem"), and adding a little bit of country in to boot ("Take My Hand, Precious Lord"). ...
Each year, Carey reportedly earns millions of dollars in royalties and merchandise sales as her 1994 single is endlessly played in every department store and on every Christmas-themed radio station in the world. Popular memes depict the pop diva being thawed out every November 1st, and then retu...
World PRI “Song Banned from Israeli Army Radio Galatz”A Matter of Habit quote from the official translation by Uni Henis. Read more Original title: עניין של הרגל Country: Israel Released: 2012 Written by: Alona Kimhi & Izhar Ashdot Reaction: Denied airplay ...
The rant didn’t sit well with a few radio stations in Vegas, as evidenced by KOMP 92.3 and X107.5 both announcing that they have banned the group’s music. “KOMP 92.3 has pulled any and all Green Day from our playlist. It’s not us, Billie...
the “National Barn Dance” fromChicago, begun in 1924, and the “Grand Ole Opry” fromNashville, begun in 1925. The immediate popularity of such programs encouraged more recordings and the appearance of talented musicians from the hills at radio and record studios. Among these were theCarter ...
Some erroneously called “Tu Pum Pum” “Latin rap cumbia,” while others anchored its place in history as the first Spanish-language dancehall song to make it onto U.S. radio. And while neither were quite on the nose in defining the nebulous sound, everyone agreed there was no going ...
Notably, check out these 6 Nigerian songs that were banned by NBC. We bet you were unaware that the following songs were deemed unfit for broadcast and are therefore prohibited from playing on any local radio or television stations. See the list below; ...