The title track of Jamaican singer-songwriter Peter Tosh's 1976 albumLegalize Itwas banned when it was released. But that didn't stop the former member ofBob Marleyand the Wailers from launching a career outside of the band: The album cracked the Billboard 200 and helped break Tosh as a ...
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; Fall by Davido The first song to note...
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“Eight Miles High” is, by 21st century standards, an innocuous track, but back in the 60s, the song was banned from American radio for its lyrics. But the drama surrounding the song is less interesting than the style it helped usher in, which blended the psych-rock of bands like The...
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thegay rights movement; in the early 1990s she publicly came out as a lesbian. Her other causes includedanimal rights, and in 1990 she made headlines with her participation inPETA’s “Meat Stinks” campaign. It caused a backlash, and several radio stations in theUnited Statesbanned her ...
were 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 the...
At one point, Megadeth's "A Toute Le Monde" was banned from MTV as the network deemed it a pro-suicide song. But that was the furthest thing from the truth according toDave Mustaine. "It was basically about a dream I had where — my mom had died suddenly, and it was very shocking...
they were banned from the radio because of their criticism of then-president george w. bush — quickly voiced their support for the superstar’s song, literally, by covering it during their comeback tour. but while the artists’ individual versions of “daddy lessons” are great, this ...
Banned in the UK in 1984 for its sexually explicit lyrics, the controversy surrounding the song propelled it to the number 1 slot in the UK charts and kept it there for four weeks. The story goes that BBC Radio One DJ Mike Read was playing the dance single Relax and whilst doing so, ...