I know that songs that never played on the radio such as "Jungle Fever" by the Chakachas. That was banned from the airwaves because the song was inappropriate. There are some other songs that were banned on the radio. For example, Don would also like to note that Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-Ling" dropped from the number one position at the other New York City Top 40 stations this week; WNBC, WNBC-FM, WXLO, WPIX; and WWDJ (Hackensack, NJ), where it spent five straight weeks as number one. This, "Cover of the Rolling Stone," along with "The Ballad of John and Yoko" and the spoken word recording "Americans" are the only other monster hits I'm aware of where WABC simply ignored the record, and its chart performance in the market. One urban folk tale is that the wife of WABC's General Manager heard "My Ding-a-Ling" and "ordered" her husband to take the record off the air, after it was played for two days as a Hot Prospect. ("Cover of the Rolling Stone" was allegedly banned because of the reference to cocaine in the lyrics, "The Ballad of John and Yoko" for profanity.). These are the songs that were banned from the radio. Any thoughts?

"The Ballad of John and Yoko" by the Beatles - banned by many U.S. radio stations for the lyric "Christ! You know it ain't easy, and some detected an unsavory pun in the lyric "We're only tryin' to get us some peace." It only got to number eight in the U.S. because of that.

I remember Rod Stewart's "Tonight's The Night" was banned from the Toronto area airwaves - not sure if it was nation-wide when it first came out. :rolleyes:

"Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood was banned by the BBC in 1984 for not-so-suggestive homoerotic lyrics.

A lot of songs were temporarily banned from the radio because of 9/11, such as John Lennon's "Imagine" and Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

Apparently, Loretta Lynn had 14 songs banned during her career. I know "The Pill" was definitely one of them, and "Rated X" was possibly another, but I'm not sure about the rest.

Many radio stations also refused to play Martina McBride's "Independence Day" when it was first released, due to the controversial issue of domestic violence, and because of that, I believe it only charted at #12. Ironically, she probably wouldn't be where she is today without that song.

Hmmm none of those classic songs seem even slightly suggestive compared to todays potty-mouthed garbage... apparently, they stopped censoring musicradio just when they should have started ! :lol:

"Wake Up Little Susie" by The Everly Brothers was really controversial back in the 50's! :lol:It is about a couple who fell asleep at the drive-in movie and didn't wake up until the next morning. The lines that were objected to was;

"What are we going to tell your Mama
What are we gonna tell your Pa

What are we gonna tell our friends when they say"OOOOOhhhhh- La La." :lol:


Nasty stuff! :crazy:

Seasons in the Sun shoulda been banned cause its SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO horrendous

A lot of songs were temporarily banned from the radio because of 9/11, such as John Lennon's "Imagine" and Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

"What A Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong was banned as well.


Sadly, I remember someone called into a radio station and requested the song "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor" on 9/11. The radio host called him a sick ****.

"What A Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong was banned as well.
:eek: That song is a beautiful compelling classic about the beauty of life, Im not disputing that it was banned, but, do you know WHY ??? ( I cant even imagine a reason )

Seasons in the Sun shoulda been banned cause its SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO horrendous
Yeah, its one of the few Canadian contributions to culture that makes me cringe :lol: ....But, at least it wasnt as bad as Bobby Goldsburrow's horrid "Honey" See the tree how big it grows...ARGGGHHHHHHHH!!!:mad:
hmmmmmmmm Anyone want to start a thread about songs that SHOULD have been banned? ;) :lol:

:eek: That song is a beautiful compelling classic about the beauty of life, Im not disputing that it was banned, but, do you know WHY ??? ( I cant even imagine a reason )

On and shortly after 9/11, it wasn't quite a wonderful world.

Randy Newman's "Short People" was banned because people took it literally and thought Newman was making fun of folks who weren't quite so tall. What's Newman got aginst short people, anyway, doesn't he realize it's stupid to hate people on the basis of their height? everyone said. It's also stupid to hate people on the basis of their race, religion, or ethnicity. That was the point of the song - that all bigotry is stupid! No one got it.

In Maryland, it's still illegal to play "Short People" on the radio. I'm not making that up! :crazy: :eek:

Yeah, its one of the few Canadian contributions to culture that makes me cringe :lol: ....But, at least it wasnt as bad as Bobby Goldsburrow's horrid "Honey" See the tree how big it grows...ARGGGHHHHHHHH!!!:mad:
hmmmmmmmm Anyone want to start a thread about songs that SHOULD have been banned? ;) :lol:


Oh!I agree! That is a terrible song! :eek: :crazy: The Worst! :lol:

Randy Newman's "Short People" was banned because people took it literally and thought Newman was making fun of folks who weren't quite so tall. What's Newman got aginst short people, anyway, doesn't he realize it's stupid to hate people on the basis of their height? everyone said. It's also stupid to hate people on the basis of their race, religion, or ethnicity. That was the point of the song - that all bigotry is stupid! No one got it.

In Maryland, it's still illegal to play "Short People" on the radio. I'm not making that up! :crazy: :eek:
Good, i hope it never plays again,,,I was a very short ( im only 5'1" ) teen when that came out and it once again, it brought out all the stereotypes about short people and gave the class bullies another reason to use me as their personal punching bag, to this day, if i ever was to meet Randy Newman, well, all I can say is I wouldnt feel any reason to be gentle in my response. :mad:

Beatles songs banned by the BBC -

"A Day In the Life" (for the lyric "I'd love to turn you on. . . ," beleived to be a reference to drugs)

"I Am the Walrus" (for its "indecent" references to "knickers)

Beatles songs that Spiro Angew wanted banned in the USA:

"With a Little Help From My Friends" ("I get high. . . .")
"Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" (an acrostic for LSD? :lol: :eek: )

Beatles songs banned by the BBC -

"A Day In the Life" (for the lyric "I'd love to turn you on. . . ," beleived to be a reference to drugs)

"I Am the Walrus" (for its "indecent" references to "knickers)

Beatles songs that Spiro Angew wanted banned in the USA:

"With a Little Help From My Friends" ("I get high. . . .")
"Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" (an acrostic for LSD? :lol: :eek: )

Ah........Good old Spiro! :rofl: What a fine upstanding person he was! :rolleyes:

A ban on the Beatles's "She's Leaving Home" was proposed in the U.S. by someone who thought the song was about a pregnant teenager going off to get her pregnancy terminated; the "man from the motor trade" was said to be an abortionist, and the girl was "waiting to keep the appointment she made" to have an abortion. No, it was about wanting to buy a car; car salesmen are called motor traders in the U.K. Terry Doran, Brian Epstein's car-dealer buddy, was the chap referred to in the song.

A ban on the Beatles's "She's Leaving Home" was proposed in the U.S. by someone who thought the song was about a pregnant teenager going off to get her pregnancy terminated; the "man from the motor trade" was said to be an abortionist, and the girl was "waiting to keep the appointment she made" to have an abortion. No, it was about wanting to buy a car; car salesmen are called motor traders in the U.K. Terry Doran, Brian Epstein's car-dealer buddy, was the chap referred to in the song.

Have you noticed that these "moralists" have the dirtiest minds and can read evil into anything with the drop of a hat? Who are the real sinners here? :lol:

Have you noticed that these "moralists" have the dirtiest minds and can read evil into anything with the drop of a hat? Who are the real sinners here? :lol:
hehehehehehehehehehe :rofl:

Oh!I agree! That is a terrible song! :eek: :crazy: The Worst! :lol:


That thing had to be the most embarrassing thing to come out of Canada since William Shatner!! Talk about sappy, horrible voice and WTF - they'd play it on a beautiful summer's day and if you listened to the lyrics, you wanted to kill yourself by the end of it!

Music to suicide to.... :rolleyes:

Have you noticed that these "moralists" have the dirtiest minds and can read evil into anything with the drop of a hat? Who are the real sinners here? :lol:


Ain't THAT the truth!

And I don't think anyone on earth would have come up with the listening to rock music backwards to get satanic lyrics if it weren't for our good friend, Jerry Falwell! :rolleyes:

Ain't THAT the truth!

And I don't think anyone on earth would have come up with the listening to rock music backwards to get satanic lyrics if it weren't for our good friend, Jerry Falwell! :rolleyes:
C'mon Cathie, face it, if you play "Rock around the Clock" backwards the words " Satan drives a Chevy" can be distinctly heard!!! :lol:

Ain't THAT the truth!

And I don't think anyone on earth would have come up with the listening to rock music backwards to get satanic lyrics if it weren't for our good friend, Jerry Falwell! :rolleyes:


We are so lucky to have him to save us from ourselves. :rolleyes:

C'mon Cathie, face it, if you play "Rock around the Clock" backwards the words " Satan drives a Chevy" can be distinctly heard!!! :lol:


Speaking of cars. . . . In 1955, radio stations banned or bleeped out Chuck Berry's "Maybelline." The offending words were "Cadillac" and "Ford." most radio stations ddin't want to give Cadillac or Ford free advertising by playing the song uncensored! :lol:

Speaking of cars. . . . In 1955, radio stations banned or bleeped out Chuck Berry's "Maybelline." The offending words were "Cadillac" and "Ford." most radio stations ddin't want to give Cadillac or Ford free advertising by playing the song uncensored! :lol:


You're kidding!!! :lol: Crazy eh? Now, you just about hear everything. Even the the DJs get away with an incredible amout! :crazy:

Many radio stations also refused to play Martina McBride's "Independence Day" when it was first released, due to the controversial issue of domestic violence, and because of that, I believe it only charted at #12. Ironically, she probably wouldn't be where she is today without that song.

:eek: Wow, I need to pay attention to those lyrics!

:eek: Wow, I need to pay attention to those lyrics!
I guess it's cause of the last verse, "Well she lit up the sky that fourth of july, by the time that fireman had come..."

that martina mcbride video for "Independence Day" is sad

I guess it's cause of the last verse, "Well she lit up the sky that fourth of july, by the time that fireman had come..."

I love that song "Independence Day" by Martina McBride. It's a great song.:D