Stones Agreed to Super Bowl Censorship

[Zebra 3]

(WENN) Veteran rockers The Rolling Stones agreed to the censorship of sexually suggestive lyrics during their three-song set at the Super Bowl half-time show on Sunday night. The band consented before the show - which aired to almost 1 billion television viewers around the globe - that editors at the National Football League (NFL) could turn down Sir Mick Jagger's microphone for risqué lines in hits "Start Me Up" and "Rough Justice." It was previously reported that the group had been censored in an ABC five-second tape delay, over network fears a repeat of Janet Jackson's infamous wardrobe malfunction at the American football event two years ago would mar proceedings. An NFL spokesman confirmed, "We agreed upon it earlier this week. The band were fine with it. If we had missed it, then ABC had five seconds to hit the button."

[lockdown06]

What is so bad about Start Me Up that it should be censored?

[Dean Winchester]

that surprises me when you consider these guys were the original Bad Boys of rock and roll and were probably one of the first acts to use the F-word on record. You have to be really prudish to be offended by "you make a dead man come" from a song that was a hit 25 years ago. Janet was two years ago, time to let it die already.

[TJL]

If you ask me Mick bared too much of his midriff while prancing around onstage.

I was outraged. ABC - you'll be hearing from my lawyer.

[Dean Winchester]

Originally Posted by TJL

If you ask me Mich bared too much of his midriff while prancing around onstage.

I was outraged. ABC - you'll be hearing from my lawyer.

I agree. Who'd rather see a 62 year olds midriff over Janet's tits (well, at least Janet when she's in shape, right now nobody would want to see it)?

[ABlairican Pie]

MSNBC.com

Stones call Super censorship ‘ridiculous’

NFL silenced Jagger’s microphone during sexually suggestive passages

The Associated Press
Updated: 4:20 p.m. ET Feb. 7, 2006

Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones said in a statement Tuesday that censorship of their songs during the Super Bowl halftime show was “absolutely ridiculous and completely unnecessary.”


NEW YORK - Nobody turns off the microphone on Mick Jagger without a fight.

Censorship of their songs during the Super Bowl halftime show was “absolutely ridiculous and completely unnecessary,” the Rolling Stones said through a spokeswoman on Tuesday.

The NFL, which produced the show seen on ABC Sunday night, silenced Jagger’s microphone during sexually suggestive passages of two of the three songs the band performed before an audience of 90 million television viewers.

The football league, still nervous over the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction two years ago at the Super Bowl, has said it wanted to ensure family entertainment at the game.

“The band was aware of our plan to simply lower Mick’s mike at the appropriate moments,” said Brian McCarthy, NFL spokesman. “It was discussed with the group last week prior to the Super Bowl.”

He declined further comment on the Stones’ statement.

The band may have known about it, but that doesn’t mean they liked it, spokeswoman Fran Curtis said. Jagger sang the full lyrics during his performance, she said.

In “Start Me Up,” the show’s editors silenced one word close to the song’s end, a reference to a woman so sexy she could arouse a dead man. The lyrics for “Rough Justice” included a synonym for rooster that was removed.

The Stones also performed “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” but the lyric “I can’t get no girlie action” made it through unscathed.

The incident was reminiscent of the band’s performance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” during the 1960s, when the host demanded the Stones change the lyrics to “Let’s Spend the Night Together.” As ordered, Jagger sang “let’s spend some time together,” but he rolled his eyes for effect.

© 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

[Dean Winchester]

I don't get the deal with censorship anyways. The Stones have been successful since before the oldest current football player was even born. After 43 or so years being famous, I'd argue they've earned the right to sing "come" and "****" in their songs (especially when "come" has different meanings... it's not like they were going to sing "Star Star"). If radio would play Start Me Up in 1981 (25 years ago!!!) without freaking over the last line of the song, why suddenly now is it a big deal to "make a dead man come"? People need to get over the deal over the Janet nipple... people act like Janet's nipple caused the tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. No, all it did was arouse a lot of men and made Janet the "coolest babe on the planet" to grade school children.

[Zebra 3]

Originally Posted by HUNG UP!

People need to get over the deal over the Janet nipple... people act like Janet's nipple caused the tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. No, all it did was arouse a lot of men and made Janet the "coolest babe on the planet" to grade school children.

Janet Jackson waffled on her so-called "wardrobe malfunction" and for that reason alone isn't cool in my books. For the record, the nipple was covered with a medallion, something most Americans wouldn't know because most of their news sources censored the pic, yet that didn't stop the FCC from handing out a $500K fine to the CBS network.

[Dean Winchester]

I agree, the nipple was all of two seconds... it happened too quickly for anybody too young that shouldn't be watching it to even notice. If the media didn't explode it and hype it up, most people would've forgotten it by the time the game resumed.