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DV
dvboy
Neil Jones posted:
Wiki (yes I know) says the BBC tried to censor it on Top of the Pops in 1987:

Quote:
On 17 December 1987, The Pogues and MacColl performed the song on the BBC's popular television show Top of the Pops, and it was propelled to number two on the official UK Top 75. For the Top of the Pops appearance, the BBC insisted that MacColl's singing of "arse" be replaced with the less offensive "ass", although as she mimed the word MacColl slapped the relevant part of her body to make it clear what was meant.


They tried to censor "arse" but did they leave "faggot" in?
PE
peterrocket Founding member
dvboy posted:
Neil Jones posted:
Wiki (yes I know) says the BBC tried to censor it on Top of the Pops in 1987:

Quote:
On 17 December 1987, The Pogues and MacColl performed the song on the BBC's popular television show Top of the Pops, and it was propelled to number two on the official UK Top 75. For the Top of the Pops appearance, the BBC insisted that MacColl's singing of "arse" be replaced with the less offensive "ass", although as she mimed the word MacColl slapped the relevant part of her body to make it clear what was meant.


They tried to censor "arse" but did they leave "faggot" in?


Reminds me of the time Radio 1 thought it was a good idea to censor it...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7150693.stm
DV
dvboy
peterrocket posted:
Reminds me of the time Radio 1 thought it was a good idea to censor it...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7150693.stm


That's what I was referring to.
BR
Brekkie
Neil Jones posted:
17 years today since Kirstie MacColl died. Shame she never lived to see how popular Fairytale of New York would go onto become, top 20 in the charts every year for the last 12 years.

Death does wonders for record sales.
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Brekkie posted:
Neil Jones posted:
17 years today since Kirstie MacColl died. Shame she never lived to see how popular Fairytale of New York would go onto become, top 20 in the charts every year for the last 12 years.

Death does wonders for record sales.


Or just by penning something really successful that was recorded in July one year and then top up your pension fund with it every following year. See Noddy Holder, or so he says.
VM
VMPhil
This year's alternative Christmas message to come from children who survived the Grenfell Tower fire:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/20/grenfell-children-to-broadcast-alternative-christmas-message

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