Brings to mind some other "celebrated situations". A very young Bobby Dylan was told not to sing "Talkin' John Birch Society Blues" on Ed Sullivan. He refused to appear. The Country Gentlemen (one of my favourite bands) decided NOT to "kick back" their fee to The Carson Show, and didn't appear. Both Jim Morrison and Mick Jagger had "lyric issues" with Sullivan. Both had the offending phrases "bleeped" I seem to recall. Bet there have been dozens of others we simply haven't heard of.

It would have been interesting to see just WHAT the reaction (if any) to DiFranco's song would have been.

Rick