The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #134959   Message #4079651
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
14-Nov-20 - 08:12 PM
Thread Name: 'Money for Nothing' Banned in Canada
Subject: RE: 'Money for Nothing' Banned in Canada
I have had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday-to-Friday plane! (See my previous.)

The album cut runs 8:20+, it has an extended intro and outro and three (3) faggots in the second verse. This is the song the CBSC 'banned.' Problem being it's not licensed for airplay pretty much anywhere on the planet. Pity, the guitar work in the last 1:50 is first rate headphone listening.

The radio edit is trimmed down to an MTV friendly 4:00 and the problematic verse is dropped altogether*. This is also the standard music video cut.

Pants first… then shoes. Everybody involved, from offended consumer to bureaucrat knew the album lyrics and had an opinion about them but, obviously, had never once during the entire process listened to the actual product the record company licensed for radio airplay.

CBSC banned the radio edit for offensive lyrics it did not have. Never mind anybody's opinion of them. There was never anything there to have an 'official' opinion of in the first place.


* Chicks not included.