We read:
"Canadian radio stations have been warned to censor the 1985 Dire Straits hit Money for Nothing, after a complaint the lyrics of the Grammy Award-winning song are derogatory to gay men.
A St. John's, Newfoundland, station should have edited the song to remove the word "f*ggot" because it violates Canada's human rights standards, according to ruling this week by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
A unnamed listener to OZ FM in the Atlantic Coast province complained to the industry watchdog after hearing the song, which features Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler and fellow rock star Sting.
Source
What was OK 25 years ago is not OK now. A clear deterioration in free speech.
8 comments:
But rap lyrics about killing cops are OK? They be fvcked up.
Of all the problems in the world they worry about 25 year old song lyrics?!! And the terroristic rantings of muslims is also OK?
CanaDuh! doing their censorship thing as usual.
"What was OK 25 years ago is not OK now."
Yep, that's the Liberal way of re-writing history and imposing relativistic morality.
Elton John loved this song and we all know what he is like
If the singer was gay would the song get a free pass?
Well, since I supported the boycott against The Dixie Chicks I have no problem with a private radio station censoring a song.Ironically, there is a verion of Money for Nothing with the f-g word, maybe the station should play that song instead, but it's a private business so it's up to the listeners to demand the return of the song, or to ignore the issue.
http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/
I always took that line as a friendly "musician to musician" dig at Elton John, and maybe also as Knopfler's way of saying, "see, we cool rockers can say things like this and get away without being criticized!"
No longer tho, Mr K; narcissism never gets irony.
Post a Comment