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You know me. You know how I feel about guns, free speech, states rights, Barack Obama
and music.
So this one really pissed me off.
Be sure to turn the video up so they hear it in Ottawa Toronto Montreal and Dag in Vancouver
Rolling Stone:
Dire Straits' 'Money for Nothing' Banned in Canada
Some radio stations protest decision by playing it on repeat
By Matthew Perpetua
January 14, 2011 3:10 PM EDT
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has ruled that "Money for Nothing," a Dire Straits hit from 1985, is too offensive for Canadian airwaves. The song is being singled out for the repeated use of an anti-gay slur — "that little faggot" — in its second verse.
This hasn't stopped some Canadian classic rock radio stations from playing the song. In the days since the ruling, stations in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Edmonton, Alberta have protested the decision by playing an unedited version of the song on repeated for a full hour.
Dire Straits keyboardist Guy Fletcher shared songwriter Mark Knopfler's reaction in the forum of his website, writing "Mark tells me that due to the ban, he has now substituted the word faggot for 'fudger'...for Canada."
Though "Money for Nothing" has been a staple of rock radio for over two decades, the move to ban the song came as a result of a complaint by a listener in St. John's, Newfoundland. The ruling does not ban the song outright — versions with the offending words edited out are safe for airplay.
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Green Energy
Oh Canada!
You know me. You know how I feel about guns, free speech, states rights, Barack Obama
and music.
So this one really pissed me off.
Be sure to turn the video up so they hear it in Ottawa Toronto Montreal and Dag in Vancouver
Rolling Stone:
Dire Straits' 'Money for Nothing' Banned in Canada
Some radio stations protest decision by playing it on repeat
By Matthew Perpetua
January 14, 2011 3:10 PM EDT
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has ruled that "Money for Nothing," a Dire Straits hit from 1985, is too offensive for Canadian airwaves. The song is being singled out for the repeated use of an anti-gay slur — "that little faggot" — in its second verse.
This hasn't stopped some Canadian classic rock radio stations from playing the song. In the days since the ruling, stations in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Edmonton, Alberta have protested the decision by playing an unedited version of the song on repeated for a full hour.
Dire Straits keyboardist Guy Fletcher shared songwriter Mark Knopfler's reaction in the forum of his website, writing "Mark tells me that due to the ban, he has now substituted the word faggot for 'fudger'...for Canada."
Though "Money for Nothing" has been a staple of rock radio for over two decades, the move to ban the song came as a result of a complaint by a listener in St. John's, Newfoundland. The ruling does not ban the song outright — versions with the offending words edited out are safe for airplay.
- ‘leave Canada’ Spray-painted On Synagogue
From INN: Temple Beth Israel in West Edmonton vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti and the message ‘Leave Canada,’ shocking congregants. Anti-Semitic graffiti along with the chilling order, “Leave Canada” were found spray-painted on a synagogue...
- Killing Jobs And Energy Independence In One Swift Blow
Bloomberg: Obama’s Keystone Denial Prompts Canada to Look to China Sales President Barack Obama’s decision yesterday to reject a permit for TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL oil pipeline may prompt Canada to turn to China for oil exports. Prime Minister...
- Phoebe Snow Has Passed
:( Phoebe Snow had one of the most beautiful voices in Pop Music History. Her song, Poetry Man easily ranks in my top fifty favorite pop songs of all time. (I had the lyrics, but the languid, yet smoldering, jazz feel, and her relaxed vibrato gave the...
- Shakedown
Her Royal Whyness sent this over: For those of you that think the Canadian Human Rights Commissions have gone too far and think Section 13 should be wiped off the map . . . Check out the youtube posting of a very cool song based on Ezra Levant’s book...
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