Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Dire Banned In Canada



With all that's going on in the world right now such as war, famine, poverty, death why is there so much attention drawn to the smaller stuff. Dire Straits released Money For Nothing over 20 years ago. It was one of the first well known music videos to be appeared on MTV. Breakthrough in both visual and musical it was a sure hit. For the past 20 years its been enjoyed by millions. Not a problem has occurred until recently however. In January of 2011 Money For Nothing was banned by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) after a radio station in St. John's Newfoundland played the unedited version and was streamed with complaints for having faggot in the lyrics. Why after 20 years has this been contended? Actually in much of England a fag means cigarette. I honestly don't see the point in bringing up little things like this when there's so much more to think about in this world. Its a shame that such a great song can not be aired anymore. They can't stop us from playing our vinyls and blasting it from our speakers.

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