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    Parrots Ripped My Flesh Dave (in MA)'s Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by at least 100 dead View Post
    the cover of The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking was censored while the man-butt on Going for the One was not.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNF6eCPZtdw (You only have to watch the first 7 seconds)

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    Quote Originally Posted by yoyiceu View Post
    Well, if it was censorship -or, more likely, a fear that the BBC would not play the song because of the unwanted commercial-, the funny thing was that no censor would pay attention to the rest of the content of a song about a man falling in love with a transvestite.
    You've obviously never done business with the BBC. Then again, they let Top Gear get away with basically giving free advertising to Nick Mason's Pink Floyd book a few years ago, so who knows?

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    Zappa was sued for Penis Dimension mini cantata, or am I wrong?
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    Quote Originally Posted by grego View Post
    Zappa was sued for Penis Dimention mini cantata, or am I wrong?
    No, it was the other way around: he brought suit (and lost) against the Royal Albert Hall for canceling the performance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by at least 100 dead View Post
    *Disclaimer* This is not meant as a political discussion, just to highlight some absurdities…

    The first time I visited the USA sometime in the mid-80s, I went to a shopping mall (of course) to scour for records. I noticed that the rather shapely female derrière on the cover of The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking was censored while the man-butt on Going for the One was not. There it was in plain sight, for all to see, but the woman’s ass was covered in a black stipe.

    And I thought to myself: What gives, land of the free?

    What other unexpected measure of censorship have you encountered?
    I managed to buy that Roger Waters album before the censors got to it. Sadly, I sold the LP earlier this year - probably a stupid move.

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    Quote Originally Posted by yoyiceu View Post
    Censored by the BBC in 1976, for homosexual and drug references... By the way, the musicians were prog heavies formerly from Caravan and Riff Raff, plus sucessful producer (and singer) Rupert Hine.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hchOYs_d_Bw
    Amazing that this is from 1976. These guy were ahead of their time.

    Quote Originally Posted by PeterG View Post
    This was never censored in the UK. The first line is iconic.
    ^
    This just goes to show how arbitrary censorhip can be.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dave (in MA) View Post
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNF6eCPZtdw (You only have to watch the first 7 seconds)
    Some good 'ole bullying there. The kid needs it!
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