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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Valiantphil said:

    .....and while we on the subject of lyrics, check out Mott the Hoople All The Way To Memphis.
    There is a part where the writer is chastised by a citizen for not taking more care of his guitar.

    Yes, know it well.

    Great song but now a very dated word.

    Lou also changed the line in Walk on the Wild side about the girls who go " Do do do".

    Meanwhile a college in Canada apologised for playing Walk on the wild side as it was transphobic. Talk about missing the point.
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,290
    Talking of Walk on the Wild side, they also mute the end of the "even when she was giving ... " line these days.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    aliwibble said:

    Talking of Walk on the Wild side, they also mute the end of the "even when she was giving ... " line these days.

    Well I was always surprised they played that in 1973 but who mutes that now?
  • TellyTubby
    TellyTubby Posts: 3,550
    Big seven by Judge Dread talks of acts of beastiality. I don't recall that being censored.

    One that has been censored by the BBC recently is Shirley Bassey's cover of Party.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    Most ridiculous radio edit ever has to be Blancmange's Living on the Ceiling: 'I'm up the bloody tree ' changed to 'I'm up the cuckoo tree '.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Auntie BBC has always been both prissy and inconsistent in its attitude.
    In 1969 they banned the Kinks song Plastic Man because it contained the word bum.
    The following year a still miffed Ray Davies sang " the air pollution is a-fucking up my eyes" on Top of the Pops when performing the song Ape-man.
    (The sheet music shows the word as fogging :smile:
    The BBC appeared not to notice
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    Chas and Dave had "gertcha cow son" censored when they played on TOTP.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    Henry Irving said:

    aliwibble said:

    Talking of Walk on the Wild side, they also mute the end of the "even when she was giving ... " line these days.

    Well I was always surprised they played that in 1973 but who mutes that now?
    I listen to X and Absolute and either/both of them do.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    BBC London don't mute that bit of Wild Side but then again they don't play "Heroin" very often
  • Powell Is Pleasant
    Powell Is Pleasant Posts: 1,443
    Years ago, on MTV2, they played Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus, including the line
    "Her boyfriend's a dick
    He brings a gun to school"

    They censored the word 'gun'.
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  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,737
    AFKABartram said:

    Clem_Snide said:

    Please update the title it is making my teeth itch.

    Done :-)
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    The inside picture sleeve was, I believe taken in Chislehurst.
    Steve Neive's family home.

    But there again, I believed sushi means 'raw fish' so I may well be wrong.

    Back on topic, did the BBC ban Squeeze from performing Up The Junction on TOTP for the line "I give the dog a bone' and 'Pulling Muscles From A Shell' once they found out what it meant?
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,839
    Steve Nieve was local, a mate at school knew him from the scouts I think it was.

    I wonder how many more times the Beeb will show the Pistols doing Pretty Vacant before they study the pronounciation of "Vacant".

    Ditto for Happy Talk by the Captain, I'm a lucky "cuss". .?:-)


  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Floyd Montana said:

    The inside picture sleeve was, I believe taken in Chislehurst.
    Steve Neive's family home.

    But there again, I believed sushi means 'raw fish' so I may well be wrong.
    ?

    Which picture sleeve?
    Floyd Montana said:



    Back on topic, did the BBC ban Squeeze from performing Up The Junction on TOTP for the line "I give the dog a bone' and 'Pulling Muscles From A Shell' once they found out what it meant?

    Why would they, those lines are in a different song ; - )

  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,839
    I can bore for England on this topic....I think Floyd means the inside sleeve to Armed Forces from where Olivers Army first confused the listener.....there was a picture of someone lying on a diving board over a pool if I remember correctly.


  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    Floyd Montana said:

    The inside picture sleeve was, I believe taken in Chislehurst.
    Steve Neive's family home.

    But there again, I believed sushi means 'raw fish' so I may well be wrong.

    Back on topic, did the BBC ban Squeeze from performing Up The Junction on TOTP for the line "I give the dog a bone' and 'Pulling Muscles From A Shell' once they found out what it meant?

    Well, they say you learn something every day and I'd never heard of either of them.

    The 2 songs are of course Cool for Cats & Pulling Muscles from a shell.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=give a dog a bone

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=12758
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Covered End said:

    Floyd Montana said:

    The inside picture sleeve was, I believe taken in Chislehurst.
    Steve Neive's family home.

    But there again, I believed sushi means 'raw fish' so I may well be wrong.

    Back on topic, did the BBC ban Squeeze from performing Up The Junction on TOTP for the line "I give the dog a bone' and 'Pulling Muscles From A Shell' once they found out what it meant?

    Well, they say you learn something every day and I'd never heard of either of them.

    The 2 songs are of course Cool for Cats & Pulling Muscles from a shell.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=give a dog a bone

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=12758
    Pulling Mussels from a Shell CE, come on.
    Unless you are getting it on with some kind of body building mollusc-girl :smile:
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Covered End said:

    Floyd Montana said:

    The inside picture sleeve was, I believe taken in Chislehurst.
    Steve Neive's family home.

    But there again, I believed sushi means 'raw fish' so I may well be wrong.

    Back on topic, did the BBC ban Squeeze from performing Up The Junction on TOTP for the line "I give the dog a bone' and 'Pulling Muscles From A Shell' once they found out what it meant?

    Well, they say you learn something every day and I'd never heard of either of them.

    The 2 songs are of course Cool for Cats & Pulling Muscles from a shell.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=give a dog a bone

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=12758
    Pulling Mussels from a Shell CE, come on.
    Unless you are getting it on with some kind of body building mollusc-girl :smile:
    I never knew/I've never heard that term.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Covered End said:

    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Covered End said:

    Floyd Montana said:

    The inside picture sleeve was, I believe taken in Chislehurst.
    Steve Neive's family home.

    But there again, I believed sushi means 'raw fish' so I may well be wrong.

    Back on topic, did the BBC ban Squeeze from performing Up The Junction on TOTP for the line "I give the dog a bone' and 'Pulling Muscles From A Shell' once they found out what it meant?

    Well, they say you learn something every day and I'd never heard of either of them.

    The 2 songs are of course Cool for Cats & Pulling Muscles from a shell.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=give a dog a bone

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=12758
    Pulling Mussels from a Shell CE, come on.
    Unless you are getting it on with some kind of body building mollusc-girl :smile:
    I never knew/I've never heard that term.
    Well, I will admit that it wouldn't be the first time I have misconstrued a song lyric and made myself look a twat.
    But I always took it to be a metaphor for what the youngsters call "fingering".
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Baldybonce said:

    I always thought Olivers army was Oliver Cromwell's new model army.
    An army based on aptitude as opposed to birthright.

    That was my understanding of the song too.
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  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Valiantphil said:

    .....and while we on the subject of lyrics, check out Mott the Hoople All The Way To Memphis.
    There is a part where the writer is chastised by a citizen for not taking more care of his guitar.

    I've never been able to discover what 'Mott the Hoople' actually means, but was told way back that it's some form of sexual activity.

    Anyone know?
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    Henry Irving said:

    Floyd Montana said:

    The inside picture sleeve was, I believe taken in Chislehurst.
    Steve Neive's family home.

    But there again, I believed sushi means 'raw fish' so I may well be wrong.
    ?

    Which picture sleeve?
    Floyd Montana said:



    Back on topic, did the BBC ban Squeeze from performing Up The Junction on TOTP for the line "I give the dog a bone' and 'Pulling Muscles From A Shell' once they found out what it meant?

    Why would they, those lines are in a different song ; - )

    D'oh!
    Do i get some kind of badge for making three errors in one short post?

    In researching the 'banned from the BBC' concept I've had since the 80's, I found this list, which suggests any banning of either Pulling Mussels and Cool for Cats to be false. Some interesting songs on there though.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_banned_by_the_BBC
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    man_at_milletts said:

    Valiantphil said:

    .....and while we on the subject of lyrics, check out Mott the Hoople All The Way To Memphis.
    There is a part where the writer is chastised by a citizen for not taking more care of his guitar.

    I've never been able to discover what 'Mott the Hoople' actually means, but was told way back that it's some form of sexual activity.

    Anyone know?
    Mott means swamp.
    Hoople means useless.

    Put them together and I cant answer your question MAM.

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