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From: seb@mtgzz.UUCP (s.e.badian)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Dire Straits: "Money for Nothing" Censorship
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Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 16:27:24 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 23 16:27:24 1985
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	There are quite a few radio stations in the US censoring 
songs. I saw a show on PBS about the controversy of rating records
and they went to a few radio stations that do their own censoring.
One of the stations was in Dallas. They say they cut out objection-
able lyrics. I personally wouldn't listen to any radio station with
that kind of policy. Sometimes radio stations will play different 
versions at different times of the day. Maybe the thought police
listen between 9 and 5 during the day.
	I can figure out why KFOG in SF cut out those lines since
San Francisco is such a gay city. Some gay people might find the
lyrics objectionable. I don't think calling gay people faggots is
very nice. But I don't think they should cut it out. If they were 
to listen to the song maybe they would realize that Dire Straits 
is trying to say something about the people who don't like rock 
and roll, not the rock and roll stars themselves. If you don't 
like one line in the song, don't play the song at all. Just don't 
go around mangling the lyrics for the rest of us.

Sharon Badian
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