Dire Straits' 'Money for Nothing' Deemed Offensive In Canada, Can't Air
Published January 13, 2011
| TVGuide
Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" can no longer be played in Canada in its original form since the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has deemed the song offensive.
Watch the "Money for Nothing" music video
The decision stems from a listener's complaint last year calling the lyrics — which contain the word "f----t" — extremely offensive to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
The song, which has been a classic rock staple for 25 years, earned the band a Grammy for best rock performance. The then state-of-the-art computer-animation video was also the first music video to air on MTV Europe.
The council said: "The societal values at issue a quarter-century later have shifted and the broadcast of the song in 2010 must reflect those values, rather than those of 1985."
Another day and another attempt to censor. In Canada, at least, the Socialists don't hide behind a false monika as they do in the USA. Be that as it may. Does anybody really need to go after a song that is a quarter of a century old? As the article said, a "classic rock staple for 25 years." A song you do not hear much anymore. But yet, there is a rush to ban it?
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Dire Straits' 'Money for Nothing' Deemed Offensive In Canada, Can't Air
Published January 13, 2011
| TVGuide
Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" can no longer be played in Canada in its original form since the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has deemed the song offensive.
Watch the "Money for Nothing" music video
The decision stems from a listener's complaint last year calling the lyrics — which contain the word "f----t" — extremely offensive to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
The song, which has been a classic rock staple for 25 years, earned the band a Grammy for best rock performance. The then state-of-the-art computer-animation video was also the first music video to air on MTV Europe.
The council said: "The societal values at issue a quarter-century later have shifted and the broadcast of the song in 2010 must reflect those values, rather than those of 1985."
Another day and another attempt to censor. In Canada, at least, the Socialists don't hide behind a false monika as they do in the USA. Be that as it may. Does anybody really need to go after a song that is a quarter of a century old? As the article said, a "classic rock staple for 25 years." A song you do not hear much anymore. But yet, there is a rush to ban it?
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