Songs That Have Been Banned by the BBC | Pointless

[@DavidCarrol-i2q]

Getting a song banned by the BBC in the 70/80s meant the song would become a big hit.

[@csbenzo]

Heh, heh. I think you may be correct. The book Lolita may have drifted into obscurity had it not been for an excitable French priest who said it was the filthiest book he’d ever read !! And wanted it banned.

[@Elwaves2925]

I firmly believe Relax only became the huge success it did because it got banned. The club scene helped of course but with the Beeb being the main way to hear songs you hadn't bought, it caused a lot of people to buy it just to see what the fuss was about. There are stories about it being a deliberate move by the management. It is interesting how many of the 14 songs picked were from the 80's.

[@davem12dim17]

As an example, everyone knows about mull of kintyre being one of the biggest selling singles of all time What's ignored by the media is it was actually a double a-side. The other side was Girls School. Banned by the BBC For 40 years Mull has been taking the credit for Girls Schools success😂

[@Liverpool-s5n]

Actually correct. If we found that the B B C had banned a record we would go out and purposely purchase it, and this was the trend to stick two fingers up against the establishment that tried to act as our nanny.

[@roppa789]

Through the late 60s and throughout the 70s we had Mary Whitehouse, the WI (Women’s Institute) and right wing conservatives constantly sniping about pornography and depravity on the BBC which was public funded. The BBC always has to go cap in hand when the latest agreement ends and political pressure gets applied. Bit by bit the comedy, the dramas etc were sanitised. So all this wokism that’s thrown at the BBC was actually initially right wing pressure. Have they gone too far now? Yes, probably. But just because we see too many non-white faces or gay presenters perhaps it’s us that need to realise these people are just human beings and cut the BBC and all the other broadcasters some slack. We are where we are. Get over it.

[@MikeB-1971]

Songs are banned for being miserable eg. 'Johnny Remember Me'. The daftest reason I found when I researched and did a radio show about banned songs was ' Splish Splash' because he doesn' say he put his clothes back on in between getting out of the bath and going downstairs to find the party going on.

[@John64125]

Yet 99 Red Balloons that talked of global annihilation was cheerful enough to be played continually.

[@Elwaves2925]

@@John64125 Well that song wasn't calling for global annihilation, it was againgst that. If the Beeb banned it they could be seen as supporting the annihilation. Anyway, they were too busy protecting a certain TV presenter in those days to pay close attention.

[@terriquinlan7683]

Anyone who got triggered by "Walk Like an Egyptian" must be in dire need of therapy.

[@efnissien]

'Rock the Kasbah' was banned by the BBC in 1991 for the same reason, but was played on armed forces radio...

[@galwayslowtradsessions]

"Give Ireland Back to the Irish" would have been a good one to include on the list.

[@yougottabekidding7476]

Monster Mash was originally released in 1962 but was banned in the UK. Eleven years later - 1973- it was rereleased in the UK and reached number 3 on the billboard.

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

Bonzo Dog version ?

[@yougottabekidding7476]

@@crazystarwarsguy1006 Bobby ''Boris'' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers. Original American version. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqSzlYmpfr2ksLc

[@yougottabekidding7476]

@@crazystarwarsguy1006 The original American version by Bobby ''Boris'' Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqSzlYmpfr2ksLc

[@josephgleason6801]

Thank you for clarifying the issue with the year! The "1973" on board totally confused me.😊

[@yougottabekidding7476]

@@josephgleason6801 👍

[@KEVIN-x2t7y]

Great to watch an extract from Pointless where there was an audience present in the studio. When will they be back as it's now four years since the pandemic

[@dominewimbury2039]

Loooooool so funny that Relax ironically scored what it did 🤣

[@postmodernrecycler]

"Sixty nine, dudes!"

[@mattl_]

Nice.

[@lewis72]

Where's the irony in that ? Coincidental or symbolic, maybe.

[@eamonahern7495]

It never clicked with me until I read this comment. 🤦‍♂️ but 😂

[@redsidebiker]

It wasn't banned by the BBC. It was banned on the BBC's behalf by Mike Read on Radio 1.

[@KEVIN-x2t7y]

I remember Mary Whitehouse calling for Chuck Berry's 'My Ding a Ling'to be banned as it suggested a sexual practice done mainly by 12-15 year old boys😊

[@susanhughs1031]

@KEVIN•x2t7y This Is Exactly What I Was Saying, That Old Bag Mary Whorehose Whitehouse, " Said It Was Disgusting", (Batty Old Bag,)!!!!!!!!! And It Went To Number 1, And Chuck Berry Sent Her About £.75.00 Bunch Of Flowers, !!!!!(! £75. Pound Was A Lot Of Money In 1972,?????? ,. 👍😀🎤🆗🖐️, Do You Like This Record,???????, It's One Of My Favourite,!!!!!!!, 👍😀,.

[@frankbrodie5168]

My long dead Grandmother's favourite song. And I mean long dead as in the 1980's dead.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

That song has always given me the creeps.

[@leeball4585]

Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the crypt kickers. I have it on 45 - my mum bought it...she has great taste, except in men!

[@paultaylor7082]

Best rhyming lyric ever... Come to my abode, to get a jolt from my electrode...

[@robmontier3770]

@@paultaylor7082 I'd argue that - "Goodness Gracious Me" contains the line " I do healing in Darjeeling, with just one jab in the Punjab.!

[@csbenzo]

@@paultaylor7082Goodness gracious me … heh heh … I must have a very pure mind. I have this record, must have played it several hundred times … and this never occurred to me. It gives male to female electric couplings a new dimension …

[@barbarakirk3064]

@@robmontier3770 Ed Stewart played this a lot on Junior Choice!

[@pattyandbustershow1031]

Crypt kicker five

[@continentalrcinglg]

"The Monster Mash" was considered too morbid? A humorous doo-wop novelty song?

[@SimonFrack]

It’s a beautiful Valentine’s Day song.

[@uanime1]

@@SimonFrack Simpsons' did it.

[@allwrighty100]

And I've still got a copy of it. I was 10 when I bought it.

[@josefschiltz2192]

An old friend of mine had this played at his funeral.

[@jamespir]

Well they were working in the lab late one night .. and decided to ban it . They did the bash they the banner bash

[@112sje]

My Generation was banned for the stuttering in the lyrics. I wonder what Roger Daltrey must have thought when he watched Ronnie Barker on "Open All Hours" just over a decade later !

[@stevouk]

I don't think that's quite it, though. The offending 'stutter' in question was surely "Why don't you all just f.......ade away"

[@gnu_andrew]

@@stevouk yeah, clearly meant to give the impression of an f-bomb.

[@112sje]

@@gnu_andrew Why don't you two just f........orget that I wrote anything 🤣😂

[@krystiankowalski7335]

@@stevoukSo it was people getting offended at a swear word that wasn’t there?

[@nl5828]

i would have thought the line “i hope i die before i get old” would be the reason for it being banned (not that i think it should have been banned in the first place)

[@spurstrex]

Desdemona in 1967 written by Marc Bolan when he was with John's children was banned because of the line" lift up your skirt and fly" officially but most think it was the line "you turn on me like a stick" .

[@captvimes]

Tthis is why we listened to pirate radio and radio luxemburg. They also only played what the big record labels wanted them to play.

[@marlenegardner2696]

Used to listen to Radio Caroline, as a child

[@chatham43]

No "Je Taime"....or "Jump Up And Down(with your knickers in the Air)"?😊

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

Don't let me stop you.

[@bramleydragon]

Actually, it was Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt Kickers.

[@TheBT]

When people get all uptight about people today being 'woke' or some other BS this video is great for showing that previous generations were just as sensitive as we are accused of being

[@EnglishLad]

The only thing that changed between then and now is the idea of what qualifies as offensive. It's gone completely the other way now.

[@petesmart1983]

​​​@@EnglishLadyou have no idea ? Mary Whitehouse who was close to thatcher led a moral council on TV and music shows and got huge amounts banned from airing etc. for example 62 Bob Dylan song "baby,let me follow you down" was banned for using the term "god almighty", monster mash was banned for offending Christians and being on the occult(thriller was banned many places also), my generation was banned for stuttering incase it offended people with stutters or stammers.

[@petesmart1983]

It was alot worse in the past then it is now

[@agin1519]

⁠@@EnglishLadFor example they won’t even let me say this. Or this. On a major TV channel. While I’m a government minister. You can’t say anything. You can’t even say this, on a Friday night at a chippie with your willie out swinging it around like a windmill. You can’t do anything these days. Coming over here, taking our jobs, the Normans. Those dirty ship people. Though you can’t say that anymore. Building castles in Wales, creating Domesday books, those rotten Normans coming over here, assuming an oligarchical ruling class turning our Latin system to French. You can’t say that in a national exam. Standards dropping. Proper British standards like 12 of everything. Don’t even know the 12x tables. I mean my grandparents did. Spirit of the Blitz. Nicking stuff mostly. Can’t say that today. Can’t say anything. Needle naddle nu. Can’t say that. Offensive to people that can’t name more than two. Can’t get the wood. Any old iron? Can’t say this either. Mouth clamps everywhere! Mostly all those young girls. On their phones. Chat snapping. Can’t say hey miss! Here’s a couple of juicy ripe melons. Can’t say that. It’s the offense industry. Destroying subtle British comedy. Can’t say nutthin

[@Mark12106]

Don’t talk rubbish, Woke is extreme leftists who can’t take anything offensive

[@mikehaddrell8674]

Sure Roger Daltrey stuttered, but the real reason was the word he stuttered on, "Why don't you all just ffffade away?"

[@DaveWraptastic]

It really feels like an excuse to ban a rock song they just didn't like

[@paulmorphy6187]

Relax was sensational in its day...the ban just made people more interested in it!

[@utahutahutah1]

" Monster Mash" was banned on BBC radio in the sixties. I asked a a senior BBC producer Derek Chinnery why at the time. Too Morbid he said

[@bsibbs2667]

Relax getting *that* score. Reminds me of that question on the american who wants to be a millionaire getting the same % on an equally suggestive question.

[@PLASKETT7]

George Formby's ' With my little stick of Blackpool rock' the BBC also banned. (Honestly!)😎

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

sugar was bad for the teeth.

[@andrewwitty6116]

Was any music being played during the gulf war?

[@MartinCraneRockbeast]

"My Ding A Ling" by Chuck Berry too.

[@wotintarnation8388]

Let's not forget Nut Rocker, that one reimagining of the Nutcracker song

[@jamespir]

They banned songs for being to morbid once but will happily play ed sheeran theses days 😅

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

Stop it !

[@annchabassol5804]

I guess the BBC forgot to ban "Mamas' Got a Squeezebox Daddy Never Sleeps at Night" by The Who. 😂🤣

[@greybirdo]

The Beeb might have banned ‘In the Air Tonight ‘ during the Gulf War, but that didn’t stop the RAF Tornado ground attack squadrons using it as their unofficial anthem as they flew to blast Saddam’s forces into oblivion.

[@nl5828]

“lola” getting banned for mentioning “coca cola” as opposed to it mentioning that lola was actually a dude! 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

[@PippaRilley]

😂 Just read that the otherday. 🎉

[@112sje]

They didn't include George Formby with his "Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock" !!😂

[@112sje]

... I think he got away with "When I'm Cleaning Windows" !

[@Whiteshirtloosetie]

George Formby I believe was banned more times than anyone else. What a great honour that is. It's great fun looking up guessing who in on that list. Many wouldn't think possible. 🙂

[@112sje]

@@Whiteshirtloosetie Yes, Genesis are my favourite band and it was a total shock that Phil Collins' first solo hit was banned !

[@112sje]

... mind you, I sometimes wish they had banned all his solo songs so he would spend more time back with the group. 😂

[@daved3494]

Yes indeed. And I believe that was back in the 30's,. Turns out the BBC have been paranoid, and see themselves as the nations conscience for the best part of a century!

[@IanBrindle]

The video for "When The Going Get Tough" did get banned by the BBC. Danny De Vito is seen miming playing a saxophone and as he wasn't a member of the Musicians Union - they objected.

[@moonbax8570]

Good category

[@marlenegardner2696]

I can remember, leader of the pack being banned, I used to sing it in my dads car,

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

an excellent song.

[@GiggleBytes2011]

I think you'll sing that it was Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers who sang Monster Mash 😁

[@aoay]

Wasn't 'Six Months In A Leaky Boat' (by the Kiwi band Split Enz) banned during the Falklands war?

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Yes. Sent poor Tim Finn into a bit of a tailspin as he'd written it about a bout of depression (I thought there was no depression in New Zealand?) that was the "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" of the title that he thought he'd successfully come out the other side from, only to be hit with a BBC ban for something he didn't intend at all.

[@rjjcms1]

@@robertwilloughby8050 I remember it being banned,along with Shipbuilding (Elvis Costello,Robert Wyatt) but I didn't know about it being about that. I took the lyrics much more literally.

[@stephenridd6834]

Man's 'Sudden Life' .... following complaints from the fire services as it told of a young child playing with matches and ends with screaming as he has set himself alight..... Pink Floyd's 'Arnold Layne' .... man stealing clothes from washing lines at night. Actually a true tale.....

[@ChrisInTheNorth]

Does make me wonder what records could be played during the first gulf war

[@TheWacoKid1963]

Ricky Valance - Tell Laura I love Her got banned because it was too morbid

[@fasteddie406]

During the 1st Gulf War (Op Granby) best hits of the Bangles was one of only 2 purchased tapes I took the other was Betty Boo, had a few other blank tapes with music recorded off the of radio, didn't know BBC banned Walk Like an Egyptian that said we had BFBS radio.

[@Chris-dm1je]

Several of the Sixties "Death Discs" were banned. One of the most nauseating was "Terry" by Twinkle, which culminated in the line "Please wait at the gates of Heaven for me - Te-errrryyy" By which point any sane listener is quite ready to lend her the bus fare.

[@flipper2392]

I'm not sure if it was a top 40 but I was looking for The Winkers Song.

[@Cruithneach]

Doc Cox, eh? It was his destiny

[@rjjcms1]

It was in the Top 40 - for a couple months in the late summer to early/mid autumn of 1978,without getting any higher than the early-to-mid 20s. They never played it,though.

[@andrewbradley1700]

​@@Cruithneachyes under his alias as Ivor Biggun.

[@Cruithneach]

​@@andrewbradley1700Indeed

[@Cruithneach]

@@andrewbradley1700 Indeed

[@CodeJunkie3001]

I was expecting Claw Finger to come up when I read the video title

[@iannorton2253]

'Urban Guerrilla' by Hawkwind was banned by the BBC. It was the follow-up single to their top 5 hit 'Silver Machine'. The song referenced activities that were considered too sensitive for broadcast during the IRA campaigns of the 70s. KZbin would probably not allow me to say exactly what or quote the lyrics.

[@grimTales1]

Relax may have been banned from BBC radio but didn't it feature on Top of the Pops at the time? Can't believe Come Together, Everybody Wants To Rule the World and When the Going Gets Tough were banned!

[@robmontier3770]

"come Together has 'Coca Cola' in the lyric; product placement was prohibited.

[@gnu_andrew]

The last two were brief bans due to the Gulf war (much like the US briefly banned a bunch of stuff around 9/11) that were barely noticeable to most. It's the first I've ever heard of "Come Together" being banned but I suspect radio just played "Something" (it was a double-A) at the time and the whole "Coca Cola" thing is no reason to ban it now (though the Kinks radio version still lives on)

[@clansome]

@@gnu_andrew Ray Davies always heavily pronounces the "CH" in cherry cola, as if he's making a point.

[@redsidebiker]

FGTH did do TOTP before Mike Read got involved, I was alive at the time!

[@clansome]

@@redsidebiker I think the Question could have been worded better as some songs have been banned before they made the playlist (Urban Guerilla by Hawkwind is one I remember) whereas otthers, like Relax made the playlist and were subsequently banned and had the ban lifted.

[@lbhibbert]

Did Richard actually say "We don't wanted get taken up there" about Relax!? 🤣🤣

[@rowox]

“We don’t want to get taken off air”

[@wavesurfer7284]

Olivers Army by Elvis Costello, surprised that wasn't on the list

[@greyguessrfm5620]

and Radio, Radio! banned after being on the A-list for two weeks!

[@allwrighty100]

Don’t think Oliver’s Army was banned, the word ‘nigger’ was changed though.

[@rjjcms1]

@@greyguessrfm5620 What was "Radio Radio" banned for? I did hear it on the radio at the time but that may have been before they stopped playing it.

[@greyguessrfm5620]

@@rjjcms1 Because the BBC took it to heart, it was written about them after all.

[@Nickherts]

Several 70s hits seem to be retrospectively avoided if not banned. Some with justification (Baby Jump by Mungo Jerry) and some with no justification (Brown Girl In The Ring by Boney M).

[@adandap]

"Walk on the wild side" surprised me as NOT being banned by the BBC. As NME explained it "probably nobody at the BBC knew what giving head meant". :D

[@MrBrothwood]

Also the Theme from Shaft where Isaac sings "They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother (shut your mouth) where presumablt no one knew what mother was short for!!

[@richardfurness7556]

One record that should have been banned but wasn't actually got aired on Top Of The Pops in 1977. Joy Sarney's 'Naughty Naughty Naughty' included the lyric "He's been in trouble with the law for grievous bodily harm, but I believe his temper's just a show". Even then that was jaw-dropping.

[@ticketyboo2456]

Who else thought that Russell was sitting down too at first?

[@nectafarious8842]

Cool For Cats by Squeeze got through - 'give the dog a bone'....😆😆

[@glennaustin37]

Sadly not a hit (top 40 or otherwise), but I believe Naked Lunch's first single 'Rabies' was banned around 1980/81. 🎹🖤🎹🖤🎹

[@josefschiltz2192]

It just shows what a silly corporation the BBC is. As Spike Milligan used to say, "Hold it up to the light, not a brain in sight."

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

Years of practice,

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@crazystarwarsguy1006 102 years of practice! - Nearly 103.

[@yossarian6799]

If you Brits want to hear morbid, listen to "DOA" by the band Bloodrock, a 1971 single in the US. We don't have banning in the 'states but there have been quite a few well-known hits that placed in low in the charts (the US chart is a composite of sales and airplay) because some radio stations refused to play them for various reasons. Including Elton John's, "Tiny Dancer" because of a religious reference and the Rolling Stones "Street Fighting Man", which hit the airwaves not long after a long period of rioting in US cities.

[@mintcervida6372]

the Clear Channel Memorandum wasn’t quite a ‘ban’ but it was responsible for a huge list of songs not getting radio play for some time after 9/11. Almost anything related to violence, airplanes, falling, or with anti-war themes was taken off air

[@krashd]

You do have banning in the states, sponsors dictate what can or can't be heard or seen on a network and always have - fall foul of the "code" and you're off the air.

[@yossarian6799]

@@krashd what I meant we didn't have widespread banning that you saw in the UK and South Africa. Though today, Corporate Radio so limits what we hear it's actually worse than banning.

[@suburban60sKid]

@@krashd That is just not true. I'm in broadcasting and yes, we don't want to p!ss off any sponsors, but they have *NO* say about what we play, though if they were to complain, we might drop a song or daypart it. There's also no "code" at this time to guide broadcasters. There are many examples of inconsistent enforcement by the FCC based on a complaint and if it's offensive in a particular market or not.

[@TGNWR98UD]

And where is Max Romeo's 1968 reggae stonker "Wet Dream".

[@darreljones8645]

I got the correct artist for all of them except "French Kissing", which was not a hit here in the USA.

[@HawklordLI]

They forgot 'Urban Guerilla' by Hawkwind 1973.

[@MichaelMouse-d4n]

Cocksucker Blues by The Rolling Stones never got banned. It never got played either

[@TrevorMoses312]

The South African Broadcasting Corporation banned many songs, way more than the BBC.

[@Cookieboymonster1962]

Maybe not the BBC but Link Wray's "Rumble" was supposedly banned for encouraging gang violence or some such nonsense. It's an instrumental! The title alone was enough.

[@suburban60sKid]

Frank Zappa also had an instrumental banned because of the title as did The Rolling Stones' B-side "Stoned" which was done as a final track for Decca that was basically instrumental except for Mick saying "stoned" at a couple of points in the song.

[@himagain803]

Relax wasn't banned, a number of DJs refused to play it, different thing.

[@TaxingIsThieving]

Surprised they did this.

[@aleclewis9123]

In The Air Tonight banned during the Gulf War?? A song about post-divorce feelings?? 😅😅 Alexander's absolutely correct in saying that someone at the committee was very jumpy. 😆😆

[@ianmontgomery7534]

i thought it was about masturbation.

[@aleclewis9123]

@ianmontgomery7534 😅😅😅😅 If it was about masturbation, the line "well, if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand" would've taken on a different meaning. 😂😂😂😂

[@ianmontgomery7534]

@@aleclewis9123 Yes I agree!

[@ParanoimiaUK]

Being banned by the Beeb is a badge of honour.

[@anthonyat2401]

Considering the BBC, it's a wonder the actual national anthem wasn't among the banned "songs".

[@magnusmowat8024]

Oh my god and I bet the ones that decided to ban the songs are no angels

[@pattyandbustershow1031]

Poodle stabbers? That might ban monster mash

[@moon-1768]

This is the BBC Not the general public

[@piggo64]

Invisible sun by the police, banned because it mentioned 'the troubles'.

[@andreworli4117]

These songs were banned? I think I must be in a parallel universe.🤔😎

[@beng4186]

Can someone explain why 'relax' was banned?

[@maryhinge4815]

When do you want to come

[@F1Krazy]

It's about sex (hence why they all fell about laughing at its score being the sex number)

[@rankinlas]

It’s all about gay sex and AIDS was a proper thing. And considering the BBC at the time, it probably hit a little close to home…

[@rankinlas]

It’s about ‘🌈 cex ‘ during the 80’s whilst the mAIDs epidemic was big. *sorry about the weird code I’m writing in - KZbin has a bizarre habit of auto deleting comments with words they don’t like 🙈🫠👀

[@gnu_andrew]

Watch the video. The original one.

[@greenfingersgardener822]

I thought Kathy bates was playing them, just to be on the safe side. Remove all sledge-hammers please. Haha

[@normangray3438]

don't think it makes the list but Jerusalem banned by the beeb of , offensive to the original or such . But suggest banned without even being listened to . Totally respectful of original. Would have been promoting a great tune and words to a wider audience.

[@billfairless6256]

They banned Rod Stewarts Sailing during the Falkland War.

[@billfairless6256]

@annieg1812 was banned by radio programmers during Falklands War in 1982.

[@elisabethj.v.beardsell9853]

Je taime was also banned

[@kevinshanahan6064]

They should have banned Paul McCartney and Wings Frog Chorus - Bum Bum Bum - vulgar in the extreme.

[@John64125]

Or because it’s really bad! Paul had a bad day there.

[@martinhumble]

I have personally banned everything by Smokie

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

A surplus budget, AGAIN, with one of the highest incomes in Europe.. which makes its massive homelessness problem even more CRIMINAL. The money is there, but only for the already rich. Homelessness is a policy choice, not some unfortunate accident.

[@grimTales1]

Why was Walk Like an Egyptian banned?

[@wavesurfer7284]

I just googled it because i didn't know either, so banned in 1991 so as not to offend anyone due to the conflicts in the middle East

[@slake9727]

​@wavesurfer7284 The first Gulf War, when the U.S. and allies decided to end Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.

[@billfairless6256]

@@grimTales1 because it's a shit song.

[@maxbacon4828]

My little stick of Blackpool rock George Formby.

[@ytnsanw]

C-Moon...

[@rjjcms1]

I thought "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" (1972) by Paul McCartney & Wings might have made an appearance on here!

[@toyotasera55]

I thought reggea/ska act Judge Dread, of Big 6 fame etc. Was at one point at least, the most banned by the BBC artist. I think about 10 or 11 hits, the most by any one artist. Despite that though, still produced many records, often slightly lewd but funny. Quite tame by today's standards but enjoyable nonetheless.

[@petermizon4344]

WET DREAM BY MAX ROMEO AND JE TEIME AND YERRY SCOTTS. MY KID BROTHER

[@PaulTerry-l8x]

Sara is a dish

[@EricBrettJones]

Why is that chap allowed to sit?

[@mauricecarrig3019]

Sweets turn it down because God sake was in lyrics 😮

[@englishman1960]

Up With The Cock was banned. Also The Winkers Song (Misprint)

[@davidioanhedges]

Zena .. is worryingly good at this ...

[@chrismatthews8717]

No Chuck Berry with My Dingaling

[@keithmontgomery2680]

Wasn't banned!

[@MikeB-1971]

@@keithmontgomery2680 It was on some US radio stations.

[@krashd]

@@keithmontgomery2680 Mary Whitehouse tried to get it banned because it features masturbation, likely why some conservative stations over the pond did succeed in banning it.

[@user-ed9mf5yi2o]

i think there should be a 0 in every round

[@jaysmith2858]

Every song that goes against any of their agendas or any of the narratives they like to push

[@Bugster42]

what bout give ireland back to the irish pual mc cartney

[@Billy-h8t]

What’s funny is that pointless is on the bbc

[@thomasbrookes2266]

BELIEVE IT OR NOT,, PLEASE PLEASE ME BY THE BEATLES,,,,, YOU DONT NEED ME TO SHOW THE WAY LOVE,,

[@yougottabekidding7476]

I see why Lola was banned.... for it's boring redundance.

[@YamsPhysicalCatalogueOfMedia]

I refuse to watch the bbc , i dont support them whatsoever.

[@Intotheweehours20]

Im surprised chuck berrys dingaling isn't on here😉

[@garrodhutchison]

......and yet, the BBC did not ban 'Walk on the Wild Side' by Lou Reed because apparently the board of sensors did not understand the lyrics, or knew what 'giving head' meant. Perhaps they should have asked Jimmy Saville!

[@suburban60sKid]

The 7" single version didn't contain that "offensive" verse.

[@Paul_Templer]

Different times. ......and the BBC so out of touch with the population in all of them.

[@fellatiacumbucket3212]

No Gary Glitter?

[@FeatherWait]

Not on daytime TV, no.

[@gnu_andrew]

With people like him & Rolf Harris, it's a blanket artist ban, not individual songs.

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

it is wrong to ban ANY art

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

except Tracey Emin's