That Sixties Music - BANNED SONGS That Still Sold

Did it ADD to the popularity of a single when it was banned somewhere? Short answer is ‘yes’.

[@Canalcoholic]

Getting banned by radio was usually the fastest way to no.1 on the music charts.

[@lindanorris2455]

right on!

[@seauke1]

Same with books. Tom Sawyer was a banned book in most schools in the sixties and was one of the most read books in most schools

[@derithross8314]

Your right

[@lauranceemory4448]

uh, not true. Which of the aforementioned hit number one? Maybe the Shirelles, but not the others. Louie Louie was a party/dance favorite.... every band had to know it, including my pitiful high school garage band. There was even "the dirty bop" you might wish to do when the song was playing

[@lauranceemory4448]

@@seauke1 My freshman English class circa 1965: we read Catcher in the Rye... far more explosive. Teacher could not directly assign it, more a "suggestion" but we all jumped on it and universally loved it.. exp Ockley farting in church bit

[@Namath1000]

CHuck Berry's "My Ding-A-Ling"

[@catherinepraus8635]

😂I love that song

[@wharfrat7900]

That was in 1972.

[@paul-hb5vc]

It's all BS to sell more songs kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp6klJ9vrc-rqKssi=-a3t5BvmgiB0GPwb

[@paul-hb5vc]

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[@melvynobrien6193]

I did three concerts with Chuck and I was embarrassed playing that song, but the crowds loved it.

[@colinmccarthy7921]

I grew up in the 50’s,60’s and 70’s.The songs in those days were GOOD.They all had LYRICS.I loved the 80’s as well.❤️.

[@TheBarkinFrog]

I grew up in the same time period. Not all of the songs in those days were good. Some of them were pretty damned bad.

[@waynej2608]

​@@TheBarkinFrogEsp in the '80s. Imho.

[@TheBarkinFrog]

@@waynej2608 I know you think you're clever, but we weren't speaking about the 80s

[@donnahilton471]

Not Louie, Louie...😂

[@vincesebastiano27]

Perhaps better to say they had a high percentage of memorable songs. compared to post 90’ AKA the hip hop era My kids still sing along to The Beatles. Don’t hear them ever sing their eras music

[@josephcooter5763]

31 months investigating Louie, Louie? That's a GOOD use of Tax Payer resources.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks for watching! See my video “The Song That Drew The FBI Eye”

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Exactly what I thought too. Our tax dollars at work. 🙄

[@l.salisbury1253]

Wanna hear a version of "Louie Louie" that would have gotten the FBI all hot n bothered? Check out Iggy's 1974 live cover...!!

[@jamesdickinson1397]

And they're still wasting our tax money 60 years on. 😂

[@waynej2608]

Sounds exactly like something Hoover would do.

[@luisfernandomunoz6315]

The Doors were also banned from the Ed Sullivan Show because Jim Morrison did not change the words "get much higher" from the song "Light my fire".

[@thomasjordan5578]

Frank Rizzo Philadelphia Police Commissioner or Mayor also banned the Doors. One guy (like that) in those days could do that.

[@luisfernandomunoz6315]

@@thomasjordan5578 Recently I watched a show about musicians that exposed their private parts in public. Jim Morrison was arrested in Miami for exposing his junk. But that's another video review.

[@timstamps5281]

@@luisfernandomunoz6315except it was his thumb…it just looked like something else.

[@ImYourOverlord]

Jim settled Ed's hash but good 😁

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@JelMain]

The elephant in the room was the BBC's Top of the Pops audience - almost all from the early teens target audience, effectively groomed for the predatory presenters.

[@Monica-bw1ey]

My dad owned a radio station in a small town. When "One Toke Over tne Line" by Brewer and Shipley was popular, it received extensive airplay. Then one morning before he left for work, Dad received a phone call from the vice squad of the local police department informing him that "toke" was a drug term. The song was banned after that. Another song he banned was "Lay Lady Lay" by Bob Dylan for objectionable lyrics. What I find interesting about this is that Ferrante and Teicher made an instrumental version which was played as long as the name of the song was not mentioned.

[@Sherwoody]

The disco song by the studio band Musique, _(Push Push) In The Bush_ comes to mind as a song banned from radio.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@bobmarlowe3390]

I assume you've seen the video of "One Toke Over the Line" being performed on 'The Lawrence Welk Show'. 😁

[@Monica-bw1ey]

@bobmarlowe3390. Never knew about it until now, so I just watched it. I guess ole Lawrence should have gotten a call from the vice squad just like Dad did!

[@andyevans2336]

The best part was when Bobby convinced Lawrence Welk to let them sing it on his show. When he later found out the lyrics….boy! He was pissed.

[@Fuff63]

“Afternoon Delight’ remains a huge hilarious catchy and well performed hit.

[@cashflowglo7262]

Oh yeah. That one too. I think I was 9 years old. I loved that song but did not understand why people didn’t like it back then. I did not understand why it was on the 6 o clock news ? HA so I only heard it maybe 3 times. Until a few years later and someone had the record at their house.

[@patriciawhite6820]

i have the album.. Vinyl, of course.

[@RNMom424]

Agreed! I was too naive to "understand" it back then! But yeah! It's got a real catchy tune!

[@Lucinda-zr9su]

Loved this song!!!

[@eddieboggs8306]

Won a Grammy too didn't they? John Denver has them perform it on his show. I think he sponsored it. Here and gone in a flash.

[@billsanders5067]

I grew up in South Texas, if the local am station banned a recording for some reason, Louie Louie comes to mind, we would tune in The Wolfman Jack.😅

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@ceejayretired]

I used to listen to Wolfman Jack in NZ back then as well

[@abbynormal3068]

My friends and I would get together and Blast Wolfman Jack’s entire show. Loved it!

[@steveclark9211]

A good example is "The Ballad of John and Yoko" by The Beatles. It was banned by some DJs for the use of the word "Christ" and for its reference to crucifixion.

[@dr.jamesolack8504]

It’s been said that ‘religion’ was invented when the first conman met the first fool.

[@PatTurcotte-xe2jw]

I remember the huge issue there was with "American Woman" by The Guess Who. Many radio stations refused to play it because of lyrics they found offensive. It was a bit of an anthem up here though.

[@susanjoyce-yq2mg]

This brings back many wonderful memories. Thank you, Guitar Trooper!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@sapelesteve]

Yet another very interesting video about the music of our lives. Well done GT! 👍👍📀📀

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@MartysPopParty]

Great episode. In 1958, Link Wray’s Instrumental Hit “Rumble” was widely banned in many commercial radio markets due to the song influencing gang fights and juvenile delinquency. That didn’t stop the song from reaching number 16 on the Billboard Pop Chart. To the best of my knowledge, it was the only pop instrumental record to ever be banned from airplay.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@donpardo2510]

@MartysPopParty, that's the first song that came to my mind.

[@amishschool123]

The Beatles had "A Day In The Life" banned because of it's supposed drug reference ("I'd love to turn you on".) Great video sir - enjoyed it very much!

[@wharfrat7900]

"Je t'aime... moi non plus" by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg (1969) - it was banned in a number of countries for its naughty lyrics, which boosted its sales.

[@timrobertson1571]

Yep. But they only banned airplay in the UK. As a rocker (in those days) it wasn't my kind of music, but I bought the record simply because I was (and remain) largely anti-censorship.

[@kurtb8474]

Then there was the time that the Ed Sullivan producers insisted that Jim Morrison and the Doors exclude the phrase 'we couldn't get much higher' from their performance. They went ahead and used the phrase anyway and they were never allowed on the Sullivan show again.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Oh yeah - and, although I don’t think they were banned from the show, I still get a chuckle out of Ed hoping to stretch a segment by briefly interviewing the members of Steppenwolf after the finished “Born To Be Wild”. Ed: “What is your favorite combo?” I don’t recall who says it, but one of the guys says “The Fugs”. Thanks for the view! Please help spread the love 💕 by sharing the video!!

[@cdchoux]

I recall when Ed told Jim they would not be allowed on the show and Jim replied "we were already on the show"

[@GregoryP-jw8qj]

Leave it up to Jim and they'd get banned from the world. And yes, they were banned from the Ed Sullivan show after he did that (or didn't do what they told him to do)..

[@Music-yq2yz]

Bo Diddley was supposed to perform Sixteen Tons but he pissed off Ed Sullivan by playing Bo Diddley.

[@amishschool123]

Just found your channel - great stuff Trooper - thanks so much

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@Music_is_Breathing]

This is awesome!!! God Only Knows banned??? It's a beautiful song. Certain people have sticks up their ***! Lola I can understand, and good for Lennon! This is super fun!!! It must have taken hours and hours to get all this info!! It's so cool that I "met" you. You are definitely *my* favorite KZbin 'old guy'! 😄

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks! And. Yes it did take hours. Fine research and production total was about 16 man hours. I hope that the populace likes it. You never know.

[@Music_is_Breathing]

@@the_guitar_trooper Wowza!!!!! I can't imagine anyone not liking this!!!

[@dennismirac6603]

I don't know why folks just can't turn the channel if they find something offensive. Like books, no one is forcing you to listen or read what you find offensive.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@@dennismirac6603 True - BUT - That's exactly the reason that local radio program directors banned songs - they didn't want to lose audience ears. In the radio biz, every ear listening is a revenue stream for ad placement. The BBC bans were moral judgements for the most part, but some were monetary policy.

[@Music_is_Breathing]

@@dennismirac6603 absolutely!!! But some people seem to think if they don't like it no one else should.

[@carlc5748]

Janice Ian's "Society's child" comes to mind. One radio station in L.A. apologized for their ban on the song.

[@martiniangoldberg]

Which station?, @carlc5748 ?

[@carlc5748]

@@martiniangoldberg As I recall, I believe that it was KRLA, are you familiar with them?

[@martiniangoldberg]

​@@carlc5748 I worked at KRLA in Pasadena as an intern when I was attending UCLA in the early 1980s. Among other things, I interviewed Hispanic kids attending local high schools; their two favorite songs at the time were "The Wanderer" (Donna Summer) and "Whip It" (Devo). While at KRLA, I once went bowling with the staff, including the legendary Art Laboe. I provided Johnny Hayes with some themed song suggestions. Fun times!

[@carlc5748]

@@martiniangoldberg Wow, what a great legacy that you have, I really appreciate you telling about your internship at KRLA! I imagine you have many other true stories of meeting, and interacting with other radio greats. I grew up in the San Fernando Valley in the 1960's and 1970's during what I term, "the golden years of growth, and opportunity", in that area. I graduated from Granada Hills H.S. in 1975, "Leave it to Beaver's", Jerry Mathers, real life father, Norman Mathers was the Principal at our school in 1975.

[@kennymac1758]

The MC5's Kick Out The Jams was banned by radio stations where I grew up.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Yes. the original was "Kick out the jams (prominent expletive deleted). The one put out for public consumption was "Kick out the jams, brothers and sisters."

[@garyfaught3769]

Heres a few from the 50's. "Sixty Minute Man" by The Dominos, "Wake up Little Susie" by the Everly Brothers, "Its Late" by Ricky Nelson and from the 60's, Yummy, yummy, Yommy (Ive Got Love in my Tummy) by Ohio Express.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@ptournas]

I always hear Wake Up Little Suzie was banned in Boston, but that's not true. I grew up in the area and it got a ton of airplay on all the major radio stations that played the top 40 hits. The misunderstanding comes from one person who attempted to get it banned, the Catholic Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. He called for a ban on the song, but there were only a small few radio stations that voluntarily stopped playing it. There was never a actual ban on it, any station that wanted to play it was free to do so and the vast majority did. Of course I can only clarify what happened in Boston. I don't know if it may have been banned in other parts of the country.

[@garyfaught3769]

Thanks for sharing that. I was six when the song came out. I have read about and seen footage of attempts to stop tock and roll in it's infancy. The movie "American Hot Wax" chronicling Alan Freed and his efforts to do Rock & Roll traveling shows delves into the resistance he met at the time. Many great and legendary stories came from those days . Yet here we are 70 years later still listening and rocking.

[@cavecookie1]

I first heard "60 Minute Man" back in the early 70s, on KADI FM, St. Louis, on their Sunday Original Oldies show!

[@ptournas]

@@garyfaught3769 Yes, I was 8 when Elvis became popular and I remember the newsreels of groups of parents burning and smashing piles of rock and roll records taken from their kids too. We were definitely born in the right era to experience a very interesting musical journey!

[@williamarnet4999]

"Timothy" by the Buoys was written specifically to be banned to work around the fact that the record label wasn't willing to spend any money to promote whatever the band turned out. The guy who wrote the pina colada song was the producer and songwriter and used the hint of cannibalism to create some buzz. Great little record!

[@tomdrewenskus8167]

You are talking about Rupert Holmes.

[@donnahilton471]

I bought that song!

[@donnahilton471]

The Who made stuttering cool!

[@M68BI]

Actually Rupert Holmes who did the Escape (Pina colada song ) wrote it. The Buoys were from my town of Wilkes Barre Pa then. An okay song, overplayed I got tired it quickly

[@atreb56]

​@@donnahilton471I have the 45 still.

[@chrisnemec5644]

Well, one that might qualify is the Peter, Paul and Mary song "Puff the Magic Dragon" from 1962. There were quite a number of people contending that the song was laced with drug references, which author Peter Yarrow has repeatedly denied. it was officially banned in Singapore. Allegedly, it was banned elsewhere, but I couldn't find any evidence for this.

[@unklewink]

The song "Give Him A Great Big Kiss" by the Shangri-Las caught a lot of controversy. When asked how her boyfriend dances, the lead vocalist responded with "Close. Very very close". That line resulted in some clutched pearls.

[@paul-hb5vc]

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[@FriendofDorothy]

How silly. It was a delightful record. People "close-danced" to slow songs in that era so I don't know whey anyone would complain but prudes look for sex in everything and don't get much in the bedroom.

[@JedTaub]

I just saw a KZbin video from Professor of Rock. The Association were scheduled to play Disneyland but gate guards banned them as "Along Comes Mary" was about drugs--but during the discussion a group of nuns came by and lavished praise on the group for making a song about Mary---the Virgin Mary!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Love the Professor! Yeah - “Along Comes Mary” caused them some grief, alright.

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

Can you do a video about Censors that went overboard? I'm thinking of The Mothers Of Invention's "Let's make the water turn black", from the "We're only in it for the money" album. One of the lyrics is singing about Ronnie's Mother, who works at "Ed's Café", however, the person who censored the song, thought that the lyric "And I still remember Momma with her Apron and her PAD, feeding all the boys at Ed's Café", was saying that Momma's "Pad" was a Feminine Hygiene product, rather than a paper pad to write down food orders on. The Censor was the person who had the twisted mind, not the people who would be listening to it.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

That’s a good idea. Sometimes it’s comical. I’ll make a note of it!

[@GillianBergh]

If the censor really thought that - (weird as it is) they would ban it. I can remember when these products were only advertised in women's magazines - Never newspapers and certainly not TV.

[@markjohnson4962]

Frank Zappa was the opposite of pop radio.

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

@@markjohnson4962 Where did anybody mention "Pop Radio"? Back in the day they actually censored the actual VINYL RECORDINGS, that's what I was talking about.

[@advancetech5338]

the doors as a band was banned in 13 states in 69 all concerts canceled but still had gold albums with no radio airplay or live performances

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@petechau9616]

Yes that was after his Miami concert in 69 where he was alleged to expose himself on stage.

[@cashflowglo7262]

“ Lola “ I am 66 Loved that song in my youth and yes I was one that did not pay any attention to the lyrics.. my BF just told me recently about the song.. I said “Not-uh ? “ “rU Sure?” He told me about the controversy back in the day. I meant to check this information out and now you’re here telling me “ Yup” ? LOL That’s enough for me to hit that subscribe button 👍🏼

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@ricksaunders8074]

I had no clue what the song was about tell about a year ago It makes me laugh now A drag queen

[@RedPhone-mz5lv]

How anyone missed that line I don't know I was 17 when this came out I loved it

[@ricksaunders8074]

@@RedPhone-mz5lv I missed it I just like the song I guess I just never paid attention

[@653j521]

@@ricksaunders8074 I always wondered how Lola got on the air. Well Respected Man was pretty out there, too, making fun of conservative people. Sunny Afternoon also took chances. :) Definitely bad influences. :) I guess now the oldies channels think we are past saving.

[@ciaranmurray6623]

Another excellent and extremely interesting video Guitar Trooper Thank you. I have often used the real reason for Lola being banned as a teaser questionn to my work mates i.e "Coca Cola" being used rather than the actual subject of the song. Hard to believe its more tha 50 years old now!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@spangles3654]

A reggae singer Judge Dread had nearly all his songs banned from the BBC.

[@lavenderbee3611]

Thank you, banned songs is such a fun topic. I have two to add: 1) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg, Je t'aime moi non plus, 2) David Bowie, Space Oddity. Space Oddity was banned because it was released before the moon landing and the fate of Major Tom was unclear but dark, they unbanned it after the landing took place. Serge was a naughty, naughty man and this song doesn't disappoint with Jane's orgasmic moaning. The song translates as "I love you, nor do I". The A&R man was ex-communicated, and the publisher was jailed for two months in Italy. It was banned in many countries, it was originally released on Phillips but they pulled it while at #2 -- another company picked up the reigns and distributed it during this stage it went to #1. These were both from 1969.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@rumi9005]

Thanks for this. I'd forgotten all about 'Je t'aime ...' So I just opened another tab and listened to the song on KZbin. Still as good as ever!

[@flitsertheo]

About 2 years before Gainsbourg fooled the innocent France Gall by having her sing "Les Sucettes"

[@lavenderbee3611]

@@flitsertheo That was unfortunate for the 18 year old France Gall. Pushing boundaries is part of pop tradition. I blame Serge but I also blame everyone one involved in that production including Gall's father.

[@markkinsler4333]

1,000 years ago I was an unpaid engineer and clueless hanger-on at WYBC, the college radio station of Yale University. I never went to school there, but I lived nearby. I got to witness a minor tumult in Studio A over a threat from the FCC concerning the puzzling (to me, anyway) "One Toke Over the Line." They threatened to take the radio station to Federal court over this. That would have terrified any other radio station, but this was Yale. Everyone in charge of anything then was a graduate of Yale College or Yale Law School, e.g., Bill and Hillary, Clarence Thomas and much of the rest of the Supreme Court, and approx. every third Federal judge plus much of the Federal Communications Commission itself. I believe that the Yale Broadcasting Company, our owner, told them to go right ahead and sue. They never did.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@ediehall3583]

Somebody sang that on the Lawrence Welk show. I think the Jesus part is what got the song in.

[@pontiuspilot5887]

@@ediehall3583 Yeah and sweet Mary, LW took it as a "modern spiritual" song! LOL kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmnXlaCXes2Afqc

[@ayosh6856]

The censors would have had a field day if Elton John's "All The Young Girls Love Alice" had come out during that era! Great video.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@libertyann439]

I didn't think that was a single.

[@eddieboggs8306]

What about, The Sun Going Down On Me.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@@eddieboggs8306 Hi Eddie! Well - like a lot of Elton John stuff, that song has little published about it except who wrote it who played on it, and where they recorded it. I couldn’t dredge any really interesting stuff about it.

[@eddieboggs8306]

@@the_guitar_trooper Ok.

[@macdodd]

Great info. Back in the day I used to play all those songs as a DJ to under 18s discos

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@KatyReminiec9399]

The Kink's song Lola also had another problem .... Thr chsmpange that tastes like coca cola

[@653j521]

On the video.

[@drbluzer]

DAVID PEEL & THE LOWER EAST SIDE had songs "I LIKE MARIJUANA" (1968) and "THE POPE SMOKES DOPE" (1972) that were banned from radio airplay due to its promoting drug use mainly . When the song "THE POPE SMOKES DOPE" (1972) came out , there were a lot of newspaper and magazine articles slamming DAVID PEEL for accusing the catholic Pope of smoking dope .

[@jimstraightshooter163]

Up against the wall MF. God can't be no pot smoker. God don't smoke pot. Hey Mr. Draft board, I don't want to go❤

[@bluesingmusic3443]

I remember those guys.

[@SierraThunder]

I've still got all of my David Peel Albums. They sound as funny now as they did back in the '60's

[@waynej2608]

John Lennon used Peel's lyrics for his song New York City. Peel was delighted, of course.

[@FriendofDorothy]

he should've done a duet with Sinead O' Connor!

[@r.f.pennington746]

I grew up in the 50/60's in Podunk, OK. We had an AM station that would, of course, report the cotton/wheat/hog belly prices in the morning; some news; then when the "teens" got out of school, they'd play a couple of hours of "pop music." It always irked me when they'd play a, say, Smokey or Supremes song and follow that with....you can't make this stuff up!!!!.... "In keeping with our promise to all the parents out there, we here at K__V radio station are limiting our Coloured songs to one an hour." Are you kidding me??? Until the Beatles came along, we absolutely craved the so-called Coloured songs!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@dr.jamesolack8504]

I wouldn’t expect anything less coming out of that redneck state.

[@dennismirac6603]

How ridiculous but not surprising.

[@bluesingmusic3443]

Was it WKY or KOMA? I'm from OKC.

[@RevCeleste]

In Mount pleasant Texas I had to sneak my a.m. radio to listen to wolfman Jack and all the songs by black artists. Back in the day when they still had segregated water fountains and bathrooms and seating in movie theaters. I'm 72 years old

[@crazycrentax]

1967 Je t'aime was banned just about everywhere for donkeys years, another that was instantly banned (but was continuously played in certain venues) was wings "give Ireland back to the Irish" and also by the same group the second time it went into the charts if I remember rightly was "Hi HI HI".

[@bluesingmusic3443]

You've forgotten "The Pusher" (written by Hoyt Axton recorded by Steppenwolf) It peaked at No.2 on some of the Charts. (I used to get in trouble for even listening to it. So I played my album while the parental units were gone. Pretty daring for an 11 yr old kid in 1968.)

[@paulvaultguy]

i got reprimanded for 'sookie sookie' too, sounded like 'sukme sukme'

[@bluesingmusic3443]

@@paulvaultguy My God plus LET IT HANG OUT BABY....Yikes

[@eddieboggs8306]

The way he's saying it is not profanity. He's saying may God actually damn the pusher.

[@jesstowns10]

@bluesingmusic3443 - My 7th grade English teacher one day passionately praised "The Pusher" in a lecture. In a small town in rural upstate New York, that was pretty daring for 1968!

[@bluesingmusic3443]

@@eddieboggs8306 True, but that mattered little to my parents. LOL

[@Stirling62]

' Satisfaction' was another case in the US. Offence was taken to the lyric "...trying to make some girl" While playing the record on the air 'make' was comically beeped out leaving the listener to puzzle out what word the beep covered! "...trying to (beep) some girl" It's not going to be 'make' is it?

[@the_guitar_trooper]

The Stones were experts at pushing the censorship edge, no doubt.

[@bryack]

​@@the_guitar_trooperThe girl's reason for putting the singer off was something you simply did not even mention in polite company at the time, let alone sing about it on the radio.

[@johng423]

If it would have made any difference, that wasn't the end of the sentence in the lyric (as I recall): "...trying to make some girl love me."

[@Stirling62]

@@johng423actually it's: And I'm tryin to make some girl who tells me 'baby better come back....'

[@653j521]

Come on, we all knew the lyrics by heart and could sing along!

[@wmtarrant573]

You missed a big one. Jimmy Dean's Big John was banned in many coal mining areas of the country due to sensitivity relating to mine disasters.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Ya. That song also has the legacy of double versions. The last line as written in the original lyric was “Here lies one hell of a man, big John“ And the second version that was most often heard on top 40 stations was “here lies a big big man, big John“

[@SierraThunder]

Sixteen Tons was also banned in a lot of the coal mining areas for making the mining company owners look like greedy tyrants, which the were & that in itself wasn't going to change how they were perceived already. The Peabody Coal Company went after Tennessee Ernie Ford for the song as well as Paradise by John Prine

[@ORWELL_USA]

New York Mining Disaster by the Bee Gees.

[@kennyr3751]

@@the_guitar_trooper There was also a parody song called Big bad Bruce...(a hair dresser) 🤣🤣

[@rogueriderhood1862]

Very popular, though, in the mining area of Yorkshire where I grew up. So was '16 Tons'. Still popular later when I worked in the pit.

[@jimwilliams7136]

This was quite interesting. Thank you.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@Jen0714]

I'm so happy you showed up in my feed! This is the only social media I do and, I do it for music! I've been wondering about The Kingsmen song (FBI invest); was it true? Well, I now have my answer! I'm an early 60's baby but should have been at Woodstock! I can't wait to dive into your videos! P.S. You are NOT old! 🙃👍

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@howie9751]

"Last Train to Clarksville" made it past the censors and was featured in the Monkees prime time show. It's about a soldier about the go off the Vietnam and wants his girlfriend to spend one more night with him before he goes, because he may not be coming back. This is per Boyce and Hart, the writers. The sexual content was so understated few picked it up.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Yeah. That went right on through.

[@653j521]

Since none of that was actually in the lyrics and the authors had to explain their thinking, yeah, amazing it got past everyone!

[@jeffking4176]

First time coming across this channel. Very interesting. There are 3 songs that stick in my mind: Lou Reed - “Take a walk on the Wild Side”, Aliotta, Haynes, and Jeremiah - “Lake Shore Drive “.1971 [ I know this was banned. In St.Louis, there was only 1 Rock station that played “whatever they wanted “. Album Rock Station: KSHE-95. I used to listen to radio stations from all over the, WLS, KAAY, and local stations. Only KSHE. Another song was : “The Devil Went Down To Georgia “. Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker, and others were not considered “Country “ by Country Music people. The original version had, of course “… I told you once you son of a b****,….” Only our KSHE played the song. A few weeks later, a “son of a Gun” version was played on the other stations.[ that was 1979]. Those 3 are the only ones I can think of . Interesting channel. I’m subscribing. 📻🙂

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@kvernon1]

For those unfamiliar with the song/group, "Lake Shore Drive" is a major street in Chicago, which was home to band members Aliotta, Haynes, and Jeremiah. But during the song they abbreviated the song title with the acronym "L.S.D."

[@TrixieTricks]

I love your channel!!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thank you so much!! Please share the channel and the videos for me!

[@ptournas]

Mellow Yellow wasn't shunned because the "Electrical Banana" verse was inspired by a vibrator. Donovan didn’t reveal that it came from a newspaper ad that he and Keith Richards saw and got a laugh from until around 2010, more than forty years after the song released. I didn’t know it got banned anywhere, but I know it was widely suspected to be some type of hidden drug reference, even to the point that many young people were drying out banana peels and smoking them to see if they would get high, which of course they didnt. If it was banned anywhere, that might have been the reason. Another reason could be the "I'm just mad about fourteen" line. I saw him live on his Mellow Yellow tour in 1967 and he actually added "year old girls" to the end of that line when he performed the song.

[@anthrax2525]

While Lemmy Kilmister's usual singing voice sounded like he'd gargled with broken glass and rotgut, Motorhead's version of 'Louie, Louie' from 1978 was perfectly clear and was the band's first charting single in the UK.

[@Mr.Guild1971]

Also It was never on a regular release . It was a"new" song to go on their first(I think)Compilation of MANY. " "NO REMORSE" My first Motorhead Album.Man It was hard to get where I live. The other "new" song was "Killed By Death"

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@kirpalite]

"Gloria" by Them was banned because of the line "...then she comes up to my room, then she makes me feel alright." The Shadows of Knight version was played in its place in many cities. In my town, Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" had the line "making love in the green grass" altered.

[@samwa3986]

Hi. I have been on KZbin since it was owned by itself, so 19 years for me. This man is the best I have seen, for voice, knowledge, politeness and accuracy, that I have ever seen. Thank you

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@xavierkreiss8394]

Paul Simon's "Kodachrome" was banned by the BBC because it was considered product placement. Not only the title "Kodachrome" that's repeated several times, but also because another brand, Nikon , is also repeated in the song.. In the UK and elsewhere two songs were also banned for political reasons - "Luck of the Irish" by John Lennon, and "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Paul McCartney.

[@Code9]

If any song belongs on that list, certainly Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" (Lou Reed) is one of them!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Oh yeah- although it did get plenty of airplay. Thanks for the view! Please help spread the love 💕 by sharing the video!!

[@MBC1955]

Radio 1 didn't ban it because the controller didn't know what it meant. i'm sure the audience did...

[@TyroneEpps]

U gotbthat right brother

[@mitchellbaker9434]

@@MBC1955 Originally the audience didn't, and the song was shooting up the Top 40. When it was found out, the balloon popped. The song otherwise might have made the top 5.

[@MBC1955]

@@mitchellbaker9434 I'll take your word for that, but I don't remember Radio 1 stopping playing it until it dropped out of the Top Thirty, in the usual way, and I was listening to the radio all day every day back then.

[@gmansard641]

"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" should be the flip side to "Paradise by rhe Dashboard Light."

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also happy cinco de mayo trooper ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Thanks! You too, Amin! Hit that Join button, Man!!

[@mfbigray]

The BYRDS "8 Miles High"....how could you miss this ?

[@the_guitar_trooper]

I hear ya. Oh there were at least a dozen others. I didn’t want this to get much longer than it was, because trying for an exhaustive list was futile and ran the risk of losing viewers as well. I opted for sparking conversation with some seed ideas.

[@paulbissitt4754]

Spot on.I even found it difficult to find a record store selling it! Should have been a number one but these problems "did" for it.A travisty.

[@neilshenton1834]

Great video, man! Another infamous banned song here in the UK was 'J'taime' by Serge Gainsborough & Jane Birkin... 😉

[@the_guitar_trooper]

A little too intimate, eh? LOL Thanks a MILLION for the view and comment! Please help to spread the love 💕 by sharing this video!!

[@nedludd7622]

There was also "69, Année Érotique".

[@theclearsounds3911]

The album version of Love To Love You Baby by Donna Summer (NOT the 60's) was never banned as far as I know, but had a similar vibe.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@@theclearsounds3911 IT SURE DID!! I played that thing at discos for a long time after it was released. They couldn’t get enough of it.

[@rockytasker5133]

Good job!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@KristinShorey-ii8de]

Another 2 that slipped by are Arnold Layne a hit single by PINK FLOYD about an actual person who was in the newspapers, arrested for stealing womens underwear from clotheslines and allegedly liked wearing them. The other is C.C. RIDER, a hit adaptation of an old blues song done by Elvis, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit wheels, Animals, Chuck Berry, and countless other bands. Mitch Ryder's medly of it with devil with the blue dress got tons of airplay. It's a song about injecting and becoming addicted to heroin the cc referring to the measurements on a hypodermic needle "oh cc, cc rider oh see what you have done now, you've made me love you, oh now now see what you have done" etc.

[@jeatig]

Was "Love Child" by Diana Ross and the Supremes banned, rejected, or turned down on any radio stations??

[@the_guitar_trooper]

There’s no indication that “Love Child” was banned, at least not tenough to be documented. Thanks for the view and comment! Please help me spread the love 💕 by sharing the video!

[@frizzneil2590]

'God only knows' was a figure of speech use by both those who were devout or just regular folks...

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Good point, Trooper Fellow !

[@ImYourOverlord]

It makes no sense to reference beings one doesn't believe in as a figure of speech.

[@frizzneil2590]

@@ImYourOverlord Let me write that down, on second thought...

[@pontiuspilot5887]

@@ImYourOverlord As a long time atheist, I have often said "God only knows" when something perplexes me! I follow up with "and she's only guessing" Peace and all best wishes

[@Foul_Quince]

In my home state, we had double censorship - we had a federal censor and a state level censor who couldn't actually *ban* a song but would let radio stations know that they would not be paid to carry any advertising from the State Government. One such edict was issued over "Let's Spend The Night Together". The record still got to #3 without being played on the radio AT ALL. When the censor realised this, he threatened to boycott the newspapers that published Top 40 charts that listed the song. The newspapers, in a rare moment of standing up to the Government, told the censor to shove it.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Hi Quince! Now THAT’S a story!

[@billlloyd6180]

1969's "Something In the Air" by Thunderclap Newman was a #1 Hit in England for 3 weeks while here in the U.S. it barely made the top forty chart. From what I have read, it was banned by a number of stations due to its suggestive lyrics for violence and revolution. The song also was prominently included in 2 movies released at that time "The Magic Christian" with Peter Sellers & Ringo Starr along with "The Strawberry Statement". Great Song!!!

[@SmilingIbis]

Whenever I start Let's Spend the Night Together's "na-na-na-na..." intro, it blends in my mind right into the Banana Splits theme.

[@daveg385]

One banana two banana three banana four

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@rslitman]

Some observations from being a teenager in the suburbs of Washington, DC, in 1967: 1. When "Let's Spend the Night Together" first came out that January, it got heavy rotation on the local radio stations, especially WPGC and WEAM. But after Ed Sullivan spoke up, it was removed from local radio. WPGC flipped it over and played the B-side, "Ruby Tuesday". WEAM refused to do that, though, due to not wanting to play the B-side of a banned song. Most stations must have done what WPGC did because it became a #1 record nationally. 2. Two national hits of that summer did not get played on Washington area radio: "Brown-Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison and "Let It Out" by the Hombres. The former was due to the lines, "Making love in the green grass / Behind the stadium." As a naive 15-year-old girl, I had no idea then regarding the latter, but I can imagine it now.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Great post! “Brown Eyed Girl” and Van have a very interesting backstory, too. I have him on the list for this year. Thanks for the view! Please help spread the love 💕 by sharing the video!!

[@rslitman]

@@the_guitar_trooper I was too exhausted to finish this last night. I wanted to also say that, from a tune/music/melody perspective, "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)" was no great loss, but "Brown-Eyed Girl" has a great melody that I still love today. I read somewhere in the early days of my being on the internet that some people considered it to be the most overplayed oldie. Not I! I have to make up for all of that lost time in the summer of 1967, when I only got to hear it on out-of-town radio stations I listened to a night. And I listened to A LOT of local Top 40 radio that year. There were very few hits that year that I missed. I have to confess that I missed some r&b sings because I didn't listen the 3 DC soul stations. In particular, there was one by Bettye Swann that went to #1 on the Billboard r&b chart that July that I didn't discover until 2022 and like a lot.

[@johnpinckney4979]

I also grew up in the D,.C. area and remember when WWDC was also a budding Top-40 station. As for banned songs, we can't forget "Je' t'aime (Mon Non Plus) by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. First time I heard that on-air was in 1980 in O3 in Wien! But Paul Bicknell (Davy Jones, on-air) did a spoof of it at WPGC. Which was supposedly why he ended-up at WMAL-FM...

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@@johnpinckney4979 Hey John! Thanks for the view and the post!!

[@RLOPEZ4600]

The Stones knew who Ruby Tuesday was: a well known groupie, the sensors caught wind on that, every1 still listened to that song though.

[@martygould5114]

Sullivan also wanted the Doors to change "Girl we couldn't get much higher," but when it came time Morrison stuck his face right in the camera and sang the line anyway.

[@johngriffin5996]

I was a college disc jockey and eventually program director in 1970 - 71. We limited the Woodstock version of Country Joe's FISH cheer, and the Fugs "I feel Like Homemade Sh*t" and "Wide Wide River" to after 10 PM.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

THE ‘70’s DID loosen up a bit alright. “Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag”. I never heard it until I saw the movie. LOL

[@RodinThink28]

Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin who sang the duet Je t'aime... moi non plus was quite the scandal, both in lyrics and heavy breathing. 1969

[@3goldfinger]

Part of the song is still used in commercials today.

[@total.stranger]

Two more examples: I don't recall any censorship of The Kinks' "All Day And All Of The Night" lyrics: "I'm not content to be with you in the daytime / Girl, I want to be with you all of the time / The only time I feel alright is by your side / Girl, I want to be with you all of the time - all day and all of the night". There's nothing vague here. 2nd example: Product placement of "The Daily Mail" (a real British newspaper) in The Beatles' "Paperback Writer", which was not banned anywhere, that I'm aware of. Good vid, "_Guitar_Trooper". Thanks! 👍

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@RNMom424]

I too, 68 now, ignored the words! What can I say? I loved the sound! I still like it! It's just that unique! Eventually I caught on, but I was fully adult before I did! Now I got Lola running around in my head!! 😁

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@LoboBren1]

Don’t forget Peter, Paul and Mary’s “Puff the Magic Dragon” and in the 70s Simon and Garfunkel “bridge over troubled water”

[@ThePlataf]

Bridge over troubled water??????? Seriously? Where, when and why?

[@michaelshultz2540]

What about, Me And Jullio Down By The Schoolyard .... If any simon & Garfunkel song got banned that would have been it. Or , God Bless You Please Mrs. Robinson .

[@653j521]

@@ThePlataf Yes, that's ridiculous. Church groups sang that, for pete's sake!

[@ThePlataf]

@@653j521 unbelievable! It was the most beautiful song of 1970. Who in their right mind would ban it?

[@joekavanagh7171]

I once bought a Judge Dread album because all his songs were banned by the BBC and I was curious to know what all the fuss was about.

[@ericlackford6718]

I still have his greatest hits CD. Glad to know other fans still exist. He died far too young.

[@NotAnymoreUWont]

1974 Queen's "March of the Black Queen" is still banned on the radio. I even asked one of the heavy metal radio stations why they won't play it. I was told it was "still to controversial to be played on the air". What a shame.

[@ORWELL_USA]

Stagger Lee by Lloyd Price. The original version mentioned "the two men who was gambling the dark..." Gambling" was changed to "arguing."

[@patrickbullock2136]

The BBC didn't like Paul Simon's 1973 song "Kodachrome" either.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@No1Armadillo]

although Duncan was much more explicit ....... "just thanking the lord for my fingers...."

[@NelsonMontana1234]

They couldn't get someone in Britan to sing the word "cherry" and punch it in?

[@the_guitar_trooper]

You got me there.

[@phildavies6020]

@@the_guitar_trooper It was Ray Davies of the Kinks and the song was 'Lola'. Apparently Coca-Cola took offence at "...Where they drink champagne and it tastes just like Coca-Cola'".... So Ray had to insert 'Cherry' to replace 'Coca'.

[@No1Armadillo]

well, no other voice COULD do Ray Davies!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@@No1Armadillo That’s gotta be it!

[@653j521]

@@phildavies6020 That was in the video. Didn't anyone watch it?

[@stischer47]

LOL...I heard all of these on the radio when they came out. I guess San Antonio was literally more open than I thought. A favorite of mine not mentioned from the 70s - Lady Marmalade. I guess because the "offensive" line was in French, it was OK. But we all quickly got it translated.

[@Lcash218]

I would love to hear you do a show on the “Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section”!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Hmmmm. I hadn’t looked into them as a primary, but worth a thought. THANKS!!

[@ernestcruz6316]

In the '70s, there was "Jungle Fever" by The Chakachas, which was an instrumental containing breaks where a woman speaks in Spanish and appears to be in the throes of sexual passion. And from the '50s there was "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus (1956), which was banned in a lot of the country but still managed to get to #8 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. If the song hadn't been banned, it might've made it all the way to #1.

[@cavecookie1]

"Give me some blood, Bud"!

[@ernestcruz6316]

@@cavecookie1 Pour the crimson in me, Jimson...🎶

[@cavecookie1]

@@ernestcruz6316 Hey, Daddy-o, Make that Type O!

[@tknudcarter]

One of my favorite songs was banned. Mind Excursion by The Tradewinds was perceived to be about drugs. We would call KISN radio in Portland, OR and request it but they wouldn't play it.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

That fits right into the Kama Sutra records idiom. The main offices for that label were not exactly traditional business attire, if you get my drift. Thanks for the view and the comments! Please help spread the love by sharing the videos!

[@FriendofDorothy]

Were The Tradewinds the same boy group who did "New York's a Lonely Town (When You're the Only Surfer Boy Around)"? It was on the Red Bird label as I recall.

[@tknudcarter]

@@FriendofDorothy YES...Both songs were favorites of mine. They had a great sound.

[@M68BI]

Very good video truly enjoyed it I don't know how Cinnamon by Derek got played on the radio. There were so many references to sex. I loved the song tho.This was in 68. Also i heard the meaning of Yummy Yummy by the Ohio Express in 68. To keep it clean it had something to do with "I have love in my Tummy '. I believe its explained on Wikipedia.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@karenballard7470]

Back in the late 50s the record by Stan Freeberg, GREEN CHRISTMAS was banned in Seattle after being only played 2 weeks. I witnessed this personally as I was a teenager and listened to the radio a lot at the time. It was offensive to advertisers but boy does it hit the nail on the head. Even more in this day and age.

[@paulfredricksen34]

Great show as always Guitar Trooper. Your mention of the BBC banning songs due to actual product references, reminded me of the Beep Beep song by the Playmates. Although the Playmates had four other top 40 hits in the US, none came close to the number four hit that Beep Beep would become. As everyone knows, that song references both the Nash Rambler and the mighty Cadillac. Well, the BBC wouldn't have any of that, so the Playmates re-recorded the song for the UK market and changed Cadillac to "limousine" and Nash Rambler to "bubble car." Sales of the AMC's Rambler increased somewhat even though car sales in general dipped during the period following the release of the song in late '58. General Motors wasn't exactly thrilled with the US version.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@MajorWolfgangHochstetter]

You failed to mention that although "God Only Knows" may have only peaked at #39, the other side of the record, "Wouldn't It Be Nice" peaked at #8. I know a great deal about pop music trivia, and to my recollection, "Wouldn't It Be Nice" was the intended Aside in the states and in the UK.

[@gusfring9895]

Vat is dis man doing here??? 🤣Great YT pseudonym, as is my YT name.

[@FriendofDorothy]

That's right. I had the single, and I liked the B side (God Only Knows) better. To me that record is magic!

[@1987HollyAnn]

My late husband came to the States from Scotland in 1964. He brought with him a Rolling Stones song that was banned. I believe it was titled Queen Bee, and the "alarming" phrase was "let me buzz around your hive."!

[@robchapman7996]

the song is "I'm A King Bee"

[@1987HollyAnn]

​@@robchapman7996Thank you for clarifying that.

[@joeyvocals1]

Sir, I just subscribed to your channel! I am 26, a lead vocalist, and we do songs from the 60s through Marc Valentine 2023! Good stuff, not elevator stuff! You have a very fascinating show. Where do you come from? Joey in Cleveland

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Hi, Joey! And THANKS for the sub! I’m just an intense historian hobbyist. I have messed around with pop music history and guitars for years.

[@jobruno90]

You have “HeyJoe” but I recall “Foxy Lady” being banned for “ Move o er Rove4 / and let Jimi take over”. Got an A I. us History in FDR High a school writing a paper on this topic.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@johnclower945]

Society's Child by Janis Ian should be included.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Good pick!

[@allialias]

Every song on this list was played on the local radio stations, am and fm. Every county in California had multiple stations without the mind control of non- musicians.

[@mick79082]

1969 WET DREAM, Max Romeo. Banned by the BBC and reached number 10. Alan Freemans Sunday afternoon top 40 show on the BBC and when he came to the number ten position he simply said "at number ten a record by Max Romeo" It was part of the 1969 reggae invasion from Jamaica. Same year Wonderful world beautiful people- Jimmy Cliff, Liquidator- Harry J All-stars, Return of D'jango- Upsetters, Hold me tight- Johnny Nash, All had top twenty and top 10 hits. For a period the BBC radio 1 banned all reggae music.

[@harrymaciolek9629]

They’re coming to take me away!!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

Ha, Ha!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

@@southernoregoncatmom6519 One of the weirdest songs ever

[@x-rockfm92hd81]

BBC? REALLY MATE IM 75 YOUNG MAN lol GOODCHANNEL💔💔💔💯💯💯💯💯

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@inside-left]

Not a song, but an instrumental by Link Ray called "Rumble" was also banned by USA radio stations as the music was deemed disturbing. Crazy really when Cliff Richard and The Shadows would of been proud to release a catchy tune such as that.

[@eramorgan7375]

The lyric from Satisfaction re "girly action": ” She says ' maybe better come back, maybe next week,l cause you see, I'm on a losing streak." I was an adult when I finally figured out what that meant. LoL

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Yep

[@albertdenardo2777]

I enjoy your content so I did subscribe, keep up the good work.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@jerometaperman7102]

Andrews Sisters “Rum and Coca Cola” 1945.

[@davidsradioroom9678]

How about "There coming to Take Me Away Ha Ha"? I know it was banned from NYC stations, and perhaps nationwide.

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@jasonbeard4713]

One of the worst things ever released.

[@lurking2182]

@@jasonbeard4713 hahaahaahhaha not to this teenager (at the time)

[@billh.1940]

I loved that song. The adults needed a sense of humor.

[@billh.1940]

@@jasonbeard4713 the bird is the word. The worst.

[@tonygatos1]

Great stories!

[@the_guitar_trooper]

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[@Anglesey]

The Troggs - Little Girl. It was about a baby born to a single mother "A little girl was born today..." In a house not far away from where I live

[@allanbetz3827]

What about " Eight Miles High"?

[@the_guitar_trooper]

Yeah. The justification of that one was kinda parenthetical and weak, but it did get the axe in several places.