This just in...unedited 'Money For Nothing" banned in Canada

Posted by: u6213129461734706 on 13 January 2011

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council's decision means we can't hear this Dire Straits song on the radio in it's original form. I believe that the word used to describe homosexuals has to be edited out (or another word substituted) if the song is to be allowed on the air. Not one of my favorite songs, but it made some interesting statements about a particular time in our cultural history. Sheesh, everything is getting so politically correct. I don't think this was a put down of gays. This could only happen in Canada. Yesterday a man stole a snowplow at 4:30 am, went on a rampage, hitting parked cars, driving erratically, putting the general public at risk. This went on for 2 hours. He killed a police officer in the process. Many people complained that this person, who stole a vehicle, wasn't treated in a kind enough manner, that too much force was used to subdue him. What next?

Dave
Posted on: 13 January 2011 by BigH47
Meatballs!
Posted on: 13 January 2011 by Mike Hughes
Firmly of the view that "Money For Nothing" had nothing to say to anyone and that "by any means necessary" applies here. Whatever it takes to ensure that horrendous 1980s production and appallingly dated video are neither seen nor heard again is okay by me Smile

I say that as someone who still rates Makin' Movies and saw them on the Love Over Gold tour, where they appeared to visibly bloat before my very eyes Frown

Mike
Posted on: 13 January 2011 by J.N.
And it has been alleged that 'That little f*g**t' was dumbed down from 'That little f*c**r' in the first place.

Clarification please Mr Knopfler.

Hey-ho.

John.
Posted on: 13 January 2011 by HIghfid3l_IT
Great! I'm moving to Canada! Winker
Posted on: 13 January 2011 by Guido Fawkes
Wow - a country that bans Mark Knopfler - I'm impressed, it's just gone top of my must visit soon list.
Posted on: 14 January 2011 by J.N.
It seems to be 'un-hip' with some forum members to like Dire Straits, and I guess it could be argued that they got into 'Contractual Obligation Album' territory somewhere down the line, but the first eponymous album remains in my top-ten albums of all time.

A wonderfully fresh and unique guitar style from MK, and musically and lyrically invigorating. Great drumming too. Listen to Pick Withers' subtle cymbal-work. 'Lions', the last track on the album, I think is a little gem, beautifully conveying feelings of loneliness and isolation in the big city.

A friend once called it 'An album of protest songs'. It has that lean, hungry feel of Springsteen's 'Darkness' album, before either of these bands made it big, and didn't have to try too hard.

John.
Posted on: 14 January 2011 by MilesSmiles
First Huckleberry Finn, now Dire Straits - PC gone mad.
Posted on: 14 January 2011 by Sister E.
Wonder how people would have reacted if it had the "N" word mentioned three times? A question of political correctness or just plain inflammatory?

Sister XX
Posted on: 14 January 2011 by pcstockton
How about GnR's "One In A Million"... Im guessing it gets a ton of airplay up there?
Posted on: 14 January 2011 by Tommo
Nice to see Canada has its finger on the pulse of what's hip and current with the youngsters of the day.

Maybe someone should build an amp with a 'naughty word' filter, the nannies could update that via firmware update.

Hope they've banned Futurama, they keep calling the robot Bender.
Posted on: 14 January 2011 by naim_nymph
quote:
Originally posted by BigH47:
Meatballs!
Bassoons!
Posted on: 15 January 2011 by u6213129461734706
J.N. - can't stand 'Sultan's of Swing', but the rest of the album I'll listen to forever. Same with their sixth and final album. Extremely well recorded too.

Dave
Posted on: 16 January 2011 by TomK
I loved Dire Straits when they first appeared. They were a breath of fresh air in a music scene dominated by disco, dance, new romantics and other silly stuff. I loved their back to basics guitar/bass/drums based roots music. I saw them in concert just before and just after they went big. Both times they were quite superb, fabulous musicianship, sound, everything. Their first three albums were excellent and the first one in particular became a standard demo album at the time. They changed, I changed and they no longer interested me. Last time I listened to them, several years ago, I lasted ten minutes.
However, prompted by this thread I listened to their fist album for the first time in years and loved it. Then the next two and loved them too. Brothers in Arms at the moment and I'm liking that too.

I'm obviously getting old.
Posted on: 19 January 2011 by TomK
Oh FFS the smilie has gone again. Please get the basics working before you think of tinkering, and then, don't tinker.
Are you using works experience people to do this?