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A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/10/2011 6:40:21 PM   
MasterG2kTR


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Status: offline 		I came across this "This Day in History" clip here and wondered if any of you across the pond or for that matter anyone....has an answer to why the song was banned?

Oct 10 1962
The British Broadcasting Company bans "Monster Mash" -- the Halloween-themed novelty tune by Bobby "Boris" Pickett -- for being "offensive." The BBC never specifies precisely what it is about the song that's problematic.
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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/10/2011 6:43:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		they used to play it in the seventies on the Top of the Pops show
at halloween bashes too..not sure if it was unbanned or what but I remember it very well on tv(the beeb)
My recollections anyway...

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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/10/2011 6:48:38 PM   
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The song was re-released several times and appeared in the Billboard charts on three occasions after the original release — December 1962, August 1970 and May 1973.[7] The BBC had banned the record from airplay in 1962 on the grounds that the song was "too morbid". It was eventually released in the United Kingdom in 1973, where it peaked at #3 in early October. It re-entered the British Charts again on November 2, 2008 at #60.

Monster Mash

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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/10/2011 6:49:40 PM   
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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/11/2011 8:39:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		Monster Mash was around when I was a kiddie - it was played at discos before I reached my teens without any problem.

Like the Axeman said, they banned some stuff mostly in response to self-styled "guardian of British morals" Mary Whitehouse. Once that interfering old trout turned up her toes, the bbc managed to transmit a lot more fun stuff

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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/11/2011 8:54:23 AM   
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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/11/2011 8:55:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		The BBC was very censorous. They banned a lot of stuff like the Stones' "I can't get no satisfaction", Floyd's "Arnold Layne" for crossdressing references etc. with a little more justification. Strangely they didn't ban "Walk on the Wild Side" which was way more explicit (e.g. "giving head")! Sometimes things got through cause they weren't up with the lingo.

Apparently they took a lot of songs off the airwaves with the 1991 war in Iraq! Seems the Beeb care a lot about the feelings of the British public too. I read in Private Eye that after Princess Di died they also took off unrelated TV shows that might be upsetting to viewers!!

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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/11/2011 8:57:05 AM   
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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/11/2011 9:12:44 AM   
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god she was a pain in the rectum wasnt she


She definitely was. Even my nan used to think she was a vile excuse for a woman. Horrible, horrible person whenever I saw Whitehouse interviewed.
The beeb seemed to like her, and still manage to ban or stop stuff being shown for the most ridiculous reasons imaginable even now. I do hope that Americans don't think that we're all that stuffy, anyway...

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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/11/2011 9:14:30 AM   
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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/11/2011 9:20:35 AM   
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I do hope that Americans don't think that we're all that stuffy, anyway...


when i was there, i was amazed at the lack of stuffiness. =p
i admit, have a soft spot for the English. the accent certainly helps. =p


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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/11/2011 9:32:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		It all depends which accent you like. There's so many regional ones. Mine, for instance, makes Americans think I'm an Aussie, for some reason. Some of the regional accents are great, but some would be difficult for people to understand, I guess.
It's all good, though.

Lucy, I'd hope the wonderful mixture of Brits and Americans on here has helped to change some predetermined minds, anyway.

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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/11/2011 9:33:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		that's true; i think most of us who think we don't have accents are just intrigued by any accent. =p
but i remember my ex making fun of people who sounded "northern." =p i noticed a little difference, but nothing to make fun of.
there were a few people i met who were difficult to understand, but for the most party, it was all enjoyable to listen to. haha


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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/11/2011 9:47:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		BHGOth...I know my attitude has changed a great deal from when I lived over 'ome.
Ive made some lifelong friends and met some wonderful people so I think thats a yes:) I look forward to meeting many many more:)

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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/11/2011 11:07:18 AM   
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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/12/2011 11:17:45 AM   
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god she was a pain in the rectum wasnt she


She definitely was. Even my nan used to think she was a vile excuse for a woman. Horrible, horrible person whenever I saw Whitehouse interviewed.
The beeb seemed to like her, and still manage to ban or stop stuff being shown for the most ridiculous reasons imaginable even now. I do hope that Americans don't think that we're all that stuffy, anyway...


Can you imaginTV these days. All the scantily clad singers gyrating on promos. Big Brother and horror of horrors, sanitary ads on prime time tv.

I bet she is spinning in her grave.

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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/12/2011 12:53:22 PM   
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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/13/2011 5:09:02 AM   
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Can you imaginTV these days. All the scantily clad singers gyrating on promos. Big Brother and horror of horrors, sanitary ads on prime time tv.

I bet she is spinning in her grave.


Believe it or not, she was complaining about the tampon adverts while she was still around. She didn't croak until the turn of the millennium, after all.
Pity she didn't last a bit longer, though: given that she always loathed Doctor Who, it'd have been interesting to see what the mad old sow would have made of all the gay sex in Torchwood...

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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/13/2011 5:59:21 AM   
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RE: A Question for the Brits Here.... - 10/13/2011 6:00:20 AM   
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Can you imaginTV these days. All the scantily clad singers gyrating on promos. Big Brother and horror of horrors, sanitary ads on prime time tv.

I bet she is spinning in her grave.


Believe it or not, she was complaining about the tampon adverts while she was still around. She didn't croak until the turn of the millennium, after all.
Pity she didn't last a bit longer, though: given that she always loathed Doctor Who, it'd have been interesting to see what the mad old sow would have made of all the gay sex in Torchwood...

I give it two legs up:)

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