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Physical - #OliviaNewtonJohn (September 1981)

https://youtu.be/vWz9VN40nCA?si=isq-QBdwCFHTVdji

“Physical” was very popular in the US & UK but some radio stations #banned the #song due to #SexualContent & they #censored lines - “There’s nothing left to talk about unless it’s horizontally.”
#Controversy also surrounded this song because the #MusicVideo featured a #GayCouple holding hands (who ignored Olivia’s advances). That one scene caused it to be banned by some broadcasters & #MTV censored it.

#BannedMusic #GenX #censorship #music #BannedSongs #FuckCensorship #ListenUp #NowPlaying #MusicHistory #80smusic #WomenInMusic #PopMusic #MusicFreedom #LGBTQ

The Hand That Feeds - #NIN (March 2005).

#NineInchNails dropped out of the #MTV Movie Awards after being #prohibited from using an image of President #GeorgeWBush as a backdrop to their performance. This #song included #political statements that MTV wasn't comfortable televising.

https://youtu.be/RDk5NB3pgJo?si=oU5Y1VrS_SGjm3D-

#BannedMusic #GenX #censorship #music #LivePerformance #BannedSongs #FuckCensorship #MusicVideo #ListenUp #NowPlaying #MusicHistory #IndustrialMusic #MusicFreedom #PoliticalMusic #CensoredInTheUSA

Walk Like an Egyptian - #TheBangles (September 1986).

The #song was #banned by both #BBC in 1991 & #ClearChannelCommunications in 2001. The purpose of this was to avoid offending those who would relate this song & its references to #Egypt to the conflicts in the #MiddleEast.

https://youtu.be/Cv6tuzHUuuk?si=HsS5tUULnO4FjbIL

#BannedMusic #GenX #censorship #music #LivePerformance #BannedSongs #FuckCensorship #MusicVideo #ListenUp #NowPlaying #MusicHistory #80smusic #GirlBands #PopMusic #BannedInTheUK #MusicFreedom