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And yet TOTP and the BBC protected Jimmy Saville for decades...oh but it's naughty words that will harm you!

@imalwaysright

Жыл бұрын

isn't that how the wicked work? Pretend to care about moral values while-

@BrandonMichelle

Жыл бұрын

@@imalwaysright The fucking hypocrisy, it angers me so much.

@RalfyCustoms

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more mate, I've said it for years, BBC pedophile harbouring hypocrites

@timdyer5903

Жыл бұрын

Totp hypocrisy.

@Angela-cc1hd

Жыл бұрын

Yes absolutely double standards, as are still going on today?

John Lydon was considered a monster, and Jimmy Saville was considered a hero. We ruin all the wrong people, and laud all the wrong people

@AndyD89

Жыл бұрын

This is so true!

@desertrose1226

Жыл бұрын

It’s disgusting. Johnny’s a good man.

@leehowson440

Жыл бұрын

@@desertrose1226 precisely 👍

@terrynye7034

Жыл бұрын

Lydon cashed Saville out years before and was banned on radio because of it.

@leehowson440

Жыл бұрын

@@terrynye7034 exactly, and nobody listened

John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) lead singer of the Sex Pistols, lost Norah his wife & life partner of over 45 years the day before yesterday. She died from Alzheimer's at the age of eighty, & John who is sixty-seven was her sole carer until he realised quite recently that she also needed female company, for girly talks, & to paint her nails etc....He's actually a really sweet, & rather shy man who simply adored his wife, but realised he was being selfish, keeping her all to himself. They had no children of their own together, but adopted Norah's grandchildren when their mother was unable to care for them. He will be absolutely heartbroken & I'm sure that I won't be alone in sending much love & sympathy to John & his family.

And while the BBC were listening to music to ban, Jimmy Saville sailed through safely with their blessing!

The BBC banning your song is more like a a license to print money . Most of these songs are legendary. Whether that's down to a BBC ban or not it kind of suggests that getting your song banned is the best way to get it rocketing up to the top of the charts.

@raypsychodad

Жыл бұрын

To true. Mike Reid did frankie goes to Hollywood a huge favour

@pkhodges1169

Жыл бұрын

exactly, Mongo Boogie....that's why i say it is set up....banning is one way ...

@sticktothefacts8905

Жыл бұрын

It didnt work for Split Enz & their song Six Months in a Leaky Boat, which only charted 83 in the UK. The song was released during the Falklands war & the BBC didnt like the reference to a leaky boat

@pkhodges1169

Жыл бұрын

@@sticktothefacts8905 i do. i like the reference to a leaky boat.

@sticktothefacts8905

Жыл бұрын

@@pkhodges1169 The song was about the length of time it took the original explorers/pioneers to sail to New Zealand where the band came from. But that didnt stop the BBC banning it.

this seems a bit petty when ya think the BBC employed Jim Saville

@pkhodges1169

Жыл бұрын

how set up was this? VERY.

@simonmason8582

Жыл бұрын

"Savile"

@nez9751

Жыл бұрын

And the tried to cancel j Lyndon cos he defended him

@foothand1595

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Savile was was getting away with touching up girls and the rest but that’s all good BBC haven’t clue serious Shite station anyway all the programs are Muck

@simonmason8582

Жыл бұрын

@@foothand1595 "Savile"

The Serge Gainsbourg record was banned all over the BBC at the time, not just on TOTP. I recall reading somewhere that there was an announcement on the news at the time, so what happens when it’s announced that a certain record is banned? That’s right - everyone goes out and buys it. It was a #1 hit in the UK as a result.

@12presspart

Жыл бұрын

yes they would not even play it on pick of the pops on a sunday night Iremember oh well by fleetwood mack being played bot not this one even though it was no1 for 3 weeks in oct/nov 69

@totaltwit

Жыл бұрын

It had and still has the sexiest organ ever! I dream of having my organ like that ;) I do have a Hammond but that one they used is reallly seductive, it's what makes the track.

@barrieainge4937

Жыл бұрын

There was a fully instrumental version by a band called 'Sounds Nice' , if memory serves, that was a lesser hit but was played.

@Eleventhearlofmars

Жыл бұрын

@@totaltwit it’s always good to have a sexy organ. 😳

@MrWildcat2009

Жыл бұрын

I never heard of that song til just now, but that’s probably because it likely never made it to the States.

Dale Winton introducing The Prodigy? Now there’s something you don’t see every day!

@TheHilikus89

Жыл бұрын

I miss Dale Winton he seemed like he didn't take himself too seriously

@SuperPlacido1

Жыл бұрын

What your avatar mean?

@AtheistOrphan

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperPlacido1 - It means I am vehemently opposed to the tyranny of religions. (All of them). I choose that particular one for aesthetic reasons, in that ones depicting several religious symbols appear far too small, particularly when viewed on a phone.

@colourful_

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHilikus89 Ah Dale Winton did seem lovely! 😊✨

@mr.evasion

Жыл бұрын

Remember Dale on R2 one Saturday afternoon playing Evil Woman by Black Sabbath saying " there's something you won't hear often on the BBC!"... Dale was fun

Rest in peace Keith Flint

@redblade8160

Жыл бұрын

Keith Flint committed suicide by hanging himself; his body was discovered on 4 March 2019

@rayhoughton8046

Жыл бұрын

Not missed

@ninagill1407

Жыл бұрын

Rip. Sorely missed.

@mattiassvanberg8292

Жыл бұрын

RIP Keith Levene

@MrPomdownunder

Жыл бұрын

I hated his music but apparently a nice bloke...

They should have banned more of their presenters given what we know now.

@stephaniespragg5586

Жыл бұрын

Repeats of TOTP on BBC4 are not going to be reaired if they contain Jimmy Savile and anyone else disgraced, eg. Rolf Harris and Gary Glitter (I hope this now includes R Kelly and Lostprophets on account of singer Ian Watkins)

Just that brief clip of Kirsty MacColl dancing with Happy Mondays is so delightful.

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@davidkay1948

Жыл бұрын

U wrong about xmiley face its to do with hippies protesting against veitnsm

For the Peaches entry, the clip says that Go Buddy Go was the B side of the single, in fact this record was a double A side. If you look closely at the start of the video from TOTP, where JJ shouts 'Boogie' he actually mouths 'Bollocks', and he & Hugh swapped guitars for the (mimed) performance. They were taking the piss because the BBC wouldn't let them play it live. That showed 'em.

@terrythekittieful

Жыл бұрын

Same thing in Australia,..the 'Top of the Pops' equivalent 'Countdown' and its in house guru/sycophant, Ian Meldrum banned the Stranglers for playing up on other tv stations and for refusing to mime.

@philipcooper4620

Жыл бұрын

The ultimate version of a band taking the piss has to go to Nirvana for their version of ‘Smells like Teen Spirit’ where Kurt was irritated by having to sing along to a backing track. Legendary.

@southerner4566

8 ай бұрын

And JJ sings , I got me some speed and I'm doing fine

Banned Mungo Jerry's Lady Rose as the B side was about a spliff. Yet Saville was ever present.

@duncanhulatt8328

Жыл бұрын

Have a whiff on me

I met shaun ryder, fat neck Phil and Bez when I was 14 working as a pot collector in a very busy Manchester pub. I can honestly say they was the nicest, honest and funniest guys I've met from the madchester scene. And at that point 1994 in the heart of Manchester I'd met alot.

@andrewhatton8900

Жыл бұрын

Sorry my mistake,what I meant to say was my mate worked with Shaun's dad at the postal depo.

@duffbaker9554

Жыл бұрын

Did you only collect pots or did you collect pans as well?

@wezcurrie4040

Жыл бұрын

@@duffbaker9554 a few weeks later I got asked too work in the kitchen. So yeah.

Ian Dury and the Blockheads got banned after they appeared on Top Of The Pops, dressed as policemen singing I Want To Be Straight, during a major corruption investigation of the police. Madness got banned for doing fake miming, because the producer had no sense of humour.

@AtheistOrphan

Жыл бұрын

Fake miming? As opposed to REAL miming I presume?

@julianaylor4351

Жыл бұрын

@@AtheistOrphan They mucked about, such as using another object, that wasn't an instrument, as if it was and not mouthing the words. 😁

@barryfowles-zl5ib

Жыл бұрын

Ian DUTY?

@julianaylor4351

Жыл бұрын

@@barryfowles-zl5ib I didn't write that, someone's altered it.🙄

@sarahwells2623

Жыл бұрын

​@Julia Naylor they're far from the only people to do that though, Bob Geldof "played" a candelabra during a performance of Rat Trap in the late 70s and that was fine. Morrissey and his gladioli, Tracy Ullman with a hairbrush instead of a microphone, George Michael in his Wham days going on with no microphone at all, Fish from Marillion standing there with cards with the lyrics on and his mouth shut. They wouldn't "ban" anyone for that, loads of pop stars were at it!

Split Enz song 'Six months in a Leaky Boat' was banned owing to its release during the Falklands War. Despite being recorded prior to the outbreak of the conflict, some in Britain considered the song to be veiled criticism of the war with Argentina. The song was consequently removed from many radio play lists in the United Kingdom, including the BBC.

@ianbarnes961

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't Shipbuilding also banned for much the same reason?

@lilymarinovic1644

Жыл бұрын

Shame, it is a great song.

What joy to see The Mondays with Kirsty McColl. 😍

I can't believe there is no mention of Judge Dread who if I remember correctly, EVERY single he ever released was banned by the BBC. He was the king of lewd and suggestive lyrics. "Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet knickers all tattered and torn. It wasn't a spider who sat down beside her but Little Boy Blue with the horn." 😂 What was the problem BBC? :0

@davidrogan1292

Жыл бұрын

That's just as funny as rude .

@tobybaker5187

Жыл бұрын

He never got on Top Of The Pops

@bobair2

Жыл бұрын

Didn't they have some "Big" number songs as well? Something in my murky memory has "smoke a little and plant some seed" as one of their song lyrics but I forget it's name.

@normandunford5747

Жыл бұрын

Mary bloody Whitehouse !!!@

@alannevin2490

Жыл бұрын

I've got that album! " The boy stood on the burning deck playing a game of cricket, the ball rolled up his trouser leg and stumped his middle wicket! "

your 1st up D-Mob lead singer Daniel Kojo Poku was honoured by the King last year and awarded an MBE for his work in the music industry. So glad after all these decades the track is seen about the house music style and not the drugs and that if listeners into the drugs wished to associate the music, that's fine, but it wasn't a 'song to corrupt kids' as the tabloids had tried to sell newspapers with titles like that back in the day. Great stuff Danny D! Well deserved and yes to honour others and set paths for the new!

@bobsage4963

Жыл бұрын

No. 1 rule for the Tabloids: "Never let the facts get in the way of a good headline".

Going into the 90's I really got into metal, but always an ear out for other stuff....I like music, broad interest. The Prodigy I liked from the get go. I saw them in Amsterdam with my son, couple of months before Keith's death.....truly one of the most memorable concerts we've seen....and we saw a LOT. What an explosion of sheer joy in the crowd, it was absolutely wild and euphorious!!! 😎

@leiwolf27

Жыл бұрын

As a fellow metal head, I bloody love The Prodigy. I wish I have seen them live

@thearmchairjournalist566

Жыл бұрын

I got locked up 3 days before the concert and he passed away soon after and I was devastated I never got to see them 😢

My mates Mother designed the cover for the single of "Relax!!" so by it getting banned from the BBC it also catapulted her career as well. She was only 18 at the time.

@an-alternative-contrarian5047

Жыл бұрын

Nice story! Good stuff.

@awoken8infinite

Жыл бұрын

@@an-alternative-contrarian5047 Thanks. I mean she probably would have done just alright without this, but I suppose it can't hurt. I used to go up and see him in Town and they lived in such a Gorgeous house as well, full of the most weird and wonderful things.

This should be titled the top 10 songs banned, not the top 10 artists.

@badda_boom8017

Жыл бұрын

What I was thinking too.

@kevinsayce2248

Жыл бұрын

Er, the first one was by an artist 🙄

@badda_boom8017

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinsayce2248 lol ok and the other 9 😂😂😂 Ps. First one was a song, not an artist ;)

@kevinsayce2248

Жыл бұрын

@@badda_boom8017 Sung by an artist 😉👍

@badda_boom8017

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinsayce2248 they're all sung by artists 😂 but the point is, the artist isn't banned. It was the song.

Irony Banning Radioheads "Creep" while still paying Sicko Jimmy. Should have been an Omen.

I love the bands that got round the BBC's "no songs celebrating drugs or drug use" - with The Shamen's "Ebeneezer Goode" being one of the best examples. How brilliant it was that there they were singing "E's are good, E's are good!" so many times, and all the references and descriptions of the drug ecstasy, and it seemed to fly right over the BBC censors heads. (I am not condoning drug use - just celebrating the ingenuity of the band.)

@lilymarinovic1644

Жыл бұрын

How the heck did that get past the Beeb? It was so obvious!

@scottm2292

Жыл бұрын

Pretty vacant by the sex pistols - "pretty vaaaaaa-c*nt!"

@ashleyp.4932

Жыл бұрын

@@lilymarinovic1644 I have often suspected that the BBC, were more lenient than we thought. As long as they weren't overtly saying "ecstasy is good" they let it pass. I can't believe they really didn't get it.

@jacekatalakis8316

Жыл бұрын

That song went to number 1 during Drug Awareness Week, just to really drive the point home, too. Which always makes me laugh. I mean, perfect timing.

@IAmPez

Жыл бұрын

It was banned by the BBC though I always thought? It was even often cited as one of the most famously banned songs as I recall. Like some of the songs on this list, the artist got to play it before it was banned, but it was still banned after the fact. I'm almost 100% certain this was the case for _Ebeneezer Goode_ too.

Comedian and impressionist Phil Pope did a send up of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Relax, a song called Frankie does Frankie, on which he sung Relax as if he was Frank Sinatra. 😁

@AdjustableSquelch

Жыл бұрын

Phil Pope is great, was part of the start of post pub telly with Who Dares Wins... on C4 where he did a bunch parodies, like 'Life Isn't Fair' of The Smiths. Coooeee is great as well.

@richardingamells7213

Жыл бұрын

@@AdjustableSquelch He was part of parody band that did send ups of groups of the era

I loved radioheads "creep" still listen to it 😊

On the subject of "Je t'aime...", the BBC actually commissioned a band (Sounds Nice) to record the music without the "lyrics" and played this on TOTP when Gainsbourg got to No 1. The original Gainsbourg version with Brigitte Bardot is even better and more sensual than the Birkin one.

@crowstylerrat2799

Жыл бұрын

If you fancy a laugh, try listening to the version by June Whitfield and Frankie Howerd!

What about Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a Ling"?

I wonder if Paul Ryder, Keith Levene, Jet Black, and Terry Hall are jamming together right now. With Andy Fletcher clapping his hands and dancing behind an unplugged keyboard. Rest easy guys.

@SeeDaRipper...

Жыл бұрын

No idea what this has to do with banned songs on TOTP?

@michaelwilson2340

Жыл бұрын

@@SeeDaRipper... They all died in 2022. Research Research Research.

@michaelwilson2340

Жыл бұрын

@@SeeDaRipper... Jet Black was in the Stranglers. And Paul Ryder was a member of The Happy Mondays. Top supergroup of the deceased.

@215Gallagher

Жыл бұрын

....and of course Dave Greenfield.

@rayhoughton8046

Жыл бұрын

I doubt it. Bellend

Rock Dj by Robbie Williams was controversial that they couldn’t play the video uncut due to its graphic nature and 15 cert by the BBFC.

@WatchMojoUK

Жыл бұрын

certainly was a strange music video! Iconic though

Was Mike Read who refused to play Relax then it escalated. The Who were banned from the BBC after Townshend gave a V sign on a live TOTP doing 5-15. The ban was lifted for You Better You Bet but they released little in between the two songs

I thought for sure that the song that got The Pogues banned was "Fairytale of New York", due to "crass language", but it makes sense why Brown Eyes was banned.

@martintodd9944

Жыл бұрын

They had two versions with one being a bit tamer and played the tamer version is why I remember, Shane MacGowan got stuck for "conforming"

@markwilliamwestonwilson1503

Жыл бұрын

Where is there crass Words in the Fairy tale of New York ?

@markwilliamwestonwilson1503

Жыл бұрын

The BBC really are the biggest bunch of wakners ever too happen , it was alright for the Kiddie Fiddler Jimmy Savile to milk the bbc for years

@markwilliamwestonwilson1503

Жыл бұрын

And what is Queenie doing presenting totp he is a granddad

@pj5517

Жыл бұрын

Was Mike Read who refused to play Relax. I still don't get the fuss re it.

Great, more good ones for my streaming playlist.

The Stranglers were also not allowed to perform Nice N Sleazy either, after they had strippers perform on the stage with them at a concert.

@WatchMojoUK

Жыл бұрын

wow really?

@redblade8160

Жыл бұрын

Julia Naylor The song "Golden Brown" by the Stranglers is about a drug! However, the Stranglers did appear on “Top of the Pops” with that song; maybe the BBC overlooked it because they are too thick to recognise this.

@douglasjones2955

Жыл бұрын

The song Duchess also by the stranglers was banned by that BBC for blasphemy

@johnanthonyp

Жыл бұрын

@@redblade8160 The Stranglers performed 'Don't Bring Harry' on TOTP too which is also about heroin.

“Faster” by the Manic Street Preachers received the most complaints in TOTP’s history. Maybe but “Banned” by an a honourable mention.

A girl in my class at primary school in 1989 drew clothes designs with acid badges on them and she wrote "aceid" on them. She was very creative and now makes and repairs clothes so I heard, she moved out of my area

"we call it aciiid" wasn't banned by the BBC. It was just banned from TOTPs along with any other song with "acid" in the name

@whoarewe7515

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't I wanna be a hippy a song that got banned aswell?

What about the ballad of John and Yoko - did you ban this one from your list or was it pre Top of the Flops?

Wings first single, Give Ireland Back To The Irish was banned in 1972.

God Save the Queen was also played at my boarding school, in the 5th form common room down in the basement - and the challenge was to see if the whole track could be played before a teacher would come running in and confiscating the 45.

@Ken_oh545

Жыл бұрын

We also used to play Plaistow Patricia by Ian Dury

@healingenso7923

Жыл бұрын

@@Ken_oh545 - I only just discovered the cover of Shane McGowan doing Plaistow Patricia - a nice alternative.

All the music of Judge Dredd was banned from the BBC because the songs were too risqué. He stills holds the record of having the most banned hits.

@supertouring22

Жыл бұрын

Judge Rinder was better

@robwilliams6753

Жыл бұрын

judge dread...not the comic book character judge dredd.

@julianaylor4351

Жыл бұрын

His songs were laiden with rude words, but good pop reggae.

@12presspart

Жыл бұрын

@@julianaylor4351 and realy funny

I think you forgot a few...Billie Holliday's "Strange fruit", Lonnie Donegan;s "Diggin' my potatoes", George Michael's "I want your sex", even Abba's "Waterloo", were all banned!

@12presspart

Жыл бұрын

@@clrrchrd no i think it was recorded in the 40s way before totp;s

@lilymarinovic1644

Жыл бұрын

What on earth could induce the BBC to ban a wholesome song like Waterloo?

@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990

Жыл бұрын

@@lilymarinovic1644 it's pointless to do so

Radiohead's Creep is about Thom having a crush on a girl at Exeter University and not having the confidence to ask her out.

@scottw.3258

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. And? How is that relevant to them being banned?

@saphia7

Жыл бұрын

@@scottw.3258 ...he is just simply stating what the song was about!!!

@scottw.3258

Жыл бұрын

@@saphia7 Ye think?

@carlisroy6666

Жыл бұрын

@@scottw.3258 I don't think the OP was justifying the ban.

@scottw.3258

Жыл бұрын

@@carlisroy6666 As i replied to 'Saphia7'... Ye think?

The Pistols were never banned by TOTP, their single God Save The Queen was.

@jimtheudb

Жыл бұрын

Weren't they banned from the BBC due to the "Dirty rotter" interview?

@ianmaddrell2247

Жыл бұрын

@@jimtheudb No, that interview was on ITV, not the BBC. John Lydon claimed about 40 years later he was banned by the BBC, but he wasn't PiL were regulars on TOTP and he also appeared on Juke Box Jury.

Loose Fit - unfairly overlooked masterpiece

the pistols weren't banned because of their music,they were banned because johnny rotten outed jimmy saville in a radio interview that didn't get aired

@PNETriffid

Жыл бұрын

That interview actually came a year afterwards in 1978, so no. It was banned because, as now, the BBC is pro-monarchy.

@geowynleda4641

Жыл бұрын

And no-one listened

@PNETriffid

Жыл бұрын

@@geowynleda4641 I know we still have a monarchy.

Having a BBc radio refusing to play your song and having it banned by the BBC are 2 completely different things. Some of which were just due to DJs and producers having a bit of a go at each other.

franki goes to Hollywood upset the BBC .... but oddly they was vary happy with jimmy Savile

The Police Invisible Sun was rarely played and the video featuring Derry banned for years.

They even banned magic roundabout by jasper carrott, despite it being a popular BBC programme lol

@kathrynabbott5032

Жыл бұрын

Not to be a prude but there is a lot of profanity in that song - I do actually own several copies of it.

@leightonsteven7059

Жыл бұрын

@@kathrynabbott5032 lol, it was a sarcastic original comment, as I too have a copy of it

Gary Glitter didn't get banned.

@ant183

Жыл бұрын

Neither did Michael Jackson.

Can’t abide the BBC and haven’t used their services for years. Peaches was one of my favourite lockdown songs, looks like I’m gonna be stuck here the whole summer, well what a bummer

Due to the B.side So What, The Anti Nowhere League's streets of London single was banned for sale in shops

Small matter I admit, but the video is titled Artuists BANNED, bu the entries are introduced as songs that were banned.

Ironically, bands like Sex Pistols and Prodigy that were banned in their own territory the U.K. became massive hits here in the U.S. Even Led Zeppelin was ignored in the U.K. in their prime. Plant and Page even mentioned it on interviews of how the England press hated them. But, here Zep are considered Gods to this day.

“The acid house genre was facing a lot of heat for being linked to drugs”😂

All these banned on TOTP now they are playing songs like WAP on the radio!

@imalwaysright

Жыл бұрын

liberal empowering artists have been fighting against cancel culture and maybe its finally working

This song has been sung by many Britain’s Got Talent - how the times do change! “I mean “Creep””

#10. Summer of 89 in the UK was like 1969, just absolute acid-fueled mayhem. I was only 5 at the time, but sounds like quite the rager innit.

I think Creep is a love song from someone who doesn't feel worthy of the love he wants...

@DarkShroom

Жыл бұрын

this is the normal interpretation... but imagine if you where a peado working for the BBC how you'd feel about these lyrics

There was an cover version of je t’aime for comic relief with Yvette and Rene from allo allo look it up and there was another song called creep by TlC in which it was raunchy.

@sarahwells2623

Жыл бұрын

Ain't Too Proud To Beg is far more sexually explicit than Creep and they performed it live on TOTP. Creep isn't raunchy at all in comparison

Wasn't Divine banned by the BBC when he appeared on TOTP , because viewers made complaints about how he was dressed?

No mention of Max Romeo's seminal reggae classic ''Wet Dream''?

love frankie goes holly wood, brilliant dance tune back in the day, the stranglers prodigy, amazing we asked our french teacher to translator the words to the song and we got thrown out of class, lol ,i have the album never mind the bollocks album loved the sex pistols great tunes xx

Does anyone remember 'Wet Dream' by reggae artist Max Romeo in the late sixties? Dear old Alan Freeman on BBC radio couldn't play it or even mention the title! Took me ages to find out what it was actually called. Mind you,the lyrics were a bit explicit,even for the sixties.

Frankie goes to hollywoods leather track suit and white gloves still look the part to this day 😂

@sheila6186

Жыл бұрын

True. I love Holly Johnson's (Frankie... frontman) style, attitude and charisma there. :)

11:18 "...but fortunately, it didn't impede their success." Not at all. Shaun Ryder did that all by himself.

EDM wasn't a coined term till the 2010's I believe. And Prodigy are definitely not "EDM" I mean what even is "EDM"? it's basically when Americans stopped calling all Dance Music "Techno" and decided to add "electronic" to the name. Dance music is basically a blanket terms that covers all electronic music from clubs, raves etc... it's not actually a genre.

As much as this Manc (on the blue side) loved the Madchester scene, I still think no.2 on this list should be no.1 and no.3 should be no.2. And FGTH in the bronze medal position. Mike Read did 'em a massive favour with his pious call.

*¡enjoyed at 4:13 am Pacific Standard Time on Thursday, 5 January 2023!*

Every song on that list is epic!!!!!!!

RIP Caron Keating ...

No mention of King Kurt who were banned from ToTP for ever after dousing the lead singer in treacle and feathers!!

The documentary movie HYPE explains very clearly exactly what Kurt is saying. The ‘scene’ was a media construct, it was mostly just a lot of different bands in the one place at the same time (*yes some evolved out of each other or shared members).

Help me out here please. What was the name of the American comedian on BBC2 who wore a t shirt saying EXLAX as opposed to RELAX back in 1984?! Thanks.

@drbluzer

8 ай бұрын

THAT'S FUNNY !!!I would like to see that ! Do you know of any videos of this on KZread ?

The kettle calling the pot, comes to mind !

We call it Aciiiid is one of those songs/ tracks which takes me right back to the time. I think I was still in secondary school at the time but an old saddo like me woulsn't have been anywhere near an acid house party or rave then. I was barely going out with mates back then and I had very little idea about the club scene in my town.

@redblade8160

Жыл бұрын

Mongo Boogie You probably saved your own life by staying in doors and not getting involved with some acid house party...

@AdjustableSquelch

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I never went either but owned the track. I thought it was much more interesting than the music in the clubs. Doesn't really have that acid squelch either

4:08 anyone who knows the background music? who is it?

Also I wonder what totp's would have made of type o negative. That would have been hilarious to watch.

I seem to remember Lil Louis French Kiss and Alice by Gompie being banned by totp too back in the 90s!

@djcaru1

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure I remember Smokey and Roy Chubby Brown performing their version in the 90s with the line “who the bleep is Alice”. Also - French Kiss - what a tune.

@robwilliams6753

Жыл бұрын

French Kiss was definitely 80s

The BBC merely said "At number One - a song by Wings". Give Ireland Back To The Irish was banned on TV and Radio (as with Hi, Hi, Hi. What's wrong Mojo, are these too much for you, too? Macca responded with Mary Had A LIttle Lamb (you could hear him saying "Ban that, you Bas****s"). When they finally appeared on TOTP, P & L were clearly flying!

@hikikomoriarty

Жыл бұрын

'Hi Hi Hi' has very raunchy lyrics, I'll give them that.

Have you forgotten that classic "Leap up and Down(wave your knickers in the air)?

didnt ban jimmy saville though did they,hypocritical indeed,jpj

@evadedenbach1226

Жыл бұрын

Well, the BBC always stood for Better Be Clean, according to Davy Jones.

@onlyme219

Жыл бұрын

Ows about that then

@julianaylor4351

Жыл бұрын

They now cut his appearances from any repeats, whether it's whole programs and clip shows.

@AtheistOrphan

Жыл бұрын

@@julianaylor4351 - ‘Now then now then!’

The happy Mondays were band everywhere? Even TFI.

2:37 he just put his middle finger up 🤣🤣

getting banned from top of the pops should be a rite of passage

Big mistake on The Stranglers TOTP performance, 'Go Buddy Go' was not a B-Side but part of a double A-side. As for the 'Shame' about peaches, it got into the top 10 anyway.

the coolness factor of the Prodigy was only enhanced by this.

@DjNikGnashers

Жыл бұрын

Cool in the eyes of pop music casuals. They were brilliant at first, Android EP etc from 91, but by the end of 92 they had evolved into a cheese-fest of shyte.

No mention of The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode?

My grandad worked for the BBC from the 1950's to the 70's. He called for My Dingaling to be banned. My Uncle informed him that it was his dirty mind! Lol

OMG, how long did it take the BBC to learn that banning songs, just made the hits BIGGER!

Giving out Jim il fix badges is acceptable

The song was not banned because of their performance of Relax on TOTP or the raunchy lyrics of the song. It was the original video. NOT the one with the laser beams. In Holland they only showed the laser beams video. It was only in 1990 when I saw a documentary on Dutch television that i understood what FGTH was really about. I only saw the whole video in 2004 when I bought it on an "iconic 80s" DVD.

@Morphstock

9 ай бұрын

Not quite, it was getting airplay but then Radio 1 DJ Mike Read stated live on air that he was refusing to play it because of the lyrics, which forced the ban.

Nope, there were previous BBC bans. "It's Good News Week" was banned for being morbid, as was "Terry" by Twinkle.

SAVILE should've been booted ever since this started airing!!! 😖😖

'Ja Taime" was played on TOTP when it got to no.1. They just did a re-release without the orgasm noises.

Creep by radiohead, is one the best written songs at the time. It spoke to millions and still does

1:02 RIP Wrighty