Theos-Talk Archives (September 2001 Message tt00232)

Pendragon wrote:
> [Begin Translation]
> 
> ""Imagine" banned in the U.S.
> 
> [The French TV channel] TV5 has announced in its 10 A.M. magazine 
> program this morning that a radio chain which owns several thousand radio 
> stations in the U.S. has demanded that the song "Imagine" by John Lennon 
> should not be played any more on air, under the pretext that it was 
> subversive!

There were a BUNCH of songs which were RECOMMENDED not be played
(including things like Joan Jett's HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT, Queen's
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST, Elvis Presley's YOU'RE THE DEVIL IN
DISGUISE. Perhaps the reason why IMAGINE was on the list was that it was
based on Communist literature (not in itself so bad) describing the
world that would come after the old world was destroyed by promoting
hatred between groups until they destroy themselves (which IS in itself
so bad). 

> If this be true, folks, we are in big trouble, although I do not know 
> which radio stations we are talking about----anyone have a clue?? Censorship 
> of pop songs is the end of the road (last time you had that was in the 
> Soviet Union...). 

Instead, you would require a private citizen to use their personal
resources to promote ideas in which they may not believe?

Bart Lidofsky