What a difference 20 years makes

[Aly Panic]

20 years ago 16 people were shot dead in Hungerford.
Stop Me I You Think You've Heard This One Before is pulled from release because of the line about committing a mass murder.
20 years on 32 people are shot dead at Virginia Tech.
Stop Me I You Think You've Heard This One Before by Mark Ronson gets massive radio play.

 

[vivabob]

its a fair point - does this mean that controversy in music no longer exists or is it a case of no one listens to the radio anymore

 

[fastpulseboy]

nobody get's upset about lyrics anymore. You can sing whatever you want, and maybe that is a good thing.

 

[Musley]

Good point, do you think that God Save The Queen by the Sex Pistols would still be banned today?

 

[vivabob]

not at all , i think it would need to be extreme before it would be banned now and even then all you have to do is go on the internet it has a wealth of everything

 

[the more you explore me!]

does the cover version use the same line thou? is the radio play edited?

 

[lovemorrissey]

its a fair point - does this mean that controversy in music no longer exists or is it a case of no one listens to the radio anymore

Id say the latter. The only reason ive heard it is becuase i downloaded it out of curiosity then realised its pants. Most people just listen to the radio in thier cars nowadays.

 

[Maurice E]

20 years ago 16 people were shot dead in Hungerford.
Stop Me I You Think You've Heard This One Before is pulled from release because of the line about committing a mass murder.
20 years on 32 people are shot dead at Virginia Tech.
Stop Me I You Think You've Heard This One Before by Mark Ronson gets massive radio play.

sorry but this is an extremely misleading comparison. smiths version wasnt due out for a few weeks when hungerford massacre took place.
stop me had already been high in airplay charts and had 2 weeks in real chart when the recent atrocity took place. also, different countires involved. stop me is presumably not al over radio in US at the mo...