Thursday, June 01, 2006

Weird songs deemed "possibly inappropriate after 9/11"

Interesting things you can learn from wiki . I was having yet another research block, so I've decided to "surf" on wiki (an activity I made up which involve clicking on links after links on wiki. Great fun.) I was reading on Black Hole Sun, and then found out it's been put on the "list of possibly inappropriate songs" after 9/11.

Interesting. I can see how some song might be a wee bit inappropriate, so I've decided to have a look at the link. Some of the songs are pretty much a no brainer: Great Balls of Fire, for example. Then you get some interesting entry:

Louis Armstrong – "What A Wonderful World"
The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?"
They're really saying "I love you"


That, apparently, is inappropriate.

Ok, move on to other songs:

John Lennon – "Imagine"
I still can't see how that's inappropriate. If anything that's a very nice song for reflection really.

Rage Against The Machine – all songs
OKay, that one made me chuckle a bit. Maybe they just hate the band. Heh.

But here's the worst one:
The Smashing Pumpkins – "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"

Bloody hell! That's my favourite Smashing Pumpkins' song!

Seriously: I can understand some people, especially those who lost love ones on that tragic day, would not want to hear anything with "flying" and "wings". But I still find it somewhat odd that any song that promote racial harmony is deemed inappropriate. This is fueling racim. And for what?

1 comment:

Bird said...

lol surf on wiki, that sounds fun, I shall try it next time I'm at work XD