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And here's me on the Blackpool prom singing "With my little stick of Blackpool rock ".

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January 23, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Day5

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George Formby - With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock

So many of George Formby's songs are suggestive. Skirting that very fine line but the BBC felt he crossed it with this one.

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George Formby - With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock
YouTube video by un4gotton
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January 23, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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▶️ The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (1967)

"Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
That grow so incredibly high"

#TheBeatles #Lennon #McCartney
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
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January 23, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Thanks to @bergonawire.bsky.social for hosting this!

"Bodies" - Drowning Pool
It was briefly taken off of Mainstream Rock radio stations after the 9/11 attacks due to nature of the song's lyrics. The song is actually about moshing.
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Bodies
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January 23, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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"A Boy Named Goo" by Goo Goo Dolls (1995)

Walmart refused to sell the album because they believed it showed a toddler covered in blood (it's jam of course)

Thanks to everyone who participated in the mini challenge!
January 23, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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Thanks for the challenge @bergonawire.bsky.social 😎

In 1970, Ray Davies flew 6000 miles from a US tour to London to re-record Lola because the BBC banned the original version for 'advertising' Coca Cola. 'Cherry Cola' was sung instead.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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5/5

Magic Roundabout - Jasper Carrott

A more adult take on the children's TV series with drug references and adult humour

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Jasper Carrot - Magic Roundabout (1976)
YouTube video by Confusion In Motion
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January 23, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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"Reesor Crossing Tragedy" by Stompin' Tom Connors

This songs about a union dispute that resulted in 3 union members killed & 11 others injured was taken off the air by the CBC. Connors received death threats if he played it live (which he continued to do)

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Reesor Crossing Tragedy
YouTube video by Stompin' Tom Connors - Topic
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January 22, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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▶️ Olivia Newton-John - Physical

*Banned by some stations due to the lyrics

"I took you to an intimate restaurant
Then to a suggestive movie
There's nothin' left to talk about
Unless it's horizontally"

#OliviaNewtonJohn #Physical #SteveKipner #TerryShaddick
Olivia Newton-John - Physical
YouTube video by Olivia Newton-John
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January 22, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Day4

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Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead (From the soundtrack to the Wizard of Oz)

When Margaret Thatcher died there was a campaign to get this to number 1 in the charts. Radio 1 refused to play it in the Top 40 countdown

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Ding Dong the Witch is Dead
YouTube video by Myvoinar
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January 22, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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"When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" - Billy Ocean
The video was initially banned on "Top Of The Pops" because Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, and Kathleen Turner are not part of Britian's Musicians' Union.
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Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (Official Video)
YouTube video by BillyOceanVEVO
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January 22, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Give Ireland Back to the Irish by Wings. Written by Paul & Linda McCartney after British troops in N. Ireland shot dead 13 protestors. It was banned from broadcast in the UK by the BBC & other organisations & overlooked by most radio in the USA. youtu.be/_gw427PqhXU?...
Paul McCartney - Give Ireland back to the Irish
YouTube video by Volim Irsku
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January 22, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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4/5

Banned by The BBC and withdrawn due to the start of a new IRA bombing campaign in London

Urban Guerilla - Hawkwind

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Urban Guerilla (1996 Remaster)
YouTube video by Hawkwind - Topic
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January 22, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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During the Gulf war, the BBC removed 67 songs – featuring any reference to armies, fighting, boats, killing, cavalry or the Middle East – from its playlists, including this one...

Abba - Waterloo
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January 22, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Day3

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax

Radio 1 DJ didn't seem to like this song, could this be why it was banned by the BBC?

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Official Video)
YouTube video by FGTHVEVO
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January 21, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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Kate Bush "Running Up that Hill" video was banned on MTV in the USA. Not only that, but my post got censored here on Blsky after I posted that song. Blsky seem to run on AI that isn't fed yet that the video is not banned anymore.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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EMI shelved Denim's single 'Summer Smash' after Princess Diana died in a car crash just before it's release. EMI's copies were destroyed and those sent to radio stations weren't played.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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"Enid" by Barenaked Ladies (1992)

Barenaked Ladies were banned from performing at the City of Toronto's 1991 New Year Eve Celebrations because their name "objectified women"

The national news exposure, of course, ended up being a boost to their careers

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Barenaked Ladies - Enid (Video)
YouTube video by Barenaked Ladies (official)
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January 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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"Love At First Sting" LP from Scorpions

Walmart wouldn't sell it with the album's original cover (pic 1). To make retailers happy, Polygram Records released it (to those who wanted it) with a group photo cover instead (pic 2).
January 21, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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▶️ Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby (1975)

"After Time magazine dubbed it "a marathon of 22 orgasms" and the BBC banned the single, it became a bona fide cause celebre".

#DonnaSummer #LoveToLoveYouBaby #70s #disco
#GiorgioMoroder #PeteBellotte #TopPop
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
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January 21, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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3/5

The BBC decided that due to the Queen's Silver Jubilee this would not be played.

God Save The Queen - The Sex Pistols

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Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
YouTube video by SexPistolsVEVO
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January 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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David Bowie's Space Oddity was first released in the UK at the time of the Apollo 11 mission but the BBC refused to play it until Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins had landed safely back down to earth.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Day2

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Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

Another Gulf War victim. This time the band's name was shortened to Massive. Did it hamper the chart potential of the track? Hard to say but it's still an epic track loved to this day.

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Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
YouTube video by MassiveAttackVEVO
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January 20, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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"High School Confidential" by Rough Trade (1980)

Was either heavily censored or outright banned from Canadian mainstream radio for its explicit sexuality and implied lesbianism (specifically the line "She makes me cream my jeans when she comes my way")

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Rough Trade - High School Confidential (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Musica Obscura: Rare Tracks and Performances
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January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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▶️ Loretta Lynn - The Pill (1975)

"This incubator is over-used because you've kept it filled
But feeling good comes easy now since I've got the pill"

#LoreneAllen #DonMcHan #T.D.Bayless #LorettaLynn #ThePill
The Pill
YouTube video by Loretta Lynn - Topic
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January 20, 2026 at 4:06 PM