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"Pigs (Three Different Ones)" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals. In the album's three parts, "Dogs", "Pigs" and "Sheep", pigs represent the people whom the band considers to be at the top of the social ladder, the ones with wealth and power; they also manipulate the rest of society and encourage them to be viciously competitive and cut-throat, so the pigs can remain powerful.
Constance Mary Whitehouse CBE (née Hutcheson; 13 June 1910 – 23 November 2001) [2] was a British teacher and conservative activist. She campaigned against social liberalism and the mainstream British media, both of which she accused of encouraging a more permissive society.
Pink Floyd: Margaret Thatcher and Mary Whitehouse: The song's writer, Roger Waters has stated that the second and third verses of the song are directed at the two political figures respectively. The first verse of the song is more general and is widely agreed upon by fans to be directed at businessmen in general. [18] [19] "Idiot Box" the Damned
British morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse tried unsuccessfully to get the song banned. [4] Whitehouse wrote to the BBC 's Director General claiming that "one teacher told us of how she found a class of small boys with their trousers undone, singing the song and giving it the indecent interpretation which—in spite of all the hullabaloo—is ...
4 Pink Floyd reference. 3 comments. 5 Suffered a lot, she did. 1 comment. 6 A daughter? 2 comments. 7 "Mary Whitehouse/Archive 3" listed at Redirects for discussion ...
This article lists songs and whole discographies which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years. During its history, the corporation has banned songs from a number of high-profile artists, including Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Beatles, Ken Dodd, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, the BBC Dance Orchestra, Tom Lehrer, Glenn Miller, and George Formby.
Pink Floyd is releasing new music for the first time in 28 years, with proceeds going to humanitarian relief in Ukraine. The band's first single since 1994 will be released Friday. "Hey Hey Rise ...
Zabriskie Point is a soundtrack album to the Michelangelo Antonioni film of the same name.It was originally released in March 1970 [4] and features songs recorded by contemporary rock acts of Antonioni's choosing, including Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead, and the Kaleidoscope.