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In the song "(I Ain't Gonna' Play) Sun City" (1985), featuring artists such as Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, the lyrics encouraged other artists not to perform at Sun City during the apartheid, calling for justice. The artists involved in the Sun City album partook in self-censorship, boycotting Sun City throughout the apartheid.
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.
The Banned had a minor UK hit in 1977 with "Little Girl", a cover version of a 1966 U.S. hit song by the Syndicate of Sound. [1] The Banned's original home pressing on Can't Eat Records (Eat Up 1) was taken up by EMI's Harvest label. [1] The Banned originated from Tooting and Camberwell in London. Originally the Banned were:
The set list consisted of 16 songs, with eight from Lover and eight from Swift's other albums. City of Lover ran for one hour, and was the only concert that Swift held to promote Lover, after the planned sixth concert tour Lover Fest was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first covers were instrumentals, "Love at first sight", after the original was banned; [30] the first version by a British group named Sounds Nice (featuring Tim Mycroft on keyboard) became a top 20 hit. [31] (The group's name "sounds nice" represents the two words Paul McCartney said when he heard this instrumental cover of the song.)
A Wisconsin elementary school banned a first grade class from performing the Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet “Rainbowland," deeming it too "controversial" for the classroom.
The song was banned by the BBC after complaints, owing to the religious nature of the lyrics. [12] Bunny Lewis, Whitfield's manager and producer, asked songwriter Carl Sigman to amend his lyric. Rather than asking the question to God about why the singer had lost his love, the lyric was instead addressed directly to the lost lover.
The following is a list of songs about cities. It is not exhaustive. Cities are a major topic for popular songs. [1] [2] Music journalist Nick Coleman said that apart from love, "pop is better on cities than anything else." [1] Popular music often treats cities positively, though sometimes they are portrayed as places of danger and temptation.