Radio Station pulls "Baby it's cold outside" due to the #MeToo movement

SharpshooterTom · 01-12-2018 12:53PM #1

A Cleveland radio station says it has stopped playing the classic Christmas song “Baby It’s Cold Outside” because of the #MeToo movement.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (KDKA/CBS Local) — A Cleveland radio station says it has stopped playing the classic holiday song “Baby It’s Cold Outside” because of the #MeToo movement.

Star 102.1 posted on their website that listeners complained that the song’s lyrics are inappropriate so the station says they made a decision to stop playing the song.

Radio host Glenn Anderson wrote that about the station’s decision to pull the song.

“The world we live in is extra sensitive now, and people get easily offended, but in a world where #MeToo has finally given women the voice they deserve, the song has no place,” Anderson wrote.

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/11/30/radio-station-pulls-baby-its-cold-outside-after-complaints-following-metoo-movement/

It was written back in 1944, a different time of course in the midst of the second world war.

I'm not a fan of the song, the lyrics are a bit rapey and could be construed as offensive, but its still a bit harsh to ban it IMO.

I suspect we will be seeing a lot of songs and films from the 20th century continue to get a #MeToo reckoning. Anything pre 2000 is in dangerous terrority.

super_furry · 01-12-2018 12:55PM

Unleash the After Hours outrage kraken!

biko · 01-12-2018 01:02PM

They should replace it with this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThrYCy9Zzo

RocketRaccoon · 01-12-2018 01:04PM

These people would want to **** off and get a ride.

01-12-2018 01:06PM

it was written by a married couple

but lookit, this is an annual controversy by now

Outlaw Pete · 01-12-2018 01:06PM

Kitty6277 · 01-12-2018 01:07PM

Oh ffs

hynesie08 · 01-12-2018 01:08PM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

A Cleveland radio station says it has stopped playing the classic Christmas song “Baby It’s Cold Outside” because of the #MeToo movement.

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/11/30/radio-station-pulls-baby-its-cold-outside-after-complaints-following-metoo-movement/

It was written back in 1944, a different time of course in the midst of the second world war.

I'm not a fan of the song,the lyrics are a bit rapey[\b]and could be construed as offensive, but its still a bit harsh to ban it IMO.

I suspect we will be seeing a lot of songs and films from the 20th century continue to get a #MeToo reckoning. Anything pre 2000 is in dangerous terrority.

They're not though.

thomil · 01-12-2018 01:10PM

Good.

Not because of the lyrics, but it's just a godawful song!

The_Kew_Tour · 01-12-2018 01:17PM

Is there anything in the world people are not offended by now.

It's new thing everyday.

Sonics2k · 01-12-2018 01:19PM

Radio station makes a move to drive traffic to their website and station after stirring up their own controversy.

They're just exploiting peoples outrage now.

Grayditch · 01-12-2018 01:22PM

I always thought it was a bit creepy.

01-12-2018 01:24PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Is there anything in the world people are not offended by now.

It's new thing everyday.

Seems that way sometimes. More and more people feel the need in the real world - whatever about online - to let me know they are offended by stuff.

Things I teach my kids - letting my daughter dress up as Moana at Halloween - letting my son play with dolls - not doing Santa Claus or church at Xmas - the music I listen to - hell even some old woman came up to me once in the park to tell me how I was playing with my children was "wrong".

Seems like offense is a badge of honor these days - but it seems to me like it can only be so long before the suicidal stupidity of identity politics and offense has to implode. So I just quietly wait for it to happen.

jaykay74 · 01-12-2018 01:30PM

This is nothing to do with metoo and all to do with generating clicks

Signore Fancy Pants · 01-12-2018 01:41PM

Society is slowing fcuking itself.

Pretty soon people will be so fking offended and righteous over everything that nobody will talk to each other incase some fcuktard starts crying.

The perpetually offended need to get fked.

suicide_circus · 01-12-2018 01:43PM

the only people who would read anything sinister into that song are probably a bit rapey themselves.

01-12-2018 01:45PM

That's such a cheap lousy faggot thing to do.

Dravokivich · 01-12-2018 01:47PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Is there anything in the world people are not offended by now.

It's new thing everyday.

This song has been called up more and more over the last 6 or so years now. And people who complain about the song don't seem to understand it. https://dailycaller.com/2016/12/05/here-is-why-baby-its-cold-outside-is-not-a-song-about-rape/

greencap · 01-12-2018 02:05PM

bet they won't object to the long list of 'smack a ho' style rap songs.

wonder why.

replace with this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W25_jgiY51I

TheValeyard · 01-12-2018 02:08PM

Did the same radio station stop playing Gary Glitters 'Another Rock 'n' Roll Christmas?

You know, a guy actually involved in child rape.

Church on Tuesday · 01-12-2018 02:11PM

super_furry wrote: »

Unleash the After Hours outrage kraken!

Less outrage and more concern for inevitable decline into a highly sanistised, gender regimented and bland future popular culture.

01-12-2018 02:12PM

I think the OP could accurately re-phrased as:

"Local radio station gets massive increase in listeners and brand recognition after savvy PR move prompts discussion worldwide"

coolisin · 01-12-2018 02:15PM

Not that I care what the radio station is but did it stop playing that robin thicke song actually about date rape a couple years ago??

looksee · 01-12-2018 02:19PM

You would really have to be scraping around to find that song offensive. Its a harmless bit of flirtation and love.

PlaneSpeeking · 01-12-2018 02:25PM

For every bat crap crazy nutjob who calls for a ban, am gonna play it. The nuttier the objection the louder I'm playing it!

whisky_galore · 01-12-2018 02:44PM

It's jazz.
Jazz, even the very early stuff, has lyrics with sex, drugs, alcoholism references/or whatever you're having yourself you won't find in Country n Irish.

Trigger Happy · 01-12-2018 03:02PM

Even guns n roses censored themselves by removing the emigrants and ******s song from the Appetite for Destruction reissue.
What next?

looksee · 01-12-2018 03:08PM

I wonder will anyone call for the banning of 'Bunch of Thyme'? Now there's dodgy lyrics!

01-12-2018 03:08PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Even guns n roses censored themselves by removing the emigrants and ******s song from the Appetite for Destruction reissue.
What next?

That's the reason why I refuse to buy it - I was actually considering shelling out for the Locked 'n' Loaded set but f**k them for not including One In A Million.

I heard a busker singing it back in the mid 90s.

Gatling · 01-12-2018 03:53PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Is there anything in the world people are not offended by now.

It's new thing everyday.

Wait till the demand banning the term and song white Christmas

Atlantic Dawn · 01-12-2018 03:57PM

Ffs, this will mean we will soon only be getting the Ronan Keating version of Fairytale Of New York, time to rise up against the machine.

Radio Station pulls "Baby it's cold outside" due to the #MeToo movement

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