Canada bans 26 year old Dire Straits song

Herb Powell · 24-01-2011 11:48PM

Don't forget Justin Bieber. Canada really shouldn't be allowed to have an opinion on music

rainbowdrop · 25-01-2011 01:13AM

futonic wrote: »

if the word was 'N*gg*r' would people think it was pc gone mad?

Do you guys think 'fa ggot' is not offensive. Do you think that fa ggot being used as a general term of abuse in addition to the description of a sexuality is not offensive to people who happen to have that sexuality?

I love canada.

I am 'of that sexuality' and I don't find it offensive at all. It's just a song ffs, and a 26 year old song at that. Try not to take one word/verse in a classic song and get offended by it.......

Gay people that get offended at the least little thing give all of us 'LGBT' people a bad name.

starbelgrade · 25-01-2011 01:27AM

futonic wrote: »

I can't stand it when people describe things a being 'ghey', in order to be disparaging. Can you imagine being a young person, unsure of your sexuality. Knowing little of it, but knowing it to be a general term of negativity.

You can call something gay without necessarily implying any negativity & you can call something gay, because it's, well.... just gay. Even gay men use the word in that context.

Words don't cause any harm - only how they are used that does, but I seriously doubt that saying something is gay is going to have any major impact on anybody's life either way, regardless of their age or sexual orientation.

Thomas828 · 25-01-2011 01:28AM

And who's up there? What's that? Hawaiian noises, banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee...

Skerries · 25-01-2011 01:42AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOzG7bBylRo

Andy-Pandy · 25-01-2011 02:23AM

Herb Powell wrote: »

Don't forget Justin Bieber. Canada really shouldn't be allowed to have an opinion on music

Neil Young, joni Mitchell, Arcade Fire, Rufus Wainright, Feist, Broken Soicial Scene,The New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara, Wolf Parade, Final Fantasy, death from above 1979 I know there are lots more but thats whats popped into my head and its late. Anybody who thinks no good music comes out of Canada ha rubish taste

starbelgrade · 25-01-2011 02:28AM

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

Neil Young, joni Mitchell, Arcade Fire, Rufus Wainright, Feist, Broken Soicial Scene,The New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara, Wolf Parade, Final Fantasy, death from above 1979 I know there are lots more but thats whats popped into my head and its late. Anybody who thinks no good music comes out of Canada ha rubish taste

OK, so Neil Young is OK.

Andy-Pandy · 25-01-2011 02:33AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

OK, so Neil Young is OK.

Said by someone who says Kanye West is a musical influance on his myspace :rolleyes:

Latchy · 25-01-2011 02:33AM

Andy Williams.........anybody ?

only cos he's Canadian ( I think ) and my mother liked him :pac:

Ahhhh bedtime ...

*runs out of thread *

OPENROAD · 25-01-2011 02:41AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

I don't find the word "nigger" offensive. It only becomes offensive if it's used as a term of abuse.

Same with "Paddy" no matter who says it?

Jimmy Garlic · 25-01-2011 05:21AM

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

Neil Young, joni Mitchell, Arcade Fire, Rufus Wainright, Feist, Broken Soicial Scene,The New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara, Wolf Parade, Final Fantasy, death from above 1979 I know there are lots more but thats whats popped into my head and its late. Anybody who thinks no good music comes out of Canada ha rubish taste

Great song, Crash test Dummies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIbcqgXh5-4

The Wierd Al parody is good too..:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u7vsWV0m0c

Simi · 25-01-2011 06:08AM

futonic wrote: »

if the word was 'N*gg*r' would people think it was pc gone mad?

Do you guys think 'fa ggot' is not offensive. Do you think that fa ggot being used as a general term of abuse in addition to the description of a sexuality is not offensive to people who happen to have that sexuality?

I love canada.

N*gger Please!

starbelgrade · 25-01-2011 10:32AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Same with "Paddy" no matter who says it?

Again, it depends on the context or how it's said.

I have English mates who often call me "Paddy" or "Mick".. but I don't take it badly as that's not how it is intended.

However, if someone called me a "f*cking Paddy", that'd be a different story altogether.

Rippy · 25-01-2011 10:53AM

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I am 'of that sexuality' and I don't find it offensive at all. It's just a song ffs, and a 26 year old song at that. Try not to take one word/verse in a classic song and get offended by it.......

Gay people that get offended at the least little thing give all of us 'LGBT' people a bad name.

Exactly , the only people offended are so far up there own arse they don't need boyfriends.

sbsquarepants · 25-01-2011 11:38AM

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

Neil Young, joni Mitchell, Arcade Fire, Rufus Wainright, Feist, Broken Soicial Scene,The New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara, Wolf Parade, Final Fantasy, death from above 1979 I know there are lots more but thats whats popped into my head and its late. Anybody who thinks no good music comes out of Canada ha rubish taste

I cant help but notice that Avril Lavigne missing from your list? Deliberately?:D

futonic · 25-01-2011 08:41PM

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I am 'of that sexuality' and I don't find it offensive at all. It's just a song ffs, and a 26 year old song at that. Try not to take one word/verse in a classic song and get offended by it.......

Gay people that get offended at the least little thing give all of us 'LGBT' people a bad name.

Maybe you haven't had the same life experiences, as I have had. Maybe you shouldn't judge what you don't know. Maybe you're a pushover? What if I said you were just an ignorant paddy, would that offend you?

What if somebody doing something stupid or inane was constantly referred to as a 'bit Oirish'?

godanicus · 25-01-2011 10:45PM

LOL This is flying around in circles. Bad to say fAgg0t. Dire straits rocks.
Canada has questionable taste in music. Gay is a derogatory term, unless used innocently. Celine dion is crap. Crash test dummies are unsure ( the y keep saying mmmmmmmmmmm) Neil young is a weirdo.
Thank god for pc world

Rented Mule · 25-01-2011 10:49PM

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Because it contained the word "fagg0t"...

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/24/dire.straits.song.ban.rstone/

:rolleyes:

26 years ago I blew out multiple sets of speakers on this song.

I actually laughed this morning coming home from darts. I heard this song on the radio for the first time in many years and they were fading out the word '******' in the song.

Doesn't this make it even more noticeable by it's absence ?

Uriel. · 25-01-2011 10:54PM

Fúck you Canada

Fozzydog3 · 04-03-2011 11:42AM

good riddance , hopefully soon they'll come to their senses and ban The Catcher In The Rye , Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas and Dirty Harry (off the top of my head I cant tell you how many times i've collapsed on the floor in a snivelling heap after being reminded that 26 years ago a man in a sound booth say the big F word

actually I vouch we burn all art forms and start from scratch just to be on the safe side

Canada bans 26 year old Dire Straits song

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