Wednesday, June 22, 2005

What a wonderful world

This is a list of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel following the September 11, 2001 attacks.
In the days following the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., many television and radio stations altered normal programming in response to the events. During this period, a list of 'songs with questionable lyrics' purported to be from radio conglomerate Clear Channel Communications to its subsidiaries began to circulate on the Internet.
Here are some of the 'inappropriate' songs:
Louis Armstrong – "What A Wonderful World"
The Animals – "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"
The Bangles – "Walk Like An Egyptian"
Buddy Holly and the Crickets – "That'll Be The Day"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Travelin' Band"
Dave Matthews Band – "Crash Into Me" (--understandable)
Gap Band – "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"
Jimi Hendrix – "Hey Joe"
Led Zeppelin – "Stairway To Heaven"
John Lennon – "Imagine"
Jerry Lee Lewis – "Great Balls Of Fire"
Rage Against The Machine – all songs
Simon And Garfunkel – "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (WHAT?!)
The Zombies - "She's Not There"