+ 9 - 2 | § ¶Merry Christmas Everyone!
I trust you have an '80s Festive Season!
+ 4 - 3 | § ¶Faggots Back on The Festive Menu
BBC Radio 1 has said it will allow the Pogues' Fairytale of New York to be played on the station uncut, after criticism of a decision to censor it.
The words "slut" and "faggot" had been dubbed out from the 20-year-old festive hit by station executives.
But after a day of criticism from listeners, the band, and the mother of singer Kirsty MacColl, they changed their minds.
Hurrah for common sense! Read More
+ 5 - 1 | § ¶Faggots Off The Menu For The Pogues
...not to mention Kirsty McColl.In a truly bizarre twist of events, the UK’s top radio pop station, Radio One, has decided to censor the 1987 hit from Kirsty McColl and The Pogues, Fairytale of New York.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7149525.stm
In spite of the song being a hit (uncensored) in the ‘80s, modern sensitivities apparently dictate that the words, "you scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot" are too much for a modern audience to take!
Bah, humbug, say I!
I grew up with faggots (a tasty meatball traditionally served with mushy peas) and I demand the right to hear the unexpurgated version of the song. Take a stand against censorship and watch the original, faggot and all....
+ 1 - 4 | § ¶Max Headroom's Christmas
Amazing the stuff you can find on YouTube. Here is the ultimate 80s Christmas song from the very fabulous Max Headroom...+ 4 - 2 | § ¶It's an 80s Christmas (again)!
The UK charts are once again buzzing with hits from the ‘80s and ‘70s. According to the BBC, no less than eight old Christmas hits are back in the Top 40. These include the ‘80s hits, Fairytale New York by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Last Christmas by Wham!, Do They Know It’s Christmas by Band Aid and Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens.The BBC claims that this resurgence in old Christmas hits is all due to “the easy availability of classic tracks to download, and rules introduced at the end of 2006 that mean every download counts toward the chart.”
Full story HERE.
Meanwhile, we’ll celebrate with a video of Shaky from 1985....
