tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077838118684630092.post6596294282558409793..comments2023-06-02T05:26:58.113-04:00Comments on THE JOYFUL GADFLY ... ROCK AND METAL ALBUM REVIEWS BLOG: D.A.D ~ No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims (album review) ... Fighting the girl army!Aaron Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05625726101651013905noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077838118684630092.post-30460370132449391542011-07-22T12:49:08.528-04:002011-07-22T12:49:08.528-04:00That's a good point, BUT, if you look at the l...That's a good point, BUT, if you look at the list of the 48 (suggested) banned songs (by ClearChannel) that came after 9-11 (you could even go back in time to Tipper Gore's banned profane songs and the point is the same) many of them have nothing offensive about them and are completely unrelated to terrorism/Islam/Middle East but they 'imply' something 'bad'. So, though "Jihad" is JUST a word and has really no Islamic context in the lyrics ... someone might hear it out of context and think the song is about something it isn't. Even considering the fact that this isn't an American band. That's the way this works. <br /><br />As for guns/weapons ... 9/11 was a rallying call of nationalist pride that continues to this day. Nobody was out there supporting the actions of the terrorists ... the opposite the guns movement where there are some that want to ban guns and others that want them. Same with drugs. <br />So, 9-11 is a different situation politically than guns or drugs. It's completely hypocritical to ban something that's bad even though it isn't and not ban something else (uh, Ice-T's "Cop Killer" anyone?), but that's the way society works.<br /><br />Going back to banned songs ... for those that might be curious ... it includes "all songs" by Rage Against The Machine, AC/DC's "Safe In NYC", Metallica "Enter Sandman", Queen's "Killer Queen" (which is a song about a high society woman!!!!????), Alice In Chain's "Rooster", Van Halen's "Jump" & "Dancing In The Stret" (but the original Motown version & the Jagger/Bowie is still alloowed!), GNR's "Knockin On Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan's version was still allowed!), Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" (considering Plant has said he doesn't know what the lyrics are really about), Hendrix's "Hey Joe", Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal" (but not Michael Jackson's original!), Megadeth's "Sweating Bullets" & "Dread & The Fugitive Mind"!<br /><br />So, as you said, yes, "this show how sad America is" ... they ban songs that have nothing to do with nothing but only particular versions and have missed out on some great bands.Aaron Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05625726101651013905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077838118684630092.post-87773241234062183882011-07-21T19:20:39.323-04:002011-07-21T19:20:39.323-04:00The fact that this song isn't on a banned list...The fact that this song isn't on a banned lists sadly demonstrates how forgotten the band has become in America<br /><br />I would rather say this shows how sad America is, it was never intended to be offensive, so why would they ban it?<br /><br />Should they ban all songs that is about drugs and weapons then? I mean, they've done at least as much if not more harm than Jihads in USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com