Archive for the ‘Music Censorship’ Category
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Some Australian parents and children organisations are outraged that the government will not implement tighter classification laws for 'raunchy' music videos.
According to the government, there 'was a 'low level' of community concern about music videos'. They also said they had no power over the Advertising Standards Board, presumably in response ...
Posted in Music Censorship, Parental outrage | 10 Comments »
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Don't think too much just bust that kick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Lyrics like these and sexually-charged visuals is why channel Ten's in-house censors have rated Lady GaGa's music video for her ...
Posted in Music Censorship, TV Censorship | 21 Comments »
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
[caption id="attachment_300" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="MySpace deemed this promotional photograph for band Oceano suitable, but shots containing simulated violence were promptly removed from the social networking site."][/caption]
MySpace said this band's promo shoot (Click to see the photos - Not Safe For Work) was 'too violent' and promptly removed the offending photographs ...
Posted in Music Censorship | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
The music clip for Kylie Minogue's new track Wow has been yanked before it could air by UK communications regulator Ofcom. Not because Kylie's strutting around in gold short shorts or flashing side-boobie (this time around she's covered head to toe in a secondhand space suit). It's because the Wow ...
Posted in International, Music Censorship | No Comments »
