Talk:List of singles banned by the BBC

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[edit] Move to List of songs banned by the BBC

I propose that this page be moved to List of songs banned by the BBC and extended. The BBC has banned many well known pop songs over the years and I don't see why this list should be confined only to songs that were released as singles. Readers coming to this page would probably want to find more extensive information on records banned by the BBC rather than just singles and will be disapointed as things stand. If nobody objects, I'd like to move the page and expand it. MarkB79 18:33, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Even songs released as singles are not all included (after all, it does not include anything by the Sex Pistols, who had a number of songs banned). Also, the note that they are arranged in "chronological order by date of release" is misleading, as for instance, the song "Bankrobber" by the Clash was included and it was released long after "Desdemona" or "Let's Spend the Night Together." So that note was removed. Beggarsbanquet (talk) 04:39, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I actually started editing the page some months back and intended to add a lot of songs to the list but I was too busy with work for uni and never got around to it. I apologise, I put in the chronological reference as I intended to arrange the new, longer list in chronological order rather than just a random or alphabetical order and I must have forgot to remove it when I didn't get around to completing the edits. There are a number of websites that give fairly detailed info about some records that have been banned and I have a couple of books that have infomation on it too, such as 'Rebel Rock' by John Street, so I'll have a go at editing the page extensively some time soon, hopefully in the next couple of weeks. I think it would be wise to move the page and expand it to include songs not issued as singles, for instance 'A Day in the Life' is one of the most famous instances of a record being banned by the BBC but it wasn't released as a single and so isn't currently mentioned on the page, and you are probably correct about the Sex Pistols, I'm fairly sure there were a number of well known records banned in the punk era which were not singles. And the list certainly does lack a large number of banned records which were actually singles. Only problem is I don't have much information on songs the BBC have supposedly 'banned' in recent years - they claim they no longer ban records but there have apparently been a number of songs they simply haven't played in recent years because of offensive or controversial lyrics. In any case, I'll move the page and add more content in the next couple of weeks since nobody seems to object. MarkB79 (talk) 20:11, 26 November 2007 (UTC)