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It seems every time I open the paper, turn on the news or click on a link there's some story about how this or that old programme or song has either upset someone or as in this case might upset the delicate ears of a few self entitled young people with the use of certain lyrics:
BBC Radio 1 will not play the original version of Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl this Christmas, because its audience may be offended by some of the lyrics.
The station said young listeners were particularly sensitive to derogatory terms for gender and sexuality.
It will instead play an edited version with different lyrics sung by MacColl.
But the 1987 original will still be played on Radio 2, while 6 Music DJs can choose between the two versions.
Frankly these executives live in a middle class "woke" bubble and have been nowhere near a council estate recently or ever perhaps as they complain about the use of the words contained in that old Christmas song Fairy Tale of New York one of the best festive songs of all time.
I sometimes wonder if these execs ever bother to listen to the lyrics of a lot of other stuff these young'uns seem to like and I mean Rap music. Hate it myself but wouldn't ban it though the lyrics of so much of the output are full of misogyny, homophobia and glorify gangsterism & violence especially in videos. How come this doesn't seem to upset the woke.
We can all take a guess why. Might be seen as racist to complain about certain aspects of "black culture" or at least the "street" end of it. But then in this day and age certain oppressions seem to take precedence over others. Trans rights trump women's rights, for example and don't mention theJews Zionists, Jews.
The Irish are hardly privileged in the historical sense and this song like or not is associated with them and most Irish men & women I know love this song and frankly so does nearly everybody else. If you don't change channel. Bejesus is it that difficult?
The station said young listeners were particularly sensitive to derogatory terms for gender and sexuality.
It will instead play an edited version with different lyrics sung by MacColl.
But the 1987 original will still be played on Radio 2, while 6 Music DJs can choose between the two versions.
Frankly these executives live in a middle class "woke" bubble and have been nowhere near a council estate recently or ever perhaps as they complain about the use of the words contained in that old Christmas song Fairy Tale of New York one of the best festive songs of all time.
I sometimes wonder if these execs ever bother to listen to the lyrics of a lot of other stuff these young'uns seem to like and I mean Rap music. Hate it myself but wouldn't ban it though the lyrics of so much of the output are full of misogyny, homophobia and glorify gangsterism & violence especially in videos. How come this doesn't seem to upset the woke.
We can all take a guess why. Might be seen as racist to complain about certain aspects of "black culture" or at least the "street" end of it. But then in this day and age certain oppressions seem to take precedence over others. Trans rights trump women's rights, for example and don't mention the
The Irish are hardly privileged in the historical sense and this song like or not is associated with them and most Irish men & women I know love this song and frankly so does nearly everybody else. If you don't change channel. Bejesus is it that difficult?
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