Liste de chansons censurées par la BBC
Cette liste de chansons censurées par la BBC est une liste de chansons interdites d'antenne par la British Broadcasting Corporation.
Liste
A
- A Day in the Life – The Beatles (1967)[1] - [2]
- A-Huggin' and A-Chalkin' – Johnny Mercer (1946)[3]
- A Little Peace – Nicole (1982) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- A Russian Love Song – The Goons (1957)[5] - [6]
- A View to a Kill – Duran Duran (1985) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Act of War – Millie Jackson avec Elton John (1985) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- All the Young Dudes – Mott the Hoople (1972)[7]
- Anarchy in the U.K. – Sex Pistols (1976)[8]
- Answer Me – Frankie Laine (1953)[9]
- Armed and Extremely Dangerous – First Choice (1973) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Army Dreamers – Kate Bush (1980) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- At Home He's a Tourist – Gang of Four (1979)[8]
- Atomic – Blondie (1979) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4] - [8]
B
- Baby, Let Me Follow You Down – Bob Dylan (1962)[5] - [10]
- Back in the U.S.S.R. – The Beatles (1968) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) – The Temptations (1970) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Bang Bang – B. A. Robertson (1979) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4] - [8]
- Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) – Cher (1966) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4] - [8] - [10]
- The Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton (1959)[3]
- Baubles, Bangles and Beads – Kirby Stone Four (1958)[9] - [10]
- Be Prepared – Tom Lehrer (1953)[3]
- Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Ella Fitzgerald (1958)[5]
- Big Eight – Judge Dread (1973)[11] - [12]
- Big Seven – Judge Dread (1972)[11] - [12]
- Big Six – Judge Dread (1972)[11] - [12]
- Big Ten – Judge Dread (1975)[11]
- Billy Don't Be a Hero – Paper Lace (1974) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Bloodsport for All – Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (1991)[13]
- The Blue Danube – Spike Jones and His City Slickers (1945)[14]
- Boom Bang-a-Bang – Lulu (1969) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4] - [8] - [9] - [10] - [13]
- Brand New Cadillac – Vince Taylor (1959)[15]
- Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits (1985) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Buffalo Soldier – Bob Marley and the Wailers (1983)[4]
- Burn My Candle – Shirley Bassey (1956)[5] - [8] - [16]
- Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again) – Status Quo (1988) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt – The Kunts (2020)[17]
- Boris Johnson Is Still a Fucking Cunt – The Kunts (2021) [18]
C
- (Celebrate) The Day After You – The Blow Monkeys et Curtis Mayfield (1987)[19] - [20]
- Charlie Brown – The Coasters (1959)[3] - [10]
- Come Together – The Beatles (1969)[5]
- The Cover of Rolling Stone – Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (1972)[7] - [21]
- Cradle Song (Brahms' Lullaby) – Frank Sinatra (1944)[22]
D
- Deck of Cards – T. Texas Tyler (1946)[3]
- Deep in the Heart of Texas – Bing Crosby (1942)[3] - [16] - [23]
- Diggin' My Potatoes – Lonnie Donegan (1954)[1]
- Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans – Noël Coward (1943)[1] - [5]
E
- Ebeneezer Goode – The Shamen (1992)[24]
- Ebony Eyes – The Everly Brothers (1961)[5] - [25]
- The End of the World – Skeeter Davis (1962) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Eve of Destruction – Barry McGuire (1965)[10]
- Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears (1985) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4] - [8]
F
- Fairytale of New York – The Pogues avec Kirsty MacColl (1987)[5] - [13]
- Fields of Fire – Big Country (1983) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Fire – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Flash – Queen (1980) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Fools Rush In – Rick Nelson (1963) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Forget Me Not – Martha and the Vandellas (1968) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Freddie's Dead – Curtis Mayfield (1972)[19]
- French Kiss – Lil' Louis (1989)[8]
- Fucking in Heaven – Fatboy Slim (1998)[26]
G
- Ghost Town – The Specials (1981) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) – Bessie Smith (1933)[5]
- Gimme Hope Jo'anna – Eddy Grant (1988) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Give Ireland Back to the Irish – Wings (1972)[1] - [27] - [28]
- Give Peace a Chance – John Lennon (1969) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Glad to Be Gay – Tom Robinson Band (1978)[5] - [8]
- Gloomy Sunday – Billie Holiday (1941)[3] - [9] - [22] - [29]
- God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday (1942)[3] - [5]
- God Save the Queen – Sex Pistols (1977)[1] - [5] - [7] - [8] - [9] - [10] - [26] - [30]
- Green Jeans – Fabulous Flee-Rekkers (1960)[10]
- Greensleeves – The Beverley Sisters (1956)[16]
- Guess Things Happen That Way – Johnny Cash (1958)[5]
H
- Hard Headed Woman – Elvis Presley (1958)[5]
- Have a Whiff on Me – Mungo Jerry (1971)[31]
- Heaven Help Us All – Stevie Wonder (1970) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- The Heel – Eartha Kitt (1955)[5]
- Hi, Hi, Hi – Wings (1972)[28]
- High Class Baby – Cliff Richard and the Drifters (1958)[5]
- Hold My Hand – Don Cornell (1954)[9] - [10]
- Homosapien – Pete Shelley (1981)[32]
- House of the Rising Sun – Josh White (1941)[3]
- (How Little It Matters) How Little We Know – Frank Sinatra (1956)[5]
- Hunting High and Low – a-ha (1985) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
I
- I Am the Walrus – The Beatles (1967)[26]
- I Can't Control Myself – The Troggs (1966)[33]
- I Don't Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats (1979) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- I Don't Want to Be a Hero – Johnny Hates Jazz (1987) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- (I Just) Died in Your Arms – Cutting Crew (1986) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- I Love a Man in a Uniform – Gang of Four (1982)[8]
- I Shot the Sheriff – Eric Clapton (1974) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- I Want to Be Evil – Eartha Kitt (1953)[6]
- I Want Your Sex – George Michael (1987)[5] - [8]
- I Will Survive – Arrival (1970) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- I'll Be Home for Christmas – Bing Crosby (1943)[7] - [10]
- I'll Fly for You – Spandau Ballet (1984) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4] - [8]
- I'm Always Chasing Rainbows – Perry Como (1949)[9] - [10] - [22] - [23]
- I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun – Cat Stevens (1967) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- I'm on Fire – Bruce Springsteen (1984) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Imagine – John Lennon (1971) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4] - [9]
- In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins (1981) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4] - [13] - [26]
- In the Army Now – Status Quo (1986) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- In the Hall of the Mountain King – Nero and the Gladiators (1961)[15]
- Invisible Sun – The Police (1981)[5] - [27]
- Israelites – Desmond Dekker (1968) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – Kitty Wells (1952)[3]
- It Would Be So Nice – Pink Floyd (1968)[5]
J
- Jack the Ripper – Screaming Lord Sutch (1963)[8]
- Jackie – Scott Walker (1967)[5] - [8] - [13] - [34]
- Je t'aime… moi non plus – Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg (1969)[1] - [8] - [10] - [26] - [35]
- Je t'aime… moi non plus – Judge Dread (1975)[12]
- John and Marsha – Stan Freberg (1950)[23]
- Johnny Remember Me – John Leyton (1961)[8]
- Jungle Fever – The Chakachas (1972)[36]
K
- Killer Queen – Queen (1974) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Killing an Arab – The Cure (1979) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[13] - [26]
- Killing Me Softly with His Song – Roberta Flack (1973) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Kodachrome – Paul Simon (1973)[5] - [7]
L
- Leader of the Pack – The Shangri-Las (1964)[5] - [7] - [25]
- Let the People Go – McGuinness Flint (1972)[27]
- Let's Spend the Night Together – The Rolling Stones (1967)[26]
- Light My Fire – José Feliciano (1968) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4] - [26]
- Living on the Front Line – Eddy Grant (1979) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Lola – The Kinks (1970)[1] - [5] - [7] - [8] - [26]
- Love Is a Battlefield – Pat Benatar (1983) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Love for Sale – Cole Porter (1930)[10]
- Love for Sale – Ella Fitzgerald (1956)[16]
- Love to Love You Baby – Donna Summer (1975)[5] - [10] - [13]
- Lovin' Machine – Wynonie Harris (1951)[6]
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles (1967)[1] - [13]
M
- Mack the Knife – Louis Armstrong (1956)[3] - [7]
- Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin (1959)[10]
- Made You – Adam Faith (1960)[37]
- Maybellene – Chuck Berry (1955)[5]
- Midnight at the Oasis – Maria Muldaur (1973) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4] - [8]
- Molly – Judge Dread (1973)[12]
- My Christmas Prayer – Billy Fury (1959)[9]
- My Friend Jack – The Smoke (1967)[9]
N
- Night of the Vampire – The Moontrekkers (1961)[1] - [38]
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – Joan Baez (1971) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
O
- The Old Dope Peddler – Tom Lehrer (1953)[16]
- Old Man Atom – The Sons of the Pioneers (1950)[3] - [6]
- Oliver's Army – Elvis Costello (1979) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) – Jimmy Wakely (1948)[3]
- Orgasm Addict – Buzzcocks (1977)[39]
P
- Paper Doll – The Mills Brothers (1943)[3] - [10]
- Peaceful Street – Ernest Butcher (1936)[6]
- Peaches – The Stranglers (1977)[40] - [41]
R
- The Reefer Song (If You're a Viper) – Fats Waller (1943)[5] - [6]
- Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1983)[1] - [5] - [9] - [10] - [26] - [27] - [42] - [43] - [44]
- Rock You Sinners – Art Baxter and His Rock 'n' Roll Sinners (1957)[14]
- Rubber Bullets – 10cc (1973) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town – Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (1969) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Rum and Coca-Cola – The Andrews Sisters (1945)[3] - [14]
S
- Sad Affair – Marxman (1993)[27]
- Sailing – Rod Stewart (1972) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4] - [10] - [13]
- Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting – Elton John (1973) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Saturday Nite at the Duckpond – The Cougars (1963)[10]
- Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair – George Melly (1953)[5]
- The Shag (Is Totally Cool) – Billy Graves (1958)[6]
- Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) – Mike + The Mechanics (1985) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Six Months in a Leaky Boat – Split Enz (1982) (interdite durant la guerre des Malouines)[13] - [26]
- Sixty Minute Man – The Dominoes (1951)[3]
- Sixty Eight Guns – The Alarm (1983) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Smack My Bitch Up – The Prodigy (1997)[13] - [14]
- So What? – Anti-Nowhere League (1981)[1]
- Soldier of Love – Donny Osmond (1988) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Somebody Up There Likes Me – Perry Como (1956)[6]
- Spasticus Autisticus – Ian Dury (1981)[8]
- Star Star – The Rolling Stones (1973)[26]
- State of Independence – Donna Summer (1982) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Statue of Liberty – XTC (1978)[45]
- Stop the Cavalry – Jona Lewie (1980) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Stranger in Paradise – The Four Aces (1953)[9]
- Such a Night – Johnnie Ray (1954)[9]
- Suicide Is Painless – M*A*S*H (1970) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Summer Smash – Denim (1997)[9]
T
- Teen Angel – Mark Dinning (1959)[8] - [25]
- Tell Laura I Love Her – Ray Peterson (1960)[25]
- Tell Laura I Love Her – Ricky Valance (1960)[8] - [13]
- Terry – Twinkle (1964)[8] - [25]
- 'Til the Following Night – Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages (1961)[38]
- Too Drunk to Fuck – Dead Kennedys (1981)[13]
- Tribute to Buddy Holly – Mike Berry and The Outlaws (1961)[1]
- Turn It Down – The Sweet (1974)[46]
- Two Tribes – Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1984) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
W
- Walk Like an Egyptian – The Bangles (1986) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4] - [10] - [13]
- War – Edwin Starr (1970) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- War Baby – Tom Robinson (1983) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Warpaint – The Brook Brothers (1961) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- Waterloo – ABBA (1974) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- We Call It Acieeed – D-Mob (1988)[1] - [9] - [13]
- We Can't Let You Broadcast That – Norman Long (1932)[9]
- (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang – Heaven 17 (1981)[8] - [13]
- We Gotta Get out of This Place – The Animals (1965) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- We Have to Be So Careful – The Beverley Sisters (1953)[9]
- Wet Dream – Max Romeo (1969)[12]
- When I'm Cleaning Windows – George Formby (1936)[3] - [5]
- When I'm Dead and Gone – McGuinness Flint (1970) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going – Billy Ocean (1985) (interdite durant la guerre du Golfe)[4]
- With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock – George Formby (1937)[7] - [47]
- With My Little Ukulele in My Hand – George Formby (1933)[7]
Références
- (en) Alexis Petridis, « Leaders of the banned », The Guardian, (lire en ligne).
- Dimery 2011, A Day in the Life – The Beatles (1967).
- (en) B. Lee Cooper, « Audio Review: This Record Is Not to Be Broadcast: 75 Records Banned by the BBC, 1931–1957/This Record Is Not to Be Broadcast, Vol. 2, 50 More Records Banned by the BBC », Popular Music and Society, vol. 34, no 3, , p. 387–389 (ISSN 1740-1712, DOI 10.1080/03007766.2011.586594).
- Kirby 2000, p. 164.
- (en) « 30 songs banned by the BBC », The Daily Telegraph, (lire en ligne).
- (en) Marco Rossi, « Various Artists – This Record Is Not to Be Broadcast Vol 2: 50 More Records Banned by the BBC », Record Collector, no 374, (lire en ligne).
- (en) Adam Sweeting, « Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned, BBC Four », sur The Arts Desk, (consulté le ).
- (en) « More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On – 16 songs banned by the BBC », sur BBC Four (consulté le ).
- (en) Bob Stanley, « The music the BBC banned » (version du 16 juin 2011 sur Internet Archive), The Times, 6 août 2008.
- (en) « Unfit for Auntie's airwaves: The artists censored by the BBC », The Independent, (lire en ligne).
- (en) Pierre Perrone, « Obituary: Judge Dread », The Independent, (lire en ligne).
- (en) Jon Stratton, « Judge Dread: Music Hall Traditionalist or Postcolonial Hybrid », Contemporary British History, vol. 28, no 1, , p. 81–102 (DOI 10.1080/13619462.2014.888954, lire en ligne).
- (en) « Offending Auntie: Ten Songs Banned by the BBC », sur The Line of Best Fit, (consulté le ).
- (en) « Songs banned by the BBC », Gulf News, (lire en ligne).
- (en) Spencer Leigh, « Joe Moretti: Session guitarist whose work graced a string of hits », The Independent, (lire en ligne).
- (en) Charles Spencer, « Nanny knows best », The Spectator, (lire en ligne).
- (en-GB) British Comedy Guide, « Kunt's Boris song in Christmas chart race despite Radio 1 censorship » [archive du ], sur British Comedy Guide, (consulté le )
- Robin Murray, « The Kunts Smash Into Official Charts With Boris-Baiting Single », sur ClashMusic.com, (consulté le )
- (en) Spencer Leigh, « Obituary: Curtis Mayfield », The Independent, (lire en ligne).
- Larkin 2011, Blow Monkeys.
- Larkin 2011, Dr. Hook.
- (en) Lynn Roberts, « Various Artists – This Record Is Not to Be Broadcast », Record Collector, no 355, (lire en ligne).
- (en) Philip French, « The golden age of BBC censorship », The Guardian, (lire en ligne).
- (en) « Top 5 Drug Songs », sur BBC Top of the Pops 2 (consulté le ).
- (en) Spencer Leigh, « Ray Peterson », The Independent, (lire en ligne).
- (en) « Banning songs not a rare occurrence for the BBC », The New Zealand Herald, (lire en ligne).
- (en) Johnny Caldwell, « Troubles tunes which annoyed Auntie », sur BBC News Northern Ireland, (consulté le ).
- (en) « The seven ages of Paul McCartney », sur BBC News, (consulté le ).
- Dimery 2011, Gloomy Sunday – Billie Holiday (1941).
- Dimery 2011, God Save the Queen – Sex Pistols (1977).
- Larkin 2011, Mungo Jerry.
- (en) Dorian Lynskey, « Readers recommend: songs about homosexuality », The Guardian, (lire en ligne).
- (en) Mat Snow, « Reg Presley: 'I must learn to swear more' – a classic feature from the vaults », The Guardian, (lire en ligne).
- Larkin 2011, Walker, Scott.
- Larkin 2011, Gainsbourg, Serge.
- O'Leary 2015, Pancho / Love Is Always.
- (en) Spencer Leigh, « Adam Faith », The Independent, (lire en ligne).
- Buckley 2003, p. 660.
- Dimery 2011, Orgasm Addict – Buzzcocks (1977).
- Dimery 2011, Peaches – The Stranglers (1977).
- Larkin 2011, Stranglers.
- Dimery 2011, Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1983).
- Buckley 2003, p. 392.
- Larkin 2011, Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
- (en) Ian Chaddock, « XTC », Vive Le Rock, (lire en ligne).
- Buckley 2003, p. 1043.
- (en) « Formby's banjos going for a song », sur BBC Manchester, (consulté le ).
Bibliographie
- (en) Peter Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock, Rough Guides, , 3e éd. (ISBN 1-84353-105-4, lire en ligne)
- (en) Robert Dimery (dir.), 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, Octopus Publishing Group, (ISBN 978-1-84403-684-4, lire en ligne)
- (en) Mark Kirby et al., Sociology in Perspective, Heinemann, (ISBN 0-435-33160-4, lire en ligne)
- (en) Colin Larkin (dir.), The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Omnibus Press, , 5e éd. (ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8, lire en ligne)
- (en) Chris O'Leary, Rebel Rebel: All the Songs of David Bowie from '64 to '76, Zero Books, (ISBN 978-1-78099-244-0, lire en ligne)
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