Broadcasting council rules Dire Straits tune too offensive for radio
Money For Nothing, a classic-rock radio staple by Dire Straits, is too offensive for Canadian broadcasts because of its use of the word "faggot," the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has ruled.
This song was written in 1985. It won and/or was nominated for several MTV awards, an American music award, and a Grammy. The video for the song was the first one ever shown on the British MTV network.Offending Lyrics from Money for Nothing, by Dire Straits:
The little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah, buddy, that's his own hair
That little faggot's got his own jet airplane
That little faggot, he's a millionaire
And really, is the word "mother" appropriate either? "The little mother (fucker) with the earring and the makeup" is what I think of hearing it that way. I'm assuming that mother is just the shortened form of motherfucker in this case.Since edited versions exist, such as one that replaces the offending term with "mother,"...
I live near Canada and get more Canadian radio than U.S. Just earlier I heard a station play Ironic by Alanis Morissette. She said the word "shit" and it wasn't bleeped out. They also played a Nickelback song that had the word "fuck" in it plain as day. And this was around 7 P.M. when kids are still up and can listen to the radio.
Can someone tell me what the point was in deciding to single out this one song? Is there a list of more that are going to be fucked with soon too? I see no sense in this.
Is rap allowed in Canada?
Maybe someone dusted the weed up there with PCP or something.
