juvenal Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12142298/Why-Why-Why-ban-Delilah-Welsh-MP-calls-for-fans-to-stop-singing-rugby-anthem.html "I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window.." All together, now.... Any other songs that might be off the song sheet nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybong Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Reading the words from the song quoted in the article it seems more about a female with a new boyfriend and an ex relationship - is there something else in the song to justify Bryant's notion about her occupation. I guess he's just found yet another thing for the politicians to ban - another thing in a long list of stuff they've already banned. While they're at it maybe they could also ban the thousands of dirge songs that are played so often these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_out Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Can I be the first to say: What. The. ******? Is this all the deputy leader of the commons has to worry about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Why does a basically-musical nation adopt such utterly un-musical drivel for an anthem? There's a huge history of music promoting extreme violence. Among many operas on ugly themes, how would you ever get Wozzeck past the modern censor? A story of bullying, adultery, prostitution, and ultimately madness and murder, in which a young child is always on stage (and it has to be a real child). I expect the only reason it's allowed is because Hitler banned it, so it must be good. Or just look to the many works based on biblical stories of massacres, genocides, suicide bombers and other such role models for modern terrorism. Or opera more widely, even if most of the more gruesome stories don't involve a child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 The Alex Harvey version is the best! Sorry Tom, yours was quite good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 That bit has always grated on me and I'm not a fan of Tom Jones. I wouldn't actually mind it being banned were it not for the precedent that it sets as you'd end up banning vast amounts of songs for one reason or another; and that would include ones that I do like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Stop overreacting! Labour party commissars have already approved a replacement Wales rugby anthem. The promotional video even has a dragon in it ... Well, sort of: https://youtube.com/watch?V=ix9wpslKwBE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 They should sing Mac the Knife in honour of MacMillan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgul Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Everyone else seems to think it is a song about a man going insane and killing his lover after she cheated on him - and immediately regretting his actions and begging for forgiveness. Perhaps thinking it is about a prostitute says more about Mr Bryant than it does about the rugby players/fans who sing it. I accept that it isn't a song about a pretty subject matter, but then I don't only want to hear songs all day about the first blooms of love or how sad I am after she/he's left me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Uttley Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Every Breath You Take by The Police is seriously creepy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Every Breath You Take by The Police is seriously creepy It is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knock out johnny Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Every Breath You Take by The Police is seriously creepy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 . I will quote you on that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpectrumFX Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 If Mr Bryant wants to kill prostitute's when he hears certain songs then I'd suggest that he should seek professional help before it's too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_out Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Every Breath You Take by The Police is seriously creepyMost requested first song at weddings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 There's a huge history of music promoting extreme violence. Promoting, or just about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 From the YT comments: "How is it even possible that a man like Hendrix ever existed? The level of amazement that I get from Jimi would be the exact same If Jesus himself came from the sky!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Mr Hendrix, should have done just what I did. I bought a left handed guitar, so I didn't look disabled, or spazzy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Mr Hendrix, should have done just what I did. I bought a left handed guitar, so I didn't look disabled, or spazzy. The only time he came to Darlington, somebody stole his axe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Promoting, or just about? Hmmm, I may have been guilty of Blairite language. There's certainly a lot of it that glorifies acts of extreme violence. The biblical stuff shows very strikingly the same mindset as modern terrorism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Songs and poetry can tell of extreme things. Fairy Tales can be a bit gross. Maybe everything should be watered down until it offends or moves nobody. We can have "new speak" with fewer words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Every Breath You Take by The Police is seriously creepy actually elvis costello olivers army is creepier still. it's about world war 3, the coming fascist police state, arab invasion and occupation of europe+uk and deportation of people to south africa. all of which seem pretty eerily close. you've got about 20 years or so before it happens for real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPinwheel Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I will quote you on that! Well it was a good POINT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qetesuesi Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Hmmm, I may have been guilty of Blairite language. There's certainly a lot of it that glorifies acts of extreme violence. The biblical stuff shows very strikingly the same mindset as modern terrorism. Where does terrorism end and freedom fighting begin? Think Heydrich and Hitler. Wouldn't Islamists say that they're just trying to drive out the western occupiers? I'll bet a lot of biblical instances you might quote fall into the same category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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