Songs banned by the BBC.... and why.

Bill Walker said:
It's amazing to look back at the things the BBC banned songs for.
The band the song Lola by The kinks not because of the sexual connotations but because it contained the words Coca-Cola on the original version which of course is advertising.
the original stereo recording had the words "Coca-Cola" in the lyrics, but because of BBC Radio's policy against product placement, Ray Davies was forced to make a 6,000-mile (9,700 km) round-trip flight from New York to London and back on June 3, 1970, interrupting the band's American tour, to change those words to the generic "cherry cola" for the single release, which is included on various compilation albums as well.

The Rolling stones had the song Let's spend the night Together banned for sexual connotations.

The Beatles had several songs banned including I Am The Walrus for having the word knickers in the lyrics, also the song Back in the USSR for being too nice to the Russians who have just invaded Czechoslovakia.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was banned because it spelt LSD...Even though Elton John had a number one hit with the song.
A Day in the Life was banned for wanting to turn someone on.
Come Together (sexual etc).

Solo John Lennon and solo Paul McCartney both had songs band about Ireland. So for political reasons.
John's Imagine was banned for imagining No Religion or Heaven.

Of course the Sex pistols song God save the Queen was immediately banned... we wouldn't want to upset royalty would we.
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The stones Undercover of the night ? or was that just the video for being violent ?
 
Uwe Already said:
Just saw that wiki page and saw “all the young dudes” by mott the hoople / Bowie was banned for a bit because it advertised “marks and sparks” - madness! Apparently for airplay they changed the line to "Wendy's stealing clothes from unlocked cars"
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Richard Branson objected to The Freshies “I’m in love with a girl on the Manchester Virgin megastore checkout desk”.
Which was odd as you’d think he’d welcome free advertising.
It got changed to “I’m in love with a girl on a certain Manchester megastore checkout desk”
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Richard Branson objected to The Freshies “I’m in love with a girl on the Manchester Virgin megastore checkout desk”.
Which was odd as you’d think he’d welcome free advertising.
It got changed to “I’m in love with a girl on a certain Manchester megastore checkout desk”
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