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From: betsy@dartvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: MTV Censorship of Bronski Beat
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Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 08:44:06 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 19 08:44:06 1984
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> 
> I haven't had another chance to see the video since figuring this out,
> so I don't know how obvious it would be in retrospect.  There certainly
> wasn't anything in the video that I could see offending anyone.
> And there isn't anything specifically gay about the lyrics of "Small Town Boy"
> at all.

Oddly enough, just as I was reading this article I heard  familiar
lyrics coming from the TV set "run away, turn away, run away..."
Sure enough, it was "Small Town Boy" by the Bronskii Beat on MTV.
 
As usual, MTV will censor anything (remember Eurythmics and Michael Jackson?)
until it's too saleable to ignore.
-- 
Elizabeth Hanes Perry
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