Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vaxuum!dyer From: dyer@vaxuum.DEC (WE decided? MY best interest?) Newsgroups: net.motss,net.music Subject: MTV Censorship of Bronski Beat Message-ID: <248@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 13:09:39 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.248 Posted: Thu Dec 13 13:09:39 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 01:46:22 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 36 Xref: watmath net.motss:1358 net.music:5426 MTV Censorship of Bronski Beat_________________________________________________ The Bronski Beat is my pick for this year's Best New Band. Two songs, "Small Town Boy" and "Tell Me Why", sound like sure hits. The video for "Small Town Boy" is supposed to be excellent. There's only one thing that could get in the way of this group's success: homophobia. The group, you see, is gay. Some, if not most, of their songs are about being gay - including the two I just mentioned. The video for "Small Town Boy" is supposed to be the same story as the lyrics of the song: a gay man living in a small town with nobody to cry to but his soul. The video is not being shown on MTV. Well, let's do something about it! Anybody out there have any ideas? I have a few, for starters: o Write to MTV and complain. Anybody out there have their address? o Get the ACLU involved. Anybody out there know how to do this? o Get gay groups involved. This band makes great music and (I hear) great videos. They should not be censored. <_Jym_> :::::::::::::::: Jym Dyer ::::' :: `:::: Dracut, Massachusetts ::' :: `:: :: :: :: DYER%VAXUUM.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA :: .::::. :: {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vaxuum!dyer ::..:' :: `:..:: ::::. :: .:::: Statements made in this article are my own; they might not :::::::::::::::: reflect the views of |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| Equipment Corporation.