Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!dartvax!betsy From: betsy@dartvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.motss,net.music Subject: Re: MTV Censorship of Bronski Beat Message-ID: <2647@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 08:44:06 EST Article-I.D.: dartvax.2647 Posted: Wed Dec 19 08:44:06 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 00:57:51 EST References: <248@decwrl.UUCP> <796@watcgl.UUCP> Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 18 Xref: watmath net.motss:1367 net.music:5493 > > 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 UUCP: {decvax|linus|cornell}!dartvax!betsy CSNET: betsy@dartmouth ARPA: betsy%dartmouth@csnet-relay