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Too Far or Not Far Enough

by Greg , posted Jan 14 2012 9:49AM
I'm a fan of music and I found out that 25 years after Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" was released, it was banned from public broadcast in Canada after one person complained about it being homophobic. The original version included a description of a singer as a derogative word, although a cleaned-up edition was made available, Oz-FM in Newfoundland played the first edition in February 2010 at 9:15 at night. The result was a single complaint and the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ruled that the unedited version of the song was unacceptable for air play on Canadian radio stations because it "refers to sexual orientation in a derogatory way."

Mark Knopfler, of Dire Straits, has pointed out the song was written from the viewpoint of a stupid character who thinks musicians make their "money for nothing" and his stupidity is what leads him to make ignorant statements. Sense finally prevailed on August 31, 2011 when the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council put an end to the ban and allowed individual radio stations to once again decide for themselves whether to play the classic rock tune.

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