That Sixties Music - BANNED SONGS That Still Sold #60s

Did it ADD to the popularity of a single when it was banned somewhere? Short answer is ‘yes’.

[Canalcoholic]

Getting banned by radio was usually the fastest way to no.1 on the music charts.

[luisfernandomunoz]

The Doors were also banned from the Ed Sullivan Show because Jim Morrison did not change the words "get much higher" from the song "Light my fire".

[JelMain]

The elephant in the room was the BBC's Top of the Pops audience - almost all from the early teens target audience, effectively groomed for the predatory presenters.

[Music_is_Breathing]

This is awesome!!! God Only Knows banned??? It's a beautiful song. Certain people have sticks up their ***!
Lola I can understand, and good for Lennon!
This is super fun!!! It must have taken hours and hours to get all this info!!
It's so cool that I "met" you. You are definitely *my* favorite YouTube 'old guy'! 😄

[colinmccarthy]

I grew up in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.The songs in those days were GOOD.They
all had LYRICS.I loved the 80’s as well.❤️.

[josephcooter]

31 months investigating Louie, Louie? That's a GOOD use of Tax Payer resources.

[PatTurcotte-xejw]

I remember the huge issue there was with "American Woman" by The Guess Who. Many radio stations refused to play it because of lyrics they found offensive. It was a bit of an anthem up here though.

[mick]

1969 WET DREAM, Max Romeo. Banned by the BBC and reached number 10. Alan Freemans Sunday afternoon top 40 show on the BBC and when he came to the number ten position he simply said "at number ten a record by Max Romeo" It was part of the 1969 reggae invasion from Jamaica. Same year Wonderful world beautiful people- Jimmy Cliff, Liquidator- Harry J All-stars, Return of D'jango- Upsetters, Hold me tight- Johnny Nash, All had top twenty and top 10 hits. For a period the BBC radio 1 banned all reggae music.

[lavenderbee]

Thank you, banned songs is such a fun topic. I have two to add: 1) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg, Je t'aime moi non plus, 2) David Bowie, Space Oddity. Space Oddity was banned because it was released before the moon landing and the fate of Major Tom was unclear but dark, they unbanned it after the landing took place. Serge was a naughty, naughty man and this song doesn't disappoint with Jane's orgasmic moaning. The song translates as "I love you, nor do I". The A&R man was ex-communicated, and the publisher was jailed for two months in Italy. It was banned in many countries, it was originally released on Phillips but they pulled it while at #2 -- another company picked up the reigns and distributed it during this stage it went to #1. These were both from 1969.

[cashflowglo]

“ Lola “ I am 66 Loved that song in my youth and yes I was one that did not pay any attention to the lyrics..
my BF just told me recently about the song.. I said “Not-uh ? “ “rU Sure?” He told me about the controversy back in the day. I meant to check this information out and now you’re here telling me “ Yup” ?
LOL That’s enough for me to hit that subscribe button 👍🏼

[billsanders]

I grew up in South Texas, if the local am station banned a recording for some reason, Louie Louie comes to mind, we would tune in The Wolfman Jack.😅

[steveclark]

A good example is "The Ballad of John and Yoko" by The Beatles. It was banned by some DJs for the use of the word "Christ" and for its reference to crucifixion.

[ayosh]

The censors would have had a field day if Elton John's "All The Young Girls Love Alice" had come out during that era! Great video.

[susanjoyce-yqmg]

This brings back many wonderful memories. Thank you, Guitar Trooper!

[bulkvanderhuge]

Can you do a video about Censors that went overboard? I'm thinking of The Mothers Of Invention's "Let's make the water turn black", from the "We're only in it for the money" album.
One of the lyrics is singing about Ronnie's Mother, who works at "Ed's Café", however, the person who censored the song, thought that the lyric "And I still remember Momma with her Apron and her PAD, feeding all the boys at Ed's Café", was saying that Momma's "Pad" was a Feminine Hygiene product, rather than a paper pad to write down food orders on. The Censor was the person who had the twisted mind, not the people who would be listening to it.

[MartysPopParty]

Great episode. In 1958, Link Wray’s Instrumental Hit “Rumble” was widely banned in many commercial radio markets due to the song influencing gang fights and juvenile delinquency. That didn’t stop the song from reaching number 16 on the Billboard Pop Chart. To the best of my knowledge, it was the only pop instrumental record to ever be banned from airplay.

[RFToob]

“Afternoon Delight’ remains a huge hilarious catchy and well performed hit.

[amishschool]

The Beatles had "A Day In The Life" banned because of it's supposed drug reference ("I'd love to turn you on".) Great video sir - enjoyed it very much!

[wharfrat]

"Je t'aime... moi non plus" by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg (1969) - it was banned in a number of countries for its naughty lyrics, which boosted its sales.

[williamarnet]

"Timothy" by the Buoys was written specifically to be banned to work around the fact that the record label wasn't willing to spend any money to promote whatever the band turned out. The guy who wrote the pina colada song was the producer and songwriter and used the hint of cannibalism to create some buzz. Great little record!