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Reiner Torheit
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« on: 05:26:42, 06-08-2008 »
The Times has a piece about the BBC's chequered history of censoring popular music:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article4465603.ece


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« Reply #1 on: 09:17:47, 06-08-2008 »
The description of Sir Arthur Bliss as a 'conductor' (hardly his most important aspect) hardly encourages faith in the research behind the article, does it?

[I'll just underline the fact that the article is discussing popular music for reasons regular readers will find obvious....]
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« Reply #2 on: 09:54:36, 06-08-2008 »
Quote from: Ron Dough on 09:17:47, 06-08-2008
[I'll just underline the fact that the article is discussing popular music for reasons regular readers will find obvious....]

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« Reply #3 on: 20:29:02, 07-08-2008 »
But no mention of Give Ireland back to the Irish (Paul McCartney).
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