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San Francisco radio stations ban hit song ‘Royals’ (over Giants v. Kansas City)
Associated Press ^
| Oct 20, 2014 12:03 PM EDT
Posted on 10/20/2014 9:44:19 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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Quite pathetic.
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posted on
10/20/2014 9:44:20 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
If they are that afraid of a song then they are toast.
To: x_plus_one
Sounds like they really fear a KC sweep.
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posted on
10/20/2014 9:48:37 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Here is the photo that inspired that particular song
To: x_plus_one
Never heard it until this article. Listened to it on YT, and while the song isn't bad, I'd probably get bored and change the station, but it's not any where near being intriguing enough to be what I would have considered hit-material in my youth.
I wonder if the stations know that they publicizing the song by banning it?
"Banned in Boston" was a positive for works of "art" - books, films, etc. for both the boost and whatever notoriety people would imprint from their imaginations.
In any case, I'm an O's partisan, but now I hope SF is toast in four.
To: Olog-hai
Men. It’s just one of those lame things cities do when they are playing for a championship. During the ALCS, Kansas City briefly renamed Baltimore Street to Royal Street, or something similar.
To: Olog-hai; centurion316; yellowdoghunter; yldstrk; DoodleDawg; ozarkgirl; Crazieman
Eat it S.F.!
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posted on
10/20/2014 10:15:37 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
To: LT Brass Bancroft
Men? I doubt it’s specifically related to sex. And renaming streets is not the same as banning songs.
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posted on
10/20/2014 10:19:53 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: LT Brass Bancroft
Men = Meh
(stupid autocorrect)
To: Olog-hai
As I understand it, it’s just two radio stations that said they’re not going to play the song during the World Series. There is no law, ordinance, or anything making it an actual crime to play it.
To: LT Brass Bancroft
It’s high time this message board had an edit function.
To: KC_Lion
OK, that’s it. No more Scott McKenzie, no more San Francisco, no more gentle people, no more flowers in their hair. It wasn’t that good a baseball song anyway.
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
10/20/2014 11:45:23 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Olog-hai
The SF Giants are pissed that they don't have a song to counter with...
but, I'd suggest that they go with that oldie that was popular back in the day...
If you're going to San Francisco,
Make sure you wear, some flowers in your head...
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posted on
10/20/2014 11:57:09 AM PDT
by
adorno
(a)
To: Calvin Locke
I’ve listened Lorde singing the song. I would describe it as too cute by half.
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posted on
10/20/2014 12:03:42 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: Calvin Locke
Listened to it on YT, and while the song isn't bad, I'd probably get bored and change the station, There's a KC station that has announced they're going to play the song every hour on the hour, 12 hours a day, for the duration of the series. If you were bored by it before then I image you'd really hate it by the end next week.
To: Enterprise
Check out Weird Al Yankovic’s parody “Foil”.
Much better.
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posted on
10/20/2014 12:08:18 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("I am a radicalized infidel.")
To: SamAdams76
No wonder they’re upset. Imagine a professional ballplayer signing autographs for the hoi poli.
To: Olog-hai
Not a bad song, just kind of an earworm (it crawls into your ear and lodges itself in your brain).
GO GIANTS!
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posted on
10/20/2014 12:16:53 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
To: elcid1970
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posted on
10/20/2014 12:48:09 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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