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Tom Jones hit "Delilah" banned from Wales rugby matches due to 'problematic' nature of song
CNN ^ | 2/2/2023 | George Ramsay

Posted on 02/02/2023 5:07:00 PM PST by Nextrush

(CNN)-Choirs have banned from performing Tom Jones hit "Delilah" during Wales' international rugby matches at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff due to the song's "problematic" nature, the UK's PA Media reported.

The lyrics of the 1960's hit, which was taken off the half-time entertainment list at the Principality Stadium in 2015, allude to a woman being stabbed by her jealous partner....

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cancelculture; chat; delilah; newsforumabuse; rugby; sports; tomjones; uk; wales
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It's Not Unusual for Tom Jones to be banned in the world we are living it today.

And this is in his homeland of Wales.

The UK is a few letter short of *UCK.

1 posted on 02/02/2023 5:07:00 PM PST by Nextrush
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To: Nextrush

It is about time that the authorities have caught up with Tom Jones. All those pussycats who threw panties on stage were facilitators!


2 posted on 02/02/2023 5:10:26 PM PST by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: Nextrush

3 posted on 02/02/2023 5:10:33 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Nextrush

Tom Jones performed this song numerous times for Her Majesty The Queen.

I have this video from an Australian Football Grand Final where he sang it.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NMO8ujVJ-h0


4 posted on 02/02/2023 5:11:25 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

The woke tyranny stinks.

Wales Rugby Grand Slam - Delilah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvItBQ1l-E0


5 posted on 02/02/2023 5:11:26 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Nextrush

Can he at least sing “She’s A Lady!”


6 posted on 02/02/2023 5:14:34 PM PST by lee martell (.)
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To: Nextrush
“We have previously sought advice from subject matter experts on the issue of censoring the song, and we are respectfully aware that it is problematic and upsetting to some supporters because of its subject matter.”

Generation Bubble Wrap strikes again.

7 posted on 02/02/2023 5:15:24 PM PST by Allegra
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To: Nextrush

Sing it anyway. If they can’t do that, stop complaining.


8 posted on 02/02/2023 5:15:34 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: BenLurkin

RE woke Tyranny:

Sing it anyway… Everyone in the stadium should sing and hold up a middle finger while doing so


9 posted on 02/02/2023 5:15:41 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: lee martell

No. It’s a binary cisgender mansplaining patriarchal song.


10 posted on 02/02/2023 5:16:36 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Nextrush

Why, why, why Delilah? ...


11 posted on 02/02/2023 5:17:00 PM PST by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: lee martell

Paul Anka wrote the song he’s a lifelong supporter of the Liberal Party in his native land of Canada that has to carry some weight.


12 posted on 02/02/2023 5:17:35 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush
Here is a video of the song, with lyrics and featuring Christopher Walken.
13 posted on 02/02/2023 5:18:08 PM PST by Michael.SF. ( The problem today: people are more concerned about feelings than responsibility)
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To: Nextrush

And don’t even get them started on “What’s new, pussycat?”... which reeks of sexism, sexual harassment, grooming, speciesism yada yada yada


14 posted on 02/02/2023 5:19:04 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: lee martell

Nope

How is he in any position to know that for certain?!? /s


15 posted on 02/02/2023 5:21:57 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: EEGator

Ay Yi Yi!!


16 posted on 02/02/2023 5:22:53 PM PST by lee martell (.)
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To: Nextrush

So all the songs not in the My Little Pony style are to be obliterated?
I’ll start with Delia, a heartbreaking folk song of a man asking about his “fine” (sentencing) for killing a work crew member in a fair fight defending the honor of a low moraled woman he loved from afar. He is sentenced to life in prison but she never even once “had time for him” but was shared by several of the work crew for sex.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO9PYvzwsf8


17 posted on 02/02/2023 5:23:55 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Well he does say that the lady is his so you would think he would know if she was a lady or not.

Or perhaps he is a biologist?

18 posted on 02/02/2023 5:24:08 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: lee martell

No, but “He’s a Lady” might be OK.


19 posted on 02/02/2023 5:24:50 PM PST by bigbob
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To: Nextrush

It’s a shame Delilah is being banned. However, since all other sports appear to have gone woke, at least there’s Rugby. Go Wales!


20 posted on 02/02/2023 5:25:16 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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