I am Outraged at Clear Channel... and you will be too...

Clear Channel Radio Network (540 WFLA)

[jeffo]

I am so mad I can hardly type. Forgive me if you don't consider this news, I hope an "old timer" like me can be forgiven an occasional vanity.

Today, Sunday, September 23, 2001, with the bodies of thousands of my fellow citizens and at least one friend still waiting to be unearthed, Clear Channel's Premier Radio Network broadcast a song which had patriotic clips from Bush's speech, news, reports, etc. chronicaling ths disaster.

The problem?

They set it to perhaps the most anti-American and anti-Democracy song ever written, John Lennon's "Imagine".

Don't get me wrong, Lennon was a giftedn musician and songwriter, several Beatles CDs are in my CD rack. But that particular song is to Marxism/Leninism what "Amazing Grace" is to Christianity. To have audio clips of Bush asking America to pray for the victims is the epitome of hypocracy. Consider these lyrics, in case you never did before:

Imagine there's no heaven, its easy if you try/No hell below us, above us, only sky/Imagine all the people living for today

and

Imagine there's no coutries, it isn't hard to do/ nothing to kill or die for, and no religion, too

I could go on, but you can look up the rest. Playing this song as a supposed tribute to the brave souls who died because they went to work that day, or ran into a burning tower to try to save people... and the brave men and women who will risk their lives and even give their lives in the coming months to wipe this terrorist scum off the planet...its not right. They should yank this abomination off of the air and apologize.

The Premier Radio Network's phone number is 818 377 5300, its left coast. I will be registering my complaint tommorow, I hope you will also if you feel as strongly about this as I do. Their web site is www.clearchannel.com

[ChadGore]

You SHOULD be pissed off !

Thanks for posting this. I'm with you!

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

On the other hand, the only thing I bothered to watch during that idiotic fundraiser on Friday night was Neil Young doing Imagine.

I know, I know, he's not even American, he bashed the Southern man, and Imagineis pinko-commie crap, but Neil rocks.

[pocat]

John Lenin sucks. Always did, always will.

I want to blow chunks everytime I hear that piece of commie shit's voice.

[proudofthesouth]

"Imagine". The new peace movement song.

[Nick Danger]

It amazes me that this could have slipped through. Clear Channel has been almost paranoid about offending people with songs played on their stations (they own about 1100 stations).

Here is a list of songs they banned from their stations following the terrorist attack. Some of these are almost laughable, but you can see that they tried very hard not to offend or anger anyone.

Drowning Pool "Bodies" 
Mudvayne "Death Blooms" 
Megadeth "Dread and the Fugitive" 
Megadeth "Sweating Bullets" 
Saliva "Click Click Boom" 
P.O.D. "Boom" 
Metallica "Seek and Destroy" 
Metallica "Harvester or Sorrow" 
Metallica "Enter Sandman" 
Metallica "Fade to Black" 
All Rage Against The Machine songs 
Nine Inch Nails "Head Like a Hole" 
Godsmack "Bad Religion" 
Tool "Intolerance" 
Soundgarden "Blow Up the Outside World" 
AC/DC "Shot Down in Flames" 
AC/DC "Shoot to Thrill" 
AC/DC "Dirty Deeds" 
AC/DC "Highway to Hell" 
AC/DC "Safe in New York City" 
AC/DC "TNT" 
AC/DC "Hell's Bells" 
Black Sabbath "War Pigs" 
Black Sabbath "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" 
Black Sabbath "Suicide Solution" 
Dio "Holy Diver" 
Steve Miller "Jet Airliner" 
Van Halen "Jump" 
Queen "Another One Bites the Dust" 
Queen "Killer Queen" 
Pat Benatar "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" 
Pat Benatar "Love is a Battlefield" 
Oingo Boingo "Dead Man's Party" 
REM "It's the End of the World as We Know It" 
Talking Heads "Burning Down the House" 
Judas Priest "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" 
Pink Floyd "Run Like Hell" 
Pink Floyd "Mother" 
Savage Garden "Crash and Burn" 
Dave Matthews Band "Crash Into Me" 
Bangles "Walk Like an Egyptian" 
Pretenders "My City Was Gone" 
Alanis Morissette "Ironic" 
Barenaked Ladies "Falling for the First Time" 
Fuel "Bad Day" 
John Parr "St. Elmo's Fire" 
Peter Gabriel "When You're Falling" 
Kansas "Dust in the Wind" 
Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" 
The Beatles "A Day in the Life" 
The Beatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" 
The Beatles "Ticket To Ride" 
The Beatles "Obla Di, Obla Da" 
Bob Dylan/Guns N Roses "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" 
Arthur Brown "Fire" 
Blue Oyster Cult "Burnin' For You" 
Paul McCartney and Wings "Live and Let Die" 
Jimmy Hendrix "Hey Joe" 
Jackson Brown "Doctor My Eyes" 
John Mellencamp "Crumbling Down" 
John Mellencamp "I'm On Fire" 
U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday" 
Boston "Smokin" 
Billy Joel "Only the Good Die Young" 
Barry McGuire "Eve of Destruction" 
Steam "Na Na Na Na Hey Hey" 
Drifters "On Broadway" 
Shelly Fabares "Johnny Angel" 
Los Bravos "Black is Black" 
Peter and Gordon "I Go To Pieces" 
Peter and Gordon "A World Without Love" 
Elvis "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" 
Zombies "She's Not There" 
Elton John "Benny & The Jets" 
Elton John "Daniel" 
Elton John "Rocket Man" 
Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire" 
Santana "Evil Ways" 
Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World" 
Youngbloods "Get Together" 
Ad Libs "The Boy from New York City" 
Peter Paul and Mary "Blowin' in the Wind" 
Peter Paul and Mary "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" 
Rolling Stones "Ruby Tuesday" 
Simon And Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Water" 
Happenings "See You in Septemeber" 
Carole King "I Feel the Earth Move" 
Yager and Evans "In the Year 2525" 
Norman Greenbaum "Spirit in the Sky" 
Brooklyn Bridge "Worst That Could Happen" 
Three Degrees "When Will I See You Again" 
Cat Stevens "Peace Train" 
Cat Stevens "Morning Has Broken" 
Jan and Dean "Dead Man's Curve" 
Martha & the Vandellas "Nowhere to Run" 
Martha and the Vandellas/Van Halen "Dancing in the Streets" 
Hollies "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" 
San Cooke Herman Hermits, "Wonder World" 
Petula Clark "A Sign of the Times" 
Don McLean "American Pie" 
J. Frank Wilson "Last Kiss" 
Buddy Holly and the Crickets "That'll Be the Day" 
John Lennon "Imagine" 
Bobby Darin "Mack the Knife" 
The Clash "Rock the Casbah" 
Surfaris "Wipeout" 
Blood Sweat and Tears "And When I Die" 
Dave Clark Five "Bits and Pieces" 
Tramps "Disco Inferno" 
Paper Lace "The Night Chicago Died" 
Frank Sinatra "New York, New York" 
Creedence Clearwater Revival "Travelin' Band" 
The Gap Band "You Dropped a Bomb On Me" 
Alien Ant Farm "Smooth Criminal" 
3 Doors Down "Duck and Run" 
The Doors "The End" 
Third Eye Blind "Jumper" 
Neil Diamond "America" 
Lenny Kravitz "Fly Away" 
Tom Petty "Free Fallin'" 
Bruce Springsteen "I'm On Fire" 
Bruce Springsteen "Goin' Down" 
Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight" 
Alice in Chains "Rooster" 
Alice in Chains "Sea of Sorrow" 
Alice in Chains "Down in a Hole" 
Alice in Chains "Them Bone" 
Beastie Boys "Sure Shot" 
Beastie Boys "Sabotage" 
The Cult "Fire Woman" 
Everclear "Santa Monica" 
Filter "Hey Man, Nice Shot" 
Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly" 
Korn "Falling Away From Me" 
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Aeroplane" 
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under the Bridge" 
Smashing Pumpkins "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" 
System of a Down "Chop Suey!" 
Skeeter Davis "End of the World" 
Rickey Nelson "Travelin' Man" 
Chi-Lites "Have You Seen Her" 
Animals "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" 
Fontella Bass "Rescue Me" 
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels "Devil with the Blue Dress" 
James Taylor "Fire and Rain" 
Edwin Starr/Bruce Springstein "War" 
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Tuesday's Gone" 
Limp Bizkit "Break Stuff" 
Green Day "Brain Stew" 
Temple of the Dog "Say Hello to Heaven" 
Sugar Ray "Fly" 
Local H "Bound for the Floor" 
Slipknot "Left Behind, Wait and Bleed" 
Bush "Speed Kills" 
311 "Down" 
Stone Temple Pilots "Big Bang Baby," Dead and Bloated" 
Soundgarden "Fell on Black Days," Black Hole Sun" 
Nina "99 Luft Balloons/99 Red Balloons" 

[Pappy Smear]

Imagine if there was no religion, there would not be nutty towelheads flying airplanes into buildings while praising Allah.

It's easy if you try.

[Inspector Harry Callahan]

My boss smashed a radio with a sledge hammer one day. The song? Phil Collins' Susudia. He would probably do it for Imagine as well.

I know I would.

[Nick Danger]

[Inspector Harry Callahan]

Source link?

[ResistorSister]

For anyone who has never read the lyrics by, John Lennon

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

 

"You may say I'm a dreamer"

No $#!+, Sherlock.
We cannot share the world, until we "delete" the terrorist.
They do not want to share anything, not even their religion; they only want to kill.

[dennisw]

Aside from this stuff with "Imagine" the Clear Channel stations down here have been stellar

[Ditter]

I agree with you about Imagine but whats wrong with Amazing Grace?

[Nick Danger]

By the way, you'll notice that John Lennon's "Imagine" was on that list of banned songs. Whoever did this could be in serious Corporate Hot Water. So keep after 'em :)

[dalebert]

Lennon did support NYPD.

[fightu4it]

"Lennon was a giftedn musician and songwriter"

And the Emperor has clothes.

[dalebert]

Think I will stick with Tom Petty.

[RW_Whacko]

Another freeper posted this in another thread. Hope its OK to repost it.

Imagine there's no liberals...
It's easy if you try...
Nothin to whine or beg for
Cause people are on to the lie...

Much better than the original lyrics!

[abigkahuna]

Glad to see that the Bone Shakers "I Blew UP The United States" wasn't on the list and suitable for airplay

[tet68]

Ah,reading your name backwards on your office door again? RegnaD kciN?
I didn't hear him enter but I couldn't miss the smell of his perfume,Pyramid Petouli.

Hellllllo,Mr.Daaaaaaaaaaaaanger.

Don't crush that Mullah,hand ME the plyers.