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Gay slur in lyrics disqualifies Dire Straits hit from Canadian radio play (Unbelievable!)
The Globe and Mail ^ | 01-14-11 | Ottawa — The Canadian Press

Posted on 01/13/2011 9:30:34 AM PST by mkleesma

The 1980s song Money for Nothing by the British rock band Dire Straits has been deemed unacceptable for play on Canadian radio.

In a ruling released Wednesday, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council says the song contravenes the human rights clauses of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code of Ethics and Equitable Portrayal Code. A listener to radio station CHOZ-FM in St. John's complained last year that the song includes the word “faggot” in its lyrics and is discriminatory to gays.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: correctness; direstraits; duplicate; homonazism; homosexualagenda; homostalinism; homotyranny; political; politicalcorrectness; thoughtpolice
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To: NRA1995

I wouldn’t doubt it! Mark Knopfler is my favorite guitarist and I have heard this song many times. Am I the only one who can’t understand the words?


101 posted on 01/13/2011 3:02:09 PM PST by OldEagle
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To: mkleesma

But give a pass to the numerous songs that irreligiously slander or slight Jesus.


102 posted on 01/13/2011 4:17:21 PM PST by fwdude (Anita Bryant was right.)
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To: mkleesma

I’m much more offended by the reference to MTV.


103 posted on 01/13/2011 4:19:31 PM PST by fwdude (Anita Bryant was right.)
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To: Beelzebubba

I can not find those words on ANY of their recordings of Money for Nothing ,, the original lines went like this “ see the faggot with the earing and the mink coat ,, hey buddy that’s his own thing ,, that little faggot got his own jet airplane ,,, that little faggot he’s a millionaire “ . My classic rock band plays this song and we have used those lyrics for years . Mark knofler was poking fun at Elton John in this song I believe .


104 posted on 01/14/2011 6:19:28 AM PST by lionheart 247365 (-:{ GLENN BECK is 0bama's TRANSPARENCY CZAR }:-)
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To: lionheart 247365

In the Live album On the Night, they use the “F” word just once. Knopfler mumbles the lyrics:

See the little faggot got his earrings and his makeup on
‘Tell you but it’s his own hair
That little mother got his own jet airplane
Little mother trucker he’s a millionaire


105 posted on 01/14/2011 7:14:20 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
I think George Michael was still in the closet at that time, but I don’t think anyone back then thought he preferred women. Oddly enough, my mother LOVED Wham!.

Oddly enough, women loved Liberace and Rock Hudson too.
106 posted on 01/15/2011 3:37:30 AM PST by OCCASparky (Steely-eyed killer of the deep.)
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