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Old 08-11-2013, 19:08
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It was summer 1993 in West Cork, I was 14, and an eager listener to late-night radio. One night I heard this hilariously cynical song full of swearing, and I listened to it several times. It was Denis Leary's "A**Hole". Just the song
for a cynical teenager.

Then one night I was listening to it and my younger brother came in and started to sing along to it. Then my mother came in, heard my brother singing along to it, and switched off the radio in horror.

The upshot was I got a furious lecture from my father, who told me I was not to ever listen to that song again, (or even mention Mr. Leary's existence)
or there would be dire consquences. I was also banned from
listening to the radio after 9 for the next three months.

Were any of you banned from listening to certain music
when younger? I suspect there were quite a few....
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Old 08-11-2013, 19:38
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I wasn't allowed to listen to t.A.T.u. as a teenager as my parents didn't want to give money to their manager. I loved t.A.T.u. too and still listen to them now.
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Old 08-11-2013, 19:39
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My mum was a bit horrified when I got into Eminem when I was just 11 lol But she said she didn't mind coz even though he swears constantly there's always meaning to what hes rapping about so she didn't ban me from listening to him. But yeh 'The Eminem Show' did make her gasp lol

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Old 08-11-2013, 19:52
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I wasn't allowed to listen to t.A.T.u. as a teenager as my parents didn't want to give money to their manager. I loved t.A.T.u. too and still listen to them now.
In fairness, t.A.T.u. 's manager seemed like a dodgy sort:

t.A.T.u. were created by Ivan Shapovalov and his friend/business partner Alexander Voitinskyi, and t.A.T.u. remain the only musical group conceptualised around Internet search terms: "I saw that most people look up pornography on the Internet," said Shapovalov, "and of those, most are looking for underage sex. I saw their needs weren't fulfilled. Later, it turned out, I was right."


http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publis...ticle_5118.php
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Old 08-11-2013, 19:56
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Old 08-11-2013, 20:16
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Me too.
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Old 08-11-2013, 20:24
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I was never told what I could or couldn't listen to.
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Old 08-11-2013, 20:35
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My sister's friend had her copy of "Jagged Little Pill" taken away from her by her religious mother because there was a song on it which badmouthed
the Catholic Church ("Forgiven").
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Old 08-11-2013, 22:33
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It was summer 1993 in West Cork, I was 14, and an eager listener to late-night radio. One night I heard this hilariously cynical song full of swearing, and I listened to it several times. It was Denis Leary's "A**Hole". Just the song
for a cynical teenager.

Then one night I was listening to it and my younger brother came in and started to sing along to it. Then my mother came in, heard my brother singing along to it, and switched off the radio in horror.

The upshot was I got a furious lecture from my father, who told me I was not to ever listen to that song again, (or even mention Mr. Leary's existence)
or there would be dire consquences. I was also banned from
listening to the radio after 9 for the next three months.

Were any of you banned from listening to certain music
when younger? I suspect there were quite a few....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no6-vsHgHJg

Warning, contains naughty words!
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Old 08-11-2013, 22:36
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Eminem was banned in our house after Stan scared my brother to tears.
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Old 08-11-2013, 22:49
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Nothing was banned, but my brother was very much into Pete Wylie, all incarnations of Wah!, going to the gigs, meeting him etc.... my mum wasn't keen on him at all, thought he was a terrible loudmouth and couldn't sing, (obv completely missing the point as parents do). So she didn't like me listening to Wylie as well, but she wouldn't stop it... she just preferred it if I was listening to the Carpenters.

I actually love both Wylie and the Carpenters.
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Old 08-11-2013, 22:57
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Eminem was banned in our house after Stan scared my brother to tears.
How the hell did it scare him to tears?
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Old 08-11-2013, 23:24
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nothing, though i had to turn plenty down, in particular a song called Plaistow Patricia
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Old 08-11-2013, 23:28
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How the hell did it scare him to tears?
Because even to a four year old the song's clearly about somebody getting murdered.
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Old 08-11-2013, 23:32
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A schoolfriend's dad had a pub which had a jukebox. So my friend managed to add The Winkers Song by Ivor Biggun onto it
Needless to say his dad wasn't impressed and prompty removed it and banned us from listening to it.
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Old 08-11-2013, 23:48
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No such rules for me , they are pointless anyway you will just go listen to it at your friends house isntead
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Old 08-11-2013, 23:55
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i wasn't allowed to listen to pop & Rock as it was the devils music

i am now though
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Old 09-11-2013, 00:20
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Old 09-11-2013, 00:24
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Eminem though my mum relented a little when i copied my fiends Cd onto tape
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Old 09-11-2013, 04:44
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Pat Shortt's "Jumbo Breakfast Roll" was banned in my house
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Old 09-11-2013, 08:14
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There wasn't anything I wasn't allowed to listen to, but I remember my mom didn't like the comedy albums I owned. She was particularly upset with me because I played Adam Sandler's Toll Booth Willie for my little brother. (Warning, ridiculously strong language)
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Old 09-11-2013, 08:54
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nothing. my parents were/are quite relaxed about it
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Old 09-11-2013, 10:44
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My uncle gave me tape of Kevin Bloody Wilson that my mother wouldn't let me listen to. Of course the ilicitness just made it all the more fun.

With hindsight I think my parents got my limits just about right. They weren't so restricted that I kicked back too hard and flew off the rails but there were just enough to make breaking the rules fun and exciting. Friends who were allowed to do whatever they wanted always seemed prematurely cynical and joyless; when we were watching horror films together at least I had the thrill of doing something forbidden.
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Old 09-11-2013, 11:03
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wasn't really banned from listening to anything, but i remember not being allowed to sing Salt N Pepa's - push it when i was kid...

i loved that song so much and couldn't understand why back then
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Old 09-11-2013, 11:40
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I was 10 years old when Sex Pistols Never mind the bollocks was released and 11 when I borrowed it off my mate. My Mother saw it and made me take it back. Next day I borrowed it again but swapped it into a Cliff Richards LP sleeve and sat listening to it wearing headphones pretending to read the Cliff sleeve notes.
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