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Old 03-07-2014, 14:29
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In Mel Smith and Kim Wilde's version of Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, Mel says the line 'I haven't had this much fun since "Two little boys" was number one' while a picture of Harris is shown. The music channels continued to show it last year despite Harris awaiting trial but now he's been convicted does this mean no more plays for this innocent classic?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtxcLF5O2HE

1:42 in.
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Old 03-07-2014, 14:52
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Discussions on bans should be banned
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Old 03-07-2014, 14:57
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Discussions on bans should be banned
Or at least given their own forum. Lord knows there's enough threads to justify it.
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Old 03-07-2014, 15:02
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I could live without hearing Two Little Boys again but will always stand by Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2. Some works of art should endure no matter how depraved the artist who made them is.
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Old 03-07-2014, 15:06
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Why would/should it?

If we started banning art because of the crimes of the artist, there would be very little art left.
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Old 03-07-2014, 16:08
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I doubt they would ban it. What they might do is just blank the Rolf Harris reference out of the song. Of course the uncensored version would probably still be on Youtube.
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Old 03-07-2014, 16:46
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In Mel Smith and Kim Wilde's version of Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, Mel says the line 'I haven't had this much fun since "Two little boys" was number one' while a picture of Harris is shown. The music channels continued to show it last year despite Harris awaiting trial but now he's been convicted does this mean no more plays for this innocent classic?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtxcLF5O2HE

1:42 in.

Please tell me you're not serious
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Old 03-07-2014, 19:48
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RIP Mel Smith though.
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Old 03-07-2014, 20:56
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There is one Christmas song that will deffinatly be banned. It's callerd Christmas In The Sun. It features Quo's Rick Parfitt and Rolf singing. It was awful anyway feel sorry for Rick though he co wrote that one with another guy and thought it would be good to get Rolf to sing it.
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Old 03-07-2014, 22:14
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Perhaps another awful song that RF is associated with could be banned. Stairway to Heaven
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Old 04-07-2014, 00:15
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Radio stations and music channels are so used to censoring and cutting out clips of most songs it seems that I'm sure they'll have no problems doing the same to the relevant second or two of Mel and Kim but play the song. It would be sad to lose it from the Christmas playlists.
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Old 04-07-2014, 10:45
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Perhaps another awful song that RF is associated with could be banned. Stairway to Heaven
No Stairway denied.

His version fine. Not the original it's one of the greatest songs ever written.
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Old 04-07-2014, 19:35
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I like Led Zeppelin but that song is a real clunker IMO.
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Old 04-07-2014, 20:09
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I like Led Zeppelin but that song is a real clunker IMO.
It's not my fave either but it is a classic. Kashmir is much better.
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Old 06-07-2014, 10:07
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There is one Christmas song that will deffinatly be banned. It's callerd Christmas In The Sun. It features Quo's Rick Parfitt and Rolf singing. It was awful anyway feel sorry for Rick though he co wrote that one with another guy and thought it would be good to get Rolf to sing it.
That's a good song which I will continue to play at Xmas.
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Old 06-07-2014, 10:29
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Why would/should it?

If we started banning art because of the crimes of the artist, there would be very little art left.
Just because a song mentions an artist, that doesn't mean it's art.
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Old 06-07-2014, 13:04
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I say ban Christmas altogether to avoid any complications.
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Old 06-07-2014, 18:05
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There is one Christmas song that will deffinatly be banned. It's callerd Christmas In The Sun. It features Quo's Rick Parfitt and Rolf singing. It was awful anyway feel sorry for Rick though he co wrote that one with another guy and thought it would be good to get Rolf to sing it.
I would have banned it for having Status Quo on, long before the trouble with Rolf came out.
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Old 24-12-2015, 11:06
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Just seen this on Danny Bakers Christmas hits on Pick TV and it was still included!
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Old 24-12-2015, 11:31
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If it means that they play the vastly superior Brenda Lee original instead, then by all means ban the naff Mel and Kim version.
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Old 25-12-2015, 17:47
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Just seen this on Danny Bakers Christmas hits on Pick TV and it was still included!
Yeah, I remember watching that at the beginning of December on Sky Arts. Danny had no problems playing it, but their version was supposed to be tongue-in-cheek when Mel is effectively messing about doing his Radio DJ quips and Kim making her feelings known about the lyrics, she said at one point in the song, "this is so corny".

I really love Brenda Lee's original though.
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Old 25-12-2015, 19:46
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Why would they ban it? Two Little Boys is a lovely classic song and besides, Rolf Harris didnt originally record it anyway.
I dont think the reference was cut out of the Mel and Kim song when it played on VH1 this afternoon.
I think the Mel & Kim version is rather naff TBH
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Old 25-12-2015, 23:55
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It never even crossed my mind until It was on 4music before with the Rolf refrence cut out.
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Old 26-12-2015, 00:22
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I Michael Jackson is still played I can't see any reason why Rolf Harris should be banned.
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Old 26-12-2015, 09:28
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I Michael Jackson is still played I can't see any reason why Rolf Harris should be banned.
but jackson wasnt convicted, (whether he is guilty or not is a different argument) in the eyes of the law he wasnt proven to have committed any crime - rolf was (pity..)

i havnt heared mel n kims version for ages anyway, and as has been pointed out, brenda lees original is better anyway.
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