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The Clear Channel Memorandum
🕑 Added 2022-10-08 00:38:14 +0000 UTCWe read from a storied list distributed in September of 2001.
Show notes:
- Clear Channel memorandum (Wikipedia)
- Clear Channel Banned Songs (Snopes)
- After the Horror, Radio Stations Pull Some Songs (New York Times)
- Denial of the ban (Archived from Yahoo Finance)
- A Spotify playlist of all of the songs from the memo
Comments
Elizabeth Little
That's "Wake Me Up When September Ends" not just September. I assume the one they were talking about is from Earth, Wind, and Fire since apparently it is a very common wedding song and they mentioned a specific date and it opens with "Do you remember the 21st night of September?"
Elizabeth Little
Including Ob-la-di Ob-la-da?? Why? Only thing I can think of is the "life goes on" refrain...? I get some of the more related ones but some of these definitely seem odd from generations who constantly complain about trigger warnings, safe spaces, and "snowflakes"
Megan Tracy Benson
Also Green Day hadn’t put out “September” yet. You sweet little babies. 😆
Megan Tracy Benson
I can totally imagine shuddering at “What A Wonderful World” and turning it off in the aftermath of 9/11. And I like that song!
Megan Tracy Benson
I already knew I was older than you guys but MAN this entire episode was me yelling at my phone. I was 21 and evidently that 7ish years made all the difference. I don’t support bans at all, but every single song you mentioned on this list made sense to me as something that might have made me (or at least someone) go “oh my god no” and slam the radio off in horror. Which is the number one thing radio stations don’t want you to do.
Brad Tachco
I’m old, not sure how old you all are, but living thru 9/11 as an adult was something you can’t imagine. Every American was sad, depressed, angry, and terrified.the list seems ridiculous, and some of the songs are, but there were 2 or 3 days where TV did ing show anything but news on ALL chsnnels. Trust me it was worth being over-careful
