The history of banned and censored music is, unfortunately, as long and varied as the history of music itself. Wherever there’s great art being made, the morality police are always close by. Read on as we revisit some of the most notoriously “vile,” “suggestive,” “vulgar,” “crude,” “un-American” and completely faaaaaabulous songs of the past half century!
Go ahead, click to corrupt yourself!
Filed under: Sounding Board Blog | Tagged: banned bands, banned music, banned songs, barry mcguire, billie holiday, Bob Dylan, Censorship, chubby checker, drugs, ed sullivan show, fbi, janis ian, jefferson airplane, language, link wray, music videos, neil young, sex, Songs, the beatles, the byrds, the cure, the doors, the everly brothers, the kingsmen, the replacements, The Rolling Stones, the sex pistols, the stranglers, The Strokes, the who | 3 Comments »
