Subj : Re: Records
To   : Nightfox
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Oct 02 2022 17:17:30

 Ni>  NR>> but then again, so does Canada since "faggot"
 Ni>  NR>> wasn't permitted on the record :)
 Ni> 
 Ni>  Ni>> Yeah, I thought it was weird that he used that word in the lyrics.
 Ni> 
 Ni>  BW> If you know the background, it is not. They were making fun of the pe
 Ni>  BW> who call rock starts names like faggot because they don't see rock st
 Ni>  BW> as manly men like they see themselves. I am guessing it was worse for
 Ni>  BW> bands, which Dire Sraits was not.
 Ni> 
 Ni> Ah, that's true, I knew the song's lyrics were from some movers moving
 Ni> some things into a building and watching a music video on TV.  Still, I
 Ni> can see how people might not like hearing that word, and possibly
 Ni> misunderstanding the song too.
 Ni> 

Some stations have started censoring that now in Australia, which is a drag (sorry, pun not intended). It is one of our songs after all.

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