Olivers' Army's Been Got At.....

[10ClarionSt]

........by the "woke" brigade. I heard it on the "Gold" radio station this morning. They've removed the part where he sings "only takes one itchy trigger, one more widow one less white nig ger"

Quite some time ago on here I said that somebody would do that. And they have! Some people should just stay in bed - permanent! Have a listen to the full version, but somebody still doesn 't like the word nig ger. hey ho!

[jackthehat]

Isn't this generally the point where someone mentions Guy Gibson's dog?

[sunny-dave]

I recall the frightened panic of a Radio DJ who played the 'wrong' version of The Beautiful South's "Don't Marry Her" and (presumably because he was busy cueing up the next record or having a cuppa) didn't spot it for several minutes ...

[JimF]

"Isn't this generally the point where someone mentions Guy Gibson's dog?"

Or "The Sun Has Got His Hat On".

[dave50]

I'm sure there will be hundreds of classic hit records from the 50s, 60s and 70s the eternally offended will soon be turning their attention to in order get them banned from public broadcast due to them being racist, sexist or any other ism or words that they can find to be upset about.

[jackthehat]

Cheer up, dave.....

You'll still be able to sing the original lyrics along with them if you like.

[Atheist]

It seems to me that the 'eternally offended' on Answerbank are the people who object to anything 'woke'.
Many here seem to seek out 'wokism' with a Macarthyist zeal.
It's only a song (not a national anthem or a last night of the Proms).
Hey, ho. 'Twas ever thus.

[ichkeria]

Exactly atheist: “Everyone else is offended: I’m merely righteously angry” ;-)

[Mamyalynne]

All broadcasters can choose what to play to their listeners, the BBC have been banning,censoring or restricting playing some tunes since the 1930s - why now are there squawks of 'woke'?

Everyone from Arthur Askey, Ken Dodd and Bing Crosby have fallen foul of their rules, it never stopped folk buying their music.

[pat2604]

Just wondering if mention my packet of niger seeds will be removed from this thread. The whole thing is stupid. The past is the past and to me it does no harm to leave songs as they were written. It's historical evidence. And also how many people listen carefully to the words of the old songs and I really don't know how they can be offended. The are obviously on the look out for being offended.

[ummmm]

What about Eff You by Eamon? Should we leave the lyrics as they are?

[pat2604]

My niger seeds remain!

[Mamyalynne]

//Just wondering if mention my packet of niger seeds will be removed from this thread.//


You weren't really were you?

[royfromaus]

Why would niger seeds be removed?

[pat2604]

A bit tongue in cheek Mamya. No dig at moderators, just the automatic block!!

[Atheist]

I personally find it offensive that they can still repeat Dad's Army with 'They don't like it up 'em!'

[Mozz71]

Songs have been edited for radio play for decades, this is no different. Despite the intent of the lyric (as previously discussed, it is meant to represent the Irish), I'm honestly surprised it lasted as long as it did. It's got *** all to do with wokism, just the radio station being (overly) cautious.

[Mozz71]

You know, even the radio station wouldn't have censored the word I used in the last messge (three letter word, rhymes with "mod", means a small lump of grass)

[ichkeria]

What does annoy me is when a sports commentator says:
“Apologies if you heard any inappropriate language a moment ago”

At which point if we’re streaming and we can be bothered, we wind back to see it we can catch it (well, I don’t but …)

[dave50]

In the past, records were banned on radio for bad language or sexual references. In the future it will be because of references or words that upset the twitterati thought police.

[pixie374]

I'm surprised how long that lasted with Oliver's Army- I remember posting about it here, as Absolute only silenced the word relatively recently.
It didn't offend me- but it isn't only about mature adults who are used to lyrics already. It's real entitlement to suggest that something should stay the same forever, because we are used to it.
There are many (mostly, for me now!) younger people and generations, who have moved on from this old-fashioned stuff, and no longer need or appreciate it. When words or concepts become obsolete, it's obviously going to happen within "someone's" lifetime. It isn't all about us.