Clear Channel suggests 150 songs for stations to avoid (9/18/2001)

[Craig Shipley]

Did they say that they _should_ play BOC's "Divine Wind"???

Good thing that they also never heard of Masterminds' first release,
BRAINSTORM. With such titles as "Call To Arms", "Tidings Of Battle", "Eye Of
The Storm" and "War Machine", they would be having little pink kittens...

(For those of you that have not heard of Mastermind, this 1987 debut release
sounds VERY militaristic, if you couldn't guess from the titles. Sounds a
lot like BRAIN SALAD SURGERY-era ELP, with Bill Berends on
MIDI-synth-guitar, guitar, bass and vox (no keyboards!), his brother Rich on
drums & percussion and Phil Antolino on bass & MIDI-bass pedals. A snippet
of the lyrics from "A Call To Arms":

"Victory, oh noble victory...we know our
Cause is true now, it's clear we're right.
Sympathies, oh holy sympathies...
For those who did not make it through last night.
Following the call of the wild
We've shed our innocence, but like a child
We've lost our way...oh holy way
Cat's claw, nature's law, destiny
Eagle's flight, the signal light is clear
To lead the way...oh holy way"

NP: Mastermind Vol. 1

Ship

> -----Original Message-----
> From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Karen Kusic
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 9:34 AM
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
> Subject: Clear Channel suggests 150 songs for stations to avoid
> (9/18/2001)
>
>
> Blue Oyster Cult, "Burnin' For You" banned!!!
>
> http://www.pioneerplanet.com/news/ncl_docs/137030.htm
>
>  Clear Channel suggests 150 songs for stations to avoid
>
>  BRIAN LAMBERT Media critic
>
>  Movies and TV aren't alone in reviewing the content of their
> entertainment in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks. Clear
>  Channel Inc., which owns over 1,200 stations including seven in the
> Twin Cities, is circulating a list of 150 songs its local
>  programmers might consider avoiding for the time being.
>
>  Clear Channel managers here say the list is merely a "memo from the
> main office," not something they must adhere to.
>
>  Many of the songs on the list are heavy-metal warhorses like "Sweating
> Bullets" by Megadeth, "Seek and Destroy" by Metallica
>  and a half-dozen cuts from AC/DC including "Safe in New York City,"
> "Highway to Hell," "TNT" and "Shot Down in Flames."
>
>  Some of the 150 song titles "suggested" by Clear Channel are baffling.
>
> its stations avoid:

SNIP!