PC Police Edit Popular 80's Song

I don’t normally listen to radio stations that play music.  It's the same stuff over and over again.  Sometimes you might hear the same song within a couple of hours.  So when an old 80’s song that was ubiquitous during its time began to play, I really didn’t pay much attention, until I realized it was edited.

I used to cringe when Dire Straits ‘Money for Nothing’ came on the radio.  You couldn’t escape it.  Radio stations had it on a never ending loop, or so it seemed.  I especially dislike it now that the PC police got their mitts on it.  Apparently, faggot is no longer allowed in the lexicon.  So when this “classic” is played, you hear silence where “faggot” used to be.

Since the PC police are editing songs will they do the same to movies?  What will happen to cult classics like “Slap Shot”?  That movie will be hard to edit.  The thought police will probably have to ban that one.

Ah, the good ole days.

And Now Something We Hope You Really Like!

H/T:  Weasel Zippers

Rush 2112: The Priest of the Federal Bureaucracy

It’s hard to believe that Rush 2112 album will be 40 in the year 2016.  I’ll never forget the first time I heard it.  I was a kid listening to an 8 track tape through headphones.  It was mind blowing.

Reflecting upon the songs and our current political situation, one can see the parallels between the Priest of the Temple of Syrinx and their dystopian totalitarianism and our current federal government.  Liberals have adopted the federal bureaucracy as their God. The bureaucrat as their priest. And Washington D.C. is their temple.   And the rest of us, well, we’ll just be taken care of:

We've taken care of everything 
The words you hear, the songs you sing 
The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes 
It's one for all and all for one 
We work together, common sons 
Never need to wonder how or why 

We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx 
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls 
We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx 
All the gifts of life are held within these walls 

Look around at this world we've made 
Equality our stock in trade 
Come and join the Brotherhood of Man 
Oh, what a nice, contented world 
Let the banners be unfurled 
Hold the Red Star proudly high in hand 

We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx 
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls 
We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx 
All the gifts of life are held within these walls  



  

Thunderstruck Bagpiper

H/T:  Muskegon Pundit

Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration

Ben Franklin on the lead guitar.  Now that's something you don't see everyday.

Beth: The Story Behind the Song

BETH from anonymous content on Vimeo.

R.I.P. Clive Burr

Former drummer of Iron Maiden, Clive Burr passed away a couple of days ago. 
 
(Reuters) - Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, who played on the British heavy metal band's landmark first three albums, has died at the age of 56, the group said on Wednesday.

Burr, who had been suffering from multiple sclerosis, died "peacefully in his sleep at home" in London on Tuesday and had been in poor health for several years, the band said in a statement posted on their website.

"He was a wonderful person and an amazing drummer who made a valuable contribution to Maiden in the early days when we were starting out," Iron Maiden founder and bassist Steve Harris said in a statement.

And since today is the Ides of March, here is a tribute to Mr. Burr.

 

 

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