John Lennon – “Imagine”
As Steve Buscemi said, “Define irony. A bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.” After the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, many songs have been banned by media conglomerate Clear Channel.
Anything involving airplanes, violence, tall buildings, smoke, or attacks has been banned in the United States, including Filter’s “Hey Man, Nice Shot” and AC/DC’s “Safe In New York City.” However, there have been more than 160 songs that had to suffer for featuring planes or violence.
And not every song on that list was censored for the right reasons because certain tracks such as “Devil With a Blue Dress On” or “Dancing In the Street” did not deserve to be banned. And the same goes for John Lennon’s, “Imagine.” Why would someone choose to ban a song about peace?
But according to Whatculture.com, “Unfortunately, Clear Channel chose to rob the listening public of a song that only wanted to heal some of their wounds.”
Apparently, the song was highly criticized by several religious groups for the line “Imagine there’s no heaven,” and BBC also took it off the air in 1991.
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