Taboo Tunes A History of Banned Bands & Censored Songs

by Blecha, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780879307929
• ISBN10: 0879307927
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Backbeat

Summary

In this extensively researched ode to scandal, Peter Blecha recounts the travails of musicians who have dared to air inch.unacceptable inch. topics. Filled with several centuries' worth of raunchy sex ditties, morbid murder ballads, satanic songs, paeans to intoxication and radical political anthems, this book lays the censors' stories bare, and casts a much-needed spotlight on civil liberties and artistic freedom in our post-9/11 world. Highlights the work of hundreds of controversial musicians, including: The Beatles, Ray Charles, the Dixie Chicks, Dylan, Eminem, Billie Holiday, Nirvana, Elvis, Public Enemy, Sex Pistols, Springsteen, Zappa and others. inch.Blecha tells a story of how free we aren't. It's a story every music fan needs to know. inch. - Dave Marsh

Author Biography

Musician/author Peter Blecha's writings have appeared in periodicals such as Life, Vintage Guitar, and DISCoveries. Former longtime senior curator with the Experience Music Project and board member with the anti-censorship organization JAMPAC, Blecha fights the good fight from Seattle

Table of Contents

FOREWORD: "Ring, Ring Goes the Bell..." by Krist Novoselic	v
A PREFATORY NOTE	vii
CHAPTER 1: Fear of Music	1	(14)
CHAPTER 2: Beat Crazy	15	(24)
CHAPTER 3: The Devil in Disguise	39	(20)
CHAPTER 4: Token Drug Song	59	(26)
CHAPTER 5: Let's Talk About Sex	85	(38)
CHAPTER 6: Killing in the Name	123	(14)
CHAPTER 7: Find the Cost of Freedom	137	(50)
NOTES AND SOURCES	187	(13)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	200	(2)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR	202	(1)
INDEX	203