Dire Straights Gay Ban
01/13/2011
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(Rock AAA) Classic Dire Straits track Money for Nothing has been banned from public broadcast in Canada – after receiving just one complaint 25 years after its release.The global hit single came out on the band's iconic fifth album, Brothers in Arms, in May 1985 and won a Grammy for best rock performance the following year. But the original version included the word "faggot" referring to homosexuals, and although a cleaned-up edition was made available, Oz-FM in Newfoundland played the first edition in February last year. more on this story
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