Removing the rock from the roll – censorship in pop music

Some words are understandably censored from songs but sin and bitch? Rebecca Nicholson on the new puritanism invading pop musicBackwards scratch! Doink! ---! When you hear those sounds on the radio it usually means the pop star whose record is playing has just sung a Bad Word. Sometimes these are actual cusses which would most likely cause offence to the ears of listening public. There is, for example, no need for a C-word on Radio 1 (insert your least favourite presenter-based gag here). During...

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