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	Tsunami Song Controversy Continues
		Recently, the NY Hip-Hop station Hot 97 broadcast the racist and crass song, Tsunami Song, which mocked the victims of December's South Asian and African Tsunami.
		Imagine the public outcry if a song about the 911 victims was aired less than a month after the disaster took place.
		Info, refused to get involved with the promotion of the song because she was Asian and felt uncomfortable, several others in the studio verbally attacked her at the time.
	www.aamovement.net /news/2005/hot97.html (985 words)

	Vindy.com - Iffy song lyrics spark controversy at practice
		Burton was sitting in on one of the practice sessions a week ago when she took notice of the song being used.
		The chorus to the song says "A few times I've been around that track so it's not just gonna happen like that 'Cause I ain't no holla back girl, I ain't no holla back girl." Burton is convinced that the around the track reference is not related to track and field, football or cheerleading.
		Dzurinda said the cheerleaders have learned most of the steps to the song and should not be forced to waste the hard work associated with learning the song.
	www.vindy.com /content/local_regional/283884935422242.php (1591 words)

	Collectorz.com :: View topic - Controversy Over Walt Disney's "Song of the South"
		Song of the South of Zip-a-dee-doo-dah Fame may never be released in the U.S. because of the new "Political Correctness" fear that masks itself in censorship.
		The film's song, "Zip-a-dee Do-Dah", won the "Best Song" Academy Award for 1946.Although some Blacks have always been uneasy about the minstrel tradition of the Uncle Remus stories, the major objections to the Song of the South video had to do with the live action portions.
		I've seen several discussions about Song of the South containing comments to that effect, which state or imply African Americans in the film refer to the whites as "massa." That is completely false.
	www.collectorz.com /phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=14572 (3982 words)

	Pop-Culture-Corn: Music: Livin' In American Skin
		Throughout the song, the words "41 shots" are heard, both in the background and the foreground.
		Since this controversy started I've been thinking of Springsteen's compelling 1982 song "Highway Patrolman," in which a small-town policeman is caught between trying to do a good job while at the same time trying to protect his renegade younger brother.
		The song is not about the Diallo shooting, but references it rather chillingly in a portrayal of a society that has become increasingly violent and paranoid to the point where even good people can make decisions that result in the death of innocent people.
	www.popculturecorn.com /music/issues/jun00/article-americanskin.html (852 words)

	Amazon.com: Controversy: Music: Prince (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Controversy further strengthens the political foundation established in "Partyup" and sets the stage for the next chapter, both a year later, or seventeen years later: namely, 1999.
		Controversy, the follow-up to his masterpiece 'Dirty Mind' functions as a bridge between that album and the techno-heavy '1999'.
		Controversy was his longest song to that point, I believe, and was similar to Dirty Mind yet more political.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002KMV?v=glance (1626 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Music \| Turkish delight at Eurovision win
		Turkey have won the Eurovision Song Contest, after a fiercely-fought contest with Russia's Tatu and Belgium's Urban Trad.
		Controversial Russian duo Tatu, the bookies' favourites, came third and their performance, which featured a kiss, was jeered by some spectators in the arena.
		Ireland's Mickey Joe Harte was the third performer of the night with his song We've Got the World Tonight, after Iceland's Birgitta and Austria's outlandish cabaret performer Alf Poier.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/2932760.stm (497 words)

	Controversy the day after Malta Song for Europe final
		Faniello won with his song "I do", composed by himself and written by Aldo Spiteri, and will represent Malta at the ESC for the second time.
		However, the Malta Song committee confirmed that this year practically the same amount of televoting and SMS votes were received as in the half hour allotted for voting last year.
		Saturday’s festival was not void of technical troubles, with the songs interpreted by Fabrizio Faniello as well as Ali and Lis having to be reinterpreted due to sound problems.
	www.maltamedia.com /news/2005/oa/printer_8890.shtml (374 words)

	University of California Marching Band ~ Cal Songs ~ Big C
		It was written to commemorate the creation of the large cement "C" built on the "rugged Eastern foothills" of the Berkeley campus in 1905, and the song was later entered in the Daily Californian's then annual school song competition.
		The controversy surrounding the song has its roots in the "All University Weekend," an annual event which began around 1948 and lasted into the 1960's.
		The matter came to a head in February 18, 1969, when Irwin Coster, working on behalf of the UCLA cause, received official word from the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress that "Big C" had never been copyrighted, and thus it was in the Public Domain.
	www.calband.berkeley.edu /calband/media/calsongs/bigc.html (461 words)

	Prodigy song `smacks' of controversy
		The song was released last week as a single and is airing on a dozen radio stations nationwide.
		"The notion that this song lyric would create an atmosphere for anyone to commit an act of violence is far-fetched," Warner Bros. Records spokesman Bob Merlis said.
		Prodigy also made a video for the song - featuring images of women being manhandled and a scene in which drugs are injected - although Warner Bros. refused to finance the clip.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/120897/LA0668.html (379 words)

	How secular is Vande Mataram?
		The use of the song 'Vande Mataram' in the novel is not adventitious, and it is not only communal-minded Muslims who resent it because of its context and content.
		While the Committee have taken note of such objection insofar as it has intrinsic value, the Committee wish to point out that the modern evolution of the use of the song as part of National life is of infinitely greater importance than its setting in a historical novel before the national movement had taken shape.
		Against this was the fact of history that, however ill-advised, the song had come to be associated with the struggle for freedom.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1601/16010940.htm (2431 words)

	NPR : 'Baby Mama' Spurs Debate over Teen Motherhood
		One of her songs, "Baby Mama," is a tribute to young, single mothers -- a subject Barrino knows about.
		Barrino says the song is not meant to encourage teenagers to have sex.
		But as her popularity grows, critics say the song is sending the wrong message.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4663047 (296 words)

	Fleecing The Indie Community: The Song Shark Controversy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Scams are nothing new in the business and many have been exposed and dismantled, but today's technology makes it easier for crooked minds to think up new twists on old themes.
		In the music trade they're called "song sharks." A song shark preys on hopeful musicians and bands, playing on their egos and their desires for fame and fortune, ultimately draining the bands' production funds and leaving them with little more than credit card debt.
		He also directed me to a site called Song Sharks, which rebuts the testimonies on Song Shark and redirects suspicion upon David Hooper, the alleged owner of Song Shark and organizer of 2NMC.
	www.gremlinuk.com /gremlin/newgremlinsite/songshark.htm (1185 words)

	Vindy.com - Discussion Groups :: Stories :: Iffy song lyrics spark controversy at practice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Once again, get your facts straight, my daughter did want to be a cheerleader, but she was perfectly fine not dancing to the song, as a matter of fact after the behavior and attitude she witnessed she no longer wants to be a cheerleader.
		You have your song to have your daughters to dance to, move on in your lives.
		Your kids worked hard on this dance and the song is saying gwen is not that kind of girl and it's bananas.
	forums.vindy.com /read.php?10,113,182 (1336 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Disney (Song of the South) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The film has been criticized both for "making slavery appear pleasant" and "pretending slavery didn't exist", even though the film (like Harris' original collection of stories) is set after the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
		Disney and company made no attempt to to render the music in the style of the spirituals and work songs that would have been sung during this era.
		Perhaps lost in all the controversy over the film is the fact that James Baskett, a Black man, was the very first live actor ever hired by Disney.
	www.snopes.com /disney/films/sots.htm (930 words)

	Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl letter - The Living Tradition Magazine Editorial Issue 40
		Bert was singing English, Australian, N. American and Scottish songs; Ewan was singing 'Sixteen Tons' and 'Sam Bass' alongside 'Eppie Morrie' and 'The Banks of the Nile'; I regularly sang French, German and Dutch songs alongside 'Barbara Allan' and 'Cumberland Gap'.
		I knew what the song should sound like and the manner of delivery and the insertion of Cockney vowels into a southern USA fl prisoners' song just sounded funny.
		The purpose of the Critics Group was to make it possible for the singers who had not been brought up in the 'folk' tradition to sing the songs in a way that would not abrogate the original intention of the makers.
	www.folkmusic.net /htmfiles/edtxt39.htm (1536 words)

	Eurovision Song Contest Helsinki 2007 \| Controversy about Alf Poier's lyrics
		Poier's management rightly pointed out that those lines are taken out of their context and one has to see the complete performance to be able to estimate the song.
		The news is about Alf singing an unti-american song, and inspite of that we are discussing about arab immigrants.
		Alf is a great performer and his songs are great for the fact that they dont say sorry to anyone, they say what Alf thinks, and doesnt just paint a pretty picture, cos i think these songs are more in reality.
	www.esctoday.com /news/read/3576 (1816 words)

	Amazon.com: The Great Radio Controversy: Music: Tesla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Songs like "Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)," "Flight to Nowhere," and "Party's Over" show that Tesla is at their best when tackling anthems; by avoiding the overblown riffs and musical posturing of their peers, they keep these songs from sounding pretentious.
		next is their most known song and for good reason, the love ballad entitled "love song" it starts off with 2 acoustic guitars.
		The songs are a little bit more developed, but the band still sound as if they're playing their guts out.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000ORE?v=glance (2247 words)

	Controversy Lyrics - by PRINCE from album Controversy : Lyrics And Songs
		You are viewing lyrics of Controversy by PRINCE from the album Controversy at LyricsAndSongs.COM
		The Lyrics above are the lyrics to Controversy and are (absolutly correct)
		The Lyrics above are to Controversy and are (Mostly correct, Yet...
	www.lyricsandsongs.com /song/10397.html (425 words)

	Greendale Controversy
		Each song droned on with the same ponderous rhythm, and Young's electric guitar work, which had always been messy and glorious, now sounded like Santana on Valium.
		These songs are about narration/acting and shouldn't be judged in the usual way where the singer means his song (But as Neil wrote them he probably does).
		It is true that it takes several listens to allow the songs to really sink in - but like many a reviewer noted - you must give several listens and then you will find yourself having a hard time getting the melodies out of your head.
	www.thrasherswheat.org /2003/greendale_contro.htm (2762 words)

	Michigan's State Songs
		Another song, "My Michigan," has been all but forgotten except in the records of the Michigan Legislature.
		Below is the resolution honoring "My Michigan." Read a brief history [PDF] of how the state's House of Representatives and Senate passed this resolution.
		Lyster was inspired to write the song after the battle of Fredericksburg.
	www.michigan.gov /hal/0,1607,7-160-15481-54116--,00.html (584 words)

	Racist Hot 97 Skit Mocking Tsunami Victims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I hope those that performed the song are never able to hold their heads up in public again, or at least not for a long while, and not until they have done LOTS of community work to prove they are willing to work for the good of the community.
		So to judge the song over what the hosts said/did would be akin to judging the US constitution to be crap just because the people who authored it were slaveowners.
		The FCC is not claiming this song as indecent because "chink," "chinaman," and other words in the song are not profane.
	www.hiphopmusic.com /archives/000759.html (18503 words)

	Apple iTunes adds Band Aid 20 - for 79p \| The Register
		Not only does it get to offer the song for rather less than its rivals, undercutting them by a significant margin, but it gets the added kudos of being able to claim it's donating 70p to the charity for every copy of the song it sells.
		ITMS UK is also offering the single's b-side, the original version of the song from 20 years back, for the same price, or you can by the two together for £1.58.
		Of course, purchasing the song online leaves you without the opportunity of destroying the physical product - worthy cause, dire record, worse cover 'art' - as one website is calling on all music fans to do.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2004/12/01/apple_itunes_band_aid (483 words)

	Rap song sparks controversy in Britain -DAWN - International; 05 April, 2004
		LONDON, April 4: The BBC faces criticism for airing a controversial rap song that compares Queen Elizabeth II to Saddam Hussein and accuses Britain's royal family of murdering Princess Diana, The Sunday Telegraph said.
		"The BBC should not be playing this song," John Beyer, the director of Media watch UK, told the newspaper.
		Over the course of the four-minute song the lyrics also manage to take pot shots at Britain's support for Israel and its special relationship with the United States, which is labelled "The Devil." -AFP
	www.dawn.com /2004/04/05/int2.htm (182 words)

	Lynyrd Skynyrd and Neil Young
		The enormously popular song has an extraordinarily complex backstory involving a wide swath of groups which have laid claim to the song's message and symbols.
		"Although the song is perceived as an anthem of southern pride, “Sweet Home Alabama,” was actually intended not only as the band’s fond recollection of their first time in a recording studio but as a reminder to the rest of America that not all southerners were rednecks.
		The song "Southern Man" was at the center of an unfortunate event on the 1973 tour and has been recounted by Neil in concert.
	www.thrasherswheat.org /jammin/lynyrd.htm (3338 words)

	Jadakiss Single Courts Controversy
		As for the controversial line, the Yonkers, N.Y., rapper's view is unwavering.
		When I made the song, I wrote it to be political, controversial, and to stir some things up.
		Canadian rock outfit the Arcade Fire has 15 songs recorded for the follow-up to its 2004 breakthrough, "Funeral," according to a post from Win Butler on the band's Web site.
	billboard.com /bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000574096 (724 words)

	Stones' song sparks controversy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The song is part of A Bigger Bang, to be released September 6, which the Stones say is their first studio disc with totally new material in eight years.
		An excerpt from the song was published by Newsweek magazine this week, which described the Stones' hard-hitting lyrics as "political".
		But many, including influential English review New Musical Express, have ventured the opinion that the song is specifically about US President George W Bush.
	news24.com /News24/Entertainment/Abroad/0,,2-1225-1243_1754168,00.html (501 words)

	Bengali band releases song on Sourav controversy - Sify.com
		The Bengali song talks about the controversy surrounding Ganguly's exclusion from the Indian team.
		Jowar has been inspired to take up this unique initiative of singing songs related to current affairs when police sergeant Bappi Sen was killed in Kolkata by anti-social elements on December 31, 2003.
		The song reflects the mood of the entire nation and more importantly Kolkatans in particular.
	sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=14061390 (237 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! - R. Kelly song ignites controversy
		Calgary's two urban radio stations are choosing to ignore the controversy, and have added the song to their respective playlists.
		Meyers says playing the R. Kelly cut was never an issue for the station and notes a lack of negative feedback from listeners indicates it's not with music fans either.
		MuchMusic's senior music programmer Craig Halket said the station's review committee discussed the Kelly controversy before the Ignition video was added last week.
	jam.canoe.ca /Music/Artists/K/Kelly_R/2003/02/19/pf-746545.html (440 words)

	Boing Boing: iTunes update spies on your listening and sends it to Apple?
		An Apple "spokesman" (reliable word has it that it was Steve Jobs himself) told MacWorld that Apple discards the personal information that the iTunes Ministore transmits to Apple while you use iTunes.
		A new version of Apple's iTunes for Mac appears to communicate information about every song you play to Apple, and it's not clear if there's any way to turn this off, nor what Apple's privacy policy is on this information.
		Kirk adds, "after more analysis, this does not send info to Apple when you are playing music, but rather when you click on a song.
	www.boingboing.net /2006/01/11/itunes_update_spies_.html (849 words)

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