Songs You Won't Be Hearing For A While
Clear Channel Communications released a list of songs to be banned from air play during the country's time of mourning. The company owns the largest group of radio stations in the world, with 1,200 stations. They called the following tunes "lyrically questionable" and say these 150 songs shouldn't hit the air until further notice.
- AC/DC, "Shot Down in Flames," "Shoot to Thrill," "Dirty Deeds," "Highway to Hell," "Safe in New York City," "TNT," "Hell's Bells"
- Ad Libs, "The Boy from New York City"
- Alice In Chains, "Rooster," "Sea of Sorrow," "Down in a
- Hole," "Them Bone"
- Alien Ant Farm, "Smooth Criminal"
- Animals, "We Gotta Get Out of this Place"
- Louis Armstrong, "What a Wonderful World"
- Bangles, "Walk Like an Egyptian"
- Barenaked Ladies, "Falling for the First Time"
- Fontella Bass, "Rescue Me"
- Beastie Boys, "Sure Shot," "Sabotage"
- Beatles, "A Day in the Life," "Lucy in fhe Sky with
- Diamonds," "Ticket to Ride," "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
- Pat Benatar, "Hit Me with Your Best Shot," "Love Is a Battlefield"
- Black Sabbath, "War Pigs," "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath," "Suicide Solution"
- Blood, Sweat & Tears, "And When I Die"
- Blue Oyster Cult, "Burnin' for You"
- Boston, "Smokin' "
- Brooklyn Bridge, "Worst that Could Happen"
- Arthur Brown, "Fire"
- Jackson Browne, "Doctor My Eyes"
- Bush, "Speed Kills"
- Chi-Lites, "Have You Seen Her"
- Dave Clark Five, "Bits and Pieces"
- Petula Clark, "A Sign of the Times"
- The Clash, "Rock the Casbah"
- Phil Collins, "In the Air Tonight"
- Sam Cooke, "Wonderful World"
- Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Travelin' Band"
- Cult, "Fire Woman"
- Bobby Darin, "Mack the Knife"
- Skeeter Davis, "End of the World"
- Neil Diamond, "America"
- Dio, "Holy Diver"
- Doors, "The End"
- Drifters, "On Broadway"
- Drowning Pool, "Bodies"
- Bob Dylan, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
- Everclear, "Santa Monica"
- Shelley Fabares, "Johnny Angel"
- Filter, "Hey Man, Nice Shot"
- Foo Fighters, "Learn to Fly"
- Fuel, "Bad Day"
- Peter Gabriel, "When You're Falling"
- Gap Band, "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"
- Godsmack, "Bad Religion"
- Norman Greenbaum, "Spirit in the Sky"
- Green Day, "Brain Stew"
- Guns N' Roses, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
- Happenings, "See You in September"
- Jimi Hendrix, "Hey Joe"
- Herman's Hermits, "Wonderful World"
- Hollies, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
- Buddy Holly & the Crickets, "That'll Be the Day"
- Jan & Dean, "Dead Man's Curve"
- Billy Joel, "Only the Good Die Young"
- Elton John, "Benny & The Jets," "Daniel," "Rocket Man"
- Judas Priest, "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll"
- Kansas, "Dust in the Wind"