these lists are always hilarious.  some other songs come to mind.
in the 90's the CBSC had an issue with "discovery channel" by bloodhound gang....and then of course "money for nothing", dire straits. 
There was also a moratorium on "new orleans is sinking" by the hip, and stevie ray's song "texas flood" during hurricane catrina.

#37 Puff the magic Dragon was banned for radio play? WOW!  

Did CHUM ever go with that ban?
The song found it's way back on the radio YEARS later.

Seems like only yesterday (1991) when CHUM was doing their top 300 oldies countdown. 
I forget the CHUM jock's name, but it was priceless what he said. 
"OH MY GOD!! Puff the Magic Dragon IS NOT happy being at song number one OH one!!"



 

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mace wrote:

Of the 40 songs, there were 15 I had never heard of and another 3, I was aware of, but had never listened to them.  Also, when it charted, I think CHUM played the Cherry Cola version of the Kinks song Lola. It would be years later before I would learn the true story of the lyrics.

Now that I think about it, which version does Boom 97.3 play?

Original version: 




"Cherry Cola"



 

Radiowiz wrote:

#37 Puff the magic Dragon was banned for radio play? WOW!  

Did CHUM ever go with that ban?
The song found it's way back on the radio YEARS later.

Seems like only yesterday (1991) when CHUM was doing their top 300 oldies countdown. 
I forget the CHUM jock's name, but it was priceless what he said. 
"OH MY GOD!! Puff the Magic Dragon IS NOT happy being at song number one OH one!!"

Sometimes I think that these things get overstated. Puff was a big hit on both CHUM (#5) and Billboard (#2) in 1963. I did a search to see when Agnew complained about the song, and found that it was in 1970. I remember hearing it on CHUM on my radio when I was growing up, and 1970 was the year that I got my first radio. I don't know if Agnew's comments had any significant impact on it being played in the US, but this was so long after it was a hit that I doubt they made much difference ... I can't imagine that most rock stations would have cared about how Agnew felt about it.

And on a side note, I remember being with my father when he had won something at a supermarket and the skill-testing question was the name of the US Vice-President ... I was following politics by the time that this happened, but had no idea and didn't even recognize his name when my father said it. After that I started to take notice of when I saw his name in the news, but I never got the feeling that he was of much relevance even in the US. 

I have never heard Cover Of The Radio Times. Definitely made me chuckle this morning.