It usually ludicrous and surreal to me whenever anyone has the audacity to assume they can decide to ban a book or song but it's always been a common trait of our society's.. Here they describe why the following songs had been banned .
Surprising Reasons These Popular Songs Were Banned
https://www.beachraider.com/worldwide/icoban-cp-ta/42
• “Imagine” by John Lennon
• “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday
• “Take the Power Back” by Rage Against the Machine
• “Like a Prayer” by Madonna
• “God Only Knows” by The Beach Boys
• “Splish Splash” by Bobby Darin
• “Royals” by Lorde
• “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins
• “Wake Up Little Susie” by The Everly Brothers
• “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” by The Shirelles
• “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” by Jimmy Boyd
• “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen
• “If U Seek Amy” by Britney Spears
• “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones
• “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele
• “The Real Slim Shady” by Eminem
• “Cop Killer” by Body Count
• “Light My Fire” by The Doors
• “Juicy” by The Notorious B.I.G.
• “Lola” by The Kinks
• “Physical” by Olivia Newton-John
• “Greased Lightning” by John Travolta
• “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” by Frank Loesser
• “Love Game” by Lady Gaga
• “Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead” by The Wizard of Oz
• “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison
• “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” by The Beatles
• “Puff the Magic Dragon” by Peter, Paul and Mary
• “My Generation” by The Who
• “Love to Love You Baby” by Donna Summer
• “Atomic” by Blondie
• “Anarchy in the U.K.” by The Sex Pistols
• “Johnny Remember Me” by John Leyton
• “I Want Your Sex” by George Michael
• “You Don’t Know How It Feels” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• “Jackie” by Scott Walker
• “Burn My Candle” by Shirley Bassey
• “I Love a Man in a Uniform” by Gang of Four
Some of those on that list are a mystery to me why they would be banned anywhere but the site didn't let me get passed the first song.....maybe wanted a subscription.
But one song not on the list is Mule Skinner Blues by the Fendermen that was a number one song back in 1961 and plainly says at the end of the last verse "if you don't like your job then go "blank blank blank" yourself."
Some of them....Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, God Only Knows, Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead, Puff The Magic Dragon???...and several others I have no clue what could be the offending thing. A lot of songs that get looked down on is because the real meaning or what it is really about is misunderstood.
Also surprised that I Shot Mr Lee by the Bobbettes isn't on that list?
Also Itchycoo Park by the Small Faces isn't on the list. Bad message there. What about Cherry Hill Park by Billy Joe Royal?
Who knows why one song is picked on but other more questionable ones are not.