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Reasons Why Videos Get Banned
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on_a_mission said on May 31, 2003 17:50:
I read somewhere that MTV always bans rox videos. Is this true? If so, can you list the videos and why they get banned. Just for amusement. Thanx
on_a_mission said on May 31, 2003 19:02:
who commits suicide in anyone???
And also, does’nt someone get pushed in front of a train in Kix?
wendy said on May 31, 2003 21:54:
Hmm,i wish “Stars” was banned,because of swimming with ducks,and ugly dress :s :D :p
japeke said on May 31, 2003 23:21:
never seen the anyone video? download it through kazaa or buy the dvd, and you’ll see that marie walks in the see... and in the beginning you see the ambulance which picks her body up
LittleGirl78 said on June 1, 2003 01:03:
yes, but Marie try to kill herself, and so was it enough to don´t play the video ;-)
tevensso (moderator) said on June 1, 2003 11:10:
(Do you get) Excited? wasn’t released in any countries.
coyboyusa said on June 1, 2003 14:17:
Anyone (suicide)
KIX (men kissing)
TCOTH (man putting golfball between womens legs)
(in some countries)
WICF (because of nudity, the bare child was against some anti kiddie porn laws in europe thats wh the cover to hand was changed)
But most videos just don’t get airplay nowadays... It’s a strange world were livin’ in!
Joyride in some asian countries (cuase it was a term used for car theft>
colinvdbel (moderator) said on June 1, 2003 21:14:
don’t forget DYWBMB where they made a censored video for MTV...they thought the guy in a balloon and the guy sticking (a fork?) up his nose was to heavy or something...
japeke said on June 1, 2003 22:09:
@Colin: oops forgot that one... maybe it had become a hit if it was shown on tv ;-)
bunny said on June 2, 2003 05:04:
if MTV doesn’t wanna play it (because it’s not R&B or RAP or teen pop/rock), they will find all kinds of excuses to ban it.
Grizabella said on June 2, 2003 07:55:
Per once said (in an interview in a Spanish Radio) that they had problems with The Look video. MTV did’nt want to play it because Marie appeared playing the guitar in the bathroom.
Lennon said on June 2, 2003 11:48:
I believe there are no real reasons for banning those videos. (Is “Anyone” more dangerous than “Death Matches”?)
I really do believe that this is a personal conflict between Jonas Akerlund and someone on MTV.
As far as I know Akerlund gets problems with almost every video he directs (not only for Roxette), like there is someone sreening his videos for any detail that could be missunderstood by someone.
Otherwise, if they really would think those videos were dangerous, the must also be a prohibition of reading “Romeo and Juliet” in school.
Or what about “McBeth”?
Stormkeeper said on June 2, 2003 12:58:
yes, there´s “Death Match”, Jackass and all kind of shitty and violent shows on MTV.
MTV makes themselves ridiculous.
Storm
colinvdbel (moderator) said on June 2, 2003 15:34:
@japeke: they actually showed it on TV...Per was in the TMF-studios then to promote his enw video and solo-album
sunnshy said on June 2, 2003 15:38:
Hey i Agree with storm, MTV is ridiculous, men kissing bul.**=)/( in the Video Beautiful appear man kissing, and what about Come On done, I prefer seenin men kissin than Jack ass or i bet you will
mariok said on June 2, 2003 19:28:
I never watched MTV, and I’ll never watch it. And that’s nor depending on banning Rox videos. Is anybody out there who really watches MTV???
ATLTK said on June 2, 2003 20:02:
where can I see kix video?
is jackass still on mtv europe(nordic sweden)
theedge said on June 3, 2003 11:52:
Sleeping in my car was banned aswell in many countries because it had “too hot stuff” as Per said in 1994 in MTV´s Roxette´s weekend
on_a_mission said on June 3, 2003 17:46:
yea, the sleeping in my car - did that not feature ’things’ going on in the back seat of a car...I can barely remember
Jackie_Radiorox said on June 3, 2003 21:00:
What cracks me up is that a BUNCH of rap videos are a billion times worse than two guys kissing or the golf ball between the legs BS. And Ok they get censored, but honestly you could censor them a hell of a lot more.
theedge said on June 4, 2003 07:42:
sincerely, don´t know why should bann the image of two men kissing. This is a fact, a social reality. FUCK THEM
sfchemist said on June 4, 2003 14:41:
if they banned the two guys kissing why was the Tatu video not banned aswell?
theedge said on June 4, 2003 14:55:
Yes, but the image of two girls kissing is aswell oriented to excite men
japeke said on May 31, 2003 18:14:
Anyone (suicide)
KIX (men kissing)
TCOTH (man putting golfball between womens legs)
(in some countries) WICF (because of nudity)
But most videos just don’t get airplay nowadays... It’s a strange world were livin’ in!
Joyride in some asian countries (because of reffering to hi-jacking cars :-S)
For most videos which got banned there is a censored version, for example without the kissing men, or without marie walking in the sea.
Did I miss one???