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After 9/11, Clear Channel Communications sent a list of 165 songs with "questionable lyrics" to their 1200 radio stations suggesting they do not receive air time.
After 9/11 Clear Channel suggested stations avoid 165+ songs with "questionable" lyrics. They included "Bennie and the Jets", "Ticket to Ride", and "What a Wonderful World."
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Following 9/11 Clear Channel created a list of "lyrically questionable" songs, which includes "All songs by Rage Against the Machine"
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The Clear Channel Memorandum. A list of songs that were “lyrically questionable” to play in the wake of 9/11. The list included “All Songs” by Rage Against the Machine.
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After the attacks on the WTC, 9/11/01, Clear Channel issued a list of songs which, due to questionable lyrics, should not make the airwaves. The entire catalogue of Rage Against The Machine was included.
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After 9/11 Clear Channel (iHeartMedia) circulated an memo to all its stations, listing songs they couldn't play soon after the attacks due to them being "lyrically questionable". Notable examples include "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins and "Crash Into Me" by Dave Matthews Band
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The Gap Band's 1982 hit, "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" was added to the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum of 'lyrically questionable' songs in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
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In the wake of 9/11, the controversial 2001 Clear Channel memorandum contained a long list of what the memo termed "lyrically questionable" songs for the radio. Every song by Rage Against the Machine was on the list.
