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		BBC 6 Music apologizes for playing Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe" after running the news about Oscar Pistorius murdering his girlfriend (digitalspy.com)		80
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rumpelstiltskin		2013-02-20 05:53:34 PM

snicker

SundaesChild		2013-02-20 06:52:40 PM

Right? The guy's name isn't even Joe!

grokca		2013-02-20 08:19:50 PM

As long as the people responsible have been sacked, I'm ok with this.

Banned on the Run		2013-02-20 08:52:21 PM

Like the Price Is Right showcase that included a trip to New Orleans and a new ski boat -- 3 months after Katrina.

I_Am_Weasel		2013-02-20 09:00:56 PM

It is a better choice than Bon Jovi's "Shot Through The Door".

/That's not the title, Weasel!

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2013-02-20 09:12:06 PM

*snert*
*snicker*

/BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
//ahem... that's terrible

FirstNationalBastard		2013-02-20 09:50:04 PM

I don't see why it's so offensive.

He was missing his legs, not his arms, so the line "where you goin' with that gun in your hand" didn't make light of his handicap in the slightest.

Bill_Wick's_Friend		2013-02-20 09:58:43 PM

"Hey Man Nice Shot" also not a good idea.

megarian		2013-02-20 09:58:53 PM

Teeeehehehehehehe

Salmon		2013-02-20 10:02:23 PM

Nor would Legs by zztop

FirstNationalBastard		2013-02-20 10:02:46 PM

Bill_Wick's_Friend: "Hey Man Nice Shot" also not a good idea.

So the uninterrupted block of music featuring Hey Joe, Hey Man Nice Shot, Down By The River, Delia's Gone, and Shot In The Dark was a bad idea?

baronvonzipper		2013-02-20 10:03:10 PM

I don't see the problem. "Hey Joe" is a classic piece of music. And who's this Pistoriusguy? Why should I care?

jake_lex		2013-02-20 10:03:39 PM

I wondered why they didn't play my request of "Used To Love Her" by Guns n' Roses.

Arachnophobe		2013-02-20 10:04:26 PM

Similar thing happened with a local radio station the day after Sandy Hook. Shooter's Pistol Range commercial ran, "So come out, it's fun for the whole family!" Haven't heard it since.

/local as in ' broadcasts out of Danbury, CT and is well within Newtown range'

J Noble Daggett		2013-02-20 10:04:31 PM

Salmon: Nor would Legs by zztop

There's no defense. They don't have a leg to stand on.

DanTheMan1024		2013-02-20 10:05:21 PM

grokca: As long as the people responsible have been sacked, I'm ok with this.

Seriously?!

/you're on the wrong website

Hoopy Frood		2013-02-20 10:10:09 PM

"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"?

Unhip1		2013-02-20 10:11:45 PM

"Jamie's Got a Gun"
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
And "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" also not recommended.

xnmw		2013-02-20 10:13:29 PM

DanTheMan1024: grokca: As long as the people responsible have been sacked, I'm ok with this.

Seriously?!

/you're on the wrong website

What if the people responsible for the sacking have been sacked?

grokca		2013-02-20 10:14:26 PM

DanTheMan1024: grokca: As long as the people responsible have been sacked, I'm ok with this.

Seriously?!

/you're on the wrong website

I Might be ON The wrong site, Yes, but Please You must Think Harder befOre you respoNd.

The_Original_Roxtar		2013-02-20 10:15:56 PM

Was "Plush" a bad choice for the days after Chandra Levy's discovery?

blahpers		2013-02-20 10:16:01 PM

At least it wasn't Weird Al's version.

DanTheMan1024		2013-02-20 10:21:25 PM

aevorea		2013-02-20 10:22:04 PM

"The Night that the Lights Went Out in Georgia"

ReverendJasen		2013-02-20 10:24:59 PM

Do we really need public apologies for every stupid coincidence that occurs?

Atomic Spunk		2013-02-20 10:36:07 PM

That ain't cool.

gregscott		2013-02-20 10:40:09 PM

Wimps. It was probably an unintended connection. I'm sure they don't check their play list against every news story to check for "conflicts".
If they do, they're even more sissified than I thought on that big island.

TinyFist		2013-02-20 10:44:14 PM

grokca: DanTheMan1024: grokca: As long as the people responsible have been sacked, I'm ok with this.

Seriously?!

/you're on the wrong website

I Might be ON The wrong site, Yes, but Please You must Think Harder befOre you respoNd.

IMONTYPYTHON.

holy crap that was way too much work for some ~~retarded~~ awfully handicapped joke. I just, I mean, I.... my place now wreaks of that awful basement dank, damp coldness I only recall from my childhood in PA. To actually have to dwell there as an adult and have nothing better to contribute than, well, this, don't get me wrong, I'm kind of a nerd myself, but I just, I mean, that, ...um,...

You know what? screw it. GET YOUR PASTY ASS OUTSIDE AND BE AMONG REAL PEOPLE! I know it's hard but seriously, GO THE FARK OUTSIDE!

DanTheMan1024		2013-02-20 10:44:23 PM

gregscott: Wimps. It was probably an unintended connection. I'm sure they don't check their play list against every news story to check for "conflicts".
If they do, they're even more sissified than I thought on that big island.

Wait, you don't want everyone involved sacked, castrated, and thrown to the lions?

/outrage I say
//won't someone please think of the children

Somacandra		2013-02-20 10:56:20 PM

Yesterday I heard my local HD2 station play the following tracks in this order:

1) "How Will I Know?" by Whitney Houston

2) "Brown Sugar" by the Rolling Stones

Coincidence? Maybe--but if you know these songs then you know that's a pretty distasteful pairing.

Somacandra		2013-02-20 10:58:47 PM

ReverendJasen: Do we really need public apologies for every stupid coincidence that occurs?

"The BBC would like to apologize for the following announcement..."

/not obscure

Abox		2013-02-20 11:00:08 PM

I gave her the gun....I shot her!!

[think of the solo]

dopekitty74		2013-02-20 11:04:28 PM

Banned on the Run: Like the Price Is Right showcase that included a trip to New Orleans and a new ski boat -- 3 months after Katrina.

Just try to get any radio station to play the Tragically Hip's New Orleans is Sinking after Katrina.... Wasn't happenin...

Precision Boobery		2013-02-20 11:13:38 PM

Salmon: Nor would Legs by zztop

Well she does have legs. However, she evidently didn't know how to use them.

BrotherEarth		2013-02-20 11:15:13 PM

I'm thinking the music director his a very British sense of humor. John Cleese and crew would have been far more snarky. I'm okay with this.

JungleBoogie		2013-02-20 11:16:37 PM

Guns N' Roses: "I used to love her, but I had to kill her."

That probably would have been worse. Or better.

Definitely better.

BrotherEarth		2013-02-20 11:23:40 PM

JungleBoogie: Guns N' Roses: "I used to love her, but I had to kill her."

That probably would have been worse. Or better.

Definitely better.

Or the Beatles ...

Because I used to love her, but it's all over now.

shanrick		2013-02-20 11:24:44 PM

Hey Joe, where you going with that gun in your hand?

I'm gonna ~~get me a shotgun and~~ kill all the whiteys I see.

Mr. Shabooboo		2013-02-20 11:25:44 PM

Hangman Jury would have also been a problem...A man shooting his woman in a drunken rage..

"I swear I didn't know that .45 was loaded, in fact my memory ain't too clear "

Omahawg		2013-02-20 11:26:02 PM

i'm listening to bbc6 right now...just like I do every every night

JungleBoogie		2013-02-20 11:32:30 PM

MeanJean		2013-02-20 11:40:17 PM

Are there any songs about bludgeoning? Pistorius apparently also bashed her over the head with a cricket bat.

LouisZepher		2013-02-21 12:05:30 AM

MeanJean: Are there any songs about bludgeoning? Pistorius apparently also bashed her over the head with a cricket bat.

'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' by the Beatles...

Halfmast Trousers		2013-02-21 12:18:15 AM

The cricket was really more of a ... I don't know...

qualtrough		2013-02-21 12:28:45 AM

What, no love for "Ruby, don't take your love to town"? Handicapped guy shoots SO.

Marcintosh		2013-02-21 12:44:49 AM

Does my heart good to realize that I'm not the last black hearted bastard in town.
I laughed like an idiot - no apologies - not laughing at the dead - laughing at the stupid.

I can imagine half way through the song with the DJ sitting there with his facepalm, wondering how fast he'll be sacked.
god that's funny.

Mentalpatient87		2013-02-21 01:19:39 AM

Arachnophobe: Similar thing happened with a local radio station the day after Sandy Hook. Shooter's Pistol Range commercial ran, "So come out, it's fun for the whole family!" Haven't heard it since.

/local as in ' broadcasts out of Danbury, CT and is well within Newtown range'

Wonder if anyone played "Pumped Up Kicks" after that one..

Genju		2013-02-21 01:43:04 AM

Nothing beats "Rock You Like a Hurricane" at the Miami/LSU game after Katrina. The difference being they play that at like every game cause they're the damn Miami Hurricanes. When people complained they should have followed it up with "When the Levy Breaks" by Zep.

Darth_Lukecash		2013-02-21 01:47:45 AM

qualtrough: What, no love for "Ruby, don't take your love to town"? Handicapped guy shoots SO.

Ruby was about a horribly disabled impotent Vietnam vet who was loosing his wife because she needed to get it on!

alienated		2013-02-21 01:49:20 AM

Mentalpatient87: Arachnophobe: Similar thing happened with a local radio station the day after Sandy Hook. Shooter's Pistol Range commercial ran, "So come out, it's fun for the whole family!" Haven't heard it since.

/local as in ' broadcasts out of Danbury, CT and is well within Newtown range'

Wonder if anyone played "Pumped Up Kicks" after that one..

lolz

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