Britain's top ten most controversial songs

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Sina Entertainment news Beijing Time November 29, according to foreign media reports, recently the British Music Performance Rights Association (PRS for music) organized a popular selection, the 10 most controversial song.  The child prodigy (the Prodigy) band "Smack My Bitch Up" is the top of the sex discrimination, followed by the sexual pistol directed at the Queen of God Save the Queen. The British Association of Musical Performance Rights is a non-profit organization that protects copyright, with 75,000 songwriters and music publishers. "The result reflects the link between music and society," said Ellis Rich, chairman of the Association, in a statement. These songs have attracted much attention because of the controversy or the forbidden experience.  "In addition to the British native prodigy, the sex pistol, the violent resistance machine, the list also entered the United States Eminem, Oze Osborne, Marilyn Manson and Slayer (Slayer) band." The top ten most controversial songs: The abuse of women--the child prodigy "Smack My Bitch Up" because of the repeated lyrics "Change my pitch up/smack i bitch up", it is believed that the song conveys the message of discrimination and abuse of women. Despite the band's repeated emphasis on the lack of it, just to create a musical intensity, the public debate has spread since the Beast Boys ' band opposed The Prodigy singing the song at Reading Music festival in 1998. The BBC banned the song, while other media played an instrumental or other version of the lyrics, although the original was not the name of the song. Although the song's MV of the abuser is also female, but also caused by the U.S. National Women's organization and other strong dissatisfaction. There is also a voice of praise pointing out that it subverts stereotyped domestic violence and shows that women can become abusers. The MV was banned by global television stations, and eventually MTV Networks were broadcast after midnight at the request of a large audience, accompanied by a warning. It is known as the most controversial song in the history of MTV, and won 4 nominations at the 1999 MTV Music Video Awards and eventually won "Best Dance Video" and "Breakthrough video" awards. The song was released in mid-November 1997 and sold 100,000 copies by the end of one months.  It also appears in the movie "Charlie's Angels" and "The Startled Smile 2". Against the throne-the sexual pistol "God Save the Queen" is the first song entitled "God Bless The Queen" is the British national anthem. The 1977 Sex Pistol band launched a single with the same name as the national anthem, which coincided with the 25 anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. The song expresses compassion for the working class and hatred of the monarchy.  It was banned in many places and banned by the mainstream media, but ranked second on the UK singles list, topping the list of British magazine NME (New Music Courier). Same-sex love--FrancisLanki to Hollywood (Frankie Goes to Yap) "Relax" Frankie went to Hollywood and a prodigy, as well as an English dance combination. "Relax" is the first single they launched in 1983. Despite the dismal initial sales, the song was the winner of the British singles list by the end of January, and eventually became one of the most controversial and best-selling songs of the 80 's. It sells nearly 2 million copies in the UK and is the seventh best-selling single in British history, winning the 1985 Full English Music Award, the best British single. In the comedy film "Supermodel" (Zoolander), it is Stiller as the male model Zulander the main driver of the assassination of Malaysian Prime minister "Relax" suffered criticism in the record company's expectations, this is actually ZTT record propaganda strategy. The song is not so much Frankie's work as a carefully crafted product by the record company's boss. The lyrics are full of sexual cues, and in the packaging and MV, there is a Holly Johnson between the members of the band, Holly Johnson, and Paul Loussefort (Paul Rutherford). The first poster, for example, was the Navy-dressed Johnson and Rutherford, with the words "Good Boys Love Sailors".  A BBC radio DJ in 1984 publicly expressed disgust and refused to broadcast the song, then set off a whole BBC boycott of the song. Killing a wife and throwing a corpse--Eminem Kim, "Kim", from the American rapper Eminem's 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP, describes the process he supposedly killed his wife, Kim Mathers. The song was not censored in the United States, but was preserved in the UK release version of the album. Eminem and Kim 1995 have daughter Hailie, two people in 1999 married in 2001 divorced. Kim's first scene was in Kim's new home, Eminem, who had just killed her husband and stepson, was calmly speaking to the sleeping Hailie, followed by a big curse on Kim, and the second scene was that Eminem and Kim were in the car; the third they came to the woods and Eminem cut Kim's throat. The end of the song was a long, natural sound, as if the body had been dragged across the lawn and thrown into the trunk of the car, and the car started off. This coincides with the beginning of the "Bonnie & Clyde". Eminem launched the song in 1997, when a man killed his wife and carried his daughter to the beach to dispose of the body. On one occasion, when Detroit sang "Kim", Eminem abused a life-size model on the stage when Kim was on the scene.  Shortly thereafter, she tried to cut her wrists and then sued Eminem for libel. Accusing the police of violence against the machine "killing in the Name"The song is the United States rap metal band Violent Resistance machine 1992 years of the same album's flagship single, is considered a strong indictment of American social ills. The songs exposed the racial discrimination of the American police in sharp language, so the spread in the United States was limited and the European countries had a great success. At the end of last year, the song sparked a vigorous cyber campaign in Britain. To prevent the winner of the popular talent show "X Factor" from winning the Christmas song title, fans organized themselves to launch the purchase of the killing in the Name.  Eventually, the violence against the Machine won the title and became the first single to win the online sale. Advocating drug Addiction-the wizard (The Shamen) "Ebeneezer Goode", the most successful song of the Scottish Electronic Band Wizard, was released as a single in 1992. It was also the most controversial song in the British singles championship in the 90 's, because it secretly expressed its admiration for drug addiction.  The BBC has banned the song. Suicide hint--Oze Osse "Suicide Solution" 1986 a pair of grieving parents took Osborne to court, and their underage son shot himself, listening to "suicide Solution". Later, 14-Year-old rock lover Eric A. After committing suicide with a rifle, his parents also sued Osborne and AC/DC, Judas Saints, Black Sabbath, Crewe Clown and other bands. This song is from Osborne's 1980 album "Blizzard of Ozz". It is easy to understand the name of the song as "Suicide is a solution", in fact, the solution here is "solution" meaning. Osborne had long been addicted to alcohol, so he was acutely aware that spirits were "suicide solutions." He created the song to commemorate the AC/DC band's Bong Scott, who died of alcohol abuse. In the previous lawsuit, the plaintiff cited the report of the American Institute of Biological Acoustics, pointing out that there was a vague remark in the 2 minutes and 19 seconds of the suicide Solution. Osborne and the writer Bob Daisley said the lyrics were "Open the lid," and the plaintiff said that Osborne sang "Take the Gun". Osborne was eventually acquitted.  Another famous suicide Solution is the end of the song Randy Rhoads excellent guitar solo. Abortion legal-Marilyn Manson "Get Your Gunn" This is the first single of the alternative metal band, Marilyn Manson, released in 1994. The boy on the cover is bassist Twiggy Ramirez's half-brother. The song was inspired by a 1993 murder in which abortion doctor David Gunn was killed by an anti-abortion group. Another three doctors were killed after the abortion.  Manson believes that the organization's so-called protection of the right to life is actually very hypocritical. NaziDoctor--slayer "Angel of Death" This is the first song of the famous American torrent metal band Slayer 1986 album "Reign in Blood". The lyrics are created by Jeff Hannemann (Jeff Hanneman), a guitarist. Hahnemann was reading a book on Nazi doctor Josef Mengele during World War II, who was the leader of the human experiment at Auschwitz.  Hahnemann created the song, which led the band to be accused of being sympathetic to Nazism and racism and delaying the release of reign in Blood. Opposed to God--xtc "Dear God" This song from the British New Wave band XTC 1986 album "Skylarking", inspired to sing Andy Partridge Childhood saw a series of books of the same name. The original version was sung by the producer's 8-year-old daughter. The lyrics in the way of talking to God, the human suffering is attributed to God. The lyrics at the end of each paragraph are "I can't believe you." The song infuriated countless religious believers. When the first singles were released in the UK, many record stores refused to buy them because they feared religious protests. linden/
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