THE POGUES CENSORSHIP REVERSED

Last updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2007

A British broadcaster has been forced to make a U-turn over its censorship of THE POGUES festive track FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK.

SHANE MacGOWAN of The Pogues

The Christmas hit - released in 1987 - had been edited by the BBC to remove the word "f**got" from a lyric sung by late star Kirsty MacColl.

But the network was forced to make a climbdown after a string of complaints from gay activists and MacColl's mother Jean.

The late singer's mother says, "It's pathetic, absolute nonsense. Today we have a lot of gratuitous vulgarity, which I think it quite unnecessary.

"But the people in this song are characters and they speak like that. It's a great song. It's like a play."

BBC controller Andy Parfitt admitted the censorship had been wrong, adding, "The unedited version will be played from now on."

Source: WENN

| Wednesday, December 19, 2007

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