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I Can't Believe You Just Did That On Live TV

Posted at 10:52 AM on June 24, 2009 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

What exactly was on Thurston Moore's t-shirt when Sonic Youth played on Jimmy Fallon Monday night? ?uestlove of Fallon's houseband The Roots described it as "the riskiest shirt I've ever seen on broadcast TV." Apparently, censors agreed, forcing the cameras into a dizzying dance of direct-shot-avoidance for the length of the song:

Turns out (after New York Magazine did some sleuthing), it's a line-drawing of two nekkid people, er, touching. Jill and I agreed it wasn't the most scandalous thing we'd ever seen ourselves, but then, we're not the most squeamish people around. Still, I'm taking no chances, so that's why you'll have to go searching teh Googles yourself for the image.

So this minor kerfuffle got us thinking about scandalous moments in music television. Our theme for the 9:30 Coffee Break today: "I can't believe you just did that on live TV." Your requests:

1) The Replacemetns, "Bastards of Young" - Paul dropped the big f-bomber on SNL. I still can't understand what he's saying when I watch it, but Lorne Michaels sure did.
2) The Rolling Stones, "Let's Spend The Night Together" - Yes, Ed Sullivan got Mick Jagger to change the lyrics of the song to "Let's Spend Some Time Together," and Mick rolled his eyes in disgust with each repitition. But at the end of the song, he sang the real lyric. Ed wasn't happy. Awesome.
3) Elvis Costello, "Radio Radio" - Lorne Michaels was crossed once again on SNL, this time when Elvis was pressured to not play his indictment of coporate music on the show (I've always thought, "seriously?" That's pretty pathetic, even by TV standards). But Elvis famously stopped The Attractions some eight seconds into "Less Than Zero" and had them play the verbotten song instead. 12 years pass before Elvis returns to SNL.
4) The Doors, "Light My Fire" - Ed Sullivan again, not willing to let Jim Morrison sing "Girl we couldn't get much higher." Sure, Ed.

Honorable mentions: Prince's butt-less pants, Sinead O'Connor and the pope-picture, and of course, wardrobe malfunctions ...

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...and TUBE SOCKS!! (RHCP style)

Posted by Tony | June 25, 2009 8:08 AM

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