2001 Clear Channel Memorandum

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The 2001 Clear Channel Memorandum was a statement drawn up by the American media company Clear Channel Communications for its radio stations. It contains songs that the company believes are inappropriate following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks . Many television and radio stations changed their usual programming in the days after the attacks. At first it was rumored that Clear Channel Communications had made a list of "songs of questionable content" that were not to be played after the attacks. This list was published by the independent newsletter Hits Daily Double , which is not a member of Clear Channel Communications.

Snopes , a website that clarifies modern sagas , found that the list was only a "recommendation" and not a prohibition. However, Clear Channel Communications is not an independent agency, but rather the owner of over 1200 radio stations, so the list was not a "recommendation" as a matter of fact, but a direct instruction.

The list contains 166 songs, including all songs from Rage Against the Machine and songs sung by multiple artists ( e.g. Knockin 'on Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan and the same song by Guns N' Roses ). Interestingly, that is cover the band Alien Ant Farm by Smooth Criminal on the list, but the original of Michael Jackson not. The songs are arranged alphabetically by artist. The list attracted a lot of media attention.

Allegedly, the Beatles song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da should no longer be played, as Ob-La-Di is conspiratorially and cryptically seen as an abbreviation for O sama B in Ladin , the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks could be.

Other non-Clear Channel Communications broadcasters drew up their own blacklists.

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  1. ↑ Jeremy Dutton, William Puchert: Music industry responds to terrorism. ( February 19, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive ) ("The music industry reacts to terrorism.") Zephyr . October 10, 2001.
  2. ↑ " Radio, Radio ". Snopes.com . September 18, 2001 .
  3. ^ Dietrich Helms, Thomas Phleps: 9/11 - The World's all out of tune - Popular music after September 11, 2001 . transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-89942-256-2 , p. 60-61 .

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