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3 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Her objection doesn't mean that's the reason why the song was removed which has been repeated in numerous articles now. I have also seen Ted Cruz comment on 'canceling Queen' without actually knowing what he is talking about. A person can make up whatever thoughts about this song and the reasons for it's removal all they want. Doesn't make it true.

Is she taking credit for the removal?

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Here is an example: The Telegraph accurately reporting on why the song was removed.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/20/fat-bottomed-girls-dropped-queen-greatest-hits-young-audien/

 

But in the same paper we have a lady opining about Queen's love of body positivity as the reason.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/08/22/fat-bottomed-girls-anthem-queen-cancelled/

 

Well, which is it?

 

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35 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Here is an example: The Telegraph accurately reporting on why the song was removed.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/20/fat-bottomed-girls-dropped-queen-greatest-hits-young-audien/

 

But in the same paper we have a lady opining about Queen's love of body positivity as the reason.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/08/22/fat-bottomed-girls-anthem-queen-cancelled/

 

Well, which is it?

 

Telegraph is behind a paywall.

 

 

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Just curious, so only Fat Bottomed Girls was left off the Queen Greatest Hits list.  Seems Killer Queen, and Tie Your Mother Down might also be troublesome from a lyrical perspective.

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21 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Telegraph is behind a paywall.

 

 

It's open for me. The relevant paragraph:

 

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Suggestive 1978 hit single considered by Universal Music Group to be too raunchy

The track which reached number 11 in the UK charts appeared on a 1981 Greatest Hits album released by Queen, but has been omitted from the new release. Other hits including Bohemian Rhapsody and We Will Rock You do feature, but these popular tracks now come with an online content warning for would-be listers.

The warning on the Yoto website says: “Please note that the lyrics in some of these songs contain adult themes, including occasional references to violence and drugs.

 
 

“These are the original and unedited recordings. Whilst no swear words are used parental discretion is advised when playing this content to or around younger children.”

The album has been billed as a way for a new generation to encounter and appreciate Queen, with the Yoto website stating: “Queen are one of those bands that bring generations together… and now their greatest hits are available for kids to enjoy on Yoto.

 

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Fat Bottomed Girls is an anthem to body positivity – cancelling it is woke lunacy

Brian May should be given a medal for championing enormous bums, decades before Kim Kardashian made them a thing

 

In the absence of any earnest statement of intent from the record label, however, we’ve been left to assume that the cancellation-worthy issue is either naughtiness – or fatness.

Personally, I’m going with “fattist”, with a bit of “objectification of the female form” thrown in. 

Has anyone in the Universal cancellation department actually listened to Fat Bottomed Girls? There are so many wonderful lyrics to choose from, written by Brian May. From “heap big woman” to my favourite: 

I was just a skinny lad, never knew no good from bad, but I knew life before I left my nursery

 
 

Left alone with big fat Fanny, she was such a naughty nanny

Big woman, you made a bad boy out of me

 

She goes on and on. It's really very silly. I'm laughing that she's trying to say it's her 'favorite line' and can't see what the objection would be.

18 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Just curious, so only Fat Bottomed Girls was left off the Queen Greatest Hits list.  Seems Killer Queen, and Tie Your Mother Down might also be troublesome from a lyrical perspective.

I would say that by the standards of Fat Bottomed Girls, there are many songs that I'm betting the company would find troublesome for kids. They may not have made the cut? I don't know. Others got an advisory label on them, which may not be good enough for some parents.

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i was once offended by a song on the radio.  i learned how to switch the channel or turn off the radio.

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1 hour ago, Ban Hammer said:

i was once offended by a song on the radio.  i learned how to switch the channel or turn off the radio.

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I always thought this should be the VJ theme song.

 

 

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On 8/22/2023 at 7:42 PM, Boiler said:

 

Fat Shaming or Body Positivity?

 

 

I guess I need to remove it as the ring tone for my best friends wife

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Or replace it.

 

Something from Lizzo?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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