The listener said it was offensive because it promoted bullying. Bob Dylans song Baby, Let Me Follow You Down was banned in 1962, as it included the phrase, God-almighty world. KGo reported KOIT recently received an email complaining about the song "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer." Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupLet It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow (Remastered 2006) Bing CrosbyBing Crosby - Christmas Classics 2006 Capi. Baby, Its Cold Outside, the duet in which a man tries to dissuade a woman from leaving a party despite her repeated protestations, has been. The decision to not play "Baby It's Cold Outside" has opened the door to discussion on what constitutes offensive. This was Martins only album of Christmas music released on Reprise Records (his only other Christmas album, A Winter Romance, having been released in 1959 on Capitol Records). "The tune might be catchy, but let's maybe not promote that sort of an idea. The Dean Martin Christmas Album is a 1966 studio album by Dean Martin arranged by Ernie Freeman and Bill Justis. "People might say, 'Oh, enough with that #MeToo,' but if you really put that aside and listen to the lyrics, it's not something I would want my daughter to be in that kind of situation," Star 102's midday host Desiray told WJW. There's a song by Pentatonix called Hallelujah and there are some negative comments and some negative language in there so we decided to remove that song as well."Ĭlassic Christmas tune banned from San Francisco airwaves amid #MeToo movement KOIT says he started receiving complaints after the story of a station in Cleveland, Ohio decided to pull the Christmas classic, "Baby It's Cold Outside" from rotation after some likened the lyrics to date rape.īefore Star 102 made the decision, its DJs asked listeners if the song should be pulled and they said yes, WJW reported. WDOK Christmas 102.1 in Cleveland was absolutely right to ban the song. It depends on how extremely we want to do this. 4 Billboard described Martin as running the 'hottest streak of his career', and said that Reprise. "The #MeToo Movement has really opened our eyes and really made us look at content and lyrics," Figula said. The release of The Dean Martin Christmas Album in October and The Dean Martin TV Show in November 1966 were accompanied by what Billboard described as a 'merchandising avalanche' 4 by Reprise Records and their parent company Warner Music. Star 102 Cleveland and 96.5, KOIT in San Fransico are already playing Christmas music in full swing.īut one song listeners won't be hearing is "Baby it's Cold Outside." And DJs said the decisions stemmed from the #Metoo movement.īrian Figula, program director at KOIT said he started receiving complaints after the story of a station in Cleveland, Ohio, decided to pull the song from the rotation after some likened the lyrics to date rape where a woman is forced to do something she doesn't want to do. Several radio stations have decided to remove a classic Christmas tune from their holiday playlists after women said it made them feel uncomfortable rather than all holly jolly.
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