Wikipedia censorship over album cover

Tim Hall tim at KALYR.COM
Tue Dec 9 17:33:04 EST 2008


Keith Henderson wrote:
> The only thing I don't understand about the BBC article is that they consider the Scorpions to be somewhat 'obscure.'  ?!  OK, when that album came out, they were not widely known around the world, but five years later they were on top of it.  Or at least on "Top of the Bill."
>   
The BBC do not acknowledge the existence of any forms of popular music 
apart from tuneless four-chord indie and sausage-factory pop.  I believe 
it's official policy.  If it's not on the (very narrow) Radio 1 
playlist, it doesn't exist.

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Tim
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