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This site was setup in protest of the narrow minded stance regarding copyright by WMG & its subsidiaries. Their apparent greed & “couldn’t give a #*%$ about the fans” attitude has meant that a large slice of music history & the opportunity to attract new fans for artists (most of whom have decreased exposure) has been sadly missed :-( Yes requests are taken but only if they contain commercially unavailable material ;-)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
R.E.M. – Pop Song 89 (Uncensored)
"Pop Song 89" was the third single released from R.E.M.'s sixth studio album Green. It peaked at #86 on the Hot 100, and in the UK Stand was re-released instead.
In the music video, MTV asked lead singer Michael Stipe, who directed it himself, to censor the three topless women with whom he was dancing in the video. Instead, Stipe superimposed black bars on the chests of all four dancers, himself included, and stated, "a nipple is a nipple."
This rare uncensored version of the clip does not feature on any official DVD release & has been rejected &/or deleted by various websites because of two issues; Firstly the band is contracted by Warner Bros. & secondly the material is considered to contain offensive material (mmm... four topless people dancing offensive? Gee wiz I see violence & nudity ten times worse on the daily prime time news lol!).
My curiosity has always been whether the dancer with long black hair was Micheal Stipes sister. She was in "The One I Love" and "Shiny Happy People." Fairly sure its her here, too. Maybe?
We are music lovers who are simply striving to enhance, promote and make commercially unavailable material (for no personal gain) available to fellow long suffering fans and/or potential new ones ;-)
“Yes we actually care about these artists, the memories they left us and are simply asking that they be preserved, respected and made readily available, so that others too can reminisce and/or learn to enjoy them as we did!”
So here’s hoping for some good old Record company common sense lol! Thank you to the artists themselves, we realize it's mostly not your fault but long may the memories you gave us live on here :-)
*Please note that uploads to this blogsite are of "lossy" quality with only small screen viewing and "mono" audio. Sorry it's the host website but it's better than nothing ;-)
My curiosity has always been whether the dancer with long black hair was Micheal Stipes sister. She was in "The One I Love" and "Shiny Happy People." Fairly sure its her here, too. Maybe?
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