Bobby Pickett - Monster Mash
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Google AI says
- BBC Ban: Banned by the BBC for being “too morbid,” which ironically boosted its popularity, leading to its eventual #3 UK chart position in 1973.
I guess Auntie had control over what was good for Aussies, back in 1962.
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I loved that song … still do.
It doesn’t really strike you as christmassy does it. But banning it ??
I did a sponsored dance as a teenager and danced nonstop to that for 12 hours. After 12 hours I shuffled around like a zombie.
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I am imagining it, Morti!! I would have been cheering you on…
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Grief!
I’m surprised you could ever listen to the song again, but quite an achievement!
I guess that someone had to keep setting the stylus back to the beginning of the disc over and over…
The song was rereleased in the early 70’s as I remember.
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One of the classics here in the states to this day! I love it!
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Then your twelve hours starts now! 
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Just insane…
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To be strictly honest that song alternated with this next one … non-stop and even waltzing out the hall, off down the corridor to have a comfortbreak. You do daft things like that when young,
I was absolutely worn out by night time and flopped down heavily on a chaise longue in the amateur dramatics stage … 
… and a leg broke on it.
Psst , can you believe I did a sponsored talk once.
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Yes! Well spotted! 
There’s no hiding place.
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There’s quite a lot
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YES !!
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There is isn’t there … I see Judge Dread is there for the sexual innunendo … and there was a lot of it.
But Abba’s ‘Waterloo’ … Glen Miller and Bing Crosby
According to AI
Bing Crosby had songs banned by the BBC, most notably " Deep in the Heart of Texas" (1942) for being too jaunty, which encouraged factory workers to stop working and clap along during wartime, and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” banned for potentially lowering troop morale due to its homesick themes.
Glenn Miller didn’t have a song famously “banned” by authorities, but the BBC banned his hit " Moonlight Cocktail" during World War II , fearing its relaxing, dreamy nature might harm wartime morale, making it too tranquil for the era, though it remained a huge hit in the US.
Jesus … and I thought everything was too restrictive now … so much for the Good Old Days.
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How about “The Ball of Kirriemuir” ? Kenneth McKellar sang it with all the swear words included. “Four and twenty Virgins came down to Inverness” I don’t think the BBC would appreciate it…
BTW, Kirriemuir was my school
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The irony being that when you ban stuff it becomes a tad more interesting?
The media will see to that…
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They banned Lola because it mentioned Coca Cola not for the song.
The Beeb consider advertising the worst crime. 
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So did they? How could you tell?
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You know for sure but there were a lot of f-words and imagine that the BBC wouldn’t tolerate that.
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