Censorship on Radio

It was recently reported in various international news publications Lady Gaga had implored the youth of Malaysia to pull a Mahatma Gandhi against the prudish AMP Network, the country's biggest radio network operator, for the censorship of the singer's song, "Born This Way".

The line "No matter gay or bi, lesbian or transgendered life, I'm on the right track baby" have been rendered unintelligible by garbling the lyrics.

This is not the first time, nor shall it be the last, where our radio stations take the creative, albeit ill-advised, liberty in messing up songs in order not to offend the sensitivities our our infantile conservative society.

1. The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars

The second verse, where he sings about "meeting a nice girl, have some really nice sex" the word "sex" was scratched away, leaving young impressionable minds to wonder, "hm, what would make the nice girl he met goes, "Oh my gawd this is great!" ".

2. Need You Now by Lady Antebellum

In a country where 7 Eleven's are being raided for selling beer, I shouldn't be surprised that when Charles Kelly of Lady Antebellum sang about drowning his sorrows in the sweet sweet nectar of alcohol, it ends up being "Another shot of zing zing (I swear, it really sounds like this), can't stop looking at the door".

3. Raise Your Glass by Pink

In this party anthem for the underdogs and the freaks, there is a spoken part, "oh shit my glass is empty, that sucks". No prize for guessing which word ends up on the censors' floor. (Special mention also to her song "Fucking Perfect", or the Malaysian version, "Less Than Perfect", with the universally hated and feared phrase "the only thing I should be drinking is an ice cold BEER!".

4. Airplanes by BOB featuring Hayley Williams

This, strictly speaking, does not fall into the censorship category, and there is only one radio station guilty of this. The crime? Screwing up the song by extending Hayley's chorus at the expense of BOB's rap, in their demented and harebrained attempt to please the pop-loving masses.

Oh, and by the way, Zing Zing is our conservative way of saying "whisky". So load up on more of that zing zing (straight, preferably) before the next time your turn on your radio.