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Talk:The Statue Got Me High

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I'm afraid the Johns are mistaken about fire not being allowed on British television. Watch any episode of "The Young Ones", which is filled with fire, explosions, etc. Which is why it's so strange that the video for this song was singled out.

Actually, I was talking with a teacher/paraproffesional from my school, who was raised in England and only lived in America since 2001, and she watched quite a bit of music television over there. The topic of "The Statue Got Me High" came up, and I said that there were two versions, one with Linnell burning and one without it, and I asked her about it. She said they'd never allow something like that on television. So maybe fire and explosions themselves aren't banned from British television, but I suppose people suffering from such things is banned. - Overjoy
I asked my friend who lives in England about it. This is what he said: "Censorship in the UK tends to be very influenced by context. Music videos appear on shows and channels aimed at kids, and the video contains imagary of someone being burned (albeit not very realistically). UK TV is very wary of showing any violent imagary in programs aimed at children - no matter how tame it is." And then he went on to say how dry he had just sounded and that he felt like a spokesman for the BBFC. But there you go. --Valerie 21:54, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I've seen the light. This is one of the best songs ever written. Mr. 77

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