Banned in the U.S.A.

This is from a news story I kept after September 11. It's a list of all the songs Clear Channel temporarily banned from it's more than 1,000 radio stations. Normally, I'm all for keeping Dave Matthews and Bush off the airwaves. But I thought this was silly at the time, as crushed and distraught and depressed and angry as I was at the tragedy I watched live on TV.

This is a reminder of the irrationality that comes with fear.

''Bodies'' - Drowning Pool
''Death Blooms'' - Mudvayne
''Dread and the Fugitive Mind'' - Megadeth
''Sweating Bullets'' - Megadeth
''Click Click Boom'' - Saliva
''Boom'' - P.O.D.
''Seek and Destroy'' - Metallica
''Harvester of Sorrow'' - Metallica
''Enter Sandman'' - Metallica
''Fade to Black'' - Metallica
All songs by Rage Against the Machine
''Head Like a Hole'' - Nine Inch Nails
''Bad Religion'' - Godsmack
''Intolerance'' - Tool
''Blow Up the Outside World'' - Soundgarden
''Fell on Black Days'' - Soundgarden
''Black Hole Sun'' - Soundgarden
''Shot Down in Flames'' - AC/DC
''Shoot to Thrill'' - AC/DC
''Dirty Deeds'' - AC/DC
''Highway to Hell'' - AC/DC
''Safe in New York City'' - AC/DC
''T.N.T.'' - AC/DC
''Hells Bells'' - AC/DC
''War Pigs'' - Black Sabbath
''Sabbath Bloody Sabbath'' - Black Sabbath
''Suicide Solution'' - Ozzy Osbourne
''Holy Diver'' - Dio
''Jet Airliner'' - Steve Miller Band
''Jump'' - Van Halen
''Another One Bites the Dust'' - Queen
''Killer Queen'' - Queen
''Hit Me With Your Best Shot'' - Pat Benatar
''Love Is a Battlefield'' - Pat Benatar
''Dead Man's Party'' - Oingo Boingo
''It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)'' - R.E.M.
''Burning Down the House'' - Talking Heads
''Some Heads Are Gonna Roll'' - Judas Priest
''Run Like Hell'' - Pink Floyd
''Mother'' - Pink Floyd
''Crash and Burn'' - Savage Garden
''Crash Into Me'' - Dave Matthews
''Walk Like an Egyptian'' - Bangles
''My City Was Gone'' - Pretenders
''Ironic'' - Alanis Morissette
''Falling for the First Time'' - Barenaked Ladies
''Bad Day'' - Fuel
''St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)'' - John Parr
''When You're Falling'' - Afro-Celt Sound System with Peter Gabriel
''Dust in the Wind'' - Kansas
''Stairway to Heaven'' - Led Zeppelin
''A Day in the Life'' - The Beatles
''Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds'' - The Beatles
''Ticket To Ride'' - The Beatles
''Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'' - The Beatles
''Knockin' on Heaven's Door'' - Bob Dylan and Guns n' Roses
''Fire'' - Arthur Brown
''Burnin' For You'' - Blue Oyster Cult
''Live and Let Die'' - Paul McCartney & Wings
''Hey Joe'' - Jimi Hendrix
''Doctor My Eyes'' - Jackson Brown
''Crumblin' Down'' - John Mellencamp
''Paper in Fire'' - John Mellencamp
''Sunday Bloody Sunday'' - U2
''Smokin'' - Boston
''Only the Good Die Young'' - Billy Joel
''Eve of Destruction'' - Barry McGuire
''(Na Na Hey Hey) Kiss Him Goodbye'' - Steam
''On Broadway'' - Drifters
''Johnny Angel'' - Shelley Fabares
''Black is Black'' - Los Bravos
''I Go To Pieces'' - Peter & Gordon
''A World Without Love'' - Peter & Gordon
''(You're the) Devil in Disguise'' - Elvis Presley
''She's Not There'' - Zombies
''Bennie and the Jets'' - Elton John
''Daniel'' - Elton John
''Rocket Man'' - Elton John
''Great Balls of Fire'' - Jerry Lee Lewis
''Evil Ways'' - Santana
''Get Together'' - Youngbloods
''The Boy From New York City'' - Ad Libs
''Blowin' in the Wind'' - Peter, Paul and Mary
''Leaving On a Jet Plane'' - Peter, Paul and Mary
''Ruby Tuesday'' - Rolling Stones
''Shattered'' - Rolling Stones
''Bridge Over Troubled Waters'' - Simon and Garfunkel
''See You in September'' - Happenings
''I Feel the Earth Move'' - Carole King
''In the Year 2525'' - Zager and Evans
''Spirit in the Sky'' - Norman Greenbaum
''The Worst That Could Happen'' - Brooklyn Bridge
''When Will I See You Again'' - Three Degrees
''Peace Train'' - Cat Stevens
''Morning Has Broken'' - Cat Stevens
''Dead Man's Curve'' - Jan and Dean
''Nowhere to Run'' - Martha & The Vandellas
''Dancing in the Street'' - Martha & The Vandellas and Van Halen
''He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother'' - Hollies
''Wonderful World'' - Sam Cooke and Herman's Hermits
''A Sign of the Times'' - Petula Clark
''American Pie'' - Don McLean
''Last Kiss'' - J. Frank Wilson (and recently done by Pearl Jam)
''That'll Be the Day'' - Buddy Holly and the Crickets
''Imagine'' - John Lennon
''Mack the Knife'' - Bobby Darin
''Rock the Casbah'' - The Clash
''Wipeout'' - Surfaris
''And When I Die'' - Blood, Sweat & Tears
''Bits and Pieces'' - Dave Clark Five
''Disco Inferno'' - Tramps
''The Night Chicago Died'' - Paper Lace
''New York New York'' - Frank Sinatra
''Travelin' Band'' - Creedence Clearwater Revival
''You Dropped a Bomb On Me'' - Gap Band
''Smooth Criminal'' - Alien Ant Farm
''Duck & Run'' -- 3 Doors Down
''The End'' - The Doors
''Jumper'' - Third Eye Blind
''America'' - Neil Diamond
''Fly Away'' - Lenny Kravitz
''Free Fallin''' - Tom Petty
''I'm On Fire'' - Bruce Springsteen
''I'm Goin' Down'' - Bruce Springsteen
''In the Air Tonight'' - Phil Collins
''Rooster'' - Alice In Chains
''Sea of Sorrow'' - Alice In Chains
''Down in a Hole'' - Alice In Chains
''Them Bones'' - Alice In Chains
''Sure Shot'' - Beastie Boys
''Sabotage'' - Beastie Boys
''Fire Woman'' - Cult
''Santa Monica'' - Everclear
''Hey Man, Nice Shot'' - Filter
''Learn to Fly'' - Foo Fighters
''Falling Away from Me'' - Korn
''Aeroplane'' - Red Hot Chili Peppers
''Under the Bridge'' - Red Hot Chili Peppers
''Bullet with Butterfly Wings'' - Smashing Pumpkins
''Chop Suey'' - System of a Down
''End of the World'' - Skeeter Davis
''Travelin' Man'' - Ricky Nelson
''Have You Seen Her'' - Chi-Lites
''We Gotta Get Out of This Place'' - Animals
''Rescue Me'' - Fontella Bass
''Devil With the Blue Dress'' - Mitch Ryder and Detroit Wheels
''Fire and Rain'' - James Taylor
''War'' - Edwin Starr and Bruce Springsteen
''Tuesday's Gone'' - Lynyrd Skynyrd
''Break Stuff'' - Limp Bizkit
''Brain Stew'' - Green Day
''Say Hello 2 Heaven'' - Temple of the Dog
''Fly'' - Sugar Ray
''When It's Over'' - Sugar Ray
''Bound for the Floor'' - Local H
''Left Behind, Wait and Bleed'' - Slipknot
''Speed Kills'' - Bush
''Down'' - 311
''Big Bang Baby'' - Stone Temple Pilots
''Dead and Bloated'' - Stone Temple Pilots
''99 Luftballons'' - Nina
''No Smoke Without a Fire'' - Bad Company