The Rolling Stones songs banned in China

The Rolling Stones are about the play their first concert
in China, which is great.

However, they're submitting to censorship from the
Chinese government, per my local oldies radio station.

Some of you probably remember that Ed Sullivan made
them change the lyrics of Let's Spend the Night
Together to Let's Spend Some Time Together. And the
song Let's Spend the Night Together was never played
on AM radio in the 60s.

That it seems so innocuous now is worth some more
commentary which I don't have time for now. My local
radio station has no trouble playing it now.

Anyway, other songs the Chinese government won't let
the Rolling Stones play include:

Let's Spend the Night Together
Brown Sugar
Honky Tonk Women
Rough Justice

There've got to be some other songs from around
their intense drug reference period of the lates
60s and early 70s that the Chinese government
probably doesn't like either, though maybe they
don't understand the references.


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