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The Strokes :- New York City Cops Banned ?

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The Mighty Mopdecai:
Hi, I was just listening to The Strokes This is it. and New York City Cops came on. Really good song. Then my brother told me that appartly that song isn't in the American version of this album because of 9/11. I was just wondering to all the Americans in this forum Do you feel that cerain types of  music is frowned upon since 9/11.

fin:
man thats fucked, i checked on amazon us and uk and youre right.

US version, different cover, different track nine.

UK version, sexy cover, NYC cops.

well,  IMO, as a non-amaerican: that's dumb and its censorship at its worst. everybody knows NYC's emergency services done an amazing and heroic job on 9/11 and some silly(ie fun) litte rock song does not detract from that. anybody seriously* offended by that song has no mental scope or sense of humour and deserves to be offended. whatever happended to freedom of speech.

*ie "GRABHADADEBADASDAH COMMIE DIE DIE GNAAH" as opposed to "hey they/we actually do a good job you know"

/rant over, flame away. (maybe this should be in the sandbox?)

Willis:
If you check, Is This It was released October 9, 2001.  4 weeks after that ill-fated day.  I have a feeling that even the most respected musician would have had a hard time putting a song like that on their album, let alone the debut album of a much-hyped band.  I don't think it was a matter of censorship.  The band was probably "highly encouraged" to take it off the album.  IMHO they made the right decision.  Had that song been left on the album, the band would've been lynched in the media.  From both of the previous posters comments, I gather that neither are from the US.  I understand your sympathy for our country and that day, but you were not around then, nor do you understand the state our country was in.  Again, had the song been included, it would not have been a good situation.  I do though see it appearing on a bsides/rareties/greatest hits/best of album sometime in the future.

~~Willis

Inlander:
Yeah, I remember that from the time it came out.  Don't know why it was realeased earlier overseas, but when it finally came out in the U.S. it wasn't really the time for a New York band to be laying into the emergency services.

EDIT: Actually, I recall reading a statement in the newspaper from Julian Casablancas in which he said as much.

24_hour_revenge_therapy:
hmm.  i don't think i agree.  i could understand holding back on the album, maybe waiting a month or two to put it out.  that would make sense, allowing a little bit of distance.  but i don't think that i can EVER support self-censorship.  it always seems a little wrong.

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