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Killer Tunes
The BBC thought twice about playing these songs during the Persian Gulf War.
From a 1991 list of sixty-seven songs the BBC classified as having “lyrics that need thought in scheduling” during the Persian Gulf War:
- Abba, “Under Attack”
- The Animals, “We Gotta Get out of This Place”
- Joan Baez, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
- The Bangles, “Walk Like an Egyptian”
- Pat Benatar, “Love Is a Battlefield”
- Blondie, “Atomic”
- Cher, “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”
- Eric Clapton, “I Shot the Sheriff”
- Cutting Crew, “I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight”
- Dire Straits, “Brothers in Arms”
- Duran Duran, “View to a Kill”
- José Feliciano, “Light My Fire”
- Roberta Flack, “Killing Me Softly with His Song”
- Elton John, “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting”
- John Lennon, “Give Peace a Chance”
- Bob Marley, “Buffalo Soldier”
- Donny Osmond, “Soldier of Love”
- Bruce Springsteen, “I’m on Fire”
- Cat Stevens, “I’m Gonna Get Me a Gun”
- Stevie Wonder, “Heaven Help Us All”