![]() ![]() In San Francisco, KOIT is also now reconsidering its decision and may bring the song back, depending on the results of its own poll. Then Lisa Murphy raised her hand and said. "While we are sensitive to those who may be upset by some of the lyrics, the majority of our listeners have expressed their interpretation of the song to be non-offensive," Program Director Jim Lawson said in a statement. Benedict that he wasnt going to sing the Christmas songs because it was against his religion. Here’s a look back at when and how the Baby, It’s Cold. Classic Sinatra: His Great Performances 1953-1960. The results were unequivocal: the vast majority of the 15,000 respondents demanded the song's return, the station said. Bob Dylans song Baby, Let Me Follow You Down was banned in 1962, as it included the phrase, God-almighty world. Some radio stations have even opted to ban the song over the controversy, a decision which, in turn, fuels the fight even further. A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (50th Anniversary Edition) 1957. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow Oh, the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow It doesn't show signs of stopping And I've bought some corn for popping The lights are turned way down low. "People are unbelievably passionate about their Christmas music, it's the one thing that you can't mess with," Figula said, adding that listeners rely on it "to reminisce to the good old days when life was easy and simple."įinding common ground on "Baby, It's Cold Outside" has been anything but simple.Ī feminist defense of the lyrics points out that when they were written a woman with a good reputation had to protest a man's advances, even if she actually welcomed them, and the song's figurative woman is actually expressing her sexuality in a veiled era-appropriate way.įurthering the ambiguity, KOSI in Denver has done an about-face, first banning the song on Monday, then opening up a poll to put the decision to listeners. Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer. ![]() He banned it on Monday.īut he told NPR that he had no idea of the "tornado" he would face: hundreds of emails demanding the song be put back in rotation, more than ten times the number of requests he said he fielded asking him to yank it. "The world we live in is extra sensitive now, and people get easily offended, but in a world where #MeToo has finally given women the voice they deserve, the song has no place."īrian Figula, program director of KOIT saw the headlines and determined the song would have no place at his San Francisco station. "I do realize that when the song was written in 1944, it was a different time, but now while reading it, it seems very manipulative and wrong," host Glenn Anderson wrote on the station's web site. How can you do this thing to me?"Ĭleveland's WDOK put its foot down where the female voice could not, announcing its ban of the song last week. Pop Culture Happy Hour We Celebrate Our Favorite Christmas Songsīut her declarations of "no" are far from final, with the male voice, wheedling "Mind if I move in closer. ![]()
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