BBC criticised for censoring Pogues classic
Kirsty MacColl's mother has described BBC Receiving set 1's decisiveness to blue-pencil the actor's line of the singer's famous Christmas Day attain 'Fairytale of Newly York' as "ridiculous".
The station opted to edit the line origin "You scumbag, you maggot...", going away come out the word "faggot" at the end.
A BBC statement said: "Wireless 1 are performing an edited version of the 'Fairytale of Freshly York' that does non include the earth 'faggot' as this is a son that members of our audience would regain offensive."
A interpreter said that the word was "faded go through" on atmosphere, kind of than bleeped out completely.
Nevertheless, the mother of the late Kirsty MacColl, world Health Organization recorded the archetype version of the song with The Pogues, has criticised this decision.
Referring to the song, Jean MacColl said: "These are a couple of characters. Today we feature a luck of a gratuitous commonness and... whatever from people totally over which I think is quite unnecessary. These are characters and they speak like that."
"It's absolute folderal. Very, this is too ridiculous. Shane [MacGowan, The Pogues isaac Bashevis Singer] has written the to the highest degree beautiful call and these characters live, they in truth live, and you receive such understanding for them."
She continued: "These ar a couple of characters wHO ar non in the kickoff blush of youth, I wouldn't accept thought. They are what they ar, this is the way they address."
A representative for The Pogues said: "It strikes me as very odd and I'm sure the band volition be very amused."
Listen to a special program on The Pogues' 'Fairytale of New York' here.
