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I lived in Saudi for a time in the 90s too. The censors with their felt tip pens clearly had a variety of artistic talent. I found myself choosing from various
by cs02rm0 6y ago
I lived in Saudi for a time in the 90s too.
The censors with their felt tip pens clearly had a variety of artistic talent. I found myself choosing from various censorings of Nirvana's Nevermind which had the cover with the naked baby.
Some had a blocked out rectangle, some were scribbled on, some just blocked out the silhouette of the baby. I settled on one which had neatly drawn on a pair of swimming trunks!
Seems like another life now.
- sandworm101 6y agoI saw that cover on the BBC, on QI, and it was censored. I was angry. Kirk cobain made a big deal about that album cover, saying in effect that anyone who thinks it needs to be censored should look more to themselves.
- hexbinencoded 6y agoHow come the cover was censored on QI but there exists things in the UK like page 3 girls? Is a newspaper/tabloid somehow different or less accessible to minors than the tele?
- sandworm101 6y agoThe image on the album cover was of a child. It's a totally different conversation than page 3.
- hexbinencoded 6y agoWait, they employed people to censor individual items of commercial art manually? Swimming trunks is a pretty funny way to do it. Meanwhile, The Stones' Live Licks European cover is better because the American one has a bra.