HAI-Online.com - 11 September 2001 menjadihari yang bersejarah bagi bangsa Amerika Serikat. Sejarah yang pahit tentunya. Sebab, di tanggal tersebut terjadi serangan teroris paling mematikan dalam sejarah dunia, yang menyasar gedung World Trade Center dan Pentagon di Amerika Serikat.
Tercatat ada sebanyak 2.996 korban jiwa dari dua serangan yang dilancarkan oleh teroris dari jaringan al-Qaeda tersebut.
Tapi tau nggak? Saking traumatis peristiwa 9/11 bagi warga Amerika Serikat, sempat ada himbauan agarpara perusahaan media di negeri Paman Sam itu menyensor segala bentuk pesan yang dianggap anti-Amerika. Hal itu juga berlaku ke karya seni seperti musik dan lagu.
Clear Channel Communication (kini namanya iHeartMedia) menjadi media yang menggagas untuk dilarang diputarnya di radiolagu-lagu dengan lirik yang dinilai insensitif ke hati masyarakat AS yang tengah berduka.
Clear Channel mengirim memo ke seribu lebih stasiun radio dengan daftar lagu-lagu yang perlu di-banned. Tercatat, ada 165 lagu yang dibawakan oleh para musisi lintas zaman dan dari berbagai macam genre dalam daftar itu.
Contohnya seperti lagu 'TNT' dari band rock Australia AC/DC, yang perlu dilarang untuk diputar karenajudulnya berarti bahan peledak. Kemudian, lagu pop klasik 'Walk Like An Egyptian' dari The Bangles yang dianggap mengandung referensi timur tengah.
Mirisnya lagi, lagu-lagu dari Rage Against The Machine dihimbau untuk di-banned seluruhnya. Alasannya, banyak lirik lagu RATM yang kritis terhadap pemerintah AS.
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Biar lengkap infonya, berikut 165 lagu yang hendak di-banned paska peristiwa 9/11, seperti dilansirdari Kerrang!
Semua lagu Rage Against The Machine3 Doors Down — Duck and Run 311 — Down AC/DC — Shot Down in Flames AC/DC — Shoot to Thrill AC/DC — Dirty Deeds AC/DC — Highway to Hell AC/DC — Safe in New York City AC/DC — TNT AC/DC — Hell’s Bells Ad Libs — The Boy from New York City Alanis Morissette — Ironic Alice in Chains — Rooster Alice in Chains — Sea of Sorrow Alice in Chains — Down in a Hole Alice in Chains — Them Bones Alien Ant Farm — Smooth Criminal Animals — We Gotta Get Out of This Place Arthur Brown — Fire Bangles — Walk Like an Egyptian Barenaked Ladies — Falling for the First Time Barry McGuire — Eve of Destruction Beastie Boys — Sure Shot Beastie Boys — Sabotage The Beatles — A Day in the Life The Beatles — Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds The Beatles — Ticket To Ride The Beatles — Obla Di, Obla Da Billy Joel — Only the Good Die Young Black Sabbath — War Pigs Black Sabbath — Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Blood Sweat and Tears — And When I Die Blue Oyster Cult — Burnin’ For You Bob Dylan/Guns N Roses — Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door Bobby Darin — Mack the Knife Boston — Smokin’ Brooklyn Bridge — Worst That Could Happen Bruce Springsteen — I’m On Fire Bruce Springsteen — Goin’ Down Bruce Springstein — War Buddy Holly and the Crickets — That’ll Be the Day Bush — Speed Kills Carole King — I Feel the Earth Move Cat Stevens — Peace Train Cat Stevens — Morning Has Broken Chi-Lites — Have You Seen Her The Clash — Rock the Casbah Creedence Clearwater Revival — Travelin’ Band The Cult — Fire Woman Dave Clark Five — Bits and Pieces Dave Matthews Band — Crash Into Me Dio — Holy Diver Don McLean — American Pie The Doors — The End Drifters — On Broadway Drowning Pool — Bodies Edwin Starr — War Elton John — Benny & The Jets Elton John — Daniel Elton John — Rocket Man Elvis — (You’re the) Devil in Disguise Everclear — Santa Monica Filter — Hey Man, Nice Shot Fontella Bass — Rescue Me Foo Fighters — Learn to Fly Jimi Hendrix — Hey Joe Frank Sinatra — New York, New York Fuel — Bad Day The Gap Band — You Dropped a Bomb On Me Godsmack — Bad Religion Green Day — Brain Stew Happenings — See You in September Herman’s Hermits — Wonderful World Hollies — He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother J. Frank Wilson — Last Kiss Jackson Brown — Doctor My Eyes James Taylor — Fire and Rain Jan and Dean — Dead Man’s Curve Jerry Lee Lewis — Great Balls of Fire Jimi Hendrix — Hey Joe John Lennon — Imagine John Mellencamp — Crumbling Down John Mellencamp — I’m On Fire John Parr — St. Elmo’s Fire Judas Priest — Some Heads Are Gonna Roll Kansas — Dust in the Wind Korn — Falling Away From Me Led Zeppelin — Stairway to Heaven Lenny Kravitz — Fly Away Limp Bizkit — Break Stuff Local H — Bound for the Floor Los Bravos — Black is Black Louis Armstrong — What A Wonderful World Lynyrd Skynyrd — Tuesday’s Gone Martha & the Vandellas — Nowhere to Run Martha & the Vandellas — Dancing in the Streets Megadeth — Dread and the Fugitive Megadeth — Sweating Bullets Metallica — Seek and Destroy Metallica — Harvester or Sorrow Metallica — Enter Sandman Metallica — Fade to Black Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels — Devil with the Blue Dress Mudvayne — Death Blooms Neil Diamond — America Nina — 99 Luft Balloons/99 Red Balloons Nine Inch Nails — Head Like a Hole Norman Greenbaum — Spirit in the Sky Oingo Boingo — Dead Man’s Party Ozzy Osbourne — Suicide Solution Paper Lace — The Night Chicago Died Pat Benatar — Hit Me with Your Best Shot Pat Benatar — Love is a Battlefield Paul McCartney and Wings — Live and Let Die Peter Gabriel — When You’re Falling Peter and Gordon — I Go To Pieces Peter and Gordon — A World Without Love Peter Paul and Mary — Blowin’ in the Wind Peter Paul and Mary — Leavin’ on a Jet Plane Petula Clark — A Sign of the Times Phil Collins — In the Air Tonight Pink Floyd — Run Like Hell Pink Floyd — Mother P.O.D.- BoomPretenders — My City Was Gone Queen — Another One Bites the Dust Queen — Killer Queen Red Hot Chili Peppers — Aeroplane Red Hot Chili Peppers — Under the Bridge REM — It’s the End of the World as We Know It Rickey Nelson — Travelin’ Man Rolling Stones — Ruby Tuesday Saliva — Click Click Boom Sam Cooke — Wonderful World Santana — Evil Ways Savage Garden — Crash and Burn Shelly Fabares — Johnny Angel Simon And Garfunkel — Bridge Over Troubled Water Skeeter Davis — End of the World Slipknot — Left Behind Slipknot — Wait and Bleed Smashing Pumpkins — Bullet With Butterfly Wings Soundgarden — Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden — Fell on Black Days Soundgarden — Black Hole Sun Steam — Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Steve Miller — Jet Airliner Stone Temple Pilots — Big Bang Baby Stone Temple Pilots — Dead and Bloated Sugar Ray — Fly Surfaris — Wipeou System of a Down — Chop Suey! Talking Heads — Burning Down the House Temple of the Dog — Say Hello to Heaven Third Eye Blind — Jumper Three Degrees — When Will I See You Again Tom Petty — Free Fallin’ Tool — Intolerance Tramps — Disco Inferno U2 — Sunday Bloody Sunday Van Halen — Dancing In The Street Van Halen — Jump Yager and Evans — In the Year 2525 Youngbloods — Get Together Zombies — She’s Not There (*)