SCA’s Hit Network and Triple M pull ‘insensitive’ songs as a result of bushfire crisis
Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) has made the decision to pull songs which could be considered ‘insensitive’ or ‘in poor taste’ for its Hit and Triple M networks nationally as Australia grapples with its ongoing bushfire crisis.
Songs with lyrics relating to fire or burning have been dropped from rotation, with Hit and Triple M head of music, Mickey Maher, saying the decision was made out of respect for affected communities.
Southern Cross Austereo will be pulling ‘insensitive’ songs during the bushfire crisis
I guess we won’t be hearing “We didn’t start the fire” or “Beds are burning” on radio for a while.
Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
Ellie Goulding – Burn
Bruce Springsteen – I’m on Fire
Doors – Light My Fire
I’ll see myself out….
Interesting times ahead for Triple M…
SMH/Age is also running this with the same quotes, so I assume it’s all come via press releases. A press release telling people they are not playing songs about fire so they don’t remind people about fire.
PR at its worst. Just don’t play songs about fire if you’re worried about reminding people about fire.
If you didn’t know this already, my sex is on fire.
Not far enough really, all words relating to fire, heat or smoke should be treated as hate speech now.
Have to adjust the itunes playlist and press play again…..
From the same company which decided to have their “own” countdown after Triple J changed theirs due to it being insensitive to aboriginals.
The moral compus is all over the place here.
Disagree with this Fern – a business has a right to choose its own values, what causes it supports and the message they promote.
The Australia Day issue may be clear cut in your head, but its quite divisive – a significant portion of the nation would either support leaving it as is or are indifferent.
I doubt you will find a single Australian who supports the bushfires.
Stop throwing your moral weight around, you’re just not good at it (I’ve seen your handle on other articles). Also, its “compass”.
Or they just pick and choose when it see’s fit.
Of course a business has a right to choose what they support, we can just see right through it.
smh World’s going mad
Triple m also said they would NEVER play Kiss music again, after Gene Simmons commented on Robin Williams suicide. Not too much later, they were the official network promoting their tours, and playing their music again. Hypocrites jumping on any moral bandwagon to pump up their own tyres.
This is an outrage!
10/10 reference RIP Keith