10 Bizarre Reasons Songs Were Banned From The Radio
6. Stuttering - My Generation
Many would expect this seminal 1965 hit about generational disassociation to banned because of its themes of pessimism and opposition to the system, but that did not turn out to be the case.
When The Who first released their debut album My Generation, the eponymous single was banned by the BBC, not for its lyrical content, but because of the way Roger Daltrey stutters when singing his lines. Not wishing to offend anyone who actually suffered from the condition, the BBC prohibited the song from being broadcast.
The stuttering came about from Daltrey's first attempt at reading the lyrics, stuttering when trying to fit the words to the music. When the band heard his first attempt, they decided that the stuttering actually sounded good, and recorded the song with the stuttering intact.
Once My Generation became the mega-hit that it is, the BBC rescinded their ban, to the joy of thousands of mods across the country