From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 3 Jul 1999 to 4 Jul 1999 Date: Sunday, July 04, 1999 2:00 AM There are 4 messages totalling 179 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. JCP and BHS 2. videos (2) 3. Chris touring??? To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 02:45:19 -0400 From: jenny grover Subject: Re: JCP and BHS Ryan Gilbert wrote: > I was wondering about a few things lately, mostly about the > videos banned from MTV. I've never seen the Jesus Christ Pose video or the > unedited version of the one for Black Hole Sun. So I have no idea why they > were censored. Could someone please tell me what was in those 2 videos that > MTV found objectionable? Okay, first of all, JCP wasn't entirely banned. It aired more than once on Headbangers Ball. I read that it wasn't shown in regular rotation or for very long because the image of a crucified woman might be mistaken by some to be misogynist. Secondly, there was nothing in the BHS video that was considered objectionable. It was not banned or censored. There was a version released that had less of the computer "morphing" in it first, and then the more complete version was released later. On the other hand, the Frank Kozik version of the Pretty Noose video was censored and reworked at the end because MTV didn't want to show a rope and a dead girl, although the Canadians had no such qualms. In the unedited version, near the end you see a rope slide across the sheets and when Chris is sitting on the edge of the bed there is the dead devil girl, her face and most of her body covered by a sheet. I think they probably just digitized it out so it looks like just sheets. To my knowledge, the only other editing of SG videos was done to shorten the length (just like commercial radio often uses shorter edits), so Spoonman was shortened to cut out some of the spoon solo, and Outshined had part of the guitar solo cut. Hope that answers some of your questions. Jen ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 12:12:35 -0400 From: Anne Beyeler Subject: videos This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01BEC54D.55FDC280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi friends! Hard to know exactly why SG's videos were banned by some, most found the religious content of JCP to be offensive. They obviously misinterpreted it. BHS on the version I've seen, has this girl with a = serpent's tongue, and end of the world scenarios with people literally being = sucked up into this "black hole" thingy. Also this baby turning into a gelatinous = blob!! What's to censor?? =3D) annie ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01BEC54D.55FDC280 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi friends! = Hard to know=20 exactly why SG's videos were banned by some,

most found = the religious=20 content of JCP to be offensive. They obviously

misinterpreted it. BHS on=20 the version I've seen, has this girl with a serpent's

tongue, and end of the = world scenarios=20 with people literally being sucked up

into this "black = hole"=20 thingy. Also this baby turning into a gelatinous blob!!

What's to censor?? = =3D)

annie

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I've heard one or two things about Chris = touring when=20 his solo album is released.

I live in the UK and the chances of a UK tour = maybe=20 quite slim, so I am prepared to travel to the US to see him (lets face = it who=20 knows how many times he's gonna tour?) so you've got to go when you have = the=20 chance, huh?

So, does anyone have more info on what places = he might=20 play etc.... so I can get an idea of where to go and what venues = to look=20 out for.

Alan.

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