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shyGirl

Apr 09, 2003, 11:12 PM

According to Abbeyrd's newspage, the Anthology DVDs have been banned in Sinagpore. Apparently all CDs and movies are subject to censorship and it will only be relased in modified form (without the "offensive" bits).

BrazilianFlag

Apr 10, 2003, 04:54 AM

I wonder what could be offensive there! graemlins/images/icons/confused.gif

Danoota64

Apr 10, 2003, 07:42 AM

I have a friend, someone i used to work for, who got transferred back to Singapore, and i sent him this to see if he can tell me more. Stay tuned.

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beatlebangs1964

Apr 10, 2003, 09:42 AM

This is very sad, the thought of people being deprived of the Beatles' Anthology.

Rellevart

Apr 10, 2003, 09:47 AM

Maybe it's the drug references that they're concerned about?

HMVNipper

Apr 10, 2003, 10:19 AM

They're weird in Singapore, they have all these laws that are harshly restrictive -- you can get arrested for having a piece of chewing gum on your person in Singapore, let alone actually CHEWING it!

This doesn't surprise me, it is a very restrictive society. Probably the drug reference and the sexual innuendo/references wouldn't pass muster by their censors...sigh...

beatlegirl9977

Apr 10, 2003, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
They're weird in Singapore, they have all these laws that are harshly restrictive -- you can get arrested for having a piece of chewing gum on your person in Singapore, let alone actually CHEWING it!

You've figured it out, Sus--it's probably the CHEWING GUM references, if there's a clip in there from the Paul-shrinking scene in Help! images/icons/wink.gif

"Is it habit forming?" "No...as long as you don't swallow it."

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(Sorry...I'm in a goofy mood today... images/icons/tongue.gif )

beatlelover45223

Apr 10, 2003, 11:53 AM

What happened to the Sing in Singapore?
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Savoy Truffle

Apr 10, 2003, 07:57 PM

It got up and left? images/icons/wink.gif

Guitar Devil

Apr 11, 2003, 03:24 AM

That's crazy, wonder if it'll be banned in Malasyia too after what happened to the Beatles there. images/icons/smile.gif

george_on_cloud9

Apr 11, 2003, 03:41 AM

I can say to you that I am from Asia, and i felt bad too to know that Singapore banned our 4 Nice Lads's Anthology.

Singapore is a very Strict Country! Rules and many Rules to obey, or else!

What our Lads did wrong? (Sex, Drugs and R&R?)

Guitar Devil

Apr 11, 2003, 04:14 AM

Originally Posted By george_on_cloud9:

What our Lads did wrong? (Sex, Drugs and R&R?)I think it's just the fact that the government want to opress people from "freeing their minds". Really. images/icons/frown.gif

lennonluvr9

Apr 11, 2003, 05:07 AM

That's too bad. They're being deprived of beatles!

HariScruff_00

Apr 11, 2003, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
They're weird in Singapore, they have all these laws that are harshly restrictive -- you can get arrested for having a piece of chewing gum on your person in Singapore, let alone actually CHEWING it!If they're that restrictive- the 10 hours the rest of the world got to see will be edited down to about 10 minutes. graemlins/lookaround.gif There are quite a few "gum chewing" references... graemlins/laugh3.gif almost everything after 1966 would be out graemlins/sgtpepper.gif * uh oh.

BTW, this is a little off topic but why would you get arrested for having a piece of chewing gum?!? or did i just miss the sarcasm?

BrazilianFlag

Apr 11, 2003, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
[QUOTE]
Remember this is the place where a few years ago, they sentenced an American kid to a "caning" (being beaten with a bamboo cane) because he wrote some graffiti as a prank...
Absolutely off-off topic here, but how rude! Did the kid actually got canned?

Sgt.McCartney

Apr 11, 2003, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted By beatlelover45223:
What happened to the Sing in Singapore?
images/icons/wink.gif Now it's just poor.

beatlegirl9977

Apr 11, 2003, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted By BrazilianFlag:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
[QUOTE]
Remember this is the place where a few years ago, they sentenced an American kid to a "caning" (being beaten with a bamboo cane) because he wrote some graffiti as a prank...
Absolutely off-off topic here, but how rude! Did the kid actually got canned?<hr /></blockquote>I believe he did, if memory serves correctly. There was a HUGE controversy about it at the time.

georgefan

Apr 11, 2003, 09:29 PM

Why yes, he did

Beatle_soul

Apr 11, 2003, 10:21 PM

What the #@$%! oh sorry for saying bad words but what kind of FAGET! would ban the wounderfull anthology!

HMVNipper

Apr 12, 2003, 12:23 AM

Originally Posted By HariScruff_00:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
They're weird in Singapore, they have all these laws that are harshly restrictive -- you can get arrested for having a piece of chewing gum on your person in Singapore, let alone actually CHEWING it!If they're that restrictive- the 10 hours the rest of the world got to see will be edited down to about 10 minutes. graemlins/lookaround.gif There are quite a few "gum chewing" references... graemlins/laugh3.gif almost everything after 1966 would be out graemlins/sgtpepper.gif * uh oh.

BTW, this is a little off topic but why would you get arrested for having a piece of chewing gum?!? or did i just miss the sarcasm?<hr /></blockquote>No, no sarcasm, I was serious. Chewing gum is not allowed in Singapore, and to even have an unchewed pack on your person is apparently an offense for which you can be arrested.

Remember this is the place where a few years ago, they sentenced an American kid to a "caning" (being beaten with a bamboo cane) because he wrote some graffiti as a prank...

It is a very restrictive place, apparently -- and that must be why they want to censor the Anthology. All those drug and sexual references! graemlins/afraid1.gif

SF4-EVER

Apr 12, 2003, 06:39 AM

Please don't use words like that, Beatle_soul. For one thing, that word is an insult to homosexuals, and we don't want any bashing of that sort on Beatlelinks. Besides, it's a further insult to say that they would ban Anthology.

[ Apr 12, 2003, 06:49 AM: Message Edited By: SF4-EVER ]

Beatlelover

Apr 12, 2003, 06:55 AM

Now I know what not to do when I go to Singapore, don't chew gum.
But that's crazy, no gum chewing in Singapore? graemlins/thinker.gif .
And no Anthology either, how can they not have the Anthology in Singapore?shakehead1:
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graemlins/flower1.gif

Apr 12, 2003, 07:45 AM

I well remember that caning incident a few years ago. That was the first time I heard about how strict the laws were in Singapore. So I'm not really surprised about Anthology being banned there, or at least bits of it being censored out, anyroad. I only got to see it myself for the first time last weekend, because I missed the original broadcast. Thank God I have the freedom to watch the Fabs!

beatlelover45223

Apr 12, 2003, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted By Beatlelover:
But that's crazy, no gum chewing in Singapore? graemlins/thinker.gif .
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graemlins/flower1.gif [/QB]Wonder, since they have been gum deprived in Singapore, if suddenly allowed to chew gum, would they have problems walking and chewing gum at the same time? images/icons/wink.gif

alicizmar

Apr 12, 2003, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted By Guitar Devil:
That's crazy, wonder if it'll be banned in Malasyia too after what happened to the Beatles there. images/icons/smile.gif graemlins/images/icons/shocked.gif what happened there???
*'scuse me im a rather YOUNG fan in case u wondered cuz this is so basic or something..*

Guitar Devil

Apr 12, 2003, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted By alicizmar:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Guitar Devil:
That's crazy, wonder if it'll be banned in Malasyia too after what happened to the Beatles there. images/icons/smile.gif graemlins/images/icons/shocked.gif what happened there???
*'scuse me im a rather YOUNG fan in case u wondered cuz this is so basic or something..*<hr /></blockquote>Well, there was alot of fuss about the Beatles not performing for the madonna and her man that ran the country (I can never remember their names). They had set it up so the Beatles would perform for them, although the Beatles didn't know this until the last minute and they basically said "no thanks, bye". And left the country, but were attacked at the airport by the government and their baboons. Read Anthology for the full version of this story. images/icons/wink.gif

Tim

Apr 13, 2003, 05:47 AM

Similarly in 1968,they redid Pepper,removing With A Little Help From My Friends with Foll On The Hill, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds with Baby You're A Rich man,and A Day In The Life with I Am The Walrus.

HMVNipper

Apr 13, 2003, 05:53 AM

Originally Posted By Guitar Devil:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By alicizmar:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Guitar Devil:
That's crazy, wonder if it'll be banned in Malasyia too after what happened to the Beatles there. images/icons/smile.gif graemlins/images/icons/shocked.gif what happened there???
*'scuse me im a rather YOUNG fan in case u wondered cuz this is so basic or something..*<hr /></blockquote>Well, there was alot of fuss about the Beatles not performing for the madonna and her man that ran the country (I can never remember their names). They had set it up so the Beatles would perform for them, although the Beatles didn't know this until the last minute and they basically said "no thanks, bye". And left the country, but were attacked at the airport by the government and their baboons. Read Anthology for the full version of this story. images/icons/wink.gif <hr /></blockquote>Okay, let's get serious here -- in a nutshell and very quickly -- it was the Philippines where the Beatles were attacked on the way to the airport, and the real story is that they were invited by Imelda Marcos to a private party at the Presidential Palace and did not show up. Imelda made sure that this was perceived as a snub, and the Beatles and their entourage were pretty much left to fend for themselves in a mob scene trying to get out of the country.

This information is in pretty much any reliable Beatles bio.

[ Apr 13, 2003, 05:54 AM: Message Edited By: HMVNipper ]

Guitar Devil

Apr 13, 2003, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Guitar Devil:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By alicizmar:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By Guitar Devil:
That's crazy, wonder if it'll be banned in Malasyia too after what happened to the Beatles there. images/icons/smile.gif graemlins/images/icons/shocked.gif what happened there???
*'scuse me im a rather YOUNG fan in case u wondered cuz this is so basic or something..*<hr /></blockquote>Well, there was alot of fuss about the Beatles not performing for the madonna and her man that ran the country (I can never remember their names). They had set it up so the Beatles would perform for them, although the Beatles didn't know this until the last minute and they basically said "no thanks, bye". And left the country, but were attacked at the airport by the government and their baboons. Read Anthology for the full version of this story. images/icons/wink.gif <hr /></blockquote>Okay, let's get serious here -- in a nutshell and very quickly -- it was the Philippines where the Beatles were attacked on the way to the airport, and the real story is that they were invited by Imelda Marcos to a private party at the Presidential Palace and did not show up. Imelda made sure that this was perceived as a snub, and the Beatles and their entourage were pretty much left to fend for themselves in a mob scene trying to get out of the country.

This information is in pretty much any reliable Beatles bio.<hr /></blockquote>Yep, and their concert fees were confiscated and their chaffeur was beaten up.

Maggie Mae

Apr 13, 2003, 07:49 PM

I think I also remember reading something somewhere that said that the Beatles were kidnapped at the airport and held hostage on a boat for some time before they were allowed to leave... or am I going totally nuts here?

beatlegirl9977

Apr 13, 2003, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted By Maggie Mae:
I think I also remember reading something somewhere that said that the Beatles were kidnapped at the airport and held hostage on a boat for some time before they were allowed to leave... or am I going totally nuts here?I haven't heard that one. If I remember right from the Anthology, it took them a while to get onto their plane to leave the country, and once they had boarded, there was another lengthy delay--I think that's when the battle over the concert proceeds took place--before they were allowed to take off from the airport.

alicizmar

Apr 27, 2003, 04:37 PM

ahhh now i know what it was!! ok but guitar devil said malaysia so i didnt know..but the one about the Phillipines i know all about so there. images/icons/wink.gif

LennonLivesOn_2003

Apr 27, 2003, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted By beatlelover45223:
What happened to the Sing in Singapore?
images/icons/wink.gif graemlins/laugh5.gif It was so "POOR" that they couldn't afford to "SING" anymore. <rim shot> graemlins/laugh6.gif

Sorry, you walked right into that one. images/icons/wink.gif

JJ

beatlelover45223

Apr 27, 2003, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted By LennonLivesOn_2003:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By beatlelover45223:
What happened to the Sing in Singapore?
images/icons/wink.gif graemlins/laugh5.gif It was so "POOR" that they couldn't afford to "SING" anymore. <rim shot> graemlins/laugh6.gif

Sorry, you walked right into that one. images/icons/wink.gif

JJ<hr /></blockquote>yep, I sure did, touche'.... graemlins/laugh5.gif

PauLuver69

Apr 27, 2003, 09:14 PM

I remember about a year ago my friend went on a trip to Singapore and came back wearing this t-shirt with all these weird laws on the back, and the penalty for doing them. THe "Chewing Gum" one was on it! LOL. But there were other really bizzare ones, like, picking your nose in a public area is a $400 fine, being arrested for not flushing a public toilet, holding hands with a person, touching someone's left hand without asking can have assault charges...the list goes on and on. I'm not sure if some are allt hat truthful, but it amazes me how people are able to live in such a restricted environment! Poor Singaporians without Beatles...

beatlebangs1964

Apr 28, 2003, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted By LennonLivesOn_2003:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By beatlelover45223:
What happened to the Sing in Singapore?
images/icons/wink.gif graemlins/laugh5.gif It was so "POOR" that they couldn't afford to "SING" anymore. <rim shot> graemlins/laugh6.gif

Sorry, you walked right into that one. images/icons/wink.gif graemlins/joker.gif

JJ<hr /></blockquote>You people are too funny! I love this! And yeah, Apore without Beatles - yeah, where is the SING? POOR I can see - poor Singapore, without the Fabs.