Daggering Songs Banned
Last month Dancehall.Mobi reported that the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (the statutory body with responsibility for Jamaica’s electronic media) had proposed a new policy that would ban the use of bleeps to hide / disguise curse words or indecent content in songs that are played on the radio.
Well, it is now official. With immediate effect, the Broadcasting Commission announced yesterday a ban on the playing of all songs that refer to “Daggering“, as well as all songs that are deemed to contain sexual explicit or violent lyrics – even if these lyrics are concealed by using bleeps. This applies to all Jamaican radio and television stations, including local cable channels.
Below are three excerpts from the Broadcasting Commission’s official statement on “daggering songs”. This statement was issued yesterday, February 6.
There shall not be transmitted through radio or television or cable services, any recording, live song or music video which promotes the act of ‘daggering’, or which makes reference to, or is otherwise suggestive of ‘daggering’.
There shall not be transmitted through radio or television or cable services, any audio recording, song or music video which employs editing techniques of ‘bleeping’ or ‘beeping’ of its original lyrical content.
Programme managers and station owners or operators are hereby required to take immediate steps to prevent transmission of any recorded material relating to ‘daggering’ or which fall into the category of edited musical content using techniques of ‘bleeping’ or ‘beeping’.
This is a Dancehall.Mobi news update. What’s your take on this daggering passa passa? Please post your views below.
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This is hilarious! OK. Dancehall acts, there is a way around this…yuh ready?
Record Soca and create a word to replace daggering. Try it and you will see (MAD AIRPLAY).
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This is just wrong; wot are they trying to do, break ppl vibes of listening/dancing to dancehall music. I disagree with them and their stupid riddiculous comments.
this is nonsense!!!! ppl already have cds with the songs so its not like they wont be blasting it at home so wat shit the broadcasting commission trying to do?
sex is a part of us it was bound to be on the airways sometime!!!! Go STABBY go STABBY!!!! come check me for the DAGGERING!!!
the broadcasting commission is a bunch of idiots!
why do these people have to mess with dancehall music, they doesnt see the ads they have on tv with “MANIGO” including carlene and raggashanti that is way pass daggering than the songs they ban on air play. what does that tell our childrern they cant hear but see. totally nonsense these commission need to review their paper works before hantaganinie people
I THINK THE DAGGERING BAN IS OBVIOUSLY RIDICULOUS THEY ARE JUST PICKING ON DANCEHALL IF MAYBE BERES HAMMOND WAS SINGING ABOUT DAGGERING NO PROBLEM BUT BECAUSE ITS RDX AND OTHER DANCEHALL ARTISITE IT IS WRONG. IT MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE MANY OF US STILL HAVE RAMPING SHOP, BEND OVER ETC ON CD AND IM PRETTY SURE THEIR GONNA PLAY IT IN CLUBS. THEY ARE WORRYING ABOUT THE WRONG THINGS THEY SHOULD BE WORRYING ABOUT THE CRIME RATE, POVERTY, AND THE GUNMEN DEM KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE
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i dont have a problem with the daggering tunes.if they are going to cut out daggering they will ave to cut out carnival.these are wat the people want to hear,it is our culture
ah whaam to dem , dem mad ? how uffi ban daggerin .. truss . it nah go lass . watch .. nex dem ah sey carnival haffi done . it inna our culture fi dagga dis an dagga dat . like me ah sey it nah go last
yall can check my daggerin mix @ Myspace.com/sickbadsounds
dat na go stop people frum listen to it anyways so uno can do anyting u want cuz ppl still gwan listen to it so gweh
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