DanHero91
DanHero91 t1_jdhkaom wrote
Reply to TIL: A Mambo No. 5 cover by Bob the Builder went to number 1 in the UK on 9th September 2001, but was removed from BBC radio playlists after the 9/11 attacks as it was ‘too frivolous’ by gnomageddon7
>The song was removed from the BBC Radio 2 playlist, with the station's executive music producer Colin Martin describing the song as being "too frivolous in light of the news that was breaking".
Only one radio station removed it, and Radio 2 wouldn't typically play that kind of music anyway outside of the chart recaps. Considering how openly most radio DJs hated how often they had to play the song, I'm guessing Colin just took any opportunity he could to get rid of it.
DanHero91 t1_iwqtsde wrote
I'd like to volunteer for a follow up study to prove this.
DanHero91 t1_je41f3g wrote
Reply to Brandon Sanderson’s “The Way of Kings”! by penguin-47284
You're about to fall down a wonderful reading hole. The general process most have is "wow Way of Kings was [okay to great], and I'm super interested about this world so I'm gonna read Words of Radia-OOOHHHHH MYYYYYYY GOOOODDDDDDD".
It took me a little to get into way of kings but then I read the next three books and the two side books in about six weeks.
Also if you haven't yet, the second Mistborn era is good to add to your pile once you've caught up with the Stormlight series as they're both within the larger "Cosmere" setting Sanderson has for the majority of his books.