(Thinking further about the Q&A thread regarding the reasons behind books and films having different names in different countries...)
My favourite story in this theme is the one behind why The Kinks' song "Lola" was originally banned by the BBC.
You may recall the song - the lyrics describe a young man falling in lust with a beautiful woman one night. When they later hop into the sack our hero discovers that Lola is a he, not a she.
Not surprising it was banned you say?
Well, the reason given for the banning by the beeb was that the original lyrics included a reference to Coca Cola. Being a non-commercial institution, a brand name could not be mentioned over the airwaves - that was just not on!! The Kinks redid the lyrics, substituting the word "cherry" for "Coca", resubmitted the song and got a clean bill of health! (Apparently the story behind the song went straight over the Censors' heads - though when I consider some of the antics we hear about in British politicians' private lives, I wonder if they were really that near sighted?)
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