How much does Australia Censor stuff?
I was driving in my car here in Canada when I heard the song Pumped Up Kicks by *Foster The People* on the radio. In the song they bleeped out the words *gun*, *bullet*, and *trigger*. They also bleep out a lot of swear words in music. I thought It Was rediculous to bleep out the words that have to Do With guns. What is it Like in Australia? What about nudity?
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Some stations might bleep out the F and C words but that's about it. The young people's ABC radio station, Triple J, wouldn't bleep out anything. In fact, the very first song they played back when they were 2JJ was a Skyhooks song that had been banned on every commercial radio station in the country.
Australia doesn't have a gun culture. Most people would neither own nor have access to a gun. Consequently, songs about guns don't worry anyone.
Nudity is allowed on TV although warnings are put up about it before the program. All beaches are at least topless and many are legally or de facto nudist.
Some excessive nudity and graphic violence is cut out from movies show on our TV. I remember, some very violent bits from Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection were cut out. There are some very violent films that are still not aired yet. Unlike in America, Australian TV is more strict on violence.
I don't know much about songs because I don't listen to the radio, but I'm sure that pop/mainstream radio does bleep out "f-ck" and "sh-t" during prime time and/or the day. Perhaps later at night, all these words are uncut.
They may bleep out the words Tentofield mention on radio,but not in the discs you buy at the store.Any bleeping was probably done in your country IMO as it was on radio.