Saturday, December 10, 2011

?uestlove and The Roots, meet The Smothers Brothers: transgressive TV moments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqeVjopXLWI
[The Roots' controversial introduction of Michele Bachmann on LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON
by covering Fishbone's "Lyin' Ass Bitch."]
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-roots-must-clear-music-with-nbc-after-michele-bachmann-incident-20111209
[The aftermath of the above Incident]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDDEGBv8Hgc
[Harry Belafonte sings "Don't Stop The Carnival" on THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR--censored from broadcast by CBS due to footage of the 1968 Democratic Party convention in Chicago and the police/demonstrator confrontations outside]

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