“Jackie” by Scott Walker
“Jackie” was released in 1967, the same year when homosexuality between two males over the age of 21 (in private) became legal in England. It wasn’t just the remark about “authentic queers” top bosses at “Auntie” that the BBC considered too offensive to air. The prohibition was also prompted by references to illegal substances and immoral language. “Jackie” was the first song banned from the then-new Radio 1. Scott Walker recorded Jacques Brel’s song as his debut solo single after translating it from French.
Jackie By Scott Walker
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