The BBC mainly serves itself. It has increasingly developed a political agenda which is that of an urban liberal elite. If it gave a thought for licence payers, it wouldn't do so many things which seem calculated to make them angry, such as turning Dr Who into Dr Woke and a long list of others.
They cannot by law cut any one of pension age off so put the heating on why freeze ? Don't do that for any one you can make a payment plan that is affordable with your energy company if they don't agree switch octopus and ovo are good also British gas gave a hardship fund even for non customers
Along With The Dear O.A.P's Who Won't Be The Only U.K Citizens Freezing Over The Christmas / Winter, The Homeless, Yeah The Homeless, It Would Of Been Great If The New Government Had Of Helped Both The O.A.P's & Homeless Into Warm Hotels.
As someone who grudgingly pays the TV licence, I asked the BBC why they wouldn't play freezing this Christmas. Their reply was the usual wishy-washy excuse that they play a wide variety of music!!!!!!!😵💫
Highest fuel bills in the World ,lowest State pensions . Fuel hikes every few months ,taxed to the hilt. And it is bloody cold here for six months of the year 😮
I can assure you that our pensions in South Africa are MUCH lower than those in the UK. We also spend a large portion of our pensions on private medical aid and medicine, as our state hospitals are so grossly underfunded. But at least the sun shines daily and our winters are mild.
They really think their selves something.... Banning a song that they don't agree with. Pity they didn't do the same with their perverts, instead of covering up!
I'm not in the UK, so I'm not up to speed on the fuel allowance cuts. Is it true they are being means tested? Why on earth hasn't the government pulled the fuel subsidies for politicians?
They were basically withdrawn. The poorest can still qualify, but it involves applying and answering about 250 questions. These are not likely to be people up to speed with computers or filling in complicated forms. It was a very silly decision which was certain to backfire, especially since when in opposition they made much of it. MPs expenses are to do with them being forced to maintain a second home, and in the scheme of things don't matter. However in terms of the political optics they might have had the sense to refuse the part of their expenses concerning energy, otherwise the aloof hypocrisy is blatant.
For those of us on social media put it on your pages so it's getting heard despite lack of radio play , How dare the BBC take our money then dictate what we can / can't listen to. Wasn't there a little man dark hair and moustache dictated look what happened to him 🤬😡
This is why licenses should be scrapped because we found it as in the public and yet they decide what we want to play sure we want it played if we are the ones getting it to number one
I remember the BBC banning ‘A day in the life’ by the Beatles when it was first released because of the line - ‘ I went upstairs (on a bus) and had a smoke, somebody spoke and I went into a dream’. They decided it was referencing drug use. Certainly didn’t do this classic track any harm!
Remember The Beautiful South's song "Don't Marry Her" from their album *Blue Is the Colour* originally contained explicit lyrics. In the album version, the line was "Don't marry her, f*** me." However, for the radio edit and single release, the lyrics were changed to "Don't marry her, have me" The Beautiful South anyone?
It’s really sad to see those hard working Britishers suffering like this in their old age.Actually they should be respected and they atleast deserve warm homes.
BBC has shot itself in the foot with this one. All the extra coverage will rocket the song to the top and the Beeb's lack of human empathy will lose them quite a few licence payers.
Brilliant song Chris absolutely fantastic love it. I still sing the same lyrics as you Mike too fairytale of new York its the version I know and love it too not too keen on band aid 40 either ❤
No Mike, 'Lonely This Christmas' is not an Elvis Presley song. It was written and produced by Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn specifically for the glam rock group, Mud. So the copyright will be owned by Chin & Chapman and the music publishing will probably still be administered by Rak Publishing Ltd. (it certainly was when the song was a hit in 1974). Whether they will donate their composer royalties for this new version to charity remains to be seen. Chris Middleton clearly doesn't understand what he's really doing if he thinks the copyright of the song is owned by Mud. As soon as he said that I realised he hadn't got permission from the original writers to do this parody version with new lyrics. He might be covered under Fair Use exceptions, but I wouldn't guarantee it. Should have consulted a music lawyer first. A lot may depend on how Chinn & Chapman feel about it.
Do they know it’s freezing time at all, de de de de, freezing time for everyone. Liebour will be warm for all off them, do they know it’s freezing time at all 🤔
Fairytale of New York was censored by the Beeb because of one little word. John Peel pushed it on his late night radio show. The charts were fixed, everyone knew it got to no.1.😂
Despite Mike Graham referring to having the "original" version by Presley, everything I've checked online says Presley never sang Lonely This Christmas. One site says it was released by Johnny Preston in 1966, but I can find nothing to support this. It was actually written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and released on 22nd November, 1974...for Mud.
I stopped watching television years ago!!! The propaganda and brain washing triggered me to much….. I live a much happier life without the brain washing box 😂😂
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The BBC, funded by the Public, have banned a song that is loved by the Public. Who does the BBC serve? Certainly not the people who pay for it !
The BBC mainly serves itself. It has increasingly developed a political agenda which is that of an urban liberal elite. If it gave a thought for licence payers, it wouldn't do so many things which seem calculated to make them angry, such as turning Dr Who into Dr Woke and a long list of others.
It serves itself.
I don't like it. It's lazy, self promoting, uninspiring and cheap.
The BBC although publicly funded it is in fact a government propaganda platform. Time it was defunded.
It’s the media arm of the government always has been
Well done Chris Middleton you are the Uks hero God bless you
about 75 in the down load charts and 500\1 with the bookies who are not renown for their charity either...
the song tells the truth, its the bbc and the government that dont like it, I am all for the song hope it gets to no1
Mind you, it's been mostly rather mild this year so far for the time of the season.
This song says it all my lovely pensioner's of the UK.....🇦🇺🇬🇧❤️❤️
if this song was mocking Tory PM, it would be played every hour on BBC Radio
@coling3957- So true brother, BBC is the pits.
this song is 500\1 with the bookies..........wham is 1 \100..........don't see the story...
Lets make it is number 1
Power to the People ❤
100% agree 👍
The song tells the Truth hope it gets to no1
The money this has raised for our pensioners is outstanding 👏 well done STARMER AND THE GRANNY HARMERS ❤XX
Starmer going down in history. That bad even songs about him 🤣🤣
I Demand to Here the Number 1 Song , How dare the BBC Ban a Number one from the People that pays them ,
It’s not No1. Not even in the Top 40.
500\1 with the bookies..
Ban the BBC £175 a licence
Done 2 years ago
Stop paying it.
I already have. Nothing worthwhile watching in any case.
Ban the Paedo's
I haven't paid for quite a few years. Won't watch or listen to the BBC in principle for obvious reasons.
RIP Norman, homeless man, living in a tent on Sedlescombe Road South in St Leonards-on-Sea, who died last Friday.
3 froze to death in N. Carolina. Biden hasn't helped homeless after Helena destroyed everything. Politicians are horrible right now.
Three homeless people died in Hastings / st Leonard’s in one week
😢
Whilst the parasites are treated like kings.
@@Maxinebb64 Meanwhile in hundreds of warm hotels, with meals provided, foreign men are lounging about enjoying life. RIP Norman❤
Stop watching the BBC and cancel your license.
HERE HERE.
@@darrynlewis3252
3 years license-free now. That's over £500 those W***ers have lost.
Thank you Chris, hammering home this injustice.
Fabulous Chris well deserved and I’ve have bought your song ❤🏴
Another case of not paying the licence fee screw the BBC
At least Starmer will be top of the pop,charts this Christmas even if he is the worst British Prime Minister of all time.
Another reason I’m glad I don’t pay for the tv licence. I don’t watch it and don’t miss it.
SAME
Same Agree..Live Without it..Just a woke broadcaster..
What reason? They haven’t done anything
Brian Cox's Solar System was top notch!👍
BBC 😂😂😂😂😂biggest joke ever😂😂😂 dont watch it no longer listen to it WONT pay for it.
We pay the BBC and there to do what the public want not the labour government Time for BBC to go
Guaranteed to make number1
Let's make it number one folks, already downloaded it.
Come on BBC relax, don't do it 😂😂😂😂
its not the best down loaded and its 500\1 with the bookies.............wham is 1\100 fav to be no 1
I remember Je t'aime, mois non plus by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg being banned by the BBC in 1969 but it still got to No. 1. Great song.
Judge Dread actually thanked them for banning him, because they made him a wealthy man, and because he was a polite, rude gent!
Just goes to prove that the BBC don't want to upset their paymasters the Government.
we are the paymasters its us mugs who pay the disgusting bbc their money
A brilliant Christmas No 1. Serves them right.
This could be the final nail in the BBCs coffin.
If it was the Ramjambuttieadam song by Aftab and the Mullahs, it would have been played in every shopping centre and radio station in the land!
😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂 Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all ...🌲🌲🥂
I’m not paying my £175
Britain join me let’s do it
Sod the woke BBC !!!!!!!!
Haven't for 8 yrs
Oh aye, b*ll*cks to 'em!!
I m 80 next year and I can't even enjoy Christmas worrying about what ll happened to my pension in the new year!!
😮just a tip contact your fuel supplier to set up a 12 month payment plan that's what I've done get you threw the winter
Through spelling!
They cannot by law cut any one of pension age off so put the heating on why freeze ? Don't do that for any one you can make a payment plan that is affordable with your energy company if they don't agree switch octopus and ovo are good also British gas gave a hardship fund even for non customers
that will be number 1. every time BBC ban a song it goes to the top. remember Frankie Goes To Holywood so it will be best seller for 2024
They banned Jasper Carrott's Magic Roundabout as well.
No it won’t. Not even in the Top 40
they still threaten me for not having a tv licence - with their excuse saying they are legally bound to threaten
History has told us one thing, when the BBC bans a song it becomes a best seller
Yes, Max Romeo's Wet Dream exemplified that, as do a few of Judge Dread's songs, and Frankie Goes to Holywood's Relax. They coined it, hand over fist.
BBC Royal Charter , The Truth is what We Say It Is and we will only let you see and hear what we want you to.
Along With The Dear O.A.P's Who Won't Be The Only U.K Citizens Freezing Over The Christmas / Winter, The Homeless,
Yeah The Homeless, It Would Of Been Great If The New Government Had Of Helped Both The O.A.P's & Homeless Into Warm Hotels.
Meanwhile thousands upon thousands of Who knows what are waited upon in Hundreds of hotels all over the country.
Chris should put a duet together with Dominic Frisby. Well done Chris, a masterpiece.
As someone who grudgingly pays the TV licence, I asked the BBC why they wouldn't play freezing this Christmas. Their reply was the usual wishy-washy excuse that they play a wide variety of music!!!!!!!😵💫
And like the gutless PM, they swerved the question.
Why pay it at all
We will be buying it
Highest fuel bills in the World ,lowest State pensions .
Fuel hikes every few months ,taxed to the hilt.
And it is bloody cold here for six months of the year 😮
Its slightly cold as cold goes.
Bloody cold without heating Jezza.
I can assure you that our pensions in South Africa are MUCH lower than those in the UK. We also spend a large portion of our pensions on private medical aid and medicine, as our state hospitals are so grossly underfunded. But at least the sun shines daily and our winters are mild.
@@ginamantel-bohr5724Hi South Africa, freezing seasons 'Greetings' from the UK. Had a great time in SA the late 70s. Be lucky, take care.
Now it's freedom of singing as well as speech under attack.
Mud, Mud, Mud 1974! That sums up the brain of this government, sewerage, quicksand and mud!😂😂😂
They really think their selves something....
Banning a song that they don't agree with.
Pity they didn't do the same with their perverts, instead of covering up!
Very well said ! 👍👏👏
Love this song ❤️ great raising money for pensioners
Africa its time u did a band aid for the uk ❤ cheers 🥂
I'm not in the UK, so I'm not up to speed on the fuel allowance cuts. Is it true they are being means tested? Why on earth hasn't the government pulled the fuel subsidies for politicians?
Do you even have to ask that???
They were basically withdrawn. The poorest can still qualify, but it involves applying and answering about 250 questions. These are not likely to be people up to speed with computers or filling in complicated forms. It was a very silly decision which was certain to backfire, especially since when in opposition they made much of it. MPs expenses are to do with them being forced to maintain a second home, and in the scheme of things don't matter. However in terms of the political optics they might have had the sense to refuse the part of their expenses concerning energy, otherwise the aloof hypocrisy is blatant.
They vote for their own pay rises as well...Whole Government is too expensive for the population..
I bought it, lol. Hate the BBC so I would love it to get to number 1 and then the BBC would have a number 1 they can't play hahah
It's a wonder Starmer hasn't called for his arrest.
I made sure to buy my copy at the beginning, and I'm about to buy a copy for a friend. You're welcome, Sir Kneel Starmer.
Cancel your TV licence to pay for fuel
If this song was about Nigel Farage, the BBC would be playing it on the hour
He that Payeth the Piper Calls the Tune,
If the singer threw on a dress, the Beeb would be playing it constantly.😂
For those of us on social media put it on your pages so it's getting heard despite lack of radio play , How dare the BBC take our money then dictate what we can / can't listen to.
Wasn't there a little man dark hair and moustache dictated look what happened to him 🤬😡
An Austrian chap, yes.
Fun silly songs are banned but Hew Edwards is a free man to do as he chooses, make it make sense.
A bit like Mr So Vile.
This is why licenses should be scrapped because we found it as in the public and yet they decide what we want to play sure we want it played if we are the ones getting it to number one
Don't you love the way the BBC vaunts its independence and impartiality, and yet refuses to play this song.
I remember the BBC banning ‘A day in the life’ by the Beatles when it was first released because of the line - ‘ I went upstairs (on a bus) and had a smoke, somebody spoke and I went into a dream’. They decided it was referencing drug use. Certainly didn’t do this classic track any harm!
number one on the internet charts lol BBC and media will never stop it getting to number one lol what a bunch of crackpots
Cancel your TV Licence.
Do people really still pay the bbc fee ? I laugh at their stupidity
No chance of ever hearing Oliver’s army on the radio again
They should redo A Christmas Carol with a Starmer playing Scrooge but twist in the tale he learns nothing and doubles down.😂
Can anyone tell me which commercial radio stations are playing this song?
None that I have listened too think they are all scared of the government they are all pushing wham to push it for no1
One more reason I won't be renewing my TV licence next year.
Remember The Beautiful South's song "Don't Marry Her" from their album *Blue Is the Colour* originally contained explicit lyrics. In the album version, the line was "Don't marry her, f*** me." However, for the radio edit and single release, the lyrics were changed to "Don't marry her, have me"
The Beautiful South anyone?
Has the BBC got any audience left?
I understand Starmer listens on ear buds when lying, to blot out the heavy criticism of him. 🤣
It’s really sad to see those hard working Britishers suffering like this in their old age.Actually they should be respected and they atleast deserve warm homes.
BBC has shot itself in the foot with this one. All the extra coverage will rocket the song to the top and the Beeb's lack of human empathy will lose them quite a few licence payers.
Yep, they are so thick like government, they don't learn from previous.
Bbc is so out of touch it’s old and archaic …. Doesn’t care any people just power that’s suits them should be disbanded x
By banning this song the BBC have actually brought more attention to it.
Brilliant song Chris absolutely fantastic love it. I still sing the same lyrics as you Mike too fairytale of new York its the version I know and love it too not too keen on band aid 40 either ❤
Just bought this. Best 79p spent.
Great idea, great song. The BBC need to get a life and a sense of humour. Anti- Starmer, who cares, he deserves it.
Most station😢are not playing it because they are scared of the government they are pushing wham to get it off the number 1 spot
It goes back further than that I remember them banning “wet dream” by max romeo around 69 of course it went on to be a massive hit
it's surprising that those of us of a certain age have a lot of music at home that they have banned over the years the excellent Phil spector for one
Was Max singing about Rayner ?😁
No Mike, 'Lonely This Christmas' is not an Elvis Presley song. It was written and produced by Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn specifically for the glam rock group, Mud. So the copyright will be owned by Chin & Chapman and the music publishing will probably still be administered by Rak Publishing Ltd. (it certainly was when the song was a hit in 1974). Whether they will donate their composer royalties for this new version to charity remains to be seen. Chris Middleton clearly doesn't understand what he's really doing if he thinks the copyright of the song is owned by Mud. As soon as he said that I realised he hadn't got permission from the original writers to do this parody version with new lyrics. He might be covered under Fair Use exceptions, but I wouldn't guarantee it. Should have consulted a music lawyer first. A lot may depend on how Chinn & Chapman feel about it.
So the BBC bans the song maybe we should ban paying our TV licence anyway the film over Christmas they play every year .
I stopped nearly 3 years ago. I watch non PBC, streamed catch-up only.
Do they know it’s freezing time at all, de de de de, freezing time for everyone. Liebour will be warm for all off them, do they know it’s freezing time at all 🤔
I wonder if Mr Starmer will double the contribution of the British public towards the charity.
They banned God Save The Queen and Magic Roundabout, remember?
Magic Roundabout? I don't remember that being banned. I loved watching that as a kid!
And Je taim (spelling) jane birkin and serge gainsborough, which had no words ! 🤣
@@ruthcollins2841Magic roundabout was only banned after many years because it depicted Dylan who was stoned
Funny enough Alexa won’t play it either
I asked alexa about a week ago and it played. I tried again a fewcdays ago and it wouldnt. So obviously alexa is owned or supported by the BBC?
A already of i've got a brand-new combine harvester, in support of farmers could be next.
Parrady
@@stephenbaldock1252Parody
Starmers already kyboshed that one - the farmers will have no money for brand new combined harvesters, not even the key !
Parody spelling!!!
If they have to play it they'll get an AI of his mate Jimmy Savile to introduce it !
Fairytale of NY is the best song ever.. needs the original lyrics!!
Songs banned by the BBC. There are a lot. David Bowie's Space Oddity was banned because Apollo 11 blew up in space. Then you have Lola and Relax
Fairytale of New York was censored by the Beeb because of one little word. John Peel pushed it on his late night radio show. The charts were fixed, everyone knew it got to no.1.😂
Sir Cliff Richard's The Lord's Prayer was banned and hit number 1 overnight.
The Barbra Streisand Effect.
Good old bbc.
Play it all night outside no 10
I've never felt cold and Christmas
They can ban anything they like it will be the number one for Xmas due to downloads
Despite Mike Graham referring to having the "original" version by Presley, everything I've checked online says Presley never sang Lonely This Christmas. One site says it was released by Johnny Preston in 1966, but I can find nothing to support this. It was actually written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and released on 22nd November, 1974...for Mud.
I stopped watching television years ago!!! The propaganda and brain washing triggered me to much….. I live a much happier life without the brain washing box 😂😂
Cancel the bbc don't pay for the woke licence.
It would be nice to help the OAP with their winter fuel bills money raised from this song 🙏🎄🥶🥶
Wonder who getting wham to number one isn't the public
The BBC Help out loads of bands when they ban songs
bbc had no problem playing dingdong the wich... when Thatcher died
I have cancelled the BBC hahaha