CBS TO CENSOR MORISSETTE'S GRAMMY TURN.Byline: Christy Slewinski New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. So, what will viewers see - and hear - during tonight's Grammy Awards telecast? Perhaps not as much as the in-house audience does. A spokeswoman for CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. said it has asked nominee Alanis Morissette to alter the lyrics to her controversial hit "You Oughta Know" for the broadcast, even though National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. is known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS. Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is a U.S. president Michael Greene, who oversees the Grammycast, has given her his blessing to perform the song as written. "You Oughta Know" includes use of the F-word and a reference to oral sex. A representative of Morissette said Monday she'll perform it as written. With that the case, and the "live" show on a seven-second delay, CBS says it will erase the objectionable words (as cable's MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. did when Morissette performed the song at last year's MTV Video Music Awards The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Originally beginning as an alternative to the Grammy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards is now a respected pop culture awards show in its own right. .) Nominee Joan Osborne's scheduled performance of "One of Us" is also causing a buzz. The lyrics make numerous references to God and religious figures, including the pope, and NARAS NARAS National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy awards) NARAS Navigation Aids, Radar and ARPA Simulation (UK maritime course) says it has received protests from small religious groups calling the song sacrilegious. As for CBS, the spokeswoman said it is unaware of the protests and that since it does not find the lyrics offensive the song won't be censored. Controversy seems to be an integral part of the annual Grammy broadcast. Last year, CBS unsuccessfully tried to keep Greene from delivering an impassioned five-minute speech asking viewers to call an 800 number that would support a letter-writing campaign to lawmakers demanding continued funding for the arts. During the broadcast, the network went so far as to take his speech off the TelePrompTer and dropped the phone number from the screen. |
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