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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Three Banned Songs

Here are some youtube links for three songs that were banned and so were never made available on any LP, EP or Single to our knowledge

'Paka Lowi' by Franco, was banned because it criticised a member of government


'Helene' and 'Jackie' also composed by Franco were banned for
their obscene lyrics which resulted in Franco and half his band being put in jail.

If you understand them you may find these lyrics offensive or funny
depending on your sense of humour!

Jackie Part 1


Jackie Part 2


Helené

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 15, 2010 at 7:02 PM

    Do you have these 3 songs in audio (mp3) format?

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  2. IsaacMarch 16, 2010 at 9:42 AM

    Hi Victor,

    You can create mp3's from these videos by using this site http://www.dirpy.com/

    Just paste the address of the page into dirpy and it will convert the track for you

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  3. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    I am missing a 1965 tpo jazz runmba titled "le temps passe ne revient plus..." Can this rythm be displayed? Please, please lets have it. thanks

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  4. DotDecember 15, 2018 at 7:29 AM

    English translation for Jackie?

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  5. AnonymousAugust 27, 2023 at 6:05 AM

    Please send new links because they are not available on YouTube

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