{"id":167,"date":"2007-04-28T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-28T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2010-11-25T11:07:59","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T04:07:59","slug":"why-is-this-song-banned-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/why-is-this-song-banned-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is this song banned in Thailand?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In checking the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/facthai.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/03\/mict-blocklist-12-03-07csv.txt\">list of Banned sites<\/a> in Thailand:<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/uploaded_images\/banned-sites-793755.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/uploaded_images\/banned-sites-793752.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sitthichai_Pokai-udom\">they<\/a> seemed to blocking this video:<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/uploaded_images\/galas-tube-718038.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/uploaded_images\/galas-tube-718032.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe cause it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saidthegramophone.com\/archives\/the_suicide_song.php\">referred to as the suicide song<\/a>?  Or Diamanda Galas did something wrong? The weird thing is that it&#8217;s just this version.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eXQOVf4hL1o&amp;mode=related&amp;search=\">Sarah McLachlan version<\/a> didn&#8217;t seem to attract the same attention. First time I&#8217;d heard the song, but what a sad, powerful song.  Thanks MITC for introducing it to me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In checking the latest list of Banned sites in Thailand: they seemed to blocking this video: Maybe cause it&#8217;s referred to as the suicide song? Or Diamanda Galas did something wrong? The weird thing is that it&#8217;s just this version. The Sarah McLachlan version didn&#8217;t seem to attract the same attention. 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