I was puzzled when I saw the "DO NOT PLAY" note scrawled next to "We Can Be Together" on Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers" LP.
"What could possibly be objectionable about a song that promotes inclusiveness?" I wondered.
I listened to the song and detected something I hadn't heard previously. I heard Grace Slick sing, "Tear down the wall, mother@&*%#$..."
Somehow, I missed that when I listened previously. She didn't sound particularly furious when she sang it, and the word somehow floated by without my hearing it.
I played "We Can Be Together" on the air. Life is too short to deny a good song airplay because of one profane word. Besides, that warning note on the LP had probably been there for years.
