# What music played this morning on CNN?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 7, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-played-this-morning-on-cnn/545812 "2010-07-07T02:34:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-played-this-morning-on-cnn/545812/1 "2010-07-07T02:34:50Z")

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This morning I was doing some housework and had CNN on, only half paying attention to it. They were having a segment on Queen Elizabeth’s visit to NYC. As they transitioned from commercials to programming, there was some music playing. Then they showed the two anchors, one of whom was John Roberts. He looked very embarrassed, and commented that the music was totally inappropriate, and he apologized.

So . . . what was the song, and why was it offensive?

It couldn’t have been as offensive as her last visit to the U.S., when President Gerald Ford danced with her, while the band played “The Lady is a Tramp.”

Bonus question: Who the hell chooses the wardrobe for the Queen? Her mother (Queen Mum) had a wonderful sense of style. Does this skip a generation? [Photo](http://www.france24.com/en/20100707-queen-elizabeth-ii-calls-world-peace-un-0) (3rd from the top).

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**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-played-this-morning-on-cnn/545812/2 "2010-07-07T04:57:11Z")

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This appears to be a description of that show:

> **[Carpe Diem](https://jakeho.wordpress.com/)**
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> Point Pleasant Musings

Short answer: God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols.

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**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-played-this-morning-on-cnn/545812/3 "2010-07-07T16:13:34Z")

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> [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](#):
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> This appears to be a description of that show:
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> [http://jakeho.wordpress.com/](http://jakeho.wordpress.com/)
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> Short answer: God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols.

_sniff_ Malcolm McLaren would have been so proud…

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-played-this-morning-on-cnn/545812/4 "2010-07-07T16:24:30Z")

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> [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](#):
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> This appears to be a description of that show:
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> [http://jakeho.wordpress.com/](http://jakeho.wordpress.com/)
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> Short answer: God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols.

At least it wasn’t [“I Hate The Bloody Queen” by the Queen Haters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSoAV5TYYCc).