In 1987 The Smiths wanted to release "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" as a single,but because the Hungerford Massacre had happened in the UK a couple of months before it was decided not to. Radio 1 said because of the line "to make a shy bald Buddhist reflect & plan a mass murder"they would not play it at all.

Source - Songs That Saved Your Life by Simon Goddard.

Fast forward 20 years & on the very day that Mark Ronson releases his cover version of the song a shy,bald (Buddhist?) did plan & commit mass murder.

My thoughts are with all those people who lost their lives.

Here's a thing and in no way is this meant to trivialise the tragic events at Virginia Tech on Monday, but I had a thought last night that back in 1987 The Smiths were scheduling the release of "Stop me if you think you've heard this before" as a single off the album "Strangeways Here We Come", but plans were shelved after a man went on the rampage with a shotgun in a small town in England called Hungerford where he killed 14 people. The line in the song "..make a shy, bald Buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder..." was deemed too contentious in the aftermath of the shootings so "I started something" was released instead. Now as some of you may be aware 20 years on from then Mark Ronson has released his cover of "Stop me..." and then this tragedy at Virginia Tech happens. Obviously I'm not saying that the events are in any way connected, but its a bit spooky and just made me think.