Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up -uncensored - Banne... _hot_

: The BBC and other UK broadcasters also largely banned or censored the track. The Uncensored "Director's Cut" vs. TV Edits

To understand the ban, one must first understand the sonic assault. 1997 was a weird year for music. Britpop was dying a slow death of hubris, and the rave scene’s utopian “Peace, Love, and Unity” was a distant memory. The Prodigy, led by mastermind Liam Howlett, had just released The Fat of the Land . Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up -uncensored - banne...

If the audio was a punch to the gut, the was a twelve-minute mugging. Directed by Jonas Åkerlund (who would later direct Lords of Chaos and videos for Madonna and Rammstein), the video employs a first-person POV—a shaky, drunken, drugged-out camera strapped to the protagonist’s head. : The BBC and other UK broadcasters also

"Everyone's calling you a monster," Maya said, pressing record. 1997 was a weird year for music

Then comes the final shot. The protagonist, covered in blood and sweat, stumbles into a bathroom. The camera pans down to a mirror—and the reflection is of a woman. A topless, disheveled, heavily made-up woman. The violent, misogynistic rampage was perpetrated by a woman the entire time.