May 18, 2005 • 1 min read

MTV ban Basement Jaxx video of the Queen before 7pm

MTV have restricted daytime showings of Basement Jaxx's video for U Don't Know Me, which features a lookalike of the Queen, while the channel says it will give it heavy rotation in the evenings.

MTV have banned Basement Jaxx' new video from being shown on the channel before 7pm, because of course, that's when all easily offended people go to bed.

The promo for the single 'U Don't Know Me', released on 13 Jun, includes footage of a look-alike of The Queen getting drunk, goosing a lap dancer, fighting and evading police in Soho. An MTV spokesman said: "It's a great video, it's a great track and we plan on giving it heavy rotation in our evening schedules."

The video's director Mat Kirby said "MTV said it would never get on daytime TV because if the scene where the Queen grabs a lapdancer's bum. But I don't understand why. They seemed happy with her drinking and being surrounded by drug dealers."

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