2.1.5 Wait, I don't see a boy on the "Boy" cover!! (U2)
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This article is from the U2 FAQ, by Maryann Stump stumpm@juno.com with numerous contributions by others.
2.1.5 Wait, I don't see a boy on the "Boy" cover!! (U2)
[SL] That's probably because you have the US release of the album, which
has been censored /edited to avoid
child abuse implications.
[RA] The cover was changed in the States because of "a vague worry at the
label that there might be a
homosexual impression left from the boy's waist-up nakedness." (Ellen
Darst)
[Ge] It was Warner's in the USA that changed the cover of Boy for fear of
paedophilia claims.
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