The Cambodian government is engaged in an all-out effort to promote traditional values and marital fidelity, which includes a ban on certain types of music:
The titles of the three songs banned from public broadcast for inciting
infidelity say it all, according to Cambodian government and cultural
officials, local media reported Thursday. The offending songs, “If I
Can’t Be First Can I Be Second?,” “Love Another’s Husband” and “May I Have
a Piece of Your Heart Too?” have been banished from the nation’s
thousands of karaoke restaurants, Khmer-language Koh Santepheap
reported.
The lyrical appeal must get lost in translation.
