http://www.metafilter.com/tags/pmrc Posts tagged with 'pmrc' at MetaFilter. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:51:01 -0800 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:51:01 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/77941/The%2DPMRC%2DFilthy%2DFifteen Some videos: In 1985, Tipper Gore's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center">PMRC</a> released a list they called the "Filthy Fifteen," detailing what they believed to be the fifteen most objectionable songs of the time, and the reason they felt each song should be censored... 1. Prince, <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x66db9_darling-nikki-purple-rain-tour-1985_music">"Darling</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxNXDkZtWtU">Nikki"</a> (sex) <small>[<em>first link: concert footage from 1985; second link: the "backward" part at the end of the song, played forward</em>]</small> 2. Sheena Easton, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiJElPRnz54">"Sugar Walls"</a> (sex) <small>[<em>music video</em>]</small> 3. Judas Priest, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFCZDNwomRA">"Eat Me Alive"</a> (sex) <small>[<em>album version</em>]</small> 4. Vanity, <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/gfmz/files/robbie.txt">"Strap On Robbie Baby"</a> (sex) <small>[<em>lyrics</em>]</small> 5. M&#0246;tley Cr&#0252;e, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGRwUJk8bnA">"Bastard"</a> (violence) <small>[<em>concert footage from 1983</em>]</small> 6. AC/DC, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odqZAGNvxhI">"Let Me Put My Love into You"</a> (sex) <small>[<em>music video</em>]</small> 7. Twisted Sister, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6srOAqpqj0">"We're Not Gonna Take It"</a> (violence) <small>[<em>concert footage from 2008</em>]</small> 8. Madonna, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEO7CNByPC4">"Dress You Up"</a> (sex) <small>[<em>concert footage from 1985</em>]</small> 9. W.A.S.P., <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r3gVs6UG5Q">"Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)"</a> (sex/language) <small>[<em>concert footage from 1984</em>]</small> 10. Def Leppard, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7196xtQ7UQ">"High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)"</a> (drug and alcohol use) <small>[<em>music video</em>]</small> 11. Mercyful Fate, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOpLhPSR3lg">"Into the Coven"</a> (satanism) <small>[<em>parody video</em>]</small> 12. Black Sabbath, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBi7XvJKlMo">"Trashed"</a> (drug and alcohol use) <small>[<em>music video</em>]</small> 13. The Mary Jane Girls, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGeuX-W0XrY">"In My House"</a> (sex) <small>[<em>music video</em>]</small> 14. Venom, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYHT5mbB7PI">"Possessed"</a> (satanism) <small>[<em>album version</em>]</small> 15. Cindy Lauper, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzpxRd44PpE">"She Bop"</a> (masturbation) <small>[<em>music video</em>]</small></small> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.77941 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:51:01 -0800 80s censorship fucklikeabeast heavymetal music pmrc satanism tippergore youtube the_bone http://www.metafilter.com/63749/Celebrate%2DHis%2DEntire%2DCatalog <b>Frank Zappa</b><a href="http://www.zappa.com/" title="Official Site - Warning: Flash intro">'</a> was so many different things <b>{</b> <small><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew3Dq82Q1bQ&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=0">Mother</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYr0So3Mzz8&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=1">of</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNKMB9o0ooU&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=2">Invention</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znxYlmggDi4&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=3">orchestra</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM3pVKeUy8o&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=4">conductor</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX8415wWqU4&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=5">garage freak</a>, <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtAjotVrYpc&feature=PlayList&p=BD5C99AA3A3AE4EA&index=0">SNL</a></i> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOSibNi-RAg&feature=PlayList&p=BD5C99AA3A3AE4EA&index=1">musical</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eabOl8GkY-E&feature=PlayList&p=BD5C99AA3A3AE4EA&index=2">guest</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u--CMuxgu6Y&feature=PlayList&p=1BD2DDCD65B1A6BD&index=0&playnext=1">anti</a>-<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIckfSRpbpM&feature=PlayList&p=C81829A36AC30080&index=0&playnext=1">censorship</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhiYAh4Ck4g&feature=PlayList&p=4384387636F1D759&index=0&playnext=1">advocate</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tXbVD45CrM&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=6">home movie maker</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5b8FxF-bXw&feature=PlayList&p=25ECE8907D33544C&index=0&playnext=1">Congressional witness</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNJy-OgCzB0&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=7">Monkee</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYTh1UgNHJg&feature=PlayList&p=4E6BA7E076C423FA&index=0&playnext=1">documentary film subject</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FUAgIBysj4&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=8">whipping boy</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-or_cVzTJI&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=9">drug trafficker</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRhZPqQ66L0&feature=PlayList&p=B47A29025DC83279&index=0">late</a>-<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfjzsBQL8bc&feature=PlayList&p=B47A29025DC83279&index=1">night</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd91hRp01nA&feature=PlayList&p=B47A29025DC83279&index=2">T</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdi_6biKiuo&feature=PlayList&p=B47A29025DC83279&index=3">V</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DHZP9ElVEA&feature=PlayList&p=B47A29025DC83279&index=4">talk</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dXTifyOu3Y&feature=PlayList&p=B47A29025DC83279&index=5">show</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-ilfShB0g&feature=PlayList&p=B47A29025DC83279&index=6">interviewee</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vEmQnExY0c&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=10">death</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTm1KnAQ2iA&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=11">wisher</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77pDQceiUus&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=12">composer</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEMj8RCZqtw&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=13"><i>Dance Fever</i> judge</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ORGWfJiTI&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=14">master of his domain</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z1BLha4cnM&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=15">dental floss tycoon</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgujWm0TrJA&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=16">cosmic force</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YRZV14zD-k&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=17">breast man</a>, <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ISil7IHzxc&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=18">Crossfire</a></i> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDDIiIOFE_Q&feature=PlayList&p=B426B11645659A1A&index=0&playnext=1">combatant</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVF66GVj8zU&feature=PlayList&p=ECE4DC29DFC6F9E1&index=19">The Walrus</a>, among others</small> <b>}</b> that the one day <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/altoday/bal-al.zappa05aug05,0,7064451.story?page=2&coll=bal_entertainment_util">he was recently given</a> by Baltimore's Mayor hardly seems enoughs. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.63749 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:52:02 -0800 Censorship FrankZappa MothersOfInvention Music PMRC Poolio