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Was that seriously a big deal?

posted 16 years ago by John_Acrob
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It's not like the album's were really RESTRICTED, it was just a parental advisory for chrissakes. Does this really carry enough weight for an entire film?

[–] spensolo 16 years ago

I remember it was really a big deal for heavy metal bands and fans when it was happening. we felt that our freedom was threatened, by outsiders (=Gore and her people) trying to tell us what we could listen and what we couldn't.

When I watched the movie I remembered how the HM community reacted, and I was grateful for people who stood up against censorship.

Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.

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[–] MetalGeek 16 years ago

It was a VERY big deal at the time, believe me. The PMRC originally wanted to restrict sales of certain albums to people 18 and over (and to keep those albums behind the counter at record stores so kids wouldn't even be able to see the covers!) but eventually settled for the generic "warning" sticker due to public outcry.

Your Favorite Band Sucks.

[–] dcavalli 14 years ago

I guess you had to be there. Something always seems like a bigger deal when you're actually observing it or participating.

I was in my early teens at the time. I liked Twisted Sister. Although we didn't have cable at the time (our area got it in 1990), I did see their videos on television. They seemed more slapstick than violent. Twisted Sister did fade in the late 1980s, but it wasn't because of censorship.

Was there danger of music being censored by the federal government? I would seriously doubt it. Even there was enough support in Congress to pass a censorship law, it would probably be struck down by the courts.

So they got the warning sticker. If you buy anything from iTunes, you can also see the "explicit" warning next to the track.

What is ironic is that about 15 years after the hearings, bands such as Metallica lobbied Congress to protect them from Napster.

[–] Actorsactiondotorg 14 years ago

This story did need to be told as a movie. See it.

People need to be reminded how the DEMOCRATS are stupid a-holes in favor of censorship.

Al Gore and Tipper Gore are scum.

Freedom in Arts & Entertainment is not threatened by Conservatives.
It's threatened by Liberals.

[–] smilin 13 years ago

Amen brother!

Insanity is: repeating the same action - over and over - yet expecting a different result.

[–] JackSparrow92 11 years ago

An amusing try at spin, to be sure, but Tipper Gore's co-founder of the PMRC was Susan Baker, wife of James Baker (Reagan's treasury secretary), and among those testifying in favour of the PMRC's proposal was Paula Hawkins, Republican senator from Florida. Senator Slade Gorton was a Republican. Ditto Bob Packwood. Get your facts straight before you embarrass yourself.

[–] nemidwest 9 years ago

I agree that both parties were guilty of trying to censor music. However, I personally feel that Tipper Gore tanked her husbands political future. Her name will always be associated with the movement to censor. And it was a big deal at the time.

[–] novastar_6 8 years ago

Al Gore and Tipper Gore are scum.

And anybody else who sides with their views. What is this shlt about it's not REASONABLE to expect parents to bother listening to the music before deeming if it's appropriate for their kids or not? That's not fair to the parents? What's fair? Dee proved himself a better father, a more mature responsible adult and parent than the whole of Congress did at that hearing.