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In 1985, Gore co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), which advocated for labeling of record covers of releases featuring profane language, especially in the heavy metal, punk, and hip hop genres of music.
Sep 14, 2023 · Suggestive lyrics from the likes of Madonna and Twisted Sister led to a Senate hearing on whether musicians should be allowed to rock without parental supervision.
Sep 19, 2020 · Sen. Al Gore's wife, Tipper, was upset that a Prince album she bought for her daughter had risque lyrics. She literally made a federal case out of it.
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- Prince: Darling Nikki (1984) Prince’s song, from Purple Rain, was actually written from the standpoint of a boy who was trying to humiliate a girlfriend who starts working for a rival.
- Sheena Easton: Sugar Walls (1984) “Sugar Walls” was from Scottish singer Sheena Easton’s album Private Heaven, and it was pretty obvious what she was getting at with references to “blood racing to private spots” and “spending the night inside my sugar walls.”
- Judas Priest: Eat Me Alive (1984) Judas Priest had been making albums for a decade by the time Defenders Of The Faith came out. The song on the album that caused such a rumpus was “Eat Me Alive,” with lyrics about a “rod of steel” and “groan in the pleasure zone.”
- Vanity: Strap On Robbie Baby (1984) Wild Animal was the debut solo album by Canadian singer Vanity (Denise Katrina Matthews), which was released by Motown Records in November 1984.
Tipper Gore, co-founder of the Parents Music Resource Center in 1985. The Parents Music Resource Center ( PMRC) was an American committee formed in 1985 [1] with the stated goal of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to have violent, drug-related, or sexual themes via labeling albums with Parental Advisory ...
Sep 17, 2015 · A look back at the 1985 list of 15 songs that shocked Tipper Gore and her committee, and how they affected the music industry and the artists involved. Find out what became of Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe, Madonna, Prince and more.
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Oct 18, 2021 · Musicians from across the music world spoke out against censorship throughout the mid-80s to mid-90s, resulting in the destruction of the PMRC’s arguments.
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