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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I was called an enemy of the people': how the US Senate went to war with the biggest rock stars of the 1980s

Tipper Gore co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center to increase parental controls over recorded music after discovering explicit lyrics in Prince's "Darling Nikki".
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fromOpen Culture
3 months ago

The Devilish History of the 1980s Parental Advisory Sticker: When Heavy Metal & Satanic Lyrics Collided with the Religious Right

In the mid-80s, a conservative group of Congress wives targeted rock music lyrics, leading to public backlash and the controversial "Filthy Fifteen" list.
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