The Brutal History of Censorship

In episode 8 of #50YearsofHeavyMetal, @grahamwire looks into the history of censorship, focusing on the PMRC and bans placed on music around the world.
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[@pittypaws6633]

"PMRC" should stand for People Making Ridiculous Claims.

[@jacksonmcleod9708]

Ooh gottem

[@brianchavez2829]

Nailed it! 😂😂😂

[@jocksilver7]

ahahahahah...AHAHAHAHAHAHH...haaahahhaaaahaa

[@sidthejovian5105]

Shot's fire!!💥🔥

[@maryamcarymi2987]

:)))

[@pulseofdefiance_]

Those stickers were actually a benefit.... As a teenager, I wouldn't buy an album unless it had it on it. That was the only way I knew I was getting the real deal and not some edited version

[@sirspookybones1118]

I seem to believe the only Parental advisory albums I own are Slayer, Megadeth and St anger. Either they're less common now or they're gone with rereleases

[@michaelkrull3331]

When I was a teen in the 90s not having any Parental Advisory stickers in your collection made you some kind of wussy.

[@georgericketts4611]

Sir SpookyBones I think they are less common now sadly. I’m hard pressed to find new albums that have parental advisory stickers on them. That’s why I internally jump for joy when I scrounge up a used CD that still has the original parental advisory sticker; the sticker had all but been replaced by artists who just include the parental advisory into the album’s front cover art.

[@dumpygoodness4086]

I know! FORBIDDEN FRUIT is best for selling product! FUN FACT! when Looney Giuliani was mayor of NYC, a rich art collector decided to troll the mayor, who was a Fake Moralist like Tipper Gore.... and the art collector held a show featuring work he owned... by a variety of "controversial" artists.... so the rich dude... SENT A CATALOG of the show to Rudy's City Hall, saying "you should stop these vulgar pigs, who are showing vulgar art in a PUBLIC museum!!".....and Idiot Rudy TOOK THE BAIT and publicly slammed the museum and the artists. LINES WENT AROUND THE BLOCK for months and Rudy made EACH of the artists AND the collector VERY VERY RICH, ha ha ha ha!!!! The MSM never told anyone the WHOLE story. Just that Rudy got emasculated etc in this huge fight.

[@68Warpigs]

Absolutely

[@urbanwinterhound8863]

Kind of funny how a lady named "gore" would be against death metal 🤔 lol

[@morrigan7066]

Exactly what i thought! she has such a brutal name, doesn't even need a stage name lol

[@UZIKING]

Probably would hate horror movies and 18 rated video games then.

[@CyrusCageSCWS]

There's more to high level politicians than most people want to acknowledge..

[@magustrigger9195]

Well shes a Democrat so the party of slavery pushes censorship

[@triplesevensix291]

Well said. Lol. SCREAM BLOODY GORE MAN! You know she owned 2 copies of that Death album! ;)

[@ryanpesch6604]

Dee Snider destroyed that court room. They didn't know what to say after his speech. I love watching that full speech and the court's reaction after

[@WhatDoYouExpectToHappen]

1

[@denisemacapagal7544]

"Tipper Gore" sounds like a name of a Death Metal band

[@mztweety1374]

It all started when Tippers daughter let her listen to Prince and the Revolutions "Darling Nikki"

[@michaellrakes5521]

We praise Frank and Dee and rightfully so, but John Denver was the surprise savior because he was known to be something of a lobbyist for a few of these senators and he struck the most fatal blow FOR metal. We owe him a great debt

[@richardbennett8522]

Would you be surprised that Donny Osmond stood up as well at the time

[@michaellrakes5521]

@@richardbennett8522 yeah I was shocked to find out later on, that Donny was a big defender of musical freedom and opposed the ratings. He said if he had a G rating on his music, it would've been the death of him. Who knew a squeaky clean Mormon would be an ally of metal? Lol

[@Chad_Fuckhammer]

John Denver also made the best Christmas album ever recorded, period. I can`t help wonder if his credibility in court was tied to how awe inspiring his renditions of O Holy Night and What Child Is This? were and still are. Being much of the courts are made up of Christian conservatives and were even more so back then I`m going to assume the spirit of Rocky Mountain Christmas was what drove the PMRC trial in favor of Dee Snider and 2 Live Crew as opposed to evil Grinches like Tipper Gore. Man has the voice of a cherubim

[@lordtrigon1733]

If anything Dee gets way too much credit.

[@carlosalbertovz]

The Parental sticker actually was great for a lot of artists because it increased their sales. Nikki Sixx was happy with the sticker.

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

It's basically just part of the artwork.

[@rickc2102]

It became the stamp of legitimacy, a lot like the R rating for horror movies.

[@siladex-gaming]

it's probably the most unironic strategy used by rappers nowadays

[@keithe.bilitsky833]

I hadn't read what you wrote, and l wrote the same thing. I used to look for those warnings also.

[@ScreaminT81]

Now he has a fat singer and goes back on contracts. LOL

[@soorajmz]

"Cannibal Corpse is a symptom of humanity's sicknesses not the cause of it" - Graham Hartmann

[@rodoxxs6134]

Art is a reflexion of society

[@iain2080]

Comfort the disturbed, disturb the comfortable

[@onerandombruh]

@@rodoxxs6134 this.

[@patrickoehlke9984]

Dee Snider's rebuttal in Congress is LEGENDARY!

[@AAVVVAAADDAAAKAAADAVRAAA]

Still the best BUTTLE sense tim currey in clue

[@lordtrigon1733]

Unpopular opinion: Dee only argued that his band was child-friendly, Frank Zappa was the one whose stand against the PMRC was legendary.

[@keithe.bilitsky833]

As a kid l got my hands on what ever l wanted. My Dad explained everything to me from race, to sex and answered any question l had. From the time l was born. I used to look for those advisories. That's how l new it would be good. My Dad called it garbage, like my Zappa because of the jazz, but never censored me. Miss you Dad

[@Peat030]

R.I.P

[@chromepete]

This should be the message to all parents and is certainly how I am bringing my kids up

[@tridevil9846]

Keith E. Bilitsky I wanna be that kind of a dad. A dad that isn’t fake and doesn’t want his kid to live in a world of imagination and lies

[@keithe.bilitsky833]

@@tridevil9846 right on. God bless you 🙏😇

[@BARTOZZI-OFFICIAL]

I wanna be like your dad to my little Max

[@ricstormwolf]

I love how they thought John Denver was going to be on their side. He wasn't stupid. Be remembered the backlash over his song Rocky Mountain High. It's a shame he and Frank Zappa are gone.

[@leddygee1896]

Amen brother, Amen...

[@anywaythewindblows8912]

It’s probably because his music was much softer and cleaner and he looks clean cut

[@Goabnb94]

I push them to find any musician who is in favor of censorship. Even if they write clean lyrics, they don't want to be told what they aren't allowed to write, and all it takes is one person to twist the lyrics into being offensive for a witch hunt to start. Pretty much every musician will have experienced that in some form, so no, they aren't going to find any support from musicians and song-writers. Even the likes of Bach, who didn't have lyrics to his music, was told that he can't play that because of tritones or because the image is that of something offensive.

[@dumpygoodness4086]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qobShJ6wed2Lqbs

[@thegrindcoreenthusiast7293]

@@dumpygoodness4086, Wtf

[@saintsgaming1510]

As my Dad has always and still says: “Let music be heard the way it was meant to be heard”

[@snowqueen_8958]

Exactly!

[@davidnissim589]

Fun fact: "I Cum Blood" by Cannibal Corpse is not labeled as explicit on Spotify.

[@enigmaticbeing666]

ha lol

[@lordmaddrox]

Their just raiseing awareness of a serious medical condition

[@onerandombruh]

@@lordmaddrox this. Really, shoot blood out of your PP is not healthy nor funny.

[@bisexualsatanictrainwreck]

Lol

[@MuzikBike]

Asked my friend over in NK about censorship, he said he couldn't complain.

[@dumpygoodness4086]

brilliant comment. now watch what the USSA does to speech: I did SIX DAYS in jail for...playing UKE!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZfRo4qhg5KhprM Next, Look up "Comics Code Authority"! The govt was going to OUTLAW Spider-Man and all Super-heroes UNLESS they stopped criticizing police and govt!!! (NAZISM 101!)

[@brendanmccabe8373]

Dumpy Goodness the CIA burned more books then the nazis

[@TomTobin67]

I've been practicing social distancing since 1979.

[@beegood6700]

I've been practicing it for about 2000 years now. I keep re-encarnating as a snob.

[@candacecasey5634]

me since 1980 but I was not born yet in 1979👆🤣

[@jamesmoss3424]

Censorship sucks.

[@michael-johnbrown2881]

So Marilyn manson gets in trouble for ripping up the book of Mormon how stupid are people its not like it was the bible Mormonism is a cult if anything i would have gave Marilyn manson a fucking medal for that

[@AssMonkeyGaming]

@@michael-johnbrown2881 I would be fine if he ripped up the bible

[@RickReasonnz]

@@michael-johnbrown2881 WTF does it matter if it wasn't the bible? An object equally ripe for ridicule; all things can be made fun of or none are.

[@michael-johnbrown2881]

Does not matter at all just making a point people have hissy fits over nothing big deal if he ripped the book of Mormon hell i would have set it on fire all i am saying is censorship is bullshit thats all

[@violetviolence79]

does which I find very disappointing when musicians who had to fought against censorship, now are the Karen's of the world, and those no longer have love or passion for the art anymore, I think are testaments of real.selllouts and are pieces of shit for thinking censoringis others is progress.

[@rhettdavison]

The movie “Purple Rain” was R-Rated... why would they not think the album was just as restricted? 🤔

[@superawesomecaillougod6664]

Possibly because the movie hadn’t came out yet?

[@jaxonreppond8621]

Snyder has special respect from me. Walking into the court room in his full 80s getup and outclassed everyone. It was beautiful.

[@chestbuster1987]

The parental advisory sticker was considered a mark of quality in my circles..

[@dumpygoodness4086]

EXACTLY! Fun Fact! I used to be in a group called CHINK FLOYD in NYC ("World's WORST Pink Floyd Cover Band!") (we did NO PF covers, ha ha) --- our tall asian frontman with long hair came up with the name --- and we always joked that ASIANS loved the band name...... and only WHite "Liberals" thought it was offensive (!)....so we were going to do a video where there's protests outside our concerts ("THE C-WORD IS OFFENSIVE!" and "C-FLOYD ARE RACISTS!" etc)....but ALL the protesters are... WHITE ppl (!!!).....and then.... across the street is a counterprotest of asians... with signs that say stuff like "YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR US, WHITE IMPERIALISTS!!" etc, ha ha) But we broke up before we made it.

[@gummypotatoes2887]

My ding-a-ling My ding-a-ling I want you to play with *My Guitar*

[@PureWhiteWolf]

Color me disappointed, I was hoping to get to play with your ding-a-ling.

[@davidwhippen5740]

You ever see the video of him pissing on that poor hooker? And farting in her mouth?

[@fox-jake8784]

I still like to buy CDs, Graham. I rather own a physical copy rather than download something that would likely get lost in the cloud.

[@georgericketts4611]

Fox-Jake same here. Sometimes I’ll settle for a digital copy of an album if it’s extremely cheap to buy digitally or if physical copies are too expensive and/or hard to find, but even so, nothing can beat the feeling of having a physical album in my hands; there’s just something to it that makes it special, you know?

[@deandudgeon3198]

Viva la vinyl!

[@dumpygoodness4086]

Just last week i got a $5 CD..... ....And Justice For All at Wal-mart! Oh wait. I shoplifted it. Well... the week before, they had Zeppelin 1 in the $5 bin (!!)....so I bought it. Oh wait. Yeah. I shoplifted it. Then, I found out it was $10! JACKPOT!!!

[@tylermoyer2135]

Well I mean you can literly just download them onto any account you own or on your phone, computer, etc. Hell if you really want to you can burn the music onto a disk.

[@markonurmi5479]

...its relaxing to come home, turn on amplifier and select a cd AMD put it on...listeming the whole album without commercials, clicking etc...just turn up the volume and let those cerwin vegas breathe!... ...I buy cd's...

[@somberlainnn9883]

Am I the only one who never had any issues with censorship? I can remember going into hmv at the age of 11 and buying cannibal corpse, dying fetus and cattle decapitation cds with the money that I got for my birthday and I didn't get the albums taken off of me. The parental advisery sticker is completely useless and doesn't stop children from buying those albums.

[@autohmae]

Well, it's because the sticker is just a limited form of censorship, it's only advisory. But many see would see it as the first step to worse. And also just hypocritical.

[@oz1330]

I went to HMV try to get an album with Parental Adisory sticker with my mom when I was 15. The clerk there asked my mom twice if she was cool with it, and my mom said she did lol

[@nemesiszer0708]

@@oz1330 sounds like a cool mom

[@arkanstigers6007]

It’s advise that is there is no age limit to buy CDs unlike DVDs but I have a Marilyn Manson CD that has has the 18 logo on it because it comes with a DVD now and it has the sticker now if 16 year old me went to buy that I’d be refused

[@dumpygoodness4086]

IN FACT IT MAKES US WANT TO BUY IT MORE. FORBIDDEN FRUIT just proves these fake moralists are legally insane.

[@barrystrickland174]

John Denver. Opposed censorship AND recorded an album with the Muppets. Legend.

[@Rammstein45]

Imagine if the PMRC saw Rammstein and Lindemann's new stuff! :D

[@waltuh11121]

Bück Dich Mann gegen Mann Pu55y Yeah! Let's gooo!

[@bigrich6075]

Or Cannibal corpse.

[@jdubois412]

The irony of the parental advisory sticker is that it only made the album more intriguing to kids.

[@johnchedsey1306]

I remember being 17 and buying a Motorhead album at some record store (my parents happened to be there and honestly, they didn't make a fuss over what I listened to, as long as it was out of earshot). The clerk saw the warning sticker and asked to see my ID. I turned to my mom (and mind you, I was already well over six feet tall and clearly not a child) asked, "Mommy, can I have permission to buy this tape?" The clerk shut up and took my money. Let's not forget that the PMRC wanted to slap a sticker on Frank Zappa's Jazz From Hell album for explicit lyrics. Spoiler: it was an instrumental album.

[@crazyjoedavola5430]

Religious organizations were leading the charge also in the 80's....I had to sneak around when I was around 10-12 years old because everything I liked was either 'explicit' or 'satanic'. It was a rough time for music...

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

Hair Metal is probably the most child-friendly Metal genre out there

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

@Legend Plasma Nah. Hair Metal is rated G Prog Metal is rated PG Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, and Stoner Metal are rated PG-13 Thrash Metal and Death Metal are rated R Black Metal is rated X

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

@Legend Plasma don't think I don't know that

[@CobaltLancer]

We all know that death metal is the perfect song for preschool kids 🤣

[@gman0047]

The Colorization Channel I prefer to call it pussy metal take that whatever way you will

[@srbrant5391]

As Limo Zeen can attest.

[@CobaltLancer]

I feel you. Censorship is the reason my parents won’t even let me listen to metal 😭 What’s ridiculous is that they somehow obsess over the modern mainstream crap and despise metal 😑 Censorship ruins everything. Censorship *_MUST_* burn🔥🔥🔥☠️☠️☠️💥💥💥

[@gman0047]

KoreoBace yes screw censorship and just listen to it on KZbin clear your history and cover it up with a crapload of mainstream shit

[@mylifeisalie6781]

@@gman0047 nah just pirate it so there is no digital footprint

[@turbkey1380]

BURN IN HELL CENSORSHIPPPPP

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

Dude, you're a kid in the digital age; there's exactly jack shit your parents can prevent you from listening to, if you want it bad enough.

[@Dichonuts]

Oh hey there 😅

[@thevisionary2007]

Yeah, Tipper was such a good girl, sweet and innocent. Yeah, except during her college years when she was a drummer in an all girl rock band called "The Wildcats", making her own porn rock in the early 70s. TBH, I can't remember my source for that.

[@dumpygoodness4086]

"HYPOCRISY IS THE ONLY RELIGION ON EARTH" - Mark Twain

[@solitaryman7485]

What does a censorship sticker say to a teenage boy? BUY ME!!! When you saw one of those, you automatically had to find out why. It just goes to show the true disconnect these people had with their own kids. Also, Al Gore was a huge Zappa fan and went fanboy in front of his wife. It was great!

[@candacecasey5634]

😂🤣👆

[@candacecasey5634]

Now I get it this was not about her kids. It was her husband🤣

[@battleprophet]

Gengis khan seeing a woman: 6:16

[@corinnae.7877]

I fucking can't, that's great.😂

[@harryt2284]

Lmfaoo

[@Randomguy-fg3oh]

I expected it the internet has broken me

[@eily_b]

I love the following someone wrote in the comments of the hearing of Dee Snider over here on yt... "Family values scorecard: Dee Snider and his wife Suzette - still married and produced responsible kids. Al and Tipper Gore - now split up and son abuses drugs." 😁

[@mafistowaltz4857]

DAMN

[@willhoss7396]

I like how the PMRC was founded by 4 Karens

[@sinasatt5506]

the difference between music's parental advisory sticker and movie ratings is that when you see a movie rating of +18 you don't care but when you see parental advisory you're more likely not to buy it. It's like pretty normal to have R rated movies but parental advisory makes people less interested in your music

[@DaRoyaleWCheese]

my ding-a-ling is a bell.. he says it right off.. “my grandmother bought me a cute little toy. silver bells tied to a string” 😅

[@michaelcrowley5680]

Wish he had listened to the whole song. It's that last verse that has the naughty innuendo. For those of you who refuse to sing, you must be playin' with your own ding a ling.

[@farmonious420]

Thank you for the vid. And thank you to all the artists, especially Ice T, and Frank Zappa who taught us what censorship really means. And thanks to Tipper for ensuring that all kids know exactly what they want to listen to.

[@TheSuburban15]

"Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break." - censored "I lost my job, and you got hooked on oxycodone." - not censored I'm not saying that either song _should_ be censored, I'm just saying that I don't understand the rules or logic behind the censorship.

[@danohstoolbox]

They were going to use semi charmed kind of life in a goofy movie i seen commercials for it then they realized what the song was about

[@rickc2102]

Oxy makes the corporations rich. Rule number 1 is make the corporations rich.

[@martin-Sabbe]

That's your first mistake looking for some logic

[@butwhytho8664]

That Chuck Barry rant got me dying of laughter😂

[@mightbeellie4552]

Are any of us gonna bring up he hasnt heard toxicity

[@nickney1108]

He definitely has by now lol he’s probably joking

[@sunshinesweetlove..8066]

It's a joke. Sarcasm

[@dumpygoodness4086]

@@sunshinesweetlove..8066 No, it's TRUE. (I know gruhammed.) POOR KID!! He was neglected. I often pray for him that he will someday hear Toxicity!

[@davidnissim589]

PMRC was literally just a bunch of Karen’s.

[@montanabrunstad2247]

PMRC: tries to censor also PMRC: doesn't mention Misfits, sex pistols, or black flag.

[@enigmaticbeing666]

or slayer or exodus

[@tanneredge9774]

Yet you want to silence Skrewdriver just because of their beliefs. Nazi or not, it’s freedom of speech and their music is catchy.

[@andrewlacerenza667]

"Treating dandruff with decapitation" I love Frank zappa

[@alexanderstilianov]

The thought of Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory blasting metal from their castles is what gives me strength in life.

[@NightmareKnight7]

Pretty good (albeit brief) history lesson! Two little cents of my own to throw in: 1. People do still buy CDs. I have thousands and still continue to buy them. 2. Many artists, particularly in rap, see that Parental Advisory sticker as a status symbol. Even though it's meant to deter people from buying those albums, many people sought out those albums BECAUSE they had that sticker on them. The irony is that sticker helped sell many albums, even outside of rap.

[@anannon8384]

When someone gives their kid media without screening it first, I hope that their kid gets a lot of media intake, because the kids won't grow up well informed by their parents.

[@upsidedown4155]

To censor music you need to censor virtually all history, As what does history show us, mass murder, torture, massacres, wars to steal from other countries etc If the music is damaging what does history do to our "innocence" , because we dont learn from it other wise this world would be a utopia Music is not forced upon you, you can choose to turn it off or not buy it They dont censor wartime songs which depict hate against other races, if anything they encourage it so they should but out as its hypocritical, I think bluntness in art is vital, they dont cover up Michelangelo david's nob even tho it can be deemed as sexually explicit, Could be part of the reason i like rammstein so much as the lyrics are extreamly blunt and to the point, We are told to be ourselves and be proud of our uniqueness as individuals, Then get told that its not correct, DEAR MOTHER DEAR FATHER EVERY THOUGHT I'D THINK YOU'D DISAPPROVE CURATOR DICTATOR ALWAYS CENSORING MY EVERY MOVE CHILDREN ARE SEEN BUT ARE NOT HEARD TEAR OUT EVERYTHING INSPIRED

[@upsidedown4155]

@alyssa sands thanks, in high school, or rather when i was bunking off school i listened to ajfa constantly, was annoying my tape (talking 1996 ish) was a 90 minute so heard the beginning to frayed ends of sanity twice as much as everything else lol

[@candacecasey5634]

They have been censoring history though. 🤷‍♀️

[@nathanielhammett811]

The uncensored covers of open up and say ahh and shout at the devil are my favorite album covers

[@awaken9987]

Harder, Faster by W.A.S.P in my opinion was one of the greatest "fuck you" to the PMRC

[@hyperspacejester7377]

Lets censor censorship!

[@dumpygoodness4086]

exactly! I LOVED it when govt or the church would say "LET'S OUTLAW WHAT OFFENDS US!" and I'd say "YES!!! YES!!! AND YOUR WORDS JUST OFFENDED ME!! YES!! LET'S JAIL THOSE WHO OFFEND US!!!"

[@SeatLeonMK2]

ahababahahhahhah

[@bobby45825]

We'd just creature the censorship paradox and all die in a black hole.

[@therealhardrock]

@@dumpygoodness4086 Very few people on either side have the moral principle to defend free speech when it's speech they don't like.

[@dumpygoodness4086]

@@therealhardrock I would mostly agree with that, save for ONE big caveat: as a RULE, liberals have NO MOTIVE to censor their opponents, b/c conservatism is ANTI-logic ANTI-thinking so.....say...if you want to DESTROY RELIGION.....you'd want everyone to HEAR the insane words of your opponent, see? You'd want to do the OPPOSITE of censor, if your opponent is a lying liar. (Now, most "liberals" are phonies, so that confuses it even more.) (Hypocrisy 101.)

[@foist101]

"You get some seed! Your get some seed! You get some seed!" Thanks for that image Graham lol.

[@Jezballz]

Yes I was so pissed when Weezer's Hash Pipe was changed to "Half" Pipe on certain radio stations:-)

[@markadams8041]

I was married once, my father in law during his college years actually petitioned against the song,"Come on to My House," by Eartha Kitt, trying to get the song banned from his school. My own mom has told me that she personally thought that Elvis was "gross" when he first got famous.

[@shiftyfitter]

KZbin censored your video on the dangers of opioids. KZbin recommended to me a video detailing how to make opium from poppies at home.

[@DawgyJones]

I still buy CDs. Something about having the physical album and lyric books sometimes with cool art. Old school I guess

[@ms.gamerladyharlow6871]

So do I

[@cheeseisjar3058]

Me too, it’s more authentic to have the album on cd and I like the lyric books also.

[@fromthehaven94]

Target and Barnes and Noble stores sell LPs now. The way things used to be (but be prepared for sticker shock).

[@jimsoutdooradventures2748]

I was a rebellious teen in the 80s-90s and the parental advisory lable only made me want the albums more. Perfect example, I've always been a mtalhead but the controversy over two live crew getting that label only made me curious enough to buy the album and I typically didn't listen to rap. so in my case the label didn't stop me from buying, it did the opposite,I wanted it more!!!

[@klonidier]

The Parental Advisory sticker was the single best piece of marketing that happened to rock.

[@coreycollins6703]

Alex Webster also said in reference to Bob doyle's comments "thank you for the free advertisement"

[@hinjurock]

I was a teenage metalhead during the 80's, so I remember all this craziness well.

[@alicev4590]

It's funny how they wanted to "protect" their kids, but they never let them be themselves and ignored their mental health.

[@scottishbananaclan]

Dude. Sabaton has Parental advisory. Censorship is everywhere.

[@scorchedearthvideos4440]

Damn, I cant believe they took down your video on opioid addiction. That really hit home with me. Glad I got to see it though.

[@egpmh2891]

There are an unheard number of awesome albums/bands/artists on Spotify uncensored, I have stumbled upon a bunch of my fav bands on there and also tons of my favs from before too; including all of SOAD.

[@christopherrowe7860]

music and video games the two best scapegoats for politicians

[@maxnawas8405]

The way I look at it, if I see a parental advisory sticker, I usually go “Ooooh, then this should be good”.

[@mztweety1374]

Same.

[@boogalooswashere7889]

Man, I was 10 when I first heard Toxicity. Wow!

[@wilburwhateley4626]

Tipper clearly wasn't looking too hard, I mean, The Exploited weren't being all that subtle with their song called Sex and Violence. How did that not make the list?

[@jeroenrl1438]

The Aristocrats brag at every show they got a PMRC sticker for their instrumental first album, because of the title "Blues Fuckers". So yeah, it's definitely a badge of honour!

[@GothdaddyEG]

Yes the parental advisory is a mark of honor.

[@hessianmusicdealer]

I really wonder, why "Whole lotta love" wasn't on the filthy 15 ("I wanna give you every inch of my love...")😂

[@davidnissim589]

I love that Dee wore his makeup and concert outfit to the hearing, almost as if he knew he was going to win that argument.

[@odinoczka]

"People don't buy CDs anymore" *looks at his collection of CDs acquired over the span of less than 6 years* Are you sure about that? _disclaimer: yes, I know, in the grande scheme of things people do not CDs, but it always irks me when these kinds of sentences are said - I love buying CDs, I would hate to see them go._

[@shanleecaulfield7064]

Schwalbe Same here.I love the experience of going and buying cds and holding them in my hand. I’ll always buy cds as long as they come out. It gives me joy. 🙂

[@worldismyashtray]

Amen. My ever-growing CD collection is my only ‘prized possession.’ I don’t otherwise collect. At 37 years old, I’ve never been more attached to a physical form of music.

[@Paul07791]

Same! I'm buying more CDs than ever, along with some records and even tapes ...tapes are often not working though, don't bother.

[@r1ddle0frevenge]

Me too! I only have 24 but I’ve only been collecting for a year and a half and i’m a broke 15 year old

[@howdytherestranger2139]

Ditto! Got into it this year bc I realized how great it is to hold the music I love in my hands and I’m slowly growing my collection :)

[@extremelycreativeusername3190]

Censorship is stupid

[@sidthejovian5105]

Very, very stupid. A music is a music as long as you don't simulate to it too much

[@cynicaltigeruk4546]

Teens want to rebel, by slapping a parental sticker on a product makes teens want it more. I was a teen of the 90's and i wouldn't buy any album unless it had the sticker.

[@pinchaspreil3872]

This is probably the most entertaining loudwire video/serious I've ever seen

[@joefelice5062]

“True Romance” had “loveless sex” in it? The two main characters were more in love than anyone in any movie, they also got married, had a child, and lived happily ever after. Dole, you silly goofball.

[@ashersolomon9560]

I remember my grandma bought me an album (I forget which) and it had a PA sticker. When she looked at all the other CDs they all had one so she said it didn’t matter just pick the one you want. That sticker lost validity when they slapped it on anything and everything on the CD shelves.

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

Frank Zappa Legend! FZ music and words are still relevant 2020.

[@drakawinkle584]

CENSORSHIP: an assassination of an IDEA!

[@justinslogar5770]

Tipper Gore is such a garbage name. I'd be pissed too if my parents named me tipper

[@codystrader7594]

Her name is actually Mary.

[@justinslogar5770]

Cody Strader damn that’s a good name why the hell would she call herself tipper lmao

[@SirBilliam96]

Why are y'all not making every video like this?? This is the funniest and best video I have ever seen from this channel! Please make more in this same style!!!

[@Eva-cy6kc]

Honestly, I'm surprised Let It Go by Def Leppard wasn't on that list. It was a single and was probably just as "suggestive" as High N Dry (Saturday Night).

[@eatshitgoogle]

How could Tipper Gore ever get a platform to speak its mind when it looks so terminally dumb? I mean, the thing just exudes the "a danger to itself and others" vibe.

[@deminybs]

Parental advisory stickers were created because parents are too lazy to check mucic before giving it to their kids, and hell.... these days there is no stopping the music choices by kids. They'll just download it /get from a friend etc. also wow something from loudwire that didn't put me to sleep also also I like the small Epica part you threw in there around 6:05ish

[@sophiewoodman6301]

Seeing a parental advisory sticker just made me want to buy it even more haha!

[@JVenger]

All the sticker did was make albums with them more desirable. 😂😂

[@ktulhu2010]

This might be Graham's best video yet!

[@ahi1622]

Gruhamed has been quarantined for our safety.

[@autohmae]

But not censored ! :-)

[@1972LittleC]

And what is the real problem? Parents who won't nurture and educate their children, and try to blame everybody but themselves.

[@lowenbad]

The chuck berry part needs to be its own video. 🤣🤣😵

[@afsoc4629]

Left off the Tipper-inspired list are Warrant’s hidden track Ode to Tipper Gore, and the immaculate Startin’ Up A Posse by Anthrax.

[@mbgrafix]

*Graham* ( _@grahamwire_ ), At *13:47* you spoke with *great profundity* in saying that... " *...Cannibal Corpse* ( _and therefore logically, by extension, all similar artists_ ) are a *_symptom_* of humanity's sicknesses, not *_the cause_* of it". Indeed, all art, including music, is a mirror which reflects whatever stands before it. And people's natural reaction when seeing their own reflection is to fix the imperfections that they see... from actions as benign as combing their hair, all the way to heavily layering on makeup in order to deceive others...and even themselves in a vain attempt to gain the affections and approval of others. At its best, we call this _having a neat appearance._ At its worst, we call it *_being a poser!_* *_Either way, we all recognize the imperfections we have..._* and it is the outward ones that are the easiest to deal with...the inward ones however...they are the ones that cause people to do desperate things, such as *drugs and alcohol, violence, self mutilation...and even suicide.* We inwardly recognize that we are *"sick"* ...but *_rarely_* do we acknowledge this outwardly. For by our *conscience* ( *_with knowledge_* ) we _instinctively_ recognize an objective moral standard, but fear being accountable for our actions...or even acknowledging that there is an _objective morality_ for measuring our accountability. Instead, we continue day by day with our _charade_ and fight tooth and nail to hang on to our mirror, and our methods for *masking the ugliness within,* rather than acknowledging the terrifying prospect that *_we do not possess within ourselves the ability to free ourselves._* So we comfort ourselves by embracing the lies and denying the truth. *_And this is what is boldly reflected in our art!_*

[@veggiesarefruits]

I LOVE how the Parental Advisory sticker became a selling point for kids like me! 😂😂😂 Talk about a massive backfire!

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

I literally laughed out loud at that news article calling Watain death metal.

[@GothdaddyEG]

Watain is Black Metal the magazines and mainstream don't know what Extreme Metal is for real.

[@jetpetty1613]

great video...very timely

[@Knochenbrigade]

Boy, i still buy CDs! Even tapes and vinyl...

[@basketballSZnaruto]

5:49 - 6:30 i came here to hear a presentation of the history of censorship... i left with a six pack because of how hard i laughed.

[@ashleydixon5050]

My 6 year old loves Jinjer, slipknot, and especially Tool. He asks questions and they are teachable moments. I let him cruse as long as he don’t do it to hurt someone. They are only words and enhance meanings.

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

At 6, he probably doesn't even get the messages behind most of the songs, (especially the Tool ones. heck, i'm 22 and I'm not sure even I get some of their stuff! lol), so it's not like he's in danger of having his worldview perverted or anything.

[@turbkey1380]

Your a good parent

[@ashleydixon5050]

TH3 F4LC0N luckily I’m 36 and grew up on Tool when it was still new. He has tons of questions. He even told me how the song vicarious is about the news. Obviously he don’t understand them all and all of them are really open for interpretation

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

@@ashleydixon5050 Wow, he really told you that about Vicarious? If I were you, I would be proud, cuz your kid is definitely pretty sharp. Seriously. I can only imagine when he's a little older and comes to you and says, "Mom, I'm pretty sure 4 Degrees is about anal sex." Now THAT'S gonna be a day to put in the old scrapbook, lemme tell ya! :P

[@grimmdixie7162]

If you allow your six year old to curse, you are, straight-up, TRASH.

[@DPR-GENX]

That advisory stickers didn't sensor anything, just a warning label that actually INCRASED sales for a lot of albums while allowing those who didn't want to hear offensive lyrics to avoid the material. What's worse is when they release raido edit versions that are censored without a label warning as much.

[@animal1439]

Didn't NWA have alot to do with the creation of the "parental advisory" sticker? I may have been misinformed but I always that the sticker was originally created for censoring primarily gangsta rap. Thanks for the informative video Loudwire, I'm loving this 50 Years in Metal series!

[@chrislair6832]

Far as hip-hop it was always 2 Live Crew that had the most to do with it

[@robbievengence]

This is the most entertained i’ve ever been by you