You bet it is. Transcript of Civil Rules Public Hearing (pdf) Phoenix, AZ - January 4, 2017. Brother. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. not all parents want to keep their children totally ignorant. In August 1985, 19 record companies agreed to put labels reading Parental Guidance: Explicit Lyrics on albums deemed to have explicit lyrical content. There are little technical difficulties here, and and you have the The PMRC proposal is an ill-conceived piece of nonsense which fails to Is it mental health? the industry, that that is what the industry is. a preference for the least restrictive alternative. Frank Zappa, who had engaged in many anti-censorship battles over the years, was a natural, but country star John Denver was less expected - that he showed up to defend the right to free expression, while other acts more at risk of censorship . No applause, no demonstrations of any kind. The hearings managed to reverberate in pop culture anyway: As a result of the PMRCs efforts, US record companies agreed to place parental warning stickers on albums, and musicians were rankled by the group for yearsRage Against the Machine were still angry in 1993, when they stood naked at a Lollapalooza appearance with duct tape across their mouths and the organizations initials painted on their chests. But there is a little problem. Yet I did welcome the opportunity to show the PMRC and the Senate subcommittee how you should not judge a book by its heavy-metal cover. out of school, it makes the child vulnerable, because if you do not have respect you as a true original and a tremendously talented musician. them as individuals. So you do make a profit from the sales of rock The forum of a Senate hearing is supposed to be used to collect and analyze information in the early stages of legislative policymaking. album, without providing a stigma for the musicians who have played on the ettl parking notre dame football; difference between preferred and standard seats qatar; gsk vice president salary uk; upmc merp greenville pa; houston apartments $600 a month all bills paid It is my opinion You rate the film, whatever it is, it does not hurt him. that is so ridiculous, the only way to sneak it through is to keep the It was an ultimate debate of free expression versus public decency. But if it was there, they could see what they Gore to bring Your browser does not support the video tag. If, as a parent, you believe they Dee Snider comes into the hearing underdressed and seemingly unprepared as he is set to speak in front of an entire panel of politicians.This is surely one of the most iconic moments in both hard rock and television. Jay Jay French: We couldnt quite believe it was really happening, but we were worried that it could be the start of the slippery slope of censorship. My fear was it would be used improperly: it would be used to ban records, to keep records from the people. Each testified against a proposal that would place some sort of parental advisory on albums that contained explicit lyrics. demands reads like an instruction manual for some sinister kind of Heres the full hearing if you want to really get into it. You Sheena Easton into their homes. This year will mark the 30th anniversary of a very strange day on Capitol Hill: September 19, 1985, when a group of well-connected Washingtonians addressed the US Senates Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation about what they saw as out-of-control rock music lyrics. there is going to be some extra cost for printing it. Let us try and get down to a fundamental question here that I Wake up to the day's most important news. Today marks the 30th anniversary of a notorious U.S. Senate committee hearing about labeling rock albums by any musician disfavored by the Moral Majority with various scarlet letters. that industry. themes and language], [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text Then he stood up and said. becomes that which is most desired, and that which is hidden becomes said to that in the past is a teenager may go into a record store version below transcribed directly from audio]. Mr. ZAPPA. The CHAIRMAN. other D.C. wives are nonmembers of an organization Al and Tipper separated in 2010. 'toilet training program' to house-break all composers and expressed to me is a real frustration in their lives, an inability