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Thread started 09/09/03 6:00am

phinehas

Prince Mention on E! online about Parental yadda yadda

Mentioned in an article about Twisted Sister oddly enough.
Kinda old news but anyway.
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"In 1984, Gore, wife of then-Senator Al Gore, formed the Parents Music Resource Center along with several other high-profile Washington wives. Their mission: To warn mothers and fathers about the crap Junior was listening to on his Walkman. (We paraphrase.)

The bipartisan group took aim at the so-called "Filthy 15," 15 songs reputedly so vile that the parental-advisory labels were called for in order to warn potential buyers of their reputed vileness. Among the offending tracks: Judas Priest's self-explanatory "Eat Me Alive," Sheena Easton's vagina monologue "Sugar Walls" (penned by Prince, purveyor of Filthy 15er "Darling Nikki") and Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It." (Apparently, the band's video, in which a put-upon kid turns into the war-paint-wearing, lion-maned Dee Snider bent on parental payback, didn't go over well in the Gore household.)

The PMRC eventually became a relic of the 1980s, but not before prompting a U.S. Senate hearing, at which Snider (Twisted Sister) testified, and seeing the record industry agree to self-policed stickering."

source http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,12453,00.html
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Reply #1 posted 09/10/03 8:57am

Gold319

It makes u wonder what the Gores would think of Prince now, with his cleaned up lyrics, stripped down stage act devoid of any direct sexual antics and theatrics and his preaching about putting God first in our lives and advocating family values!!! lol lol lol lol

Yet they are fine ones 2 talk!! They were renowned for being fans of the Gratefull Dead, who were total pot-heads and their lyrics were totally drug inspired!! lol lol lol
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Reply #2 posted 09/10/03 11:03am

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At least Prince is charting somewhere
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Reply #3 posted 09/10/03 11:20am

cloud9mission

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lol
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Reply #4 posted 09/10/03 11:21am

cloud9mission

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cool
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Reply #5 posted 09/10/03 11:22am

cloud9mission

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oops browser acting up again, sorry
[This message was edited Wed Sep 10 4:23:39 PDT 2003 by cloud9mission]
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Reply #6 posted 09/10/03 11:56am

doomboogie

Both the PMRC and Prince are relics of the 80s.
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Reply #7 posted 09/10/03 2:46pm

Tom

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If I wanted monotonous, clean, chrisitian, mindless, family-friendly garbage, I'd go watch the 700 club. Prince's music used to be an escape from that.
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