A Blast from the Past: Sex, Violence and Rock & Roll

[NathanATX]

The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) was an American committee formed in 1985 by the wives of several congressmen. They included Tipper Gore (wife of Senator and later Vice President Al Gore); Susan Baker, wife of Treasury Secretary James Baker; and Nancy Thurmond, wife of Senator Strom Thurmond. Their mission was to educate parents about "alarming trends" in popular music. They claimed that rock music encouraged/glorified violence, drug use, suicide, criminal activity, etc. and sought the censorship and/or rating of music.

The PMRC promoted censorship of Rock music back in the '80s.

This video interview http://movies.crooksandliars.com/FrankZappa2.wmv with some of the PMRC cronies and Frank Zappa is phenomenally relevant to current conversations about sex, morality, the role of government in "the bedroom," etc.

The overwhelming sex negativity that the PMRC promotes is particularly interesting.

Plus... there's some great footage from a George Michael music video...

an aside...
Mr. Kinsely, the guy "on the left" in thick glasses, *really* enjoys reading the controversial lyrics. It's hilarious...