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censorship in music

ms that were deemed obscene. This came after a congressional hearing before the Senate commece, science and transportation committee. Frank Zappa a controversial musician attended the conference and called Tipper Gore who is co founder of the Parent's Music Resource Center a "Cultural Terrorist."(Winfield pg. 25) Record labeling made many angry and at the same time pacified others. It was seen as a step forward in attempting to control the one mass media aimed directly at teenagers. Musicians such as Axle Rose have spoken out against labeling claiming their right to express themselves musically no matter what the response. One artist, Luther Campbell, of the rap group 2 Live crew released a single titled "Banned in the USA" in response to the labeling (Winfield pg. 14).This labeling of albums is not the first attempt and success at censoring music. For 50 years radio stations have been censoring songs deemed inappropriate. In 1940 NBC banned 147 songs. The Supreme Court upheld the FCC's authority to regulate music in 1978 (Winfield pg. 14). The rock and roll community could only expect some sort of limited censorship. Initially the ban was only in effect from 6 am until midnight but in 1988 president Reagan made the ban all day. The FCC in an attempt to let radio stations know what types of songs were unacceptable sent a list of 22 drug related songs to radio stations. Three of these songs were Puff the magic dragon; I get by with a little help from my friends and Lucy in the sky with diamonds. These songs were put on the "do not play list" and lost broadcast privileges (Winfield pg. 14). To take matters one step further president Nixon tried to have John Lennon deported for his deviant behavior and anti-political messages in his songs. Lennon is not the only artist the government has had their eyes on. The FBI also has files on Elvis Presley and Jim Morisson (Winfield pg. 15). Federal authorities linked the music's political messages t...

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