Heavy metal and Satan played a role in the introduction of the explicit lyrics sticker.
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The explicit lyrics sticker is one of the most recognizable images in American music. Its placement on an album cover signifies you’re going to hear something for adult ears only, and it’s an image we often take for granted. The story behind how we got that sticker is bonkers, to say the least.
The very public discussion around the advisory label involved the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), a group led by the wives of Washington politicians and a few musicians including Frank Zappa, Dee Snider, and John Denver.
While the PMRC’s involvement was allegedly sparked by some raunchy lyrics from Prince’s 1984 album Purple Rain, the debate over rock lyrics had been infiltrating American culture and politics for a decade. The driving force behind that debate was the rise of heavy metal, a genre that saw explosive popularity with the launch of MTV in 1981, and the growing influence of the religious right, who saw rock music as a powerful threat to Christianity.
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Absolute terrific work!
Well that's great but when are you going to do an episode that actually showcases metal music?
GREAT DOC! I'm old enough to recall *all* this BS · in that it was a transparent substitute for active & thoughtful parenting.
@@CJCCBoi America's gun stuff aside (I'm Canadian & after 17 yrs in NY, I'm back to igloo·ville😜), one of my HS friends was fatally shot (we were all about 14·17 (I'm 45 now); & at least four close friends that I recall (unfortunately, quite a few of our friends died young💔) who killed themselves with their parents' guns. Just saying · not an argument. XO🇨🇦☮️
How could i go about making portuguese subs for this?
"I bought the Purple Rain album for our eleven year old." ..Sounds like a personal problem.
Yeah but its too difficult to accept responsibility, so they turn to the law.
Oblivious mom: I bought my 6 yo kid GTA. I didnt know it was so violent. Its their fault. Diffent time same people
"Heavy metal music is destroying our youth!! Here little timmy, listen to this megadeth album."
@@KikomochiMendoza - People even tried to get GTA banned after the MA label was put on it and the packaging said that there was violence, sexuality, etc.
She failed as a parent, but wanted to punish others to pay the price for it.
Isn't it funny how this Parental Advisory sticker is a graphic design aesthetic now?
Yeah lol. It's like a badge.
Parental Advisory label was designed by Luke Skyywalker of the rap band 2 Live Crew and put on their record 'Banned in the USA'
@@scottkerr11actually, the label was introduced by the RIAA, however, 2 Live Crew did use the label first out of any artist. What I find hilarious, is that Frank Zappa (one of the artists in the PMRC hearings, released an album shortly after the hearings, and slapped the label on it. But the album was strictly instrumental, no lyrics at all! Just another way that demonstrates Zappa was a genius.
PMRC had good designers indeed.
I was thinking the exact same thing
Domestic violence and child molestation was a HUGE portion of those teen suicides. It's so much easier to scapegoat music than have a surviving parent admit what they were doing to their children.
One message:Put more money into a pair of high quality headphones and ignore what people say
Yeah they played the moral high ground and blame "satanic music" than admit they were the real evil
Just like conspiracy theorists today. Theyd rather believe its an evil govt or hollywood sponsored cabal trying to damage their children instead of looking in the mirror. How is voting for people who continue to defund healthcare, education, social workers, and cps going to save the children?
When I was kid in the 90's, the sticker meant "This album is probably good".
Exactly! There was even discussion amongst indie labels here in Australia to see if it should be added to certain local content as the "tick of approval" for a decent album.
I listen to this music on the internet and normally when I don’t get my anger out with it because of difficulties in my life I become more violent
Yup! Anyone born in the 1970s and 1980s can totally relate to this! 🤣🤣🤣
Ikr! Right now, the Parental Advisory sticker meant the same thing for me Good albums, come with a parental advisory sticker
Imagine being so good at playing music that you get accused of having made a supernatural deal with an otherworldly deity.
Mr. X the biggest flex tbh
Paganini and Liszt pretty much
Unintentional complement?
Like a rainbow in the dark.
Imagine actually doing it and making fun of the people who found out 😉
"Some of them are even... *looks around* ....homosexual's" *GASP*
Oh no!!!! Hide your kids!
GASP homosexuals?! TERRIFYING!!!!
WHY is there an apostrophe???
@Dario Spirit Ok, boomer
@Dario Spirit ok boomer
Its funny how parents are so quick to blame everyone and everything, besides themselves
because parents can’t talk blame for them doing wrong. no parents wants too admit that they’re a bad parent in anyway. or have had a bad parenting moment.
hmm sounds like they lack personal responsibility and acountability
@@tone618 welp welcome to America
@@tone618 They're probably afraid that if they tried, the kids themselves might respond, "YOU'RE BEING MEAN!!"
Honestly, isn’t it kind of weird that so many peoples parents are similar?
There was also the Emo panic, fearing that their teen children that have been listening to punk rock and have been getting their children to be "More emotional" So When My Chemical Romance was receiving backlash and hate because of their music, irrational fears from parents, and outright hatred from those who simply didn't understand punk rock, you know what their response was? Look up the lyrics to "Thank You For The Venom"
Now is the Conservative panic
1985:Parents want rock music gone 2019:Parents want it back
Coz, those parents are the kids who listen back in 85
You gotta go back further than 2019
@My name is Grace VanderWall My dad, born in 1980, was and still is a Metallica fan. Even I became one
rev up those fryers Rock might be dying but Metal is still going pretty strong
Intelligent
“I bought purple rain for my 9 year old” and that’s prince’s fault how???
lol exactly, she should've just done her research, could've just asked the person selling it who Prince is....
@@viper0111 bro they should've just googled it
@@enbymina Google wasn't a thing until 1998 (year it was founded) 😂
It’s his fault for not saying it’s for adults even tough it was used in an R Rated movie and the lyrics where printed on the back.
One of the Karen ancestors
Imagine how angry they would be if they saw the music video for Montero (Call Me By Your Name).
Rammstein.
bet they make music illegal lol
bruh they'd probably be hopelessly crying that the devil took over the us or something
Blaming Metal for violence is like blaming Jazz music for heroine addiction.
Or guns for homocides
Rap causes violence literally getting killed for making music
@@davidlopez-ji4ki Rap isn‘t music🤣
@@NilsWeber-mb5hg on his way to post the dumbest take in response to every comment
@@NilsWeber-mb5hg it is very much music! You may not like it but that doesn’t change the fact it is music.
I feel like this is the equivalent of the parents that got mad because they took their kids to see Deadpool.
Or parents who took their kids to see Sausage Party.
Nahnah the joker , deadpool is not as bad
FILIP76UK Nah, Deadpool is a hard R for sure.
TooCooFoYou the point is the joker is worse than deadpool
FILIP76UK *thats debatable*
im a metalhead and i STILL cry every time i accidentally step on my dog’s paw ?? what makes them think i’d want to rob a bank with music ??
fereil called me out ngl
fereil It makes me want to rob a bank and hurt people. No joke.
@@alexbohatch3503 go to therapy
Marche Royale Sounds like a you problem
quality tumblr post
3:23 how tf is "were not gonna take it" an extremely wxplicit song, its one of the most clean metal songs ever
Like yeah it's literally about doing your own thing like in the music video protesting against parents who don't support there children
That's what I said lol
Because of the music video's cartoon "violence"
@@filipgolonka3758 the three stooges was more violent bruh😭😭
I love that glam rock is evil. It's just so funny.
Gary Glitter: oh that's a good one right that down write that down!
Most metal heads will call it Hairspray metal, and ridicule them
Kids: are happy Parents: Wait, that’s illegal
Especially religious ones.
schools: i can fix that
Do you mean ‘Asian Parents’?
Papong Day PARENTS ARE PARENTS AT THE END OF THE DAY
@@JjesperP and hispanic, they both use the weapon called, stick or slipper
Leave it to a bunch of Karens to ruin the fun
So many dumb religious people.
“Tippy gore”. Her last name should be censored
A bunch of Karens lol
Beelsaybubby she’s just unlucky
@@jackyzhu9761 that's just unfair to the sane religious people. don't align people like me with these karens 😂
So glad my parents allowed me to discover my own music taste, thanks to my buddy for showing how rock from the 70s and 80s could help me get back on track
When you hate rock music but your last name is Gore XD
see on KZhead at METAL TEENS react to pink floyd
Do these people who see teenagers jumping and screaming during concerts have never been to a concert? What are you supposed to do at a concert then? Sit in silence?
That's their mentality. And it is to my dismay that there is a substantial portion of today's youth that have this weird undue nostalgia for the 1950s. These are the kids who line up to fill auditoriums and see Ben Shapiro or Jordan Peterson. This is why people are so divided and hyper polarized, people no longer gather for the mutual enjoyment of rocking out at a concert. They instead prefer to watch bigoted nerds revise history and misinterpret events in order to inculcate them into Conservative politics. I prescribe a return of the underground rave and for the music industry to return to where Grunge left off, or De La Soul, depending on your musical preference. .
@@donkeyshow8543 aren't liberals the same way? I don't know anything about liberals so, can you explain? Also, yes. You are correct. I learned in speech class that polarization is a very dangerous thing because it can lead to violence. There is nothing wrong with seeing different perspectives, but to see different perspectives and then to accuse someone of not seeing your perspective is crazy.
....... i mean..... that's what you do in classical concerts......
Yes... And praise jesus lol
@@donkeyshow8543 Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson are not even relevant... Just because you don't agree with them doesn't mean they're grumpy old people. You're just too naive and instead of thinking about what they say you dismiss it. Like how racist cops dismiss reasoning.
kid: happy, screaming, crying, dancing parents: look at him.. possessed smh
I kinda have to agree with the parents. A kid who is happy, and screams while crying and dancing at the same time is not normal since many of these acts possess emotions that do not correlate with one another.
@@murdochakgae2459 they're kids, their suppose to be loose. And with a big imagination, who knows what they're thinking.
@@onlyonSiMPLE r/woooosh Although i kinda agree with your statement
And then they're acting the exact same way in church because... god??? 😂
JustSimple A.H LMFAO
“I bought the Purple Rain album for my 11 year old” Hold on, I- really? She blamed prince for an album she purchased for her child without even looking at the subject matter. Logic is lost on tipper gore I see.
"Any parent has the right to decide what their children are going to see." Probably when a child is 4-13, but after that a child is going to see who he really is
As long as you ain't old enough to legally drink a beer your parents should decide wether you listen to songs that praise drugs, promiscuity and ritaul killings
"I bought an explicit rock album for my 11 year old daughter and I think it was inappropriate for her and I blame someone the albums creator"
Nothing new under the sun. Personal responsibility? Not buying something you don't like? Naaaah... it's the land of the free so... BLAME the world and PREVENT anyone from making their own choices
America at its finest lol. Sometimes I have the feeling The Simpsions are actually a reality show.
I would've blamed myself for buying that album in the first place.
Finally, someone said it
Kid: *dies* Media: Kid: *Listened to rock* Media: Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
I have the same feeling for phone's
Now is like Kid: dies Media: Kid: play videogames
hmm are u russian?
Kid whose been vaccinated: dies Antivaxers: Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
Now it's like V i d e o g a m e s ! ! !
I am all for the existence of the Parental Advisory sticker as a means to let people more easily know if the album is suitable for younger children or people who are more sensitive to certain lyrical content but i do not think the music should have been pulled from stores. By all means have ratings, warnings, age stickers on albums/movies/tv shows/video games to let people know that there are elements of that product hat are not suitable for some people but do not force the artists to self censor
They don't work
As a young heavy metal fan living in Argentina in the 90s, we (or our parents) really never paid atention to this sticker or thought maybe it was something common to all albums haha
this is the biggest ok boomer moment we ever seen lads
They weren't boomers
@@Dank_Dank they literally were
@@Robin-ih9jv It's the generation that came before the boomers
@@Robin-ih9jv Let me guess? You probably classify Gen X, Millenials and older Gen Z babies as boomers too
Coppa
She bought an album for an r-rated movie why didn’ t she expect r-rated themes in the soundtrack?
Because Karen is so pure to understand such things
from the creators of "parents buy clearly violent game to kids and complaint it is violent"
That’s like buying Devil May Cry 5 for your 8 year old
It’s hilarious that John Denver had to defend rock when I know overseas some people think Take Me Home Country Roads is America’s National Anthem.
Okay, but why is John Denver defending rock? Isn't he a pop/country artist? I know for a fact that nobody who actually listens to rock or metal would ever consider John Denver a rock musician lol
@@mdnblues Funnily enough, John Denver was invited to the hearings under the expectation he would support the PMRCs plans, but ended up speaking out against it
imagine how they would react to wap, I mean if prince offended her that much....
looking on KZhead at METAL TEENS react to pink floyd
Young males: I'm depressed cause adults put too much pressure but at least I got my music Adult: oh no young males are depressed it got to be that music
Thats what I call..."my parents"
*American be like*
And yet every new generation is more depressed than the previus ones despite the "freedoms"
Thank god I was lucky enough to have parents that were rebellious in their younger years. It is my opinion that the rebelliousness actually made them better parents to myself and my brother. Plus they gave me a good taste in music.
@@dewetheunis7937 there is a reason in my language the word American is literally synonyms with Rotten fruits. Literally
legend says if you play satanic metal backwards, there's a hidden christian message
"i herd it! it scared my to my bones."
@@chaddelong998 *audible gasps* D:
Truly horrifying, I’m glad it’s just a legend!
imagine, a satanic album that when played backwards there was a hidden mesage on how to make chocolate cake
I'd never play it backwards than
Fun fact: in Brazil the parental advisory sticker comes in some American records released here (even in CDs) and in some it doesn't come, but here it has no legal impact, it's more like an aesthetic detail on the front cover because we don't speak English and people doesn't care that much about what's being said
When I was 13 that sticker just made me want the album even more
Now almost every album has the sticker and it is totally meaningless! Yay! Tax dollars funded that bit of impotence!
If anything, it's an indicative that is gonna be a great album, lmao.
Up till today I thought the sticker was an optional thing and mainly a marketing sceme to tell others that this album is gonna be good.
YES and My Mom doesn't even cared because she can understand English that good..
@MsYogaGrrrl inherently, you're right. But if there is no sticker, it's safe to assume the musicians censor themselves and limit their lyrical ability.
*a guy reversed a rock record* *record plays gibberish* Christians: It’s a satanic message!..
I'm Christian and I think these claims are hilarious!😂😂😂
ah yes, the wonderful ability of the human brain to recognise patterns everywhere, even where there aren't any... I wonder tho, did anyone reverse records of other kinds of music to check for satanic messages? Would be interesting to know how many are in, let's say, christian music...
Some Christians, very very very small percent of them at that
Weird Al Yankovic actually has a satanic message if you play one of his albums backwards. LOL
The lyrics itself is a satanic message, read them.
I remember all of this growing up. Even though I'm much older now I still blast Exodus, Slayer etc. Long live metal!
imagine playing wap for all these moralizing busy bodies.
Politicians criticizing others for having no morals is hilarious.
Yeah lol
LAMO
also nice profile pic
When John Denver defends heavy metal...you’ve lost.
Country Roads to the government
Yeah it made me chuckle to see that little country boy in there with Snider. Though Denver in his time got a lot of criticism for being more “fruity” and flashy than other country artists, and his music leans more hippie than other country music (ironic now that his music is considered classic country). I dig both Denver and Twisted Sister so I think it’s cool.
PMRC wasn't just about heavy metal.. They targeted everyone with "explicit lyrics"..
The same man who made the Ballad of Richard Nixon.
@Anne TheReader If you look it up it was a song released by him that had no musical notes and was just very faint static. Masterpiece.
Metal fan here, I personally really got into metal during the same time I got bullied in school, it helped me let out my frustration in a non-violent way and made me feel at least a little bit powerful. Now I mostly listen to it because I like the way it sounds
Nowadays everyone who isn’t woke gets bullied
@@NilsWeber-mb5hg that has absolutely nothing to do with it, my bullies are definitely not "woke" they are even andrew tate fans, so being "woke" has had nothing to do with my bullying
@@schanulsiboi0837 Most bullies I came across are Greta fans
@@NilsWeber-mb5hg never seen it happen
Keeping your child away from music like this will make them more interested to find out why is like this. That's how I fallen in love with this genre as a millennial.
history repeats itself in music. for example: 1940s: “Why can’t these kids listen to our music that we listen to 20-30 years ago?” 1960s: “Elvis Presley and The Beatles are brainwashing our kids! Why can’t they listen to the great music of our time (1930s-1940s)? 1980s: “This rock music is satanic! It’s killing our kids! What happened to The Beatles and Elvis Presley?” 1990s-2010s: “Today’s music is hot garbage. Why can’t kids listen to the great music of the 70s-80s?” Why can’t we just enjoy music?
SOMEBODY FINALLY SAID IT👏👏👏❤😁
I donno in my opinion music today is maybe good but in the pass day is more better QUALITY i just think
Its a generation thing
@@4prls438 all the bad music from earlier times have been largly forgotten, so that explains why older music feels like it have more quality
@@justanotherbob69 cant agree more
And boomers say we're snowflakes now.
boomers now were kids back then
Boomers were the ones listening to rock and roll music. This attack against rock music started with the silent and greatest generation attacking boomers for their music preference.
@@behindyou666 Boomers followed their previous generation in criticising their kids' music taste. It's a generational thing, boomers included.
@@behindyou666 while Boomers aren't the parents here they were adults at the time and were the parents in the 90s and 2000s criticizing rap
@@benparsons4979 No they weren't?
Ozzy: "I don't purposefully plan to freak anyone out" Also Ozzy: *snorts ants*
Don’t forget the bat thing 💀
@@rivroyerr and the doves lol
Music is music. It is a form of expression. We are quite fortunate to have that.
Parents: “We want rock music gone!” Music producers: “okay” *makes rap about drugs and murder* Parents: “wait no”
R2 we need to be going up not down!
@@seafangz_8753 ok skillet is a Christian rock group and the lead singer belives in god pepole label him as a devil worshipper even though he belives in god and sings about the glory of god as a christ follower i belive that gods love can be expresed in diffrent ways and pepole have no right to judge
not like there weren't rock songs doing the same thing
@@jadefields9020 yeye
OK. Here's some 2 Live Crew for you instead.
Soon they’re gonna say “Lofi hip hop is the devil in disguise” or something
Whoever does that are really special snowflakes. Actually, the word snowflakes is a underestimate to describe these karens.
God I can't have that😂😂 I live by lofi and postrock
"DE SLUW BEET MEEN DEEVILE AAAAAAAA." - Karen 2020
when that happens, imma go and sue them cuz lofi is really good and doesn't have any bad meanings to it, if at all.
They do.
For some reason this made me tear up. It's beautiful to see a generation of iconic information combed into a video.
I think the reason some kids then went through a hard and depressed time in their life was because their parents constantly bashed and hated on them for listening to this music
boomers: "young people get offended too easily" also boomers: "rock, metal and punk iS sAtAnIc MuSiC"
@ben the last modern day "rap isn't music where are the instruments, list to the lyrics " I am off the xany percs and lean" think of the children reeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Purple haze plays in back round.
@ben the last oh this is basically what the original comment was trying to say.
@ben the last the hypocrisy of the "boomers" on music.
@ben the last I see what you are trying to say, but to me the fact the things they call out rap for having also appear in there music, is hypocritical.
Correction: The boomers were the one jamming to rock and metal at the time, and their parents were the one that hated it.
Buys an obvious +18 music album for her children Gets surprised that the music album has +18 stuff in it *Logik*
Prince is not for kids, duh, it's obvious but these people buy them and blame the creator for 'corrupting their kids'. Wow.
Purple Rain was the #1 album in the country. The main singles aren't provocative and can be enjoyed in a casual setting.
More importantly, she did not preview it...
Lojik
@@Malkmusianful Here are the opening lyrics for “When Doves Cry”, one of the five singles from the album: “Dig if you will the picture Of you and I engaged in a kiss The sweat of your body covers me Can you my darling Can you picture this?” Sounds pretty provocative to me.
It was parents avoiding all responsibility and expecting people in enthertainment to raise their children instead of them.
Amen
I love your channel, you do your research and I appreciate it. Thanks!
Weirdly enough, the punk and heavy metal music communities are some of the friendliest communities I've been in.
Same with the hip hop community goth rock community...edm/rave community is too friendly due to the drugs they take.
It’s because we get all our energy out in the pit
True 100%
hmm but the one thing I don't like about those communities is how incredibly judgemental they can be when you say you listen to anything else.
HEY! YOU! ARE YOU A METALHEAD! IF YOU ARE, YOU’RE IN LUCK!
40-somethings in the 1940s: "This jazz music is evil and corrupting our youths!" 40-somethings in the 1950s: "Elvis Presley is evil and corrupting our youths! Why can't they listen to wholesome jazz music?" 40-somethings in the 1960s: "The Beatles are evil and corrupting our youths! Why can't they listen to wholesome music like Elvis Presley?" 40-somethings in the 1980s: "Heavy metal is evil and corrupting our youths! Why can't they listen to wholesome music like The Beatles?"
40-somethings in the 1840s: "This waltz music is corrupting our youth with sexy close dancing!" 40-somethings in the 1740s: "This classical music has major third harmonics! It's the occult!" 40-somethings in the 1640s: "This baroque music ends in a minor chord! It's the devil's music!" 40-something Calvin in the 1540s: "ALL MUSIC IS EVIL!"
1970s?
Why don't you make one up? You can't expect us to do all the work for you now, can you?
@Blade Of Fury You 40 years from now: Music is just not as good as it was 40 years ago.
1000 BC-Why do kids listen to people banging rocks together. They should listen too umm, nothing at all.
17:32 Nowadays, heavy metal musicians have to be aware of the target demographic and whether they have to write a kid-friendly song or not. In 2010, Bad City, a metal band from Chicago, composed a song called "Fight as One," which served as the theme song to the Marvel cartoon show, "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes."
Actually Tipper Gore caught her daughter listening to Prince’s “Darling Nikki” and got together with Susan Baker to create the Parents’ Music Research Center (PMRC). They immediately went after hard rock and heavy metal artists. They never called Prince to testify, and all of the hype in the media shifted to any music except Prince.
Nobody: Suburban white moms: "EVERYTHING IS UNGODLY! DORKSIDED!!"
Put every suburban mom out there
D O R K S I D E D !!! lmao that woman was insane
DORKSIDED
dorksided. found my band name.
the graceful doot I hear her daughter died and she sank into, well obscurity. The preexisting insanity couldn't have helped. Such a sad tale.
"I was too lazy to parent my own children. Can't the government do it for me?" ~~Tipper Gore Not everyone wants to listen to Radio Disney, Tipper.
This is still just as relevant with the KZhead COPPA thing
The PMRC warning label turned out to be a sought after stamp of approval that bolstered record sales immensely. Thanks Tipper!!!
1970s and 1980s born kids also thank Tipper for making it easier for us to find cool music in the record stores! 🤣🤣🤣
History Repeats itself. The generation before it becomes the very thing they sworn to destroy.
History is repeating itself again, the whole thing in the past with “music is causing violence in America.” is the same thing with “video games are causing violence in America.” Why not blame yourself America?
Yeah and in 30 years there will be a new thing to cry about, its just history reapting itself, over and over.
rozey peyton oh, well said. Thank you.
They got scared of rock, then rap especially eminem, than video games,
I wonder how many of the people sounding the moral panic alarm realize that the rate of violent crime in America has been steadily decreasing for at least the past thirty years and is barely half of what it was in 1990.
Because we don’t like acknowledging mental health
Annnnd, the "Explicit Sticker" that was put onto albums just made the sales skyrocket. Nothing makes a 14-year-old boy want to buy a record more than already knowing it is somewhat controversial.
Just like M rating on video games I remember and taped a segment on Dateline saying how GTA 3 made kids and teens violent...it only made more want to play it.. Including me, yet I never have thrown a fist or killed anyone..
@@leepinlepin _doubt that_
@@thatsonyou6093 What, you think he gets into fights? Have you never played GTA? Cause you should
one question how can you doubt somebodys subjective expirence with no capability to expirence said subjective expirence it's unvarifiable either way so your comment is completely useless and a logical fallacy. I would suspect your throwing doubt onto testimony to subcouncously defend a video games bad view.
This video was very well done. Very entertaining and informative
And we're the sensitive generation, mkay.
+
Lol ikr
Nostalgia is the art of only remembering the good stuff about when you were younger. That's why you see so many of those people running around wearing MAGA hats today. And I'm talking about the "kids" from this video.
Lolololol ✌
Wait till you hear about Mickey Mouse Stamps laced with LSD. If you want to see insane, over-the-top moral panic.
"I bought the Purple Rain album for our 11 year old" oh honey, you were wrong from the get go. That's all on you.
And the worse thing is if someone confront her about it she would say 'Oops' or 'still its the artists fault'
- whacks a dog - - dog bites back - "It's the dog's fault for biting me!"
This video was so well'made, and I love to see Metal in the mainstream
0:38 the first founding karens
Now these are the “MEGA KAREN”. Please don’t be like this.
They are the final bosses you have to deal with after dying
To solve a problem you sould really see each's point of view, maybe they're right
@@brunobucciarati3403 but they weren't. They where literally the stereo type of the rich white suburban woman, holding their necklace when they hear a curse word.
What if they are.. the Karen’s.. managers..
@@brunobucciarati3403 Yes, but that's only if their view point actually makes sense, as opposed to the many iterations of "THINK OF THE CHILDREN".
the mother who bought the album for her daughters was a hilarious story
If she hated it then why did she buy it
Typical Karen never take blame for their mistakes no blame others 🙄
That means she didn't even listened to them songs first but blame it on the artist. Did she expect every artist's songs to be a nursery rhyme lol
That mother is Tipper Gore, Al Gores ex wife. As an older mellenial I remember she went after any type of media that scared her sheltered christian world view in the 80's and 90's. She basically hijacked her husband's political power for her religious crusades against music, TV, movies and video games. She's one of the biggest reasons why a lot of people voted Bush over Gore in '00, after seeing what she tried to do before and while she was the 2nd lady. Gore once made a joke that after their divorce he finally watched Terminator 2(or it was another classic) and really liked it. They got divorced in 2010.
@@jcountry05 that's what I was thinking!
“So they blame it on Marilyn & the heroin, where were the parents at? And look where it’s at.. Middle America now it’s a tragedy, now it’s so sad to see an upper class ci -ty ..Having this happening‼️“ ✌🏻🙌🏻🔥🔥🔥 I had to! ✊🏻
have a look on KZhead at METAL TEENS react to pink floyd
They dont want their kids to listen to bad influential music. Blames the band and not their lack of Parental Guidance
“The Wives of Some Washington Politicians” should not have that much say so over American politics
Like Michelle Obama...
Nathan Partridge she didn’t have that much say on politics, she had a problem she focused on like most first ladies
Nathan Partridge I’m sorry she wants more people to eat vegetables in a country that has a problem with obesity?
These Karen’s would be fuming at the rap genre right now.
They are!
They were after Hip Hop/Rap back then too. N.W.A. and 2 Live crew for example
@Arumillo ಠ_ಠ lolk
who said they weren't?
Andres Yáñez No dude these people are dead now
Nah imagine if WAP was made during this
see on KZhead at METAL TEENS react to pink floyd
I love how the parental advisory stickers were like street cred for a band to any 14 year old back in the day. Those stickers told you which albums to buy.
The problem with these stickers, R-ratings, Mature ratings, etc., is that they make it easier for young kids to decide what they want. Every time I was told "no, you're too young for that" I just wanted it more.
if i can't have it... i want it
Exactly. Kids do what they want. If they I know they can't have candy, for example, then they want it even more.
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There’s actually a Johnny Test episode on this, where nobody would buy him a Mature video game and he pays a grandma to buy it for him anyways.
This mentality can also be seen in our legal drinking age, it entices young teens because they know they shouldn't, consequently we have alcohol abuse problems in teens and young adults, problems which European countries such as Germany (where you can drink beer and wine as young as 13) are seldom in comparison
I could be wrong, but when the explicit lyric sticker came out, I heard the albums that had the sticker on it had enormous sales. Kids, especially teens, always find a way to rebel against their parents in some way. If you tell something is wrong, or in this case, not listen to certain type of music because it could be potentially harmful, of course they are going to do it.
True
i know i did
The bands cryed all the way to the bank cause of the sticker lol
Yeah just like how the V-D/A-O-X system feels like an honourary badge system.
Similarly, almost every band that was accused of having satanic lyrics or artwork got a boost in sales when accusations surfaced, so much so that bands would do stuff on purpose, leak it to the churchers and sit back and watch the $ roll in.
Hearing that this boy took his life while listening to AC/DC really made me cry.. guys pls watch out for you fellow metalheads, rockers, rappers and whatever you like best. These are the people that know best what you are going through. You are not alone!
Guy @2:59 has more common sense then the entire film crew or anyone in it 😂
I like to imagine a band looking at "Knights In Satan's Service" and being sad that they didn't think of it first.
Who came up with that was on drugs for sure.
AC / DC = Anti Christ - Devil Charged
@@illusionarylife5741 that's reaching
"sOmE oF tHeM aRe AdMiTteD hOmOsExUaLs" oh honey.
Oh no! Anyways
Oh what a shame, back to the bangers please
That makes it better
*Judas Priest's Rob Halford has entered the chat*
Yeah, and the way he said this, you can see that it is the worst thing ever, according to him.
0:40 I like how one of the wives are named *”Mrs. Gore”*
Excellent presentation. ❤️❤️
This whole parental commission is just Karen in few forms
and Deborah, Judy, Heather...
They’ve all asked for manager
AlternativeWalls caren with a “c”
The Council of Karens
Is this an incel thing?
It wasn't just rock music. They were equally ridiculous in their racism and persecution of hip-hop artists, namely N.W.A. and 2 Live Crew.
Dusty Hills The controversy around rock also actually started with racist parents in the 40s and 50s not wanting their kids to listen to pioneering black rock artists - a.k.a. “Race music”.
I listen to rock music. But if the lyrics does not fit my taste for a good one, I simply dump it.
they started around the late 80's tho
Dusty Hills The term “rock-and-roll” was originally a race thing, I think.
Yep
It blows my mind to think a few years ago there was a possibility of getting sued for your lyrics.
I love the Vox Ear worm series and all the fascinating research behind them. Can we please get more Grey Poupon in 2021?
"I bought Purple Rain for our 11 year daughter" - Tippore Gore "Some people have all the cool moms" - me
"I wanna hold your hand!" OMG, WHY IS THERE SO MUCH FILTH ON THE RADIO!
You know who had hands?!?! The DEVIL
lol
I mean that was a step down from Please Please Me...
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Louis Louis, Sympathy for the Devil. All songs that are controversial and was made during Tipper Gore’s youth
Is hand holding lewd or what?
Parental advisory albums are the ones I wanted to get the most. People haven't seemed to figure out the more you tell the youth they can't have something the more they want it.
I doubt there’s anything wrong with that. Age restriction is needed
politicians getting mad about others morals, like they have any
*"Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words."* -Coleman Young
@Kazoushi iT's BeCaUsE CuRsE wOrDs ArE FiLlEr WoRdS FoR pEoPlE wHo ArEn'T EdUcAtEd EnOuGh To FiLl In ThE GaPs!
Tony Robbins says the same thing. And made swearing into a skill for reaching people or getting their attention.
"Look at my child. She was screaming with joy when she saw Kiss. They must be brain washing her." They very popular, what do you expect. And also, weren't you the one who screamed with joy when you saw Elvis Presley?
And Michael Jackson
Micheal jackson and elvis presley is not comparable to Kiss, they are diffrent genres and therefore it is inadequate.
Swan Swan I did not mention Michael Jackson, you spelled his name wrong, and I’m just proving a point that, it’s not the same thing, but it’s a bit comparable
DOVARK SUPREME Ooh I spolled michol jaackoson name wrong, you won the argument congrats! 🥳
@@camel7624 Woooow, you can't put up a good defense so you're using sarcasm.
Random but I won a vintage button giveaway and on one of them was the PTL club and it still cracks me up to this day.
It's because young people in each generations like to express themselves with outrageous music style to feel the engery where nobody can judge them aside from their parents and so other adults would take this notices and try to opposed us when really what they see is their own thoughts on the effects it may give out. What you see in covers is just an image not a mindset where we behavior all erratically all the time. It's just an excessive expressions of being young.
8:53 "Some are even admitted homossexuals" that says everything for me about radicalized evangelists
Why only evangelists?
Back in the 80s that was a perfectly socially acceptable statement though
The problem with so many "evangelists" is that they are so intolerant of everyone that's not like them. I myself am a Southern Baptist, but I come from a relatively diverse church with Korean, Vietnamese, and Spanish services and a pastor from Ghana. I've been a devout Christian ever since I was old enough to understand the idea of going to heaven, and it's depressing to see so many of my fellow Christians have such shallow, artificial faith; for example, all these Southern Baptists turning out in 2016 to vote for a candidate who ran a fear- and hatemongering campaign. A plant is identified by its fruit, and these "evangelists" aren't evangelizing, they're turning people away.
@@anactualotter6216 fair enough , the problem are the people that carry this to today0
@@brunopeixe7949 For sure. I was so in the closet with my family that I was in the attic because some of them have a similar attitude