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The Time Congress Tried to Censor Music
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11:03Now PlayingIn 1985, a group of concerned DC Parents wanted to try and censor music they viewed as too harmful to children. The fight went all the way to Congress.
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Music used:
"Vibing Over Venus" and "Rock Harder" by Kevin MacLeod
Sources:
Chastagner, Claude. “The Parents’ Music Resource CenterFrom Information to Censorship.” Popular Music 18, no. 2 (1999)17992.
Cutietta, Robert. “Rock Music Gets a Label.” Music Educators Journal 72, no. 8 (1986)3638.
- Deflem, Mathieu. 2020. “Popular Culture and Social Control: The Moral Panic on Music Labeling.” American Journal of Criminal Justice 45(1):2-24.
FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U.S. 726 (1978)
Harrington, Richard. “Discord on Record Warning.” The Washington Post, August 28, 1995.
Molotsky, Irvin. “Hearing On Rock Lyrics.” The New York Times, September 20, 1985, sec. C.
(For the Blank Tape Tax bill proposed in 1985)
Full PMRC Hearings
Nightline (ABC) September 13, 1985
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