you turn on your television set and you see this weird, beastly presentation that was birthed in the pit of hell. where do they get this information from that i m satan? do i have horns i know i m a bit strange-looking but do i breathe fire and have horns? critics say there s something seriously wrong with metal music, outrageous by design, that it may have contributed to a number of teenage suicides. has rock and roll finally gone too far? a growing number of people think so. today they took their case to a u.s. senate hearing. their complaint? that rock lyrics and music videos are crossing the line into trash and smut. we are asking the recording industry to voluntarily assist parents who are concerned by placing a warning label on music products inappropriate for younger children due to explicit sexual or violent lyrics.
do i appear to you to have horns? i know i m a bit strange looking but do i breathe fire and have horns? critics say there s something seriously wrong with metal music, outrageous by design, that it may have contributed to a number of teenage suicides. has rock and roll finally gone too far? a growing number of people think so. today they took their case to a u.s. senate hearing. their complaint? that rock lyrics and videos are crossing the line into trash and smut. we are asking the recording industry to voluntarily assist parents who are concerned by placing a warning label on music products inappropriate for younger children due to explicit sexual or violent lyrics. in the 80s these artists who were pushing boundaries in different ways were bringing those messages and images into our homes. and that provided a political opportunity to push back against it. we can say they re senators wives, ooh, and they re messing around in washington. but they obviously have some
the complaint that rock lyrics and videos are crossing the line into trash and smut. we are asking the recording industry to join parents by putting a label on products inappropriate for young children due to sexual or violent lyrics. in the 80s, artists pushing boundaries in different ways were bringing those messages and s images into our homes and that provided political opportunity to push back against it. we can say they re senator wives, they re messing around in washington but they obviously have some real concerns. there s a lot i do that they applaud. they are taking responsibility as citizens. i brought along two videos which i believe are representative of the kind of presentation which caused the furor. got it bad got it bad got it bad
gives me hope because it s been a hopeless kind of time for me since the election and i m glad to know people that are creative and open and want to express themselves and create art and move this world forward in many ways are united against hateful speech. at the very least, even if it turns out he doesn t believe anything he said he still ran his campaign on smut, basically, smack. right. and that don t play with the arts. indeed. and i have to ask you before we go, randall, there s been a to-do about talladega s marching band, a historically black college, their band was supposed to perform, a lot of alumni are not happy about it, it s in my social media feed. the president said the school hadn t decided. do you know whether they ll perform? the last report i got was that the talladega marching band will perform at the inauguration. there was a big debate amongst alumni and students, many on the side of saying the school should not perform because it would give the appearan
at the very least, even if it turns out he doesn t believe anything he said he still ran his campaign on smut, basically, smack. right. and that don t play with the arts. indeed. and i have to ask you before we go, randall, there s been a to-do about talladega s marching band, a historically black college, their band was supposed to perform, a lot of alumni are not happy about it, it s in my social media feed. the president said the school hadn t decided. do you know whether they ll perform? the last report i got was that the talladega marching band will perform at the inauguration. there was a big debate amongst alumni and students, many on the side of saying the school should not perform because it would give the appearance of support of the president which is the big issue we re talking about and the last report i heard is they will perform. wow. interesting. we shall see. there won t be a lot of them. there are no d.c. bands. nancy jiles and randall pinkett, thank you b