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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I was called an enemy of the people': how the US Senate went to war with the biggest rock stars of the 1980s

One of them was 11-year-old Karenna Gore. Back home, Karenna's mother was shocked to hear Prince sing, on the album's fifth track Darling Nikki: I knew a girl named Nikki / I guess you could say she was a sex fiend / I met her in a hotel lobby/ masturbating with a magazine. I couldn't believe my ears, said Karenna's mother, Tipper Gore.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Tipper Gore, Twisted Sister and the fight to put warning labels on music

Musicians and the PMRC clashed in a 1985 congressional hearing over parental advisory labels, with artists citing parental responsibility and PMRC urging labeling for guidance.
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