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Music Censorship

Marilyn Manson, Britney Spears, Eminem, Garth Brooks, and the king

Elvis, What do all these people have in common? Well, yes, they are all

musical artists, but there is something more. Marilyn Manson is a heavy

metal artist who worships Satan, Britney Spears is one of today's
hottest sex

simble , Eminem is a hardcore rapper today. Garth Brooks is a country singer

and greatest selling performer of all time. And well, Elvis is the king of Rock

N' Roll. So what do they all have in common? All of these artists have or had songs

with indecent or obscene lyrics.

Since the dawn of musical expression, there have been people trying to

stop the constitutional right to listen and enjoy music of all forms. There were

ordinary, everyday people during the time of Rock N' Roll in the 1960's who

made it their mission in life to stop so-called "obscene" music like the Beatles

song "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds," from polluting our airwaves and

minds. These groups succeeded in banning some songs from the radio, but

most of their actions were for not taken seriously, because there was no real

punishment for radio stations playing those songs labeled "obscene."

By 1985, many people wanted to cleanse the music industry of its

"indecent" music, so the most prominent group in the history of music

censorship was started: The Parents Music Resource Center.This was just

the first of many groups who made it their business to decide what the

American Population should or should not listen to. The PMRC and other

organizations have also convinced government organizations like the Federal

Communications Commissions (FCC) to regulate what music is played on

the radio. Places like Target, Wal-Mart, and other local record stores are also

forced to label music that the PMRC and other censorship groups find

obscene. Who is to say that what is obscene to someone might not be seen

as obscene to...