1985, the PMRC released its infamous “Filthy Fifteen,” naming 15 songs it considered especially offensive.

[THE_DEVIL]

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Well-known artists, but I don't recognize any of the songs. Were any of them good?

 

[jimneffer]

Well-known artists, but I don't recognize any of the songs. Were any of them good?

mid 80s hair metal?

no

 

[RockyMtNole]

And then we all instantly knew which version of the recording we wanted to buy

 

[SeventhSon]

Just wait until they get around to listening to Barry White. They'll need to release a whole new list.

 

[Yellowsnow51]

Sheena Easton is the Devil

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Sheena Easton is the Devil

In a good way.

 

[SeaPA]

Of those shown, I recognize a few:
Sugar Walls, We're Not Gonna Take It, She Bop - all of which were fairly big hits. I may have heard the others but I don't remember them.

 

[MuscoHawk]

Only one AC/DC song? Almost every song in their catalog is about either sex or rock n roll.

 

[SeaPA]

Also, I get why someone who's prudish would be critical of most of those due to the obvious sexual innuendo, but I never understood why they included We're Not Gonna Take It. The lyrics...

We're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
We've got the right to choose, and
There ain't no way we'll lose it
This is our life, this is our song
We'll fight the powers that be, just
Don't pick on our destiny, 'cause
You don't know us, you don't belong
We're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
Oh, you're so condescending
Your call is never ending
We don't want nothin', not a thing from you
Your life is trite and jaded
Boring and confiscated
If that's your best, your best won't do
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
We're right (yeah)
We're free (yeah)
We'll fight (yeah)
You'll see (yeah)
Whoa-whoa, we're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
We're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
No way!
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
We're right (yeah)
We're free (yeah)
We'll fight (yeah)
You'll see (yeah)
We're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
We're not gonna take it (no!)
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore (just you try and make us)
We're not gonna take it (come on!)
No, we ain't gonna take it (you're all worthless and weak)
We're not gonna take it anymore (now drop and give me 20)
We're not gonna take it (a pledge pin)
No, we ain't gonna take it (on your uniform)
We're not gonna take it anymore

 

[stillh8unlv]

Only one AC/DC song? Almost every song in their catalog is about either sex or rock n roll.

Ya, you'd think "Giving the Dog a Bone" woulda made the list.

 

[stillh8unlv]

Well-known artists, but I don't recognize any of the songs. Were any of them good?

You've never heard Darling Nikki?

Enjoy!

 

[lucas80]

My House? I'll have to listen to that one today. Sugar Walls, oh, indeed Young Lucas wanted to visit Sheena's walls.

 

[Bierhalter]

Also, I get why someone who's prudish would be critical of most of those due to the obvious sexual innuendo, but I never understood why they included We're Not Gonna Take It. The lyrics...

We're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
We've got the right to choose, and
There ain't no way we'll lose it
This is our life, this is our song
We'll fight the powers that be, just
Don't pick on our destiny, 'cause
You don't know us, you don't belong
We're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
Oh, you're so condescending
Your call is never ending
We don't want nothin', not a thing from you
Your life is trite and jaded
Boring and confiscated
If that's your best, your best won't do
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
We're right (yeah)
We're free (yeah)
We'll fight (yeah)
You'll see (yeah)
Whoa-whoa, we're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
We're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
No way!
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
We're right (yeah)
We're free (yeah)
We'll fight (yeah)
You'll see (yeah)
We're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
We're not gonna take it (no!)
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore (just you try and make us)
We're not gonna take it (come on!)
No, we ain't gonna take it (you're all worthless and weak)
We're not gonna take it anymore (now drop and give me 20)
We're not gonna take it (a pledge pin)
No, we ain't gonna take it (on your uniform)
We're not gonna take it anymore

Aren't the song and music video about the youth rebelling against their parents? That's probably why

 

[NDallasRuss]

You've never heard Darling Nikki?

Enjoy!

It's a great song and, if I'm being honest, a worthy inclusion for a list at that time of "filthy" songs.

 

[Aardvark86]

I gotta say. I always loved the Zappa album - forget which one, maybe jazz from Hell? — that he stuck the parental advisory label on it that started “warning/guarantee”. If memory serves this was part of his fu to tipper gore, which culminated in his incredibly eloquent testimony before the senate with Al Gore percolating at a low boil:

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Well-known artists, but I don't recognize any of the songs. Were any of them good?

You've heard at least a couple in passing at the very least.

 

[lucas80]

Oh, not saying I couldn't crank one out back in the day to My House, but this is hardly filthy. I miss MTV back in the days when you could crank one out to a video.