6 Most Unwarranted Banned Musical Acts

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Topics: 2 LIVE CREW , LISTS
by daba
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hates his slippers.
2 weeks, 6 days ago
2 months, 2 weeks ago

 Pretty interesting list.

I remember all the news surrounding the banning of As Nasty As They Wanna Be. I also remember having to hide that album (cover too) from my parents!

 

 

3. 2 Live Crew-Album "As Nasty As They Wanna Be"-banned in 1990

As the eighties came to end, the more refined members of the American public were probably in an optimistic mindset, eager to see how their cookie cutter life style would play out in the upcoming decade. Too bad 2 Live Crew came around and took a proverbial dump on their dreams. In 1990, Crew's third album, "As Nasty As They Wanna Be," escaped from its cage and wreaked havoc on the sexually repressed citizens of this country. Their first single, aptly titled "Me So Horny," caused so much controversy that the album was officially banned from being sold. But some retailers in Florida's Dade County decided not to goose step to this dystopian philosophy. One retailer in particular, Charles Freeman, was arrested after selling the album to an undercover policeman, and some members of 2 Live Crew were actually prosecuted for simply performing the songs off their album live (they were eventually acquitted). Thankfully, in 1992, the obscenity ruling against the album was overturned by a Court of Appeals, and now we can all enjoy the lovely sounds of Fresh Kid Ice as he tells us about all the "baby dolls" he's banged.

http://theprolific.com/2008/09/banned-the-6-most-unwarranted-banned-musical-acts/

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