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Q:In 1985, the PMRC produced a list of objectionable songs called the Filthy 15. How many of the artists on that list can you name? Make me proud, ST.

Posted by na-Baron (aka BaronWasteland) Mar 18 '24, 10:43

This quiz inspired by me listening to 80s on 8 and them playing one of the fifteen.

Responses:

Vanity -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 11:16
My 15,000-word college thesis was about this. -- nm - David Mar 18, 11:10 1
- "The Filthy 15,000?" -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 11:11
Complete list inside in no particular order except that I copied it from Wikipedia :-P - na-Baron Mar 18, 11:08 1
- only one of these songs is regularly played on classic rock stations around here = Twisted Sister's -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Mar 18, 11:16
Of the 6 remaining, there are 2 big acts, 1 who had a hit, and honestly I've never heard of the other three. -- nm - na-Baron Mar 18, 10:59 5
- Ozzy? Rolling Stones? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Mar 18, 11:00 1
  - I'll give you Ozzy... Black Sabbath - Trashed -- nm - na-Baron Mar 18, 11:03
- George Michael or Wham? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 11:00 2
  - Just looked them up. I don't think anyone will get the remaining ones, IMO. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 11:03 1
    - I'll post them in a few minutes. -- nm - na-Baron Mar 18, 11:05
semi-related. Our 17 year old's new comedy routine is that whenever she hears someone say "come" she goes "WHAT DID THEY JUST SAY!?" - Beaker 🍺 Mar 18, 10:57 1
- She's just doing what comes naturally. -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 10:59
Styx -- nm - Fuzzy Mar 18, 10:56
NWA? -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 10:55 2
- I thought them and Eazy-E at first, but that wasn't until 1988. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 10:56 1
  - Yeah, too early for them or dirty or violent hip hop. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 11:14
Donna Summer love to love you baby -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 10:55 1
- Led Zep, squeeze my lemons till the juice runs down my leg -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 10:55
Prince - Darling Nikki -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 18, 10:55
Sheena Easton -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 10:54 1
- Correct on Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls - na-Baron Mar 18, 10:55
Scorpions -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 10:54
The Vapors - Turning Japanese? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 10:53 8
- Blister in the Sun? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 10:54
- my guess is no - blatant racism, okay. Vague subtle reference to sex, NO! -- nm* - Andie Mar 18, 10:54 6
  - I can't remember if it was "well known" at the time that it was about masturbation, or if that came (ahem) later. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 10:55 5
    - right, i think that one skated by (i could be wrong.) - Andie Mar 18, 10:56 4
      - Hmm. I thoguht it obvious. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 11:21
      - I was today years old when I learned this... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Mar 18, 10:58 2
        
        if you actually read the She Bop lyrics, it's actually not at all subtle, but i never thought about it then. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 11:00
        
        same -- nm - oblique Mar 18, 10:59
W.A.S.P., Accept -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 10:51 1
- Correct on WASP - Animal - na-Baron Mar 18, 10:52
Motley Crue; AC/DC; Iron Maiden -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Mar 18, 10:50 1
- Crue and AC/DC but not Maiden. - na-Baron Mar 18, 10:51
2 Live Crew? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 10:49
2 Live Crew (likely not old enough) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Mar 18, 10:48
prince, madonna, judas priest, and twisted sister are what I think I remember from that listing. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 18, 10:46 10
- The only other one i think was there was She Bop. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 10:50 7
  - Correct on Cyndi Lauper. -- nm - na-Baron Mar 18, 10:50 6
    - think how insane this was. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 10:51 5
      - do you know what it's about?! Do you you want all your daughters to go blind?! -- nm - mud Mar 18, 10:55 3
        
        as i posted above, i think i only realized what it was about *because* of the list. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 10:58 2
        
        Streisand Effect! -- nm - na-Baron Mar 18, 10:59 1
        
        This whole era was Streisand Effect. Those Parental Advisory stickers might as well have said "Buy me." "Just say no" yeah, how did that turn out? -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 11:22
      - Although, that one particularly was insane at the time too. It's not as good an example of shifting standards as like public swimwear in the 1920's -- nm - rollo Mar 18, 10:55
- Correct on all 4. - na-Baron Mar 18, 10:47 1
  - I remember listening to Dee Snider talk about the listing, but I cant remember who else he mentioned. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 18, 10:50

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