From poignant protest songs to fluffy Top 40 hits, music has always defined our culture. With such a powerful influence on all aspects of society, the messages and themes portrayed by musicians have long been considered dangerous to some.
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00:00 [VIDEO PLAYBACK]
00:01 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 - What is censorship?
00:05 - Like a moral barrier that you're not allowed to cross.
00:08 - The outrageous edge of rock and roll
00:10 has shifted its focus from I can't get no satisfaction
00:14 to I'm going to force you at gunpoint to eat me alive.
00:17 - You come talk about freedom of speech
00:19 if really all you want is freedom of your speech.
00:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:24 - I didn't perceive it as like a personal attack
00:28 in the beginning.
00:29 - When you want to ban something,
00:30 it's because it's hidden close to truths
00:32 that you don't want to acknowledge.
00:33 - Nowhere in the world you could charge me with some shootings
00:36 based off of something that I was talking about on my music.
00:38 Bro, you have a million dollar bill.
00:40 I haven't done anything.
00:41 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:43 - Everybody had a song where they had something to say.
00:46 They always made sure that there was a message in the music.
00:50 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:52 - It genuinely was a soundtrack of a social revolution.
00:55 It changed the world for real.
00:57 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:59 - It had never occurred to me that going to see a band
01:04 could be a dangerous thing.
01:05 - We always pushed the envelope every chance we had.
01:08 And it definitely freaked out mainstream America.
01:11 - I'm not saying that if you listen to heavy metal music,
01:14 the devil will make you kill your mom.
01:16 - We listen to bands that praise Satan.
01:20 - It's an adult album with an adult sticker on it,
01:24 sold to other people's children.
01:25 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:29 - I think there's a limit on what warrants protected speech.
01:33 I don't think it's artistic.
01:35 (upbeat music)