{"id":510342,"date":"2020-07-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numero.com\/culture\/parental-advisory-the-secret-history-of-musics-most-controversial-logo-2\/"},"modified":"2020-07-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","slug":"parental-advisory-the-secret-history-of-musics-most-controversial-logo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture\/parental-advisory-the-secret-history-of-musics-most-controversial-logo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Parental Advisory: the secret history of music\u2019s most controversial logo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n                <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prince &amp; The Revolution - Darling Nikki (English Subs)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GA_FqxZLSMk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n                <\/div><\/figure>\n                <h2><span class=\"fs-add-2\"><strong>The day Prince made Apollonia Kotero cry<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Bare-chested on stage, Prince swaggers, <\/strong>glistening with perspiration&nbsp;in the crimson glow of an American nightclub. A crucifix necklace adorns his slender body. As the languorous notes of&nbsp;<em>Darling Nikki&nbsp;<\/em>commence, the metamorphosis of the star into erotic icon is complete. This torrid scene, from the film&nbsp;<em>Purple Rain\u00ad<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 a spin-off from the eponymous album released a year earlier in 1984 \u2013 is a pure concentrate of the sex-symbol\u2019s imagery in the 1980s. In this somewhat awkward movie \u2013 saved only by its insanely brilliant soundtrack \u2013 Prince gazes at a woman in the audience: the tune,&nbsp;<em>Darling Nikki<\/em>, he sings is addressed to a certain<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Apollonia Kotero, who betrayed the singer by joining his rivals, a band called The Time. His character, the Kid bursts into song:&nbsp;<em>\u201cI knew a girl named Nikki I guess you could say she was a sex fiend, I met her in a hotel lobby masturbating with a magazine, She said how&#8217;d you like to waste some time and I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind.<\/em>\u201d Eyes brimming with tears, crushed by regret and humiliation, Apollonia gets up and rushes out of the venue.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>In the USA alone,&nbsp;<em>Purple Rain&nbsp;<\/em>sold 13 million copies.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>And among those curious to indulge in Prince\u2019s sixth opus, was a certain&nbsp;<\/strong>Mary Elisabeth \u201cTipper\u201d Gore, married at the time to Al Gore, future vice-president of America. When she put the record on her turntable and discovered Prince\u2019s track, she was mortified: her 11-year old daughter who didn\u2019t miss a second of scabrous and provocative opening verse of&nbsp;<em>Darling Nikki<\/em>, was also listening. The mother went bonkers. She couldn\u2019t believe these \u201c<em>embarrassingly vulgar lyrics<\/em>\u201d and worried that \u201c<em>millions of Americans would buy this record without knowing what to expect<\/em>.\u201d Tipper Gore was of a conservative leaning with deeply ingrained traditional values, and this time things had gone too far. It was simply unimaginable to her that young people could be perverted by the release of musical works (from heavy metal to porno rock) and movies (from horror to ultra-violent). But Tipper Gore knew she couldn\u2019t lead this fight against the perversion of the youth on her own. In the 1980s, a new Christian right was emerging under the Reagan administration, using biblical texts to comment on the chasms in an immoral society with the aim of re-establishing traditional Christian values.<\/p>\r\n\n                    <figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a3c62243dc7e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a3c62243dc7e\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/parental-advisory-explicit-content-pmrc-numero-magazine-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1568\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>\n                    <figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The PMRC in 1985. Mark &#8220;Weissguy&#8221; Weiss.<\/figcaption>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                    <h2><span class=\"fs-add-2\"><strong>The \u201cWashington Wives\u201d revolt<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Tipper Gore surrounded herself with powerful people<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 mainly the wives of American politicians \u2013 and played on the status of her own husband, a member of the chamber of representatives since 1977. This was the beginning of the \u201cWashington Wives\u201d. The group grew stronger and increasingly powerful as pupils\u2019 parents and teachers joined their ranks. In 1985, together they founded the group<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC). Its goal was simple, to contain the spread of indecent lyrics as much as possible, and stop them from reaching innocent ears. But very quickly, their route was blocked. Among their opponents was a certain Mary Morello &#8211; mother of Tom Morello, the guitarist in Rage Against The Machine &#8211; and she became a figurehead of the campaign \u201cParents for Rock and Rap\u201d founded in 1987, to defend freedom of expression. The showdown had begun.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>The PMRC took a considerable lead:<\/strong>&nbsp;they put pressure on music labels, overwhelmed the press with vitriolic texts and went as far to draw up a (non-exhaustive) list of tracks that should be prohibited. On it is a delicious mix of Madonna, AC \/ DC, Cindy Lauper and of course, Prince. The group contacted around sixty record labels insisting on new clear classifications: D for any mention of illegal substances, V for the apology of violence, S for words of a sexual nature and O for so-called \u201coccult\u201d texts. As they gained ground, Tipper Gore\u2019s clique paid for an editorial in the Washington Post and people started to sit up and take notice. Some twenty labels capitulated and integrated a new logo on their album covers to ease tensions, following the example of the film industry. The words \u201cParental Guidance: Explicit Lyrics\u201d quickly become the now familiar, \u201cParental Advisory: Explicit Content\u201d.<\/p>\r\n\n                    <figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a3c62243e070&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a3c62243e070\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/daniel-snider-tipper-gore-pmrc-1985-numero-magazine-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1568\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>\n                    <figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniel Snider and Mary Elisabeth \u201cTipper\u201d Gore in 1985.<\/figcaption>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                    <h2><span class=\"fs-add-2\"><strong>The trial of obscene people<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>In the film&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Purple Rain,<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;Prince literally embodies the words of his track&nbsp;<em>Darling Nikki<\/em>,&nbsp;<\/strong>playing an unscrupulous provocateur perfectly aware of how obscene his lyrics are. If his crude phrases seem shocking, it\u2019s deliberately so, to highlight the awful behaviour of the character. The embarrassing words have a function, and are certainly not incidental. This was the point of view, several musicians, composers and lyricists tried to get across, horrified by the idea that an assembly of uptight listeners might be able to silence them. A major debate broke out in the United States Senate at the time. On the hot seat: porn rock and drug advocacy. The last men standing in the face of steamroller Tipper Gore was a trio made up of singer John Denver, known as The Kitchen Man, Daniel Snider, the leader of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister, and the illustrious composer Frank Zappa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>1985. Daniel Snider arrived in the Senate Chamber<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>wearing the last clean clothes he could find in his wardrobe \u2013 a pair of jeans and a cheap vest \u2013 proud to be so scruffy in front of the senators, as he would reveal a few years later in an interview with&nbsp;<em>Rolling Stone<\/em>&nbsp;magazine. Sunglasses perched on his nose, barely able to see through his tousled blond lion\u2019s mane, the photographers couldn\u2019t get enough of the rocker. But his couldn\u2019t-give-a-damn attitude made his discourse even more astonishing: \u201c<em>Good day or good evening, I\u2019m not sure what to say here\u2026 My name is Daniel Snider, I\u2019m 30 years old, I\u2019m married, I have one child aged 3 who is being brought up in the purest Christian tradition. Believe it or not, but I don\u2019t drink, I don\u2019t smoke and I don\u2019t take drugs. I compose and I play music for the group Twisted Sister, classed as heavy metal.<\/em>\u201d As the musician completed his monologue, viewers witnessed an historic exchange between Daniel Snider and the president of the Assembly:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>\u2013 \u201cMr Snider, imagine a piece of music that&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>praises incest. <\/strong>Do you think parents should know about it, or do you think it only concerns those who buy or sell this record?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u2013 As I explained in my testimony, it\u2019s essential that parents know that these words exist.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u2013 And how could they know?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u2013 It&#8217;s very simple. As a father and as a rock fanatic, I know that a cover with a pentagram and a goat&#8217;s head cut in half between a woman&#8217;s legs is not the kind of album I\u2019d let my son listen to. Let\u2019s say, I\u2019m browsing through the track list for The Time\u2019s<em>&nbsp;Ice Cream Castle&nbsp;<\/em>** album. I think the title&nbsp;<em>If the Kid Can\u2019t Make You Come<\/em>&nbsp;is pretty self-explanatory. And when an album doesn&#8217;t clearly state the colour, parents should listen to it first. If they find it too violent, I\u2019m sure stores would agree to take it back if necessary.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u2013 Do you think parents and children are aware of all the elements present in a music album?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u2013 I myself don&#8217;t know half of what\u2019s in my album collection. There are bands that I listen to primarily for musical reasons, and others I listen to for the lyrics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>In spite of Daniel Snider\u2019s efforts,<\/strong>&nbsp;the \u201cParental Advisory\u201d logo did make its way onto album covers in the form of a simple sticker. A hard knock for the industry because the American store Walmart then refused to sell those stickered records. And likewise, the albums featuring the mention were simply prohibited in China and Saudi Arabia. But the majors saw a positive effect too, as those particular albums attracted the youth &#8211; it was supposed to protect &#8211; who were keen to consume the forbidden fruits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\n                    <figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a3c62243e408&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a3c62243e408\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/parental-advisory-explicit-content-numero-magazine-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1568\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>\n                    <figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniel Snider and Mary Elisabeth \u201cTipper\u201d Gore in 1985.<\/figcaption>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                    <h2><span class=\"fs-add-2\"><strong>Hip-hop\u2019s moment of glory<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Born in the Bronx ghettos in the early 1970s,&nbsp;<\/strong>hip-hop evolved around legends and designs like most musical trends, with mimicry key to integrating the movement. From dance to graffiti, hip-hop is above all an outlet, an art form that fed on violence and rage and was then spat out in verses of rap. Very quickly, rappers\u2019 words were singled out without any prior analysis, without any of its detractors taking the time to dissect the effects of dramatization, the expressive richness of the language &#8211; from slang to neologisms &#8211; and games of out-doing one another. In 1985, after the introduction of the logo by the Recording Industry Association of America, the \u201cParental Advisory: Explicit Content\u201d sticker was no longer a protective device, but a guarantee for trash and shocking content. Indeed it became an affirmation of quality for rappers, the equivalent of a &#8220;credible&#8221; stamp. While they hadn\u2019t dealt with the justice system directly, they could at least purport to be speaking to a freed audience. Especially because since then the socio-political demands of the rap pioneers have gradually given way to other rhetoricians mastering the art of the punchline and obscene phrases &#8211; sometimes deliberately misogynist \u2013 thus transforming rap into a new form of entertaining pop music bursting with irony.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>While the use of this logo became obligatory in the USA,&nbsp;<\/strong>it certainly wasn\u2019t the case elsewhere. To find out more, we contacted the marketing director of a well-known record label: \u201c<em>In France, the use of \u201cParental Advisory\u201d is purely for effect. We tried to imitate the Americans, we said to ourselves, \u2018We\u2019ll do the same! It&#8217;s all about fortifying the album and using that logo as an argument of authority.<\/em>\u201d But who would want to add such a logo and thus deprive themselves of a swathe of their potential audience, when it\u2019s not even mandatory? &#8220;<em>In fact, it\u2019s become a piece of artwork<\/em>,&#8221; he continues. &#8220;<em>We don&#8217;t know who\u2019s made the decision when we see a cover for the first time. It could be a request from the artist himself, an idea from the photographer, a suggestion from the graphic designer or even the producer<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Formed in 1985, the French hip-hop group Assassin&nbsp;<\/strong>attacked the political system from the moment they began. With a triple gold disc under their belts, the band, led by Rockin\u2019 Squat and Solo (then joined by DJ Clyde and Doctor L.) was inspired by the pioneers of hip-hop, in the purest tradition of the movement. With his new solo album&nbsp;<em>432HZ&nbsp;<\/em>currently on release, Rockin\u2019 Squat agreed to talk to Num\u00e9ro about his relationship with the \u201cParental Advisory\u201d logo: \u201c<em>It\u2019s been following me for 30 years! I used it for the first time in 1991 on<\/em>&nbsp;Note mon nom sur ta liste,&nbsp;<em>Assassin&#8217;s first EP. NWA, South Central Cartel, Geto Boys, Public Enemy &#8230; 80% of the artists we listened to at the time had it in their album covers. Not only did we think it was cool to use the same logo as these artists, but at that time our words really were \u2018explicit\u2019 for once!<\/em>&nbsp;&#8221; Rockin&#8217; Squat hijacked the famous sticker twice: first in 2007, on his EP&nbsp;<em>Too Hot for TV<\/em>&nbsp;where he transformed the \u201cParental Advisory\u201d into \u201cAll Medias Conspiracy Learn The Truth\u201d and then again this year, with his new album where it reads \u201cNatural Frequency: Important Content\u201d, in a direct reference to the frequency his record was made on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span class=\"fs-add-2\"><strong>&#8220;We get multiple versions of the same song. The original version keeps the plain text, the others delete the shit, fuck, bitch and nigga. It\u2019s unpleasant and totally illusory since the word \u2018censored\u2019 catches our attention.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Another case is with French singer Tha\u00efs Lona,&nbsp;<\/strong>the young protege of trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf, who released her first neo-soul album on July 1st. This lady sings in English. On the dust jacket, she appears at the edge of a bed and stares at the camera with a huge sad-looking teddy bear by her side. At the bottom left, we find the famous logo. \u201c<em>It wasn\u2019t the managers but Ibrahim Maalouf and the guys at the label who insisted on adding it<\/em>,\u201d she recalls, \u201c<em>I do use a few coarse terms and the &#8216;Parental Advisory&#8217; is essential if I want to export the record. I accepted it immediately, and was surprisingly really proud to have it on my album, I saw it as a kind of victory. It\u2019s silly when you think about it\u2026&nbsp;<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\r\n\n                    <figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a3c62243e7b5&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a3c62243e7b5\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/assassin-rockin-squat-parental-advisory-logo-numero-magazine-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1568\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>\n                    <figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cNote mon nom sur ta liste\u201d Assassin (1991) and \u201cToo Hot for TV\u201d by Rockin\u2019Squat.<\/figcaption>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                    <p><strong>In France, among the top ten most listened to tracks on Spotify,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;we find&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Shape of You<\/em>&nbsp;by Ed Sheeran in first place, then&nbsp;<em>Au DD&nbsp;<\/em>by PNL,&nbsp;<em>Desaccord\u00e9<\/em>&nbsp;by Vald and&nbsp;<em>Macarena&nbsp;<\/em>by the Belgian rapper Damso. Seven tracks out of this selection are extracted from albums with the \u201cParental Advisory\u201d sticker. Across the Pond, its use is now systematic. Ludivine Gr\u00e9t\u00e9r\u00e9, press secretary for American labels, explains why: \u201c<em>We almost always receive two or three versions of the same song, especially for hip-hop artists. We use one or the other according to the media on which it\u2019s going to be broadcast. The original version keeps the plain text, this is the \u2018Dirty Explicit\u2019 version, while the \u2018clean\u2019 version removes all the shit, fuck, bitch and nigga. Those words are just swallowed or replaced with a beep. It\u2019s quite unpleasant and totally illusory since the word \u2018censored\u2019 catches our attention<\/em>. \u201d In early July 2020, the \u201cParental Advisory\u201d logo appeared on 23 of the top 50 albums on the American Billboard, and most notably on five of the top 10. There we see albums by rappers Drake and Post Malone currently jostling for the top spot with&nbsp;<em>Rough and Rowdy Ways<\/em>, the U-rated, logo-free album by a certain Bob Dylan\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>*Tipper Gore in her book&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;(1987).<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>**Prince took part in the composition of the album&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Ice Cream Castle&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><strong>by The Time in 1984.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>In 2002, filmmaker Mark Waters condensed the trial and the discussions of Daniel Snider at the Senate in a TV film entitled,&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Warning: Parental Advisory<\/strong><\/em><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Album&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>432HZ,<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;by Rockin\u2019Squat now RCKNSQT, is now 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