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ROCK RECORD RATINGS
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A group of influential women in Washington, D.C., has been pressuring Congress
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to enact legislation to force the recording industry to affix warning labels on
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record albums so the public will know if song lyrics are nasty.
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What a great idea!
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How many hours have you spent in record stores sorting diligently though
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thousands of albums without finding a single identifiable example of rock porn?
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Wouldn't a warning label help you find just the right album so much more
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quickly?
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How are you going to know if a rock group espouses devil worship unless either
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(a) you listen to the lyrics, or (b) see a warning label?
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Warning labels on albums are an item that is long past due. The problem is
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how these labels will be classified and worded...
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* Warning! This album contains foul language and sexually explicit lyrics.
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Give it a "7" because it's got a great beat and you can dance to it.
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* Warning! The group which recorded this album has been alleged to be in the
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forefront of the Jerry Falwell Fan Club. Don't buy this if your children are
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communists.
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* Warning! The lyrics, cover art, melodic style, band members, staff and
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management of this album are drug oriented. Buy this album only if you, too,
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are drug oriented.
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Of course, the record industry could save itself from Congress by adopting
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some kind of voluntary rating system. Here's one proAosed by an industry group:
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Rating Point System
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Give one point for each lyrical word which may offend someone. Give one point
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for each arrest of a group member on tour. Give one point for each time a group
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member is mentioned on "Entertainment Tonight."
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Examples of the 'Rating Point System':
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200 points:
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A Perry Como Christmas
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AC/DC (first album)
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Band on the Run (McCartney)
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150 points:
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Zappa Live!
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Peter and the Wolf (soundtrack)
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Speak French Like a Native
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50 points
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Sheena Easton Bares All
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Sing Along With Mitch
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The Nutcracker (soundtrack)
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Oh, there are other systems of rating records, but we can't go into them now.
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The evening news is on and Dan Rather will be showing videotape highlights of
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all this year's air line disasters.
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