The 80s weren't like what we see in more recent years, though. A lot of rap music is dangerously anti-social, railing against women and cops. But now it's "racist" to criticize nasty thug lyrics.

@@DefundTheFringes snowflake

Don't forget, his music was banned, too.

@@DefundTheFringes take it easy!

@@DefundTheFringes someone call grandpa's nurse, he forgot his brain medicine

+Viper GTS You realize the PRMC got what they wanted and music is now labeled

+Greg Droske The PMRC didn't get anything they wanted. Record sales went thru the roof, kids still listened to the stuff they wanted to and their parents did virtually nothing about it. The labeling idea did not come from the PMRC.

Brilliant analysis

+Comicbookstoreguy177 Yet, I was never stopped from buying and listening to anything that I wanted to. So how did a chain store not carrying it stop me from getting what I wanted? All that happened was a chain store losing money by me buying what I wanted somewhere else. The music did not go away at all, labeled or not.

+ Comicbookstoreguy177 Yes, great point sir. That was one of the great evils of the idiotic PMRC and the record labeling nonsense. In the pre-Internet days people in towns that didn't have legitimate record stores, but only crap merchants like Wal-Mart, would get stuck with the censored version of an album -- or if it was especially "scary," they wouldn't carry it at all.

Thank you JOHN DENVER for reminding our Government not to Nanny micromanage us as to how we raise our children. What our Rights and PROTECTIONS from our government are and to stay in their lane.

John Denver told a room full of politicians that pearl-clutching parents like the group that brought him there were responsible for many pre-adult suicides. His message is the banner that metal artists wave vigorously above their heads to signal teens with trouble in the home that they can come to them and find peace. Maybe the metalmen don't know it, but they're doing and being what John wanted for all of humanity

@Ryan Dennis John Denver did folk/country

Ryan Dennis John Denver is NOT in the metal genre. His music falls under folk/country music or pop ballads. I don’t think you’re very well versed when it comes to the metal genre: Slayer Iron Maiden Metallica Megadeth Are examples of of metal music.

John Denver's music is far, FAR too hardcore for me! I can't handle his brand of speed-shred ultra-thrash! I just stick with tame music like Napalm Death and Celtic Frost....

As Alice Cooper said: "The PMRC for some reason is one of the most necessary evils I've seen in my life. They've really brought outlawism back to rock 'n' roll, which I think is healthy. I can only criticizes their philosophy, I don't criticize the fact that they exist. I kinda enjoy them."

*-* Ask the Starchild *-* Dude, totally! U R right, Mr. Alice Cooper. Thks for quoting, STRChld.

I love the time John Denver also stood up and supported in support of gangsta rap and the rappers.

He didn't "own" them. He was nice about it.

What a man. He sure wiped the smiles off of those guys. See how star struck that chairman was when he came in? RIP john.

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John was a bad-ass in the fight against all forms of injustice. A passionate advocate, who believed no human being needed to apologize for expecting their most basic needs to fulfilled. RIP John.

He was not testifying in support of Twisted, it was support of freedom of speech and association. It just a happy accident that the PMRC thought putting together this group was a good idea.

Snyder still beats him when he says there is nothing about being a parent that is reasonable that parenting by its nature is a series of unreasonable chores . I wish I had a mug with the quote " Nothing about parenthood is reasonable" lol

Queue Curb Your Enthusiasm theme.

Im wondering what year this was because I know that John Denver was killed in a plane crash l don't know what year he died

@@teresabosworth1481 This testimony was mid 80s John Denver died like late 90s I think.

@@leifleoden5464 Denver died on October 12, 1997, when his experimental Rutan Long-EZ plane, aircraft registration number N555JD, crashed into Monterey Bay near Pacific Grove, California. Denver was not legally permitted to fly at the time of the crash. In previous years, he had several drunk driving arrests. In 1996, nearly a year before the accident, the Federal Aviation Administration learned that Denver had failed to maintain sobriety by not refraining entirely from alcohol so they revoked his medical certification. However, the accident was not influenced by alcohol use since an autopsy found no sign of alcohol or other drugs in Denver's body. Post-accident investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) showed that the leading cause of the accident was Denver's inability to switch fuel tanks during flight. The quantity of fuel had been depleted during the plane's flight to Monterey and in several brief practice takeoffs and landings Denver performed at the airport immediately prior to the final flight. His newly purchased experimental Rutan aircraft had an unusual fuel tank selector valve handle configuration. The handle had originally been intended by the plane's designer to be located between the pilot's legs. The builder instead put it behind the pilot's left shoulder. The fuel gauge was also placed behind the pilot's seat and not visible to the person at the controls. An NTSB interview with the aircraft mechanic servicing Denver's plane revealed that he and Denver had discussed the inaccessibility of the cockpit fuel selector valve handle and its resistance to being turned.

He was super moral in that he did not vote for a labeling system.

Well Dee Snider would agree with you.

I noticed that smile, too. They thought John was going to be a softball. I'm sure that smile on that guy's face was wiped clean away as Denver began speaking.

@@jpsned Look at them at 1:05 when Denver drops the c-word ("censorship"). You can see them deflating.

@@johnhunter2294 Yup! 🙂

+bootlegger 23 Totally agree. Surprised at his involvement with this. taken from us far too soon. he comes across as a man of integrity.

And today there are SJWs who are trying to do to films and video games that Tipper Gore here tried to do with music. Censoring it just to sate their agendas. John Denver would fight against that had he lived today.

Bulk of the series

They had speeches written for them. All he had to do was read it a loud

Dee Snyder and John Denver tag team the senate.

What a lovely comment - my thoughts, to the word.

John Denver was very liberal, actually. He condemned the NRA for endorsing politicians and was critical of the Reagan Administration.

@EJ Taylor He was an avid pilot and was test flying a new plane when it went out of control and crashed.

@@GiordanDiodato So much this. His estate told Trump to quit using Country Roads at rallies. 2 of his 3 children were mixed race and he made an effort to make sure his Native American child knew his heritage. He campaigned for George McGovern & Jimmy Carter. He didn't have a racist bone in his body. He believed in helping the poor & farmers. His 3 kids grew up to be happy well adjusted adults, which is more than can be said of a lot of children of some politicians.

@@GiordanDiodato It is already pretty obvious from his words in this video that he was pretty liberal minded. Liberal in the classical way that is, not what today's society and especially US right wingers think liberalism means.

+Kathy Odom Who didn't? But the PMRC actually stood for the "Parents' Music Resource Center".

Premenstrual Mothers Reactionary Club

@@CoolHandLukeDuke many of 'em were, or were very close to being, middle aged women. I think "postmenstrual" is more adequate

what you ve said is art .. thanks

I have never listened to John Denver as a musician, but this articulate dialogue has thusly given myself a great respect and admiration for the man.

@@jamesrudland183 take me home country roads is probably his best song, it’s a good start

music, constitution, culture... an attack against pretty much everything

No more like if they tried to denies the children this they would look for it because it is the most intersecting thus the whole point useless look at us now a world with screaming musicians.

Balls McGonagle Amen.

@@bobthebear1246 A second Amen.

this is true. They thought Denver was going to side with them. They were dismayed when he got half through.

Yeah I was never a fan of Denvers music (Although my mother adored him lol) but he's pretty right-on about all this.

Lossiemouth Beach I like that commentary you added..."he's coming off a long run up," it describes brilliantly what John Denver said. I agree with everything you said Lossiemouth. Great commentary and addition.

And being songwriters, they probably didnt expect them to be eloquent at all with their testimonies.

Altima NEO They're song writers - words are their business. They love them and work hard to order them in just the right way to create the greatest impact. John Denver was a great song writer, an intellectual and a serious man. They were simply out classed here. And how prophetic were his words at the end discussing how people were feeling displaced and we needed to fix the problem rather than the symptom. It's too bad we lost John too soon.

Yes, he nailed down the coffin lid with a very large hammer.

And here we are today with internet giants censoring right wing speech on the internet in plain sight, effectively mirroring the Nazi book burnings.

@@donrutter6765 It's not the Government who is censoring right wing speech. If people want to express their radical views they are more than welcome to establish their own internet companies.

Except radical views go on unabated because radicals (marxists) control media, academia, and the internet). Right wing (limited power governments) dont control the internet, left wing (increased power collectivism) controls the internet. Apparently you dont have a copy of Saul Alinsky "rules for radicals" or Marx/Engels "Communist Manifesto". The overthrow of limited power governments to create a collectivist dictatorship requires a revolutionary and propagandized organization. By definition that would be left wing (radical). Not conservative. Lol. With internet being the most profitable business in the world who contribute politically (Democrat), who do you think controls the internet. And since your own CIA entered into a joint effort with Google to create Google Earth etc. That borders on the fringes of Fascism (Merger of select corporations and government).

@@donrutter6765 you think the super capitalists in Silicon Valley are radical Marxists? LOL

Is that blind willie johnson?

Plus That look !

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Scott George *speech

I'm also a young-ish person who came to know JD's music only after his passing. I'm also a European from a non-English-speaking country, so on paper a long shot to become a JD fan, but I have, and not only of his music, which I love, but of the person he was. An amazing human being, an exemplary citizen of the world and dare say underrated figure of the late 20th C. in general. The more I learn about his life, the more he fascinates me. I feel especially in what would become his last years, every time he spoke, he moved the needle of the whole world a bit in the right direction. The last part of his speech here is brutal, I mean that in the best way possible. Kudos to all three great artists that defended free speech that day. Peace.

@@sanda386 I just want to say what you wrote touched me deeply. Exspecially "everytime he spoke he moved the needle of the whole world a bit in the right direction". Perfectly said and welcome to the club (of JD admirers). We could do with someone of his ilk these days.

@@paulineh4019 :)

Bob Billings 👍

That's why he was perfect for that movie oh God

i agree 100%

Country music has gone to shit especially

Don't we all, briansky10? Don't we all?

John is still my hero. Back in 70s, he was a part of many, many families.

Dee Snider said "I will personally choke the living shit out of anyone who says anything bad about John Denver." High praise indeed.

I know how you feel, that was awesome.

John Denver is living proof that not all heroes wear capes.

I love that part...the look. I saw another look on his face at times....these guys are morons

Well unfortunatly that still happened. Social media was the perfect platform to create those watchdogs.

I haven't heard anything even remotely similar from Dee Snider's or Frank Zappa's kids.

and dee is still married and his kids are good

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Maybe that's why Tipper was so motivated to find something to blame.

Their son is an adult no longer under the watch or control of his parents therefore is responsible for his own actions. You can't blame Tipper for his adult decisions, you choose your own path in life, he committed no crimes during his childhood but chose to go down that path as an adult. Note how none of her other children are criminals as well. There's a "bad seed" in pretty much every "normal" family.

I'm so jealous... I live in NC and have never been further west than Tennessee in my entire adult life. I want to see the western US so badly, it looks absolutely stunning from everything I've seen.

@@SnarlyCharly Put it on your bucket list, it's worth it. I so wanted to move there, but life happened, and now I am sorta' stuck where I live now - a place I did not choose. I hope you get to see that beautiful country. I drove through the Rocky Mountains and I am still amazed at how awesome they are. 💛

Batman8657 Aint that the damned truth. Unfortunately.

Thank Democrats for this...

@@hugolafhugolaf it was passed from both sides

Hahahaha welcome to June 2020

@@hugolafhugolaf ok moron

the committee didn't except any of the three to say what they said. they made 3 wrong decisions as to why to invite.

Thank you for your service.