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|    Mike Powell to GEORGE POPE    |
|    Re: The ******* Beatles    |
|    03 Dec 21 16:30:00    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 25319.memoryln@1:2320/105 26102b01       REPLY: 1886.fido-memories@1:153/757.2 260fac04       PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/dcb003099 Dec 31 2020 GCC 7.5.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.12-Linux master/dcb003099 Dec 31 2020 GCC 7.5.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: ASCII 1       > > No. In this day and age, what the Beatles did back then seems so very       tame       > > in comparison. :)              > I meant where were ou as in when in the era & where in the attutudes. . .              I was not around yet. :)              > I considered the music mellow, mainstream, & as inoffensive as you get, but I       > guess just one or two trilling riffs is all it took to get certain parents       all       > afluster!              Maybe they didn't like the later, psychedelic stuff the Beatles did but my       understanding is that they were up in arms about them long before then.              > Likely there was parental banning of innovations in classical, too, back then       > when it was new & current. . .              I cannot remember his name now, but there was a very controversial       violinist back in the day. I forget the story now, but he supposedly had       women fainting in the aisles. This would have been sometime before 1900       (maybe before 1800!).              > I'm fine with lookikng out for what young people are exposed to, as it can       lea       > to them losing their cuildhood/youth too early. . .              A lot of it can. I feel like today, most parents do little to keep them       from being exposed.              > The ratings thing was never helpful in limiting exposure, as e       eryone(includin       > children) started buying those marked R most!       >       > My theory is the industries (film & music) wanted those ratings in lace, but       > were happy to make it seem as if the censors did it!              Yes, the explicit lyrics labels. I am certain they sold a few records.              Mike                      * SLMR 2.1a * Politically incorrect...and proud of it!!!       --- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 90/1 105/81 120/340 457 616 123/10 131 124/5016       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/757 154/10 30 40 50 700 203/0 220/80 90 221/0       SEEN-BY: 221/6 226/18 30 227/114 201 229/424 426 428 452 664 700 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/2100 5138 5234 5411 5824 5832 5853 249/206 307 317 400       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 282/1038 292/854 301/1 310/31 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 633/280 712/848 770/1 2320/0       SEEN-BY: 2320/33 105 195 304 2452/250 2454/119 3634/12       PATH: 2320/105 154/10 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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