Are The "parental Advisory" Gods Fickle?

[borntohula]

its a simple fact that age does not dictate maturity. not being allowed to buy a certain CD at a certain age is ridiculous.

[Dan #2]

marilyn manson's antichrist superstar does not have a parental advisory on its cover. i think all albums should be measured based on that.

i just bought that cd a little bit ago, and it does have a PA.

not on the cover itself. i bought it like 9 years ago

 

maybe it was different back then

I call bullshit. Mine has no PA, and PA's are square anyway, and this PA has writing underneath the words "explicit content." I think you got an altered image, homie.

[HoboFactory]

Apparently our friends at RIAA are responsible for the labels, their "uniform standards" include the following:

 

"The Parental Advisory is a notice to consumers that recordings identified by this logo may contain strong language or depictions of violence, sex or substance abuse. Parental discretion is advised."

 

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Labeling is not a science; it requires sensitivity and common sense. Context, frequency, and emphasis are obviously important; isolated or unintelligible references to certain material might be insufficient to warrant application of the label.

 

These guidelines apply to the case of a single track commercially released as well as to full albums (whether released in the form of a CD, cassette or any other configuration) (collectively

[ecnarf]

I think that artists should start including those parental advisory stickers as a part of the album art just to screw around.

[saturnine]

i'm pretty sure that's already been done, but i cannot think of whom

[AliceIntoThePavement]

with a name like modest mouse.. of course they dont really say anything offensive.

[Dan #2]

i'm pretty sure that's already been done, but i cannot think of whom

Definitely Story of the Year. There's nothing offensive, except a reference to H20.

 

I think the best way around it is by having crazy packaging. Tool's AEnima had a sticker, because the booklet was one of those things that shows moving images as you rotate it.

 

 

And Slipknot's Iowa had a sticker becase the booklet was like tinfoil.

[HoboFactory]

with a name like modest mouse.. of course they dont really say anything offensive.

I thought about that. With that name, and their most popular songs and videos ("Float On" and "The Ocean Breathes Salty") and silly absurd album titles such as "The Fruit That Ate Itself, Good News For People Who Love Bad News, etc they can come across as pretty "happy-go-lucky" band on the surface. What's odd though, even their CD "Baron Von Bullshit Rides Again" (based on other CD's standards, that title alone merits a sticker) has no PA sticker, although the title is sometimes censored when listed in online stores.

[saturnine]

type o negative has a cover with two girls making out plus tons of swearing, but no advisory...

[ecnarf]

I want to see the artwork of moving images!

[saturnine]

watch pr0n

[HoboFactory]

Hmm...the regulations say the PA label should not be removable, as in permannently on the cover. On my copy of Eels - "Beautiful Freak" it's a regular sticker on front plastic, not on the booklet itself, so it can be peeled, I just don't wanna cuz some stickers don't come off easily and leave the stick adhesive crap on the surface ya remove it from, and that'd be worse than just having the sticker there.

[mrs jesus]

type o negative has a cover with two girls making out plus tons of swearing, but no advisory...

they have stickers on their shit here

 

also, that cover is not offensive

 

you can use rubbing alcohol to get that sticky crap off, fyi.

[HoboFactory]

What's worse than the PA labels often times is those damn magnetic anti-shoplifting strips they stick onto CD's and DVD's at some stores. Sometimes they put it right on the cover-art/booklet so then it's impossible to remove without tearing.

[mrs jesus]

i've never seen them on the cover art before, but i think i would just leave them on, if they were there. i usually see them on the inside of the cd, under the tray thingy

[HoboFactory]

Well they put in on the booklet inside of my copy of the "Rammstein: Lichtspielhaus" DVD, really ruined the neat artwork.

[mrs jesus]

you should send them hate mail

[HoboFactory]

I would, but they wouldn't bother opening the letters cuz that particular store doesn't wanna have to anythng with me anymore. All because of a good-humored stunt of sorts.

[Dan #2]

Well they put in on the booklet inside of my copy of the "Rammstein: Lichtspielhaus" DVD, really ruined the neat artwork.

I had that problem with Incubus' A Crow Left of the Murder.

 

 

Those metallic things, i always pop them off with a knife, and if they leave shit, i use scotch tape. or scotch.

[ecnarf]

I would, but they wouldn't bother opening the letters cuz that particular store doesn't wanna have to anythng with me anymore. All because of a good-humored stunt of sorts.

Is that yet another crazy story of yours that you should tell us?

[HoboFactory]

I would, but they wouldn't bother opening the letters cuz that particular store doesn't wanna have to anythng with me anymore.  All because of a good-humored stunt of sorts.

Is that yet another crazy story of yours that you should tell us?

Sure why not. It was the last few days of high school and the day ended early but I didn't wanna go home right then since there's nothing to do at home anyways. So myself and a group of friends went to some drama-class-related storage room to dig around and found a gorilla costume and military fatigues. Well I figured it'd be amusing to put on the gorilla outfit, and then the uniform on top of that, go to the store (which is one of those stores that has a bit of everything, sorta like Wal-Mart but existing only in the Northwest, maybe some you've heard of it, called Fred Meyer's). So followed by the my friends I go to the fruits and vegetables section, making gorilla noises, jumping around and climbing about the counters and things, and claming to be the "gorilla warrior." So one of the workers came and was all "Sir, I'm sure ya find what you're doing quite hilarious but I'm gonna have to ask you to leave at once." I wasn't in the mood for trouble so I took off the gorilla head and left.

[Dan #2]

Once, a good friend of mine, and i were walking through the malls, seeing who could jump over the higher things. This was back in the days when Chapters had those giant poofy chairs, and he dared me to jump it, so i did, and my toe didn't quite clear, and i dove headfirst into the bookshelf and it wobbled like it was going to fall.

 

 

Jesus, that was dumb. If those 10foot tall mfers fell, it would have caused a chain reaction and knocked over all of them, and definitely killed someone. Man i was a dumb kid.