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Most Controversial Music Video Ever?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Pete Incaviglia, Jul 20, 2008.

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  1. RossLT

    RossLT Guest

    "Gettin Jiggy With It" was a little to overt for me, Jiggy sounds like a slang term for masturbation
     
    RossLT, Jul 20, 2008
    #25
  2. FileNotFound

    FileNotFound Well-Known Member

    Incredibly disturbing, but not seen by enough people to qualify as controversial: The video for Metallica's version of "Turn the Page." Features Ginger Lynn (?) playing a prostitute who had to take her 9- or 10-year-old daughter to work with her. Brutal imagery, and probably not too far off the reality of some situations.
     
    FileNotFound, Jul 20, 2008
    #26
  3. a_rosenthal

    a_rosenthal Guest

    Saw some sort of program about the LAP video on a flight somewhere. Can't remember specifics, but I believe they burned the crosses on set, obviously, but there was a town (I could be completely fucking up the storyline, but I believe the town was predominantly black, too) across the river that didn't know it was for a music video and were, rightfully so, really super-pissed off.

    Just adds *another* layer of controversy to the video.
     
    a_rosenthal, Jul 20, 2008
    #27
  4. CentralIllinoisan

    CentralIllinoisan Active Member

    And Summertime was tacit approval of popping water plugs, which is not something you do -- even for old times' sake.
     
    CentralIllinoisan, Jul 20, 2008
    #28
  5. RossLT

    RossLT Guest

    That made me laugh way harder than I should have. And definitely don't drive 2 miles an hour, not even so everyone can see you
     
    RossLT, Jul 20, 2008
    #29
  6. terrier

    terrier Well-Known Member

    "Closer" was pretty strange, but what really stuck with me was the end of "Hurt," with the time-lapse photography of the dead dog decomposing.
     
    terrier, Jul 22, 2008
    #30
  7. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    "Girls on Film" by Duran Duran was banned at some point and then I think they started only showing it after 9 p.m.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jul 22, 2008
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  8. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    'She's a Beauty' by the Tubes was controversial for being awesome.
     
    Buck, Jul 22, 2008
    #32
  9. schiezainc

    schiezainc Well-Known Member

    I'm actually surprised that this video didn't cause more of a stir than it did. Marilyn Manson basically reinacts, vividly, the JFK assassination and no one seems to notice because A.) the song sucks and B.) it was only the fourth most f-ed up thing he'd done that year.



    (Moderately NSFW)
     
    schiezainc, Jul 22, 2008
    #33
  10. RossLT

    RossLT Guest

    What about the trio of videos that GNR did with Don't Cry, November Rain and Estranged,
     
    RossLT, Jul 22, 2008
    #34
  11. DougDascenzo

    DougDascenzo Member

    Baby Got Back, anyone?



    Oh...My...God...Becky...
     
    DougDascenzo, Jul 22, 2008
    #35
  12. Cape_Fear

    Cape_Fear Active Member

    I seem to remember George Michael's "Freedom" video drawing some ire. Wasn't that the one with Cindy Crawford in a bathtub?
     
    Cape_Fear, Jul 22, 2008
    #36
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