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Frank Zappa on CNN Crossfire in 1986

Stumbled into interesting, and at times surreal, footage of Frank Zappa on CNN Crossfire where he debates free speech & censorship as it applies to music lyrics.

Wikipedia has more to say on the subject, indicating that these appearances were part of a larger debate started by the Parents Music Resource Center in their campaign to create a rating system for music similar to that used by the MPAA. The result was a little different than they hoped, but now CDs with explicit lyrics do carry a relevant generic label we’ve all seen.

Check the two appearances out below – well worth watching if only for Zappa’s arguments:

March 28th, 1986 (Click to watch at Google Video)

June 13th, 1987 (Click to watch at iFilm)

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