Flashback: Frank Zappa on music censorship
Mar 9th, 2008 by Rob
The website Stop the ACLU posted an interesting video this week of a 1986 “Crossfire” segment in which rock musician Frank Zappa takes issue with the practice of censoring explicit song lyrics.
In the clip, Zappa is under attack from all sides—especially from Washington Times reporter John Lofton and conservative pundit Robert Novak—in defending his notion that even the most offensive words should be allowed to be spoken, lest people lose their full ability to express themselves.
At one point Zappa (rather prophetically) says the country is moving toward a “fascist theocracy,” which he defines as:
“… a government that prefers a certain moral code derived from a certain religion, and that moral code turns into legislation to suit a certain religious point of view, and if that code happens to be very, very Right Wing—almost toward Attila the Hun…”
Wow. I’ve always help F. Zappa in high regard but this pushed into god-hood for me. He really knew what he was talking about and it kind of shows how much the TV inquisitors bs what they’re saying. He really held his ground and I agree 100%. (and he was right, that guy was an asshole)