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00:00Hey, hello and welcome to WatchMojo Español. Today we will make a list of the songs that keep the most infamous legacies and reputations.
00:1420. Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice. This is one of the songs that helped to generate questions about sampling.
00:29The interpolation and the ethics of using the music of another artist for a success.
00:39Ice Ice Baby sampled the bass line of Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, although with a barely noticeable addition.
00:52The result was a success and today it is largely attributed to having helped expose hip hop to young people in the suburbs.
01:03However, not everyone was happy with the success of Vanilla Ice and many purists ridiculed Ice Ice Baby as a pop delusion, a novel and disposable song without any creative merit.
01:15Although today we are still talking about it, so were they wrong?
01:2019. One In A Million, Guns N' Roses. It is easy to see the second LP of Guns N' Roses, Lies, almost as a provisional release.
01:35Its short duration makes it look more like an EP than a full album, but this brevity did not prevent the trend of Guns N' Roses controversy from following its path.
01:50Specifically, One In A Million was worth Axl Rose and accompanied a lot of problems thanks to the content of the lyrics.
01:5720. Racism, Xenophobia and Homophobia. Racism, xenophobia and homophobia are constant elements in the song and the results are not better in retrospective.
02:1021. The song was worth Guns N' Roses negative criticism at the time of its release. Today it is considered one of the strangest creative decisions of the band.
02:2518. American Skin, 41 Shots, Bruce Springsteen. Unfortunately, tensions between citizens and the police are not new, but it was a specific case in 1999 that inspired Bruce Springsteen to write American Skin, 41 Shots in 2001.
02:5519. G-Balls was responding to the deadly shooting of student Guimiano Amadou Diallo by New York police officers, a situation in which he was shot 41 times and 19 bullets were shot.
03:1220. Some considered that American Skin was anti-police, since the internal investigation revealed that a tragic series of misunderstandings aggravated the initial interrogation of Diallo until turning it into a large-scale shooting.
03:3221. The then mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, asked Springsteen not to play American Skin at the Madison Square Garden. His request was denied and Springsteen continues to interpret the song.
03:4817. Lemon Incest, Serge and Charlotte Gansberg. The controversy has never been far from the French singer, composer and actress known as Serge Gansberg.
04:0618. His collaboration in 1969 with model and actress Jane Perkin, Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus, attracted the attention of everyone for his open and erotic moans.
04:2419. A few years later, Gansberg again generated controversy, although for a very different reason. This time it was for a 1985 duo with his daughter Charlotte.
04:3620. This pop song contains all the words and language games for which Gansberg would become famous, only this time the fans did not know very well how to react to this father-daughter interpretation that included a famous video clip for how disturbing it was.
04:5521. It was a scandal that still haunts Gansberg's cultural legacy.
04:59I love you, I love you, I love you more than everyone else
05:0616. Dear God, Ecstasy. Have you ever heard the old saying, never talk about money, politics or religion? Andy Partridge of Ecstasy knew why after this song.
05:17Dear God, hope you got the letter and I pray you can make it better down here
05:2417. The arrangement, for the most melodic and successful of Dear God, hides quite morbid and poisonous criticism of divine injustice.
05:31You are all the people that you need in your image to fight to get in the street
05:3618. The lyrics of the song demand answers from a God who seems not to listen, a creator satisfied with war, hunger, illness and death in his world.
05:45Dear God, I don't know if you noticed but your name is on all the quotes in this book
05:5219. However, not everyone wanted to hear Partridge's opinions on this matter, especially in the United States.
05:5820. A radio station in the city of Panama, Florida, even received a bomb threat after broadcasting Dear God
06:04It's you
06:1115. Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke
06:15This Robin Thicke single was controversial for several reasons
06:26To begin with, there was his provocative music video
06:29The uncensored version of Blurred Lines was removed from YouTube due to nudity
06:34While the lyrics of the song evaluated Thicke to some accusations of being sexist and misogynist
06:41There was some opposition regarding the real composition of Blurred Lines, specifically by the heirs of Marvin Gaye
06:52They argued that there were obvious musical similarities with his hit Got To Give It Up
07:03Thicke had to accredit Gaye as co-composer
07:06This led to Blurred Lines becoming a song that was probably a bad idea from the beginning
07:1614. Killing an Arab, The Cure
07:19They may be praised as musical visionaries nowadays
07:22But this doesn't mean that The Cure has always been able to escape criticism
07:2714. Killing an Arab, The Cure
07:32The legends of gothic rock released Killing an Arab as their debut single
07:37With lyrics based on a work of fiction, The Foreigner by Albert Camus
07:48However, the decision of the composer Robert Smith to choose this title instead of something perhaps more innocuous
07:54Gave rise to accusations that Killing an Arab was racist and promoted violence
08:00This legacy never disappeared
08:02And this stain exists as a kind of curse in a The Cure discography that was generally full of classics
08:1513. Better By You, Better Than Me, Judas Priest
08:18On the one hand, those who are parents could sympathize with the family of James Vance
08:24Who died a few years after a self-inflicted bullet wound
08:28However, in the last instance, he was pointing in the wrong direction when they accused Judas Priest
08:33Of including subliminal messages in his cover Better By You, Better Than Me by Spooky Tooth
08:44The Vance affirmed that the song inspired James to try to self-destruct
08:48While the band replied that they would never want any of their fans to take that path
08:5412. Suicide Solution, Ozzy Osbourne
08:57The case was dismissed and Judas Priest exonerated
09:01But the trial was news all over the country in 1990
09:1012. Suicide Solution, Ozzy Osbourne
09:13The world of heavy metal has a long history of being used as an expiatory tool for everything
09:18From the general worship of the devil to unthinkable personal tragedies
09:2412. Suicide Solution, Ozzy Osbourne
09:27John Daniel McCallum's parents affirmed that this song from the album Blizzard of Oz by Ozzy Osbourne
09:34Was what took their son to the limit
09:44McCallum took his own life in 1984
09:47And his parents took Osbourne to court for the content of the lyrics
09:51The plaintiffs affirmed that in a sequence of the song
09:54He told the listener to take the gun and shoot
10:05This despite the fact that the word solution in the song refers to alcohol
10:10And not to the means for McCallum's tragic end
10:13It was finally determined that Osbourne was not to blame in the case
10:2111. Darling Nikki, Prince
10:24There was a notable amount of daring songs related to Prince in 1984
10:36All received a notable amount of rejection by the Music Resource Center for Tipper Gore's parents
10:42A group responsible for the creation of the Parental Advisory stickers that we saw on the CD
10:5111. Darling Nikki, Prince
10:55Sugar Walls by Sheena Easton, Strap On Robbie Baby by Vanity and Darling Nikki by Prince
11:01Caused the anger of the Center
11:08It is said that this last song was the one that inspired Mrs. Al Gore to found the Center
11:14After discovering her daughter listening to Darling Nikki at home
11:2110. Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday
11:25There are certain songs that feel like a threat to those in power
11:30That have a confrontation spirit with fire in the blood
11:38Strange Fruit is one of them
11:40A composition by Abel Mirapole that describes in an uncomfortable way
11:44The lynching of two black men, Thomas Sheep and Abram Smith
11:5110. Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday
11:55Billie Holiday sings a heartbreaking beauty
11:58Tormenting the listeners with descriptive words about the death of these two men
12:03Who were detained for robbery and murder
12:06Columbia Records, worried about how Strange Fruit would sound in the South
12:10Did not allow Holiday to record it under her contract
12:13For the tree
12:17Instead they granted her an independent session
12:20And the song was received by the anti-racist and anti-lynching defenders of the time
12:26To drop
12:319. Try That in a Small Town, Jason Aldrin
12:36It is not clear if the producers of the music video of Try That in a Small Town
12:40Intentionally chose its location for its symbolism
12:50However, many of those who were outraged by this song by Jason Aldrin
12:55Intervened on the legacy of the Justice Palace of the County of Murray
12:59As the place where Harry Chote was lynched in 1917
13:10Aldrin has denied this intention and responded that Try That in a Small Town
13:15Emphasizes a feeling of community
13:25Some celebrities like Travis Street supported the song
13:28While others like Cheryl Crowe, criticized Try That in a Small Town for being silly
13:408. Montero, Call Me By Your Name, Lil Nas X
13:45The success of Old Town Road by Lil Nas X was extraordinary
13:50However, this does not mean that the rapper born in Georgia has been immune to controversy
14:03His song Carry On, for example, was criticized for having borrowed too much
14:07From the melody of the same name of Bobby Caldwell
14:10Meanwhile, his 2021 single Montero, Call Me By Your Name
14:14Received some criticism due to the music video
14:23Conservative opinions, especially those who live in the south of the United States
14:27They denounced the video for being harmful to children
14:31Regarding their open representations of queer sexuality
14:378. Madonna, Dress You Up
14:40Lil Nas X denied his role as a model to follow on social networks like X
14:45While the images of the video were shared and became memes over the years
14:577. Madonna, Dress You Up
14:59She is not known as the queen of pop for nothing
15:07However, at the same time it is easy to forget how controversial
15:11Madonna's transgressive style was in the early 80s
15:21Generations before Gaga and long before Miley
15:24She was the cause of the astonishment of many
15:288. Madonna, Dress You Up
15:34Dress You Up even managed to be included in the list of the 15 obscene songs
15:39From the Center for Musical Resources
15:42A list of songs that Tipper Gore and company
15:45They considered that they negatively contributed to the morality of young people
15:50Madonna's open sexuality was a topic of conversation at the time
15:53And helped keep the material girl in the spotlight as a megastar
16:046. The Pill, Loretta Lynn
16:06The radio is still an important factor in the world of country music
16:10And certainly had a lot to do with the success of Loretta Lynn in 1975
16:157. The Pill, Loretta Lynn
16:21Lynn was already an ambassador of country music at the time
16:24But that did not mean that she was immune to controversy
16:33The narrator of The Pill is delighted with the independence that modern medicine now offers
16:38And the song is still a prominent hymn of feminism and body autonomy
16:457. The Pill, Loretta Lynn
16:49However, The Pill was also banned at the time of its release
16:52By several conservative radio stations and traditional mentality
17:035. God Save the Queen, Sex Pistols
17:06Malcolm McLaren and the Sex Pistols seemed to know what they were doing
17:11And they released this message to their country of origin in 1977
17:21God Save the Queen was a version of the national anthem of the United Kingdom
17:25And a defining anthem of the punk era of the 70s
17:34The melody was banned on the radio
17:36And many stores did not sell physical copies of the single
17:39Or the strong sales of the places that decided to stock up on the album
17:49In essence, God Save the Queen did what all good punk should do
17:53Alter people
17:55It also made the Sex Pistols famous
18:024. Me So Horny, Tool Life Crew
18:06Nowadays it may seem difficult to believe that a rap group has been accused of obscenity
18:11But in 1989 it was a different time and Tool Life Crew got into trouble
18:23The provocative rap group was very successful with its single Me So Horny
18:29As well as his album that accompanied it
18:31As Nasty As They Wanna Be
18:36However, this success ended up placing Tool Life Crew directly in the point of view of a Florida County Attorney
18:51It is true that the case against the group was annulled
18:54But it is important to remember that even the employees of the record stores that sold Tool Life Crew albums
19:00Were arrested during that time
19:02Speaking of expensive advertising
19:043. Goodbye Earl, The Chicks
19:07It may be that this song was not written by The Chicks when they released their version with their old name
19:12The Pixie Chicks
19:20That said, this version of the ballad by Dennis Linde
19:23Ended up becoming essential within the discography of the Country group
19:34This was despite the controversy that initially surrounded Goodbye Earl
19:39As well as his music video
19:41The song addressed issues related to domestic violence
19:45And several country music radio stations did not want to play it
19:57However, The Chicks fans did not seem to care
20:00And Goodbye Earl became essential in the group's concerts
20:102. F*** The Police, N.Y.A
20:13The unfiltered and raw approach adopted by N.Y.A
20:17In its historical success F*** The Police
20:19Did not go around
20:24This was a hip hop decided to shake up culture
20:26And spit in the face of authority with a fresh and dangerous approach to art
20:35However, the song was censored almost immediately
20:38And even banned in countries like Australia
20:45The FBI wrote a letter to the record company N.Y.A
20:49To denounce the song
20:51Although the group's manager stated that this communication was that of a single FBI agent
20:55Called Milt Alridge
20:57Instead of a general response from the office
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21:151. Cop Killer, Body Count
21:17Ice-T was already a relevant voice of hip hop
21:20When he formed the Heavy Metal group Body Count in 1990
21:25But in the 90s, he became more and more popular
21:31This continued to cause controversy
21:33When Body Count released its debut album in 1992
21:36An LP that included an infamous song called Cop Killer
21:44The former president of the United States, George H.W. Bush
21:48Talked about the subject
21:50The conservative actor, Charlton Huston
21:53He expressed his anger about the anti-police content of the song
22:04The police unions, as expected
22:07They also opposed Cop Killer
22:09And the album was soon removed from stores
22:11Then Body Count released a new censored version
22:15This time with a replacement song entitled
22:17Freedom of Speech
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