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Marilyn Manson, The Beatles, NWA, Garth Brooks, and the king, Elvis, What do all these people have in common? Well, yes, they are all musical groups, but there is something more. Marilyn Manson is a heavy metal group who worships Satan, the Beatles were one of the greatest Rock N' Roll bands of all time, and NWA was a hard-core rap group from the 80's. Garth Brooks is a country singer and greatest selling performer of all time, and well, Elvis is the king of Rock N' Roll. So what do they all have in common? All of these artists have or had songs with indecent or obscene lyrics.
Since the dawn of musical expression, there have been people trying to stop or hinder the constitutional right to listen and enjoy music of all forms. There were ordinary, everyday people during the infancy of Rock N' Roll in the 1960's who made it their mission in life to stop so-called "obscene" music like the Beatles song "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds," from polluting our airwaves and minds.......

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