Cover Your Ears | Official Documentary Trailer - Chuck D, Dee Snider, Ian Hill - video Dailymotion

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From poignant protest songs to fluffy Top 40 hits, music has always defined our culture. With such a powerful influence on all aspects of society, the messages and themes portrayed by musicians have long been considered dangerous to some.

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00:00 [VIDEO PLAYBACK]

00:01 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:03 - What is censorship?

00:05 - Like a moral barrier that you're not allowed to cross.

00:08 - The outrageous edge of rock and roll

00:10 has shifted its focus from I can't get no satisfaction

00:14 to I'm going to force you at gunpoint to eat me alive.

00:17 - You come talk about freedom of speech

00:19 if really all you want is freedom of your speech.

00:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:24 - I didn't perceive it as like a personal attack

00:28 in the beginning.

00:29 - When you want to ban something,

00:30 it's because it's hidden close to truths

00:32 that you don't want to acknowledge.

00:33 - Nowhere in the world you could charge me with some shootings

00:36 based off of something that I was talking about on my music.

00:38 Bro, you have a million dollar bill.

00:40 I haven't done anything.

00:41 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:43 - Everybody had a song where they had something to say.

00:46 They always made sure that there was a message in the music.

00:50 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:52 - It genuinely was a soundtrack of a social revolution.

00:55 It changed the world for real.

00:57 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:59 - It had never occurred to me that going to see a band

01:04 could be a dangerous thing.

01:05 - We always pushed the envelope every chance we had.

01:08 And it definitely freaked out mainstream America.

01:11 - I'm not saying that if you listen to heavy metal music,

01:14 the devil will make you kill your mom.

01:16 - We listen to bands that praise Satan.

01:20 - It's an adult album with an adult sticker on it,

01:24 sold to other people's children.

01:25 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:29 - I think there's a limit on what warrants protected speech.

01:33 I don't think it's artistic.

01:35 (upbeat music)

Cover Your Ears | Official Documentary Trailer - Chuck D, Dee Snider, Ian Hill

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