What I mostly remember Tipper Gore for, is getting song lyrics in all the albums, which was an awesome thing, actually. It was always such a bonus if there were lyrics with the record, because, yes, often the words WERE hard to discern thanks to poppy, scratchy vinyl records played through cheap but costly, tinny-ass speakers (or hissy cassette tape played through even worse speakers.)

"Can you play 'I Ain't Jay' by The Rolling Stones?" "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy" etc

So she didn't really censor anything - the point was just so that parents would know what their kids were listening to - and her move was popular, just not for the reasons (or with the people) she intended.

Thinking further on it, I don't even really understand why there was such mockery of this, and the only people to have any reason to hate it would have been the lyrics publishers/rightsolders themselves, and/or the album publishers, but any expense related to printing lyrics would have been passed on to the customer, anyway ....

What I mostly remember Tipper Gore for, is getting song lyrics in all the albums, which was an awesome thing, actually. It was always such a bonus if there were lyrics with the record, because, yes, often the words WERE hard to discern thanks to poppy, scratchy vinyl records played through cheap but costly, tinny-ass speakers (or hissy cassette tape played through even worse speakers.)

"Can you play 'I Ain't Jay' by The Rolling Stones?" "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy" etc

So she didn't really censor anything - the point was just so that parents would know what their kids were listening to - and her move was popular, just not for the reasons (or with the people) she intended.