these videos really got people talking
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
controversial music videos number ten
nirvana heart-shaped box thanks to never
mines incomparable success Nirvana
brought the Seattle sound tube massive
but that didn’t mean they’d be safe from
controversy in fact the music video for
the first single from their next album
caused quite a stir with it’s weird
imagery
which included influences from The
Wizard of Oz the image of an old man
being crucified and a little girl in Ku
Klux Klan inspired attire
number nine George Michael I want your
sex compared to today’s music videos and
the others on this list I want your sex
probably doesn’t shock you that much but
in the 80s a video with blindfolds
lingerie satin sheets and such blatantly
sexual lyrics was a very big deal and to
top things off Michaels then girlfriend
was co-star number 8 Pearl Jam Jeremy
it was thanks to Jeremy that Pearl Jam
really became mainstream rock stars
but it’s memorable hook and betters
characteristic growl weren’t the only
reasons
song was also accompanied by a powerful
music video that told the story of a
student who shoots himself in front of
his classmates this reenactment of a
real-life tale affected audiences so
much the scene had to be edited out
3:30 in the morning number 7
Garth Brooks the thunder rolls the
city’s looking like a ghost town though
he might not be the first country star
you’d associate with controversy this
video made it clear Brooks isn’t afraid
to tackle issues he believes in
unfortunately its theme of domestic
violence turned off multiple television
networks and the livedescribe
but they quickly change their minds when
women’s shelters backed it for promoting
awareness the clip later earned the CM a
video of the Year award
the phone number 6mm featuring Dido Stan
since she’s often blasted for violent
sexist or homophobic lyrics it’s not
that surprising to see Slim Shady here
my girlfriend’s pregnant so I’m out to
be a father if I have a daughter guess
what I’m a caller on my name is bond and
since this hip-hop tracks about a
deranged fan whose love for Eminem
causes him to kill himself and his
pregnant girlfriend the heavy censorship
is almost a given sea swims confront a
song hey flip that’s my girlfriend but I
didn’t blow I just see all right Mike
several of Stan’s lyrics and the music
video scenes didn’t make the cut for
broadcast including a shot of a bound
and gagged Dido
number five Marilyn Manson sink
though the reenactment of JFK’s
assassination in coma white was also
controversial it’s the dark bloody sex
and drugs filled images of Saint that
make this list
since Manson’s known for his graphic
lyrics and performances this video
couldn’t be more fitting for an album
titled the Golden Age of grotesque after
the labor refused its release it could
only be ordered online though the
uncensored version is now available on
some sites
number four mi a born free
in an attempt to make a statement about
genocide m.i.a
conceived of the short film for born
free red-headed people are targeted for
execution in such a brutal and
unapologetic manner that the video
barely lasted a day online though it can
now be found on various sites you’d have
to be heartless not to be moved to watch
a young ginger shot in cold blood
number three Nine Inch Nails closer the
explicit mixture of pleasure pain and
torture depicted in happiness in slavery
almost guaranteed it wouldn’t be seen on
TV in its entirety but it’s the
sacrilegious and sexually charged closer
that was censored on the radio and on TV
by fusing SM female nudity animal
cruelty and religious imagery all in one
the video offended many but the song
remains one of Nine Inch Nails most
well-known
number two Madonna
Like a Prayer
whether it’s for the sex and justify my
love and erotica or the violence in what
it feels like for a girl
Madonna’s videos are constantly being
banned or relegated to certain air times
but it’s the melding of sex race and
religion in like a prayer that truly
caused an uproar Vatican’s blasphemy
charges were so intense
Pepsi backed out of its five million
dollar deal with the Queen of Pop
number one the prodigy smack my bitch up
the big beat group was already treading
on thin ice with feminists thanks to a
title that appeared to promote female
violence but when they came out with the
songs vision of hooker sex drug use
naked bodies and the APRA mentioned
female violence
The Prodigy found themselves completely
banned from television
the fans wouldn’t stop requesting it so
MTV eventually aired the video late at
night do you agree with our list what do
you think is the most controversial
music video be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com for more entertaining top
10
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
controversial music videos number ten
nirvana heart-shaped box thanks to never
mines incomparable success Nirvana
brought the Seattle sound tube massive
but that didn’t mean they’d be safe from
controversy in fact the music video for
the first single from their next album
caused quite a stir with it’s weird
imagery
which included influences from The
Wizard of Oz the image of an old man
being crucified and a little girl in Ku
Klux Klan inspired attire
number nine George Michael I want your
sex compared to today’s music videos and
the others on this list I want your sex
probably doesn’t shock you that much but
in the 80s a video with blindfolds
lingerie satin sheets and such blatantly
sexual lyrics was a very big deal and to
top things off Michaels then girlfriend
was co-star number 8 Pearl Jam Jeremy
it was thanks to Jeremy that Pearl Jam
really became mainstream rock stars
but it’s memorable hook and betters
characteristic growl weren’t the only
reasons
song was also accompanied by a powerful
music video that told the story of a
student who shoots himself in front of
his classmates this reenactment of a
real-life tale affected audiences so
much the scene had to be edited out
3:30 in the morning number 7
Garth Brooks the thunder rolls the
city’s looking like a ghost town though
he might not be the first country star
you’d associate with controversy this
video made it clear Brooks isn’t afraid
to tackle issues he believes in
unfortunately its theme of domestic
violence turned off multiple television
networks and the livedescribe
but they quickly change their minds when
women’s shelters backed it for promoting
awareness the clip later earned the CM a
video of the Year award
the phone number 6mm featuring Dido Stan
since she’s often blasted for violent
sexist or homophobic lyrics it’s not
that surprising to see Slim Shady here
my girlfriend’s pregnant so I’m out to
be a father if I have a daughter guess
what I’m a caller on my name is bond and
since this hip-hop tracks about a
deranged fan whose love for Eminem
causes him to kill himself and his
pregnant girlfriend the heavy censorship
is almost a given sea swims confront a
song hey flip that’s my girlfriend but I
didn’t blow I just see all right Mike
several of Stan’s lyrics and the music
video scenes didn’t make the cut for
broadcast including a shot of a bound
and gagged Dido
number five Marilyn Manson sink
though the reenactment of JFK’s
assassination in coma white was also
controversial it’s the dark bloody sex
and drugs filled images of Saint that
make this list
since Manson’s known for his graphic
lyrics and performances this video
couldn’t be more fitting for an album
titled the Golden Age of grotesque after
the labor refused its release it could
only be ordered online though the
uncensored version is now available on
some sites
number four mi a born free
in an attempt to make a statement about
genocide m.i.a
conceived of the short film for born
free red-headed people are targeted for
execution in such a brutal and
unapologetic manner that the video
barely lasted a day online though it can
now be found on various sites you’d have
to be heartless not to be moved to watch
a young ginger shot in cold blood
number three Nine Inch Nails closer the
explicit mixture of pleasure pain and
torture depicted in happiness in slavery
almost guaranteed it wouldn’t be seen on
TV in its entirety but it’s the
sacrilegious and sexually charged closer
that was censored on the radio and on TV
by fusing SM female nudity animal
cruelty and religious imagery all in one
the video offended many but the song
remains one of Nine Inch Nails most
well-known
number two Madonna
Like a Prayer
whether it’s for the sex and justify my
love and erotica or the violence in what
it feels like for a girl
Madonna’s videos are constantly being
banned or relegated to certain air times
but it’s the melding of sex race and
religion in like a prayer that truly
caused an uproar Vatican’s blasphemy
charges were so intense
Pepsi backed out of its five million
dollar deal with the Queen of Pop
number one the prodigy smack my bitch up
the big beat group was already treading
on thin ice with feminists thanks to a
title that appeared to promote female
violence but when they came out with the
songs vision of hooker sex drug use
naked bodies and the APRA mentioned
female violence
The Prodigy found themselves completely
banned from television
the fans wouldn’t stop requesting it so
MTV eventually aired the video late at
night do you agree with our list what do
you think is the most controversial
music video be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com for more entertaining top
10
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