Tipper Gore
Tipper Gore (1948) is a U.S. activist. She was one of the founders, and an outspoken member of, the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC).[1] Back then, she was the wife of Al Gore.
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa criticized Tipper Gore's PMRC activism. He refers to her directly in the Z-Pack - PMRC Letter and Z-Pack - Prepared Statement Of Mr. Zappa and mentions her in More Trouble Every Day (Swaggart Version) ("Oh, my God, it's Tipper!").
Tipper Gore's voice is sampled in Porn Wars ("A voluntary labeling is not censorship") and can also be heard during Congress Shall Make No Law (The Track). [2]
"She's written a book on how to raise children, and she's going to be doing the talk-show circuit. They'll try and make a star out of Tipper, really because one of the subtexts of this thing is getting the Gore family name before the public, because I think Albert wants to run for president. These people are cultural terrorists!" - Frank Zappa in Frank Zappa and the Scarlet Letter, Dot Stone, RIP, June 1985.
"I debated Tipper Gore on a radio talk show in Atlanta a couple of days ago, and she was saying the same thing she always says: "Our position is clear, we do not favor legislation, blah blah blah." I said, "Are you aware of the fact that Senator Hollings is seeking legislation before December?", and apparently she hadn't read the article. And I said, "Yeah, look, that's what he's trying to do. If you really are against legislation, will you help me fight it?" And she said, "Well, our position is clear, we have always not recommended legislation ... ", and the talk show guy says, "But will you help him fight it?" And there was, "Our position is clear, we have ... " – you know, it's like a broken record. If they really are against legislation, she should be appalled by it. [She should] say, "Why, that's the worst ... well, I would never ... of course I'll help you fight it. We'll go out there and get in the trenches together, Frank." But there's none of that." - WRIF Radio Interview, 28 October 1985.
"I was so irate at the carryings-on at the Republican convention," he said. "I thought that if I can do anything to make sure that George Bush doesn't get elected again – up to and including shaking hands with Tipper Gore – I'll do it. I mean, it's that bad ... I take back every bad thing I ever said about Clinton and Gore ... Whoever or whatever George Bush is, if you look at his friends, or his fellow travelers, I don't want to see those fellow travelers anywhere near Washington, D.C." - Frank Zappa in Frank Zappa, 1992-10-01, Los Angeles Times, 1 October 1992.
"Though, a moral battle of sorts has been won with the removal of Tipper Gore from the PMRC censorship body. Offering her resignation as soon as her husband Al took the Democratic Vice Presidency. "It wouldn't have looked too good in the position she's now in," remarks Zappa dryly." - Frank Zappa in: Just When you thought it was Safe, Phil Wilding, Cutting Edge, August 1993.
""The media likes to give the illusion that Tipper Gore and I are mortal enemies. That's not a fact. She sent me a sweet letter when she heard I was sick, and I appreciate that." - Frank Zappa in Pulse Interview, August 1993.
Friendship with Gail Zappa
Tipper Gore and Gail Zappa later became friends. In a February 2019 interview with Tom Tom Magazine Tipper Gore said: "Frank and I would go out for drinks together after our shows where we were on opposite sides. He felt very strongly on one side and I was on the other, but we liked each other as people. We all loved music. Then I met Gail and we became close friends. So close, that during the campaign trail, when I would have to go to Los Angeles, [Gail] would say, ‘Stay with me!’ So I knew her kids, too." [3]
Tipper Gore and her daughter Kristin played drums on Diva Zappa's single When the Ball Drops (1999). [4]
Tipper Gore was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of The MOFO Project/Object (2006) album. [5] She is thanked in the liner notes of "Congress Shall Make No Law . . ." (2010) as well.
Sources
- ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tipper-gore-reflects-on-pmrc-30-years-later-20150914/
- ↑ https://www.donlope.net/fz/lyrics/FZ_Meets_The_Mothers_Of_Prevention.html#Porn
- ↑ https://tomtommag.com/2019/02/former-second-lady-tipper-gore-banging-the-drum-for-a-better-world/
- ↑ https://tomtommag.com/2019/02/former-second-lady-tipper-gore-banging-the-drum-for-a-better-world/
- ↑ http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors
