in honor of the newest moral panic about a thing that is being blamed for suicides, a look back at when people claimed heavy metal would have that effect.
fundies moved from the tent show to the talk show, popularizing the idea of hidden messages in music. that idea turned up in a few cartoons, tho not always in the genre of metal…
remember when gi joe’s enemy organization cobra started a band, for mind control purposes? pepperidge farm remembers.
that was a pretty catchy one, but the brain of “pinky and” fame had better lyrics. “ain’t you a tall drink of water?” “actually, madam, i am a laboratory mouse on stilts.”
let me know of any others i should add to the post.
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These are series with musical mind control as the premise, but you can probably find clips on the Tube.
Hypnosis Mic The evil matriarchy makes men fight in bad rap battles.
Bakumatsu Rock The shogunate clings to power with mind control concerts; rocking rebels challenge them.
Not a cartoon, but a great example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtedDwFT5lo&t=40s
Then there’s that scene in “Serenity” where River watches some weird semi-cute nonsense on a pub TV screen and starts killing people…
The music of mind control: