#gregory abott

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #38: 1987

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: The Bangles, Heart, Gregory Abbott, Whitney Houston, Starship, Robbie Nevil, Whitesnake, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Bob Seger, Bon Jovi. End description]

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Lots of things happening this year. What I want to draw attention to first is the influx of glam metal (or hair metal). Heavy metal as a genre had existed for a few decades by this point, mostly branching off of the blues and psychedelic rock of the late 1960's. To avoid going on an overly-long tangent about metal, I'll leave it at that for now. Glam metal has its roots in the heavy metal sound while also (as the name would suggest) taking additional influences from the glam rock of the 1970's. MTV was very kind to this style of music, and glam metal reached a level of fame where you didn't have to be deep in the metal scene to be exposed to. Other subgenres like thrash and death metal would also grow in popularity around this time, but only to those who were aware of what was going on. Metallica would have to wait to breach the underground and MTV would probably have a hard time getting middle America on board with Necrophagia. So while there was a lot going on in metal throughout the 80s, there's a reason why when most people think of "80s metal", there's a very specific image that comes with that.

But that isn't to suggest that rock music in the mainstream was able to escape controversy by featuring more hairspray and less corpse paint, because there's another moment in music history that will culminate this year. In 1985, the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) put together a list called the "Filthy Fifteen", which listed fifteen songs thought to be inappropriate and damaging towards traditional family values. Songs on the list include Prince's Darling Nikki (which seemed to have raised the most ire out of the PMRC's co-founder, Tipper Gore), Mötley Crüe's Bastard, Twisted Sister's We're Not Gonna Take It, and Cyndi Lauper's She Bop. A senate hearing over the matter of explicit lyrics was held in 1985, with musicians Frank Zappa, John Denver, and Twisted Sister's Dee Snider speaking out in opposition to censorship. There is a lot behind this conflict, both inside the courtroom and outside, so I'm aware that I'm giving a very fly-over view of the events for the sake of this poll. I'll just mention that these hearings were sometimes dubbed "The Porn-Rock Hearings", the outcry from these concerned parents groups fit really well in Reagan's America, and Zappa gave this absolute bomb of a quote that has been sitting with me a lot as of late:

"Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are, in my opinion, more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality. Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religious Thought, and the Right to Due Process for composers, performers and retailers are imperiled if the PMRC and the major labels consummate this nasty bargain."

There are so many good quotes, so I linked to the Full Video and Transcript

To make a long story unfortunately short, something of a compromise was reached by requiring musicians and labels to put "parental advisory" stickers on their albums, alerting potential consumers of the "objectionable" material within. Some musicians found the label as a loss for free speech and another example of the U.S. government deciding whose voices get to be considered moral or not. Other musicians predicted that the parental advisory sticker would only make their music more appealing to young people. You probably didn't need me to tell you this, but Tipper Gore and the PMRC did not stop the "moral downfall of America", if such a thing could even be quantified.

So now we all have little black and white stickers on our albums, yay. But this is far from the last time we'll see a major court case over music and obscenity. But we'll go over that next decade.

#billboard poll #billboard music #tumblr poll #1980s #1980s music #1987 #the bangles #heart #gregory abott #whitney houston #starship #robbie nevil #whitesnake #bruce hornsby #bob seger #bon jovi

[asadfangirlbitxh]

My favorite sitcoms always have a couple with so much chemistry from the moment they meet and you can't help but fall in love with them

1) Amy and Jonah, Superstore

2) Jess and Nick, New Girl

3) Jake and Amy, B99

4) Chidi and Eleanor, The Good Place

5) Monica and Chandler, FRIENDS

6) Jim and Pam, The Office

7) Janine and Gregory, Abott Elementary

8) Cory and Topanga, Boy meets World

9) Dan and Mindy, The Mindy Project

10) Ben and Devi, Never have I ever

#sitcoms #amy and jake #amy and Jonah #nick and jess #benvi #Gregory and Janine #danny and mindy #chidi and eleanor #cory and topanga #jim and pam #monica and chandler #friends #the office #superstore #b99 #new girl #the good place #abott elementary #never have i ever #boy meets world #mindy project

[autisticheadcanons]

Gregory Eddie from Abbott Elementary is autistic!

-He takes things literally.

-He has a hard time knowing when someone is joking.

-He follows specific plans and schedules. He struggles when plans change.

-He has food aversions and only eats a few specific foods.

-He's extremely observant

-He often struggles socially unless he can engage about a special interest.

Special interests: Legos, gardening, sports, organizing and planning, Sully Sullenberg

#autistic headcanon #actuallyautistic #gregory eddie #abott elementary #mod post

[my-uhhhhh]

Abbott Elementary is really about to have Janine get strung along by another rapper and have Gregory break up with Amber and pining because Janine's dating his homie before they FINALLY get their shit together

... and I will eat that shit UP. Hell yeah, fuck me up Quinta

#abott elementary #quinta brunson #gregory x janine #gregory eddie #this is just a prediction I don't know it for sure #but i feel it in my heart of hearts

[frankie-idk]

maybe it’s just cuz i’m watching the rookie and abott elementary atm but the ships are popping off…

like janine and gregory’s “if we did this it would be something real”

and tim and lucy’s “i’ll have ruined the most important relationship in my life”

i am giggling

#THE WRITERS ARE WRITING #and i’m so happy about it #fr giggling #abott elementary #janine teagues #gregory eddie #janine x gregory #the rookie #the rookie abc #tim bradford #lucy chen #chenford

[blackmensuited]

#tyler james williams #actor #suit #jacket #handsome #style #sharp #sexy #suave #fashion #hunk #stud #abott elementary #gregory eddie #critics choice awards

[is-there-an-undo-button]

obsessed with him

#gregory eddie #abott elementary

[serene-illusion]

I want a Jacob and Gregory bondung episode. Let them get locked in the school overnight or let them have the same obscure favourite TV show or anything! Just give me becoming best friends!

#the way they were in the Halloween episode>>>> #gregory eddie #jacob hill #abott elementary

[julyzaa]

Me with Janine and Gregory in Abbott Elementary

#janine teagues #abott elementary #gregory eddie #janine x gregory

[ijustgotherebro]

Happy valintines day pt2

#b99 #peraltiago #9 1 1 #bobby x athena #httyd #fanart #rufflout #hiccstrid #ot3 #mlm #mchanzo #overwatch #blueberrylemontea #bunyribbit #phargency #abott elementary #gregory x janine #heathlegs #valentines day #tumblr #wlw #lesbians #gay

[serendipitouscontaminant]

LOVED Gregory responding to Janine’s “guess who I ran into?” with literal answers btw

#abott elementary #abbott elementary spoilers #gregory eddie

[sagemoderocklee]

#found a typo in rts and this is all i could think of #five minute crafts but its just me makin naruto memes #gaara #wondering how many ppl following me are watching abott elementary #and will actually get this joke #funniest part about this is gaara is NOTHING like janine he's way more of a gregory and lee is janine

[tiptoethewordsgo]

the way their is only 3 Gregory x Jacob fanfics on ao3 is actually CRIMINAL atp I might just write one myself

#abott elementary #gregory x jacob #gregory eddie #jacob hill #guys PLEASE im literally so desperate for content of them you don’t understand

[ashleywritesstuff]

Can't wait. H/T @fangirlishsite

#Abott Elementary #Janine Teagues #Gregory Eddie #Quinta Brunson

[tsukisdiary]

NO WAIT BC MR JOHNSON'S RIGHT (tho I don't know if he knows WHY he is right) BECAUSE THE STATEMENT "dinosaurs are extinct" is incorrect if you are generalising all dinosaurs because avian dinosaurs (BIRDS) are still fucking alive and yes they are dinosaurs. the ones that ARE extinct are the non-avian ones.

#so yeah... gregory keep up with the science news and discoveries #abott elementary

[frankie-idk]

gregory eddie you are perfect never change

#i kinda knew that #SIRRRR????? #and janine #my babies #gregory eddie #janine teagues #abott elementary #janine x gregory