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** Garcia, [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], etc. most certainly were criticized and served time in jail for their substance abuse and rock excesses in [[The Sixties]] as well; Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' drug bust in 1967 was very controversial.
* Some older rock songs, such as [[The Beatles (Music)|The Beatles]]' "Run for Your Life" and [[The Rolling Stones (Music)|The Rolling Stones]]' "Under My Thumb", can be a little problematic for post-feminist ears.
* Not even ''[[School House Rock]]'' is immune. It's a lot more mild than most of the examples on these pages, to be sure, but their song "The Great American Melting Pot" doesn't exactly fit with today's era of multiculturalism. Another one of their songs from the America Rock compilation, "Elbow Room", is either this or [[Politically
* The Crystals' "[[Domestic Abuse|He Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss)]]" is more likely to raise hackles now than it was back in the '60s. What's interesting is that contemporary reactions may be more in line with songwriter intent. Goffin and King wrote the song in shocked reaction to learning that Little Eva was getting beaten up by her boyfriend and didn't object. More [
* The Christmas classic "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" gets this reaction from more than a few people who actually bother to focus on the lyrics. Sure, the underlying message is that the father is dressed as Santa, which the mother finds cute enough to kiss him over, and the child just so happens to catch them in the act and find it comical. However, the song leaves a number of things open to interpretation, such as infidelity, and a Broken Home situation.
* Similarly, "Baby It's Cold Outside" is not well-liked in feminist circles, because it depicts a man pressuring a woman into sex.
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