March 10, 2005
Nude Rock
Your Name
Composition
Mr. David L. Williams
March 9, 2005
Janet Jackson, for example. She’s more pop than rock, and her nudity was only on top, but the
fanfare that attended her famous “wardrobe malfunction” certainly earns her a place under this
topic. Apparently, she’s learned her lesson. “Janet Jackson can't blame a wardrobe malfunction
for her look on her new CD cover. That's because Jackson -- already embroiled in controversy
over her and Justin Timberlake's breast-baring stunt during the Super Bowl halftime show Feb. 1
-- is topless on the cover of her new CD” (NBC 4).
Whether or not public nudity rocks, it certainly has a history in rock and roll music. One of the
milestones in that history was the the album cover for John Lennon’s Two Virgins. “When
John submitted his first solo recording project to EMI, the record company executives
nearly passed out. The cover depicted both front and back views of Lennon with his girl friend,
Yoko Ono, entirely nude. Okay, John wore a choker, but all the naughty bits were revealed”
(Daniels).
Even if John and Yoko’s was not a pretty picture, it was perhaps still more artistic than The
Doors’ Jim Morrison’s earlier live exposure. “In Miami in 1969 the audience thought it saw Jim's
‘snake’ - he was charged with exposing himself on stage, in full view of 10.000 people. The
police did not arrest him on the spot, for fear that it would cause a riot” (Douglas).
2004. 9 Mar. 2005 <http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/kirkland/266/john/john.htm>.
Douglas, James. "James Douglas 'Jim' Morrison (1943-1971)." Jim Morrison. 2000. 9 Mar.
2005 <http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/morrison.htm>.
"NBC 4 - Entertainment - Janet In Semi-Revealing Topless Shot On New CD." NBC4.TV. 11 Feb.
2004. 9 Mar. 2005 <http://www.nbc4.tv/entertainment/2840516/detail.html>.
Composition
Mr. David L. Williams
March 9, 2005
Nude Rock
Creative suite sn gen Rock and Roll singers don’t just sing; sometimes they like to get naked, too.Janet Jackson, for example. She’s more pop than rock, and her nudity was only on top, but the
fanfare that attended her famous “wardrobe malfunction” certainly earns her a place under this
topic. Apparently, she’s learned her lesson. “Janet Jackson can't blame a wardrobe malfunction
for her look on her new CD cover. That's because Jackson -- already embroiled in controversy
over her and Justin Timberlake's breast-baring stunt during the Super Bowl halftime show Feb. 1
-- is topless on the cover of her new CD” (NBC 4).
Whether or not public nudity rocks, it certainly has a history in rock and roll music. One of the
milestones in that history was the the album cover for John Lennon’s Two Virgins. “When
John submitted his first solo recording project to EMI, the record company executives
nearly passed out. The cover depicted both front and back views of Lennon with his girl friend,
Yoko Ono, entirely nude. Okay, John wore a choker, but all the naughty bits were revealed”
(Daniels).
Even if John and Yoko’s was not a pretty picture, it was perhaps still more artistic than The
Doors’ Jim Morrison’s earlier live exposure. “In Miami in 1969 the audience thought it saw Jim's
‘snake’ - he was charged with exposing himself on stage, in full view of 10.000 people. The
police did not arrest him on the spot, for fear that it would cause a riot” (Douglas).
Works Cited
Daniels, Frank. "John Lennon, an Annotated Discography." John Lennon, 1968-present.2004. 9 Mar. 2005 <http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/kirkland/266/john/john.htm>.
Douglas, James. "James Douglas 'Jim' Morrison (1943-1971)." Jim Morrison. 2000. 9 Mar.
2005 <http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/morrison.htm>.
"NBC 4 - Entertainment - Janet In Semi-Revealing Topless Shot On New CD." NBC4.TV. 11 Feb.
2004. 9 Mar. 2005 <http://www.nbc4.tv/entertainment/2840516/detail.html>.
This was written by dwillia as an example of the Brief Eccentric Research Paper And Impeccable References (B.E.R.P. -- A.I.R.) assignment for Composition Class.
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