POP PORNO A DIRTY HISTORY OF MUSIC: June 2020

From the "dirty" blues of the 1920s and the pelvic thrusts of early Rock ’n’ Roll to the boundary-pushing lyrics of Prince, Madonna, and the pioneers of Hip-Hop, we trace how artists have used the language of desire to shatter social taboos and challenge censorship. Pop Porno isn’t just about the "explicit"—it’s about the subversive. We explore how transgressive lyrics served as a battlefield for civil rights, feminist liberation, and queer identity. If a song was banned, burned, or boycotted, you’ll find its story here. Enter at your own risk. The history of music has never sounded this dangerous. In the new section "Synthetic Frontier of POP PORNO" we analyze the terminal mutation of the architecture of desire. Pop Porn is no longer a border subculture, but the ontological paradigm of all existence. The Synthetic Frontier represents the point of singularity where biological instinct is encoded, processed, and rendered in the form of an algorithmic simulacrum.

TWIST AND SHOUT

Well, shake it up, baby, now

Twist and shout

Come on, come on, come, come on, baby, now

Come on and work it on out

SEASON 1

EPISODE 5

GENERE: Musicale, Storico

PARENTAL ADVISORY: SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT

Come on over baby

Whole lot of shaking going on

Yes I said come on over baby

Baby you can't go wrong

We ain't faking

Whole lot of shaking going on

Well I said come on over baby

We got kicking in the barn, ooh huh

Come over baby, baby

Baby got the bull by the horn

We ain't faking it

Whole lot of shaking going on

Well I said shake it baby shake

Ahhhhh, let's go!

SEASON 1

EPISODE 4

GENERE: Musicale, Storico

PARENTAL ADVISORY: SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT

"You know Elvis, don't you? He's a geetar with six broken strings and a loose pelvis.
Elvis the Pelvis, they're calling him"

EPISODE 3

GENERE: MUSICALE, STORICO

PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT LYRICS

Rock that thing!

Oh, rock that thing!

When you hear those piano keys

It will make you shake

from your head to your knees

Just rock that thing!

EPISODE 2

GENERE: Musicale, Storico

PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICITE LYRICS

All you gals better get out and walk

Because I’m gonna start my dirty talk

Jelly Roll Morton, "The Dirty Dozen" (1938)

Come on baby, let's have some fun

Just put your hot dog in my bun

Lil Johnson, "Press My Button (Ring My Bell)" (1938)

SEASON 1

EPISODE 1

GENERE: Musicale, Storico

PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT

TWIST AND SHOUT

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE

SHAKE THAT THING

ROCK THAT THING

BACKLASH From Dirty Blues to Porno Rap

All you gals better get out and walk

Because I’m gonna start my dirty talk

Jelly Roll Morton, "The Dirty Dozen" (1938)

Come on baby, let's have some fun

Just put your hot dog in my bun

Lil Johnson, "Press My Button (Ring My Bell)" (1938)

MONSTER