POP/ROCK - Nov. 4, 1987

Presidential contender Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) and his wife, Tipper, met with Norman Lear, musician/activist Don Henley, MCA Records President Irving Azoff and more than 30 other entertainment industry leaders at a closed-door luncheon recently to assuage ruffled feathers over Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) founder Tipper Gore’s ongoing crusade against sexually explicit rock ‘n’ roll lyrics. Both Gores said they regretted the controversial 1985 hearings held by the Senate Commerce Committee (on which Gore sits) on the issue of rock lyrics. The couple nonetheless defended their stances on “porn-rock” and the need for record labeling. “Lukewarm,” was how Daily Variety described many attendees’ reactions to the duo. Said I.R.S. Records chief Miles Copeland: “If I was an adviser to Gore, I’d say get your wife off this and quick, because she’s a liability.”