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The Senate once watched Van Halen music video during ‘porn rock’ hearings
late guitar god’s music video “Hot for Teacher” at a hearing about too much sex, violence and Satanism in rock music.During the Sept. 19, 1985, meeting, the Senate Commerce Committee tuned into the mildly steamy footage — which showed a bespectacled student fantasizing about his teacher in a bathing suit as the rocker wailed.Amusing footage of the so-called “porn rock” hearing recirculated online Tuesday after news broke of Eddie Van Halen’s death, tweeted out by C-SPAN Communications Director Howard Mortman.“One criticism of the rock industry is the way it portrays values in rock videos which are viewed by the kids,” Sen.
