The old girl is more of a nostalgia act now, which is just the way it goes. Violence and sex have been transformed into critically acclaimed art on HBO's "The Sopranos" or low-brow farce on Comedy Central's "The Man Show. Pornography is a mammoth and legitimate business. Besides, the world is full of real-life Nikkis - Paris and Britney and Christina, for starters. Nikki still likes to grind, but it doesn't sound that shocking anymore. Two decades later, the new "Nikki" has made nary a ripple on rock radio, where young listeners are surprised to learn that the Foo Fighters version isn't the first. It was pretty racy stuff in 1984, when Tipper Gore heard her young daughter listening to the original version on Prince's "Purple Rain." Because of "Darling Nikki," she started the Parents Music Resource Center in 1985 and a movement that eventually succeeded in putting content labels on albums. In case you don't remember, "Darling Nikki" is a song about a "sex fiend" and the dirty things she does in a hotel lobby with a magazine. Maybe we were too busy ogling the Paris Hilton video. "Darling Nikki" came back, but no one really noticed. Jim Abbott is the Orlando Sentinel's pop music critic 'Darling Nikki' is back, but where's the outrage now?īy Jim Abbott, Tribune Newspapers.
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