Word: crews
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lampoon recently joined other comedy organizations in backing rap group 2 Live Crew by writing friend-of-the-court briefs to support the group's side of a Supreme Court case involving a parody of the 1964 Roy Orbison hit "Oh, Pretty Woman...
...Live Crew parody uses much of the song's original music. It includes the line of lyrics, "Pretty woman, walking down the street," and variations with "big hairy woman," "bald-headed woman," and "two-timin' woman...
According to Lampoon President Brian H. Kelley'94, 2 Live Crew lead singer Luther Campbellcalled Lampoon trustees personally to request thatthe Lampoon rally behind...
...parody was included in 2 Live Crew's 1989album "As Clean As They Wanna Be" despite the factthat Acuff-Rose had told the rap group it couldnot use the song...
Justice John Paul Stevens noted during thearguments that 2 Live Crew offered to payAcuff-Rose a royalty for use of the song and wasrefused...