gary glitter comeback!!!

pebbles21

http://www.nme.com/news/gary-glitter/37578


wtf ??????????????:eek:

what drugs did they give him in prison!!

Nolanger

It's 20 years this month that Glitter attempted an earlier comeback by jumping on the Doctorin' The Tardis hit because it sampled one of his old tunes.

drunkmonkey

Do under 14's get in for free?

carbsy

He's a feckin child pervert! Burn him, burn him I say!

Sinfonia

...and yet, this mofo wrote Rock and Roll Part 2, so the new album might not be that bad :pac:


Interesting topic though, do ones personal sins affect your opinions on their art?

/goes off to make new thread on that question...

Goat Mouth

If i'd wanted a comeback off Gary Glitter I would have kissed a 10 year old girl.


but still... Nah nuh, nah nuh, nah nuh, nah nuh HEY! Nah Nuh, Nah Nuh.

Robbo

Sinfonia wrote: »

...and yet, this mofo wrote Rock and Roll Part 2, so the new album might not be that bad :pac:

What a tune though. I was at a Connacht Rugby game last year where it was played over the PA as the teams warmed up.

Would have been a bit more apt for the underage players playing demo matches at half time though...

Sinfonia

Goat Mouth wrote: »

If i'd wanted a comeback off Gary Glitter I would have kissed a 10 year old girl.

lulz
when i read the thread title i thought "what?! he's gonna do MORE kids?!?!":pac:

ZakAttak

Put this in context- Pete Townshend (Guitarist with 'The Who') was caught with kid porn on his computer, and he's still seen as a hero; the who played Glasto after this event and nobody said anything about it. Fair enough, he was never caught red-handed (unlike Glitter), but I reckon if Glitter had been more of a 'serious' rock star (rather than the more pop-star type of singer he was) he wouldn't be getting nearly the amount of attention.

Bill Wyman of the Stones married a 14 year old and we all know about Mickael Jackson- its becoming the norm unfortunatley.

Didn't Chuck Berry marry his 15 year old cousin ? (it could be someone else I'm thinking of-classic 50's guitarist).

One last thing - R. Kelly.

dbs_sailor

jeez gary really made it...... thhhhhhhhhhhrough the years

noby

ZakAttak wrote: »

Put this in context- Pete Townshend (Guitarist with 'The Who') was caught with kid porn on his computer, and he's still seen as a hero; the who played Glasto after this event and nobody said anything about it. Fair enough, he was never caught red-handed (unlike Glitter), but I reckon if Glitter had been more of a 'serious' rock star (rather than the more pop-star type of singer he was) he wouldn't be getting nearly the amount of attention.

I'm not defending Townshend, but there is no comparison. He accessed a site he shouldn't have, and after a four month investigation was given a warning.

Glitter, on the other hand was found guilty of having possession of child pornography, and of committing obscene acts with minors (originally charged with rape of under-aged girls). It's not about the seriousness of the artist, but the seriousness of the crimes.

Bubs101

ZakAttak wrote: »

Didn't Chuck Berry marry his 15 year old cousin ? (it could be someone else I'm thinking of-classic 50's guitarist).

One last thing - R. Kelly.

It was the guy who did great balls of fire that married his 13 year ols cousin, Bill Haley maybe? And in fairness to R. Kelly, he was proven innocent

noby

Jerry Lee Lewis

ZakAttak

noby wrote: »

I'm not defending Townshend, but there is no comparison. He accessed a site he shouldn't have, and after a four month investigation was given a warning.

Glitter, on the other hand was found guilty of having possession of child pornography, and of committing obscene acts with minors (originally charged with rape of under-aged girls). It's not about the seriousness of the artist, but the seriousness of the crimes.

==>I agree that what Glitter did was more serious than what Townshend- I just wanted to make the point that Glitter isn't on his own when it comes to these types of crimes.

ZakAttak

And in fairness to R. Kelly, he was proven innocent[/quote]

==>True, he was proven innocent- although considering what happened in the trials of Jackson and O.J. I am slightly skeptical about the American Justice system in general when it comes to these matters. However, a court of Law is as far as anyone can go to prove their innocence.

ZakAttak

noby wrote: »

Jerry Lee Lewis

==>Thats who it was! I'm annoyed I didn't get that right 'cos I saw the b-movie biopic on his life a while back (it was on tv3 I think), it was a surprisingly funny and well made film- if I can find the name of it I'll post it, well worth a watch.

drunkmonkey

Pricilla Presley was 14 when she met the King



In fairness he did ask her dad for permission...

+1 to the King:D