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I'll reserve judgement until I hear what Paul Gambaccini thinks about it, he's usually good for a talking-head opinion on stuff.
 
PG being in the frame reminds me that we have been here before, when Jonathan King got done. PG had plenty to say about it then, on the lines of how commonplace dubious behaviour was. Then it was all forgotten again till the JS stuff came out. That alone seems a bit weird now looking back. No reflection on PG mind, I have no idea and will reserve judgement on that.
 
Frances Lengel said:
How did people work out it was PG from "stellar career" and "encyclopedic knowledge"?
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I think most people twigged when the BBC confirmed that their (64 year old) presenter would continue to broadcast this weekend. A quick look at the schedules (R2 obvs cos 64 year old) and a DoB check on Wiki and 'bob's yer uncle'.
 
brogdale said:
I think most people twigged when the BBC confirmed that their (64 year old) presenter would continue to broadcast this weekend. A quick look at the schedules (R2 obvs cos 64 year old) and a DoB check on Wiki and 'bob's yer uncle'.
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Ah right - I thought there might've been some kind of cryptic type clue in that bit quoted from the daily star.
 
The stuff about him being a critic of Savile handling was also quite a clue, at least for me it provided much increased confidence in my own guesswork at the time.

At least the bizarre gap between internet and mainstream media in terms of speculation and naming didn't last very long this time. I've said before that I'd be going mad if these sloppy rules about whether people are named or not caused me to be speculated about (theoretical, I aint famous). The names that twitter people always guess wrongly are often the same ones time and time again, with a little variation here and there. Even if some of them are unlikeable shits for other reasons, its not a nice phenomenon.
 
Can't say I am impressed by his statement.

BBC broadcaster Gambaccini denied the claims, saying in a statement: "On Monday night, 28 October, I attended an excellent production of the Kander and Ebb musical, the Scottsboro Boys, at the Young Vic theatre.

"It concerned a group of black men in Alabama in the 1930s who were falsely accused of sexual offences. Within hours, I was arrested by Operation Yewtree. Nothing had changed, except this time there was no music."
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:facepalm:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...-probe-police-but-deny-allegations.1383334146
 
On further reflection....

Mmmmmmwwwahhhhrglllleeee ggggrrrrr grrrrrr grrrrrrr.

Yeah yeah, nothing has changed. This could be just the case to cause an outrage and lead to the end of the racist 'all non-oxbridge non-dj juries'. How dare he make a comparison to the Scottsboro Boys case.
 
elbows said:
On further reflection....

Mmmmmmwwwahhhhrglllleeee ggggrrrrr grrrrrr grrrrrrr.

Yeah yeah, nothing has changed. This could be just the case to cause an outrage and lead to the end of the racist 'all non-oxbridge non-dj juries'. How dare he make a comparison to the Scottsboro Boys case.
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Yep.

 
ibilly99 said:
Now Roy Harper

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-24955436
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Baby won't you play with me games that no-one else can see.
Leaning over at my window, flashing me your mini-flower show;
Steal away from mummy, oh, there's my little girl;
On the pillow of my tummy, give my hair a curl;
Run your fingers under and over make us a little blow;
and don't forget about tomorrow, in the same place after school;
Baby, make me calm your fears; let me hold your 13 years

Roy Harper - Forbidden Fruit
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Strangely enough quite a few versions have been deleted from You Tube maybe due to copyright strike claims whereas loads of other Roy Harper unofficial stuff is still out there. Not helpful for his defence.

 
Roy Harper. I've really rated lots of his music for years. Fucks sake :(

Wasn't aware of 'Forbidden Fruit'. Actually though, I could well have heard it a few years back without thinking much about it :(
 
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Well guess who wrote this ..

Hey baby you're a sweet young thing,
Still tied to Mommy's apron strings,
I don't even dare to ask your age,
It's enough to know you're here backstage,
You're Jailbait, and I just can't wait,
Jailbait baby come on

One look baby, all I need,
One decision made at lightning speed,
I don't even want to know your name,
It's enough to know you feel the same,
You're Jailbait, and I just can't wait,
Jailbait baby come on

Hey babe you know you look so fine,
Send shivers up and down my spine,
I don't care about our different ages,
I'm an open book with well thumbed pages,
You're Jailbait, and I just can't wait,
Jailbait baby come on
 
ibilly99 said:
Well guess who wrote this ..

Hey baby you're a sweet young thing,
Still tied to Mommy's apron strings,
I don't even dare to ask your age,
It's enough to know you're here backstage,
You're Jailbait, and I just can't wait,
Jailbait baby come on

One look baby, all I need,
One decision made at lightning speed,
I don't even want to know your name,
It's enough to know you feel the same,
You're Jailbait, and I just can't wait,
Jailbait baby come on

Hey babe you know you look so fine,
Send shivers up and down my spine,
I don't care about our different ages,
I'm an open book with well thumbed pages,
You're Jailbait, and I just can't wait,
Jailbait baby come on
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Motorhead no? I always thought that song was about the music business's inherent problems of young girls flocking around pop starts and seedy rock starts wanting to fuck them. I never saw it a Lemmy being a nonce.
 
TopCat said:
Motorhead no? I always thought that song was about the music business's inherent problems of young girls flocking around pop starts and seedy rock starts wanting to fuck them. I never saw it a Lemmy being a nonce.
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Yeah Lemmy - you may well be right - he admitted in his biography apparently as having a 16 year old groupie which is perfectly legal.
 
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