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ruddlescat
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 Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 9:16 pm Post subject: Sounds of the Seventies 2 |
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I happened to catch a trailer for this programme which is currently being shown on BBC 2 - the topic tonight being soul music
What really surprised me was the fact that the introductory music to the show seemed to me to be a soul version of Gary Glitter's 'I'm the Leader of the Gang' 
Does this represent if not the rehabilitation of GG on the part of the BBC at least the fact that they finally accept he does exist and was a major player in 70s music - like it or not
I really hope so because although I dislike him as a human being and totally despise what he did in later life the fact is he represents a part of the history of music and you can't change history no matter how much some people might like to do so 
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ColinB
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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I had not long seen Deep Purple live in the early 70s when some of my student mates suggested that we go and see The Glitter Band. I had a mind to go to the gig in disguise lest we be seen going in by some of our cool fellow-students. No fear - it was a fabulous gig and Gary Glitter knew how to play the crowd perfectly.
Paedophile he might be - but his contribution to popular music in the 70s can't be questioned.
This "re-writing of history" by the media is all a bit Orwellian and I don't like it at all. |
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ruddlescat
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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I saw the Glitter Band at the De Montford Hall in Leicester back in 1975 in my student days
It was one of the best gigs I have seen in my lifetime
I actually met Frank Springett - lead singer of the Band many years later after the revelations about GG had come to light and he felt really agrieved that his band was being unreasonably linked to the sins of its former leader - guilt by association he said
I think it's about time the BBC ditched the political correctness and acknowledged that, whatever they may think, people are entitled to have the 70s decade represented accurately and if that involves recognising the roles of people who subsequently did some very bad things then so be it
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