What? Noooooooooooo
I'm stunned, stunned I tell you, by the news that some NFL stadiums are no longer playing Gary Glitter's Rock and Roll Part 2.
Apparently this is in response to Glitter's recent conviction on child molestation charges in Vietnan.
But here's the thing: Glitter was convicted of possessing child pornography back in 1999. Bad-taste jokes about Glitter and pedophilia have been around as long as bad-taste jokes about Michael Jackson and .. well, the same thing. Did this just now filter up to the corporate offices of the NFL?
The second most disturbing part of this article - well, third, if you contemplate spending three years in a Vietnamese prison where everyone knows you're a pedophile - is the choice of songs teams are going to as back-ups now that Glitter has faded away.
"Go Daddy-O" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy? Who in the Denver Broncos braintrust decided that swing music and football should go together? Probably the same guy who though drafting Maurice Clarett in the third round was a good idea.
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But is Duke prepared to give up the Glitter and its "We're going to beat the hell out of you" version?
As to your larger point, this opens up a Pandora's box if you don't play a pedophile's music. Where does it end? Arms possession? Tax evaders? Musicians convicted of drug felonies? In that case: enjoy the silence. ... No, I'm not suggesting teams play Depeche Mode at football games.
Posted on September 5, 2006 1:13 PM