Idea 65: Paedophilia Pop Club
The King of Pop, yesterday
So a friend of mine has asked me to DJ for an hour at his 30th and I wanted to do something with a theme. Do I do a song from every year he's been alive? All songs from 1977? Or a collection of songs all linked by the theme of paedophilia?
Paedophilia is clearly A Bad Thing. Except maybe when it comes to music. I've realised when thinking about all the songs for this night that you could probably string it out to a whole night not just one hour. Obviously you have your Michael Jackson, Jonathon King related stuff, Britney Spears, Billie Piper, Nellie, any child stars there have been over the years and so on.
But it's not just in the world of pap that paedophilia has produced classic music. For example, the Rolling Stones best song is the filthy 'Stray Cat Blues' from the album Beggars Banquet. Here are some of the lyrics:
"I can see that you're fifteen years old
No I don't want your I.D.
I can see you're so far from home
But it's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime
I bet your mama don't know that you scatch like that
I bet she don't know you can bite like that.
You say you got a friend, that she's wilder than you
Why don't you bring her upstairs
If she's so wild then she can join in too
It's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime"
(Jagger, pathetically, in recent years has changed this to 16 years old)
Similarly Travis had a good song from their first album called U15 Girls. And Dan Sartain has a great song on his new album called 'Young Girls'. And Jerry Lee Lewis I think can be included in this set.
Obviously there will be loads more. In fact, why don't you all spend today working out which songs and stars could make it on to a paedophilia playlist that I can play? That would beat working, wouldn't it?
(Right this is the last one. Sorry, no fundamentalists. Tomorrow will be a bit of housekeeping stuff, but no idea)
Feasibility Rating: Under 16
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Got any thoughts on bands / songs that kind of thing?
Cheers Ben. I know how difficult the signing up to Vox and deigning to come on this blog thing is for you, so your appearance is much appreciated.
I'm getting the hang of it now. Shame you're closing really.
I've a guest idea for you. Write to Typepad and ask why they started the world's worstest blogging platform when they already had a couple of perfectly decent ones. That's like Ferrari inventing a C5. Oh and also ask them to feature Life In The Middle as blog of the day. Gotta keep feeding the ego.
Feasibility Rating: 10
God look at you go now...haven't been on here before and we're up to comment 3 from you. This is the kind of traffic that has been sorely missing from this site for too long.
You will have clicked the 'This is good' button. I assumed accidentally but didnt want to say anything.
That's actually a really good idea Ben.
Do you reckon we can get this up to 100 comments as a leaving present?
That's only ever been achieved on Paul's site when I've written at least 65 of them. Under mostly aliases.
Vox makes such prankery difficult.
But please be my guest. That would be a perfect ending. As well as being highly uncharacteristic for this blog..
Good point.
I'm wary of the 'blogging footprint' this site has given me.
Think I might have to offset it by working for a children's charity or something.
As soon as I press send on this one, I'll have equalled the previous best.
And then I'm off to kill myself.
Let's talk about how rubbish Vox is. Maybe the creators are listening?
(By the way, this idea, no. 65 is rubbish. Did I mention that?)
So, Vox. Typepad is brilliant and the choice of all the leading edge bloggers. Moveable Type has nostalgic connotations and I believe is a classic blogging format. LiveJournal is dicey, but I believe the EMO's love it.
Vox is just rubbish.
God almighty.
I think I preferred it when you weren't on here wanging on about something or other.
Although I'm loving how you keep saying this is a good idea in various languages every time you write something.
"Young girl, get out of my mind
My love for you is way out of line
Better run, girl
You're much too young girl.."
And "Into the Night" by Benny Mardones
"She's just 16 years old,
Leave her alone they say..."
Hey Clarice.
Good call. Not aware of Benny Mardones but will check him out now.
Blimey - http://www.bennymardones.net/
Love the "Thank God for Girls" sign that comes up on his site
By the way: Will the best ideas of the past months be collected in a coffee table book? Or made into a film?
OK, so it's not exactly paedophilia (she's 17) but I do like "Hot Legs" by Rod Stewart:
"You got legs right up to your neck
Youre making me a physical wreck
Im talking to you
Hot legs, in your satin shoes
Hot legs, are you still in school
Hot legs, youre making me a fool
I love you honey..."
A Sleazy Listening classic if ever there was one!