Pete never admitted to being a "child pornographer" because he wasn't. In
my book,
a "pornographer" is someone who takes pictures of sexual acts. Townshend
was
supposedly researching a book and was subsequently cleared of all charges.
I'm not
defending him per se; I just think it's wrong to brand him as something he
wasn't.
Besides, he generally writes far better lyrics than Percy! "Oooh, baby,
baby, baby,
baby, I need zooo love, push, push, squeeze my tadpole in a jar" indeed!
As for Percy, he didn't "release" the dove. His promotor released a bunch
of them
as a prop, thereby co-opting said worldwide symbol of peace. Ironic that
this was
staged at the end of his "song of hope", "anybody remember laughter" song
about
anti-materialism!
On Wed Apr 6 6:15 , 'fireclown fabulosa' <fyrclwn@xxxxxxxxxxx> sent:
So you're saying that rock and roll is about a promoter staging a scene
with a bunch of doves, thereby creating a photo op for an egocentric rock
star with a
60's symbol of peace in one hand and an extremely addictive, carcinogenic
drug in the other?
I thought rock and roll was about teenage angst and rebellion against
authority. Where's Pete Townshend when we need him!?
wow. never thought i'd live to see the day when an in-concert photo of an
R&R front man smoking a cigarette and releasing a worldwide symbol of
peace
into a crowd would be considered sleazier than an admitted child
pornographer.