I'm sure you can find worse stuff online all day long today but I think it was p outrageous in its time.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
They never seem to actually mention sex (in a literal sense); of course it’s obvious to anyone over a certain age what’s going on.
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
Yeah, it was all a bit coded but I expect people got what she meant when she said she liked to call her girlfriends and brag about who she was with the previous night; certainly enough did that the magazine was cancelled due to complaints.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
Pretty reprehensible that this kind of thing went on and people thought it was OK
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
I guess it was a weird interim period between the “old” sexual morality and the new one? So things were still being negotiated?
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
Or something? It was still illegal.
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
oh good, more pearl clutching from a removed perspective, that'll help
https://www.salon.com/2016/01/13/david_bowie_rock_star_groupies_and_the_sexually_adventurous_70s_labeling_us_as_victims_in_retrospect_is_not_a_very_conscious_thing_to_do/
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
Yeah i am aware of that perspective
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
I mostly scrolled to the album reviews - ziggy stardust, transformer, dark side of the moon
― StanM, Saturday, 11 May 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
The movie reviews are pretty good
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 11 May 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
It was still illegal.
Probably a reason why Starr and Star were keeping things (thinly) coded btw.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Saturday, 11 May 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link