The victim chap in this Michael Jackson thing

[Ash]

I watched about 5-10 mins of this last evening.

Turns out MJ tried to do the penetrative bum action with at least one of the very trusting lads. Who'd have thought eh.

MJ a nonce.

Hasn't everyone known this for years anyway? Not sure what's news here.

[Burney]

Hasn't everyone known this for years anyway? Not sure what's news here.

They have, but a lot of people have until now been very deliberately copping a blind'un to the reality of it. This looks like it's set to define him for everyone bar his absolutely mentallest die-hard fans.

[Ash]

They have, but a lot of people have until now been very deliberately copping a blind'un to the reality of it. This looks like it's set to define him for everyone bar his absolutely mentallest die-hard fans.

That'll be a lot of 'best video' compilation programmes gone for a burton then.

[IUFG]

That'll be a lot of 'best video' compilation programmes gone for a burton then.

TOTP2 will be absolutely redundant at this rate of nonce naming...

[WES]

The interesting part of this will be the reaction of radio and streaming services to this news and whether or not they will play or make available his music. And furthermore, whether people will want to listen to it.

Looking forward to this moral debate.

[SWv2]

The interesting part of this will be the reaction of radio and streaming services to this news and whether or not they will play or make available his music. And furthermore, whether people will want to listen to it.

Looking forward to this moral debate.

I was in Tower Records in Dublin yesterday and they were playing Billie Jean which I thought was interesting given he was so in the news and the conversation your refer to above was happening.

Then being the sharp eared muso I am sure didn't I notice that it was not MJ but a cover version.

I expect / suspect they were being ironic in the way that record shop staff can be.

[Ash]

I was in Tower Records in Dublin yesterday and they were playing Billie Jean which I thought was interesting given he was so in the news and the conversation your refer to above was happening.

Then being the sharp eared muso I am sure didn't I notice that it was not MJ but a cover version.

I expect / suspect they were being ironic in the way that record shop staff can be.

I though Tower Records went nipples-up years ago. Are yours ears sharp enough to have noticed that Billie Jean is borrowed from the intro to Riders on the Storm? Which of course is borrowed from Ghost Riders in the Sky, which in turn descends from Johnny Comes Marching Home ...

[Burney]

That'll be a lot of 'best video' compilation programmes gone for a burton then.

Well this is what I was touching on the other day. I'm really not sure how you tell the story of popular music in the 70s and 80s without mentioning Michael Jackson or playing his music.

Erasing Glitter and Savile from history's easy - they're nobodies. Michael Jackson, on the other hand...