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Second thoughts on Kylie

Friday, 4th July 2008

Not that I want to get dragged into a big debate about the merits of her records, but I wonder if it's really a great idea to defend her by saying she represents everything the Taliban loathes. I've heard people make similar claims about other artists. Are we really that rattled by the men in beards that we feel the need to champion everything that upsets them or some benighted souls in Saudi Arabia? 

I mean, they probably wouldn't like Jerry Springer either, but they wouldn't necessarily be wrong. Kylie's bottom doesn't interest me one way or the other (Helen Mirren's is a different matter) yet it's also worth bearing in mind that, not so long ago, Chuck Berry's ding-a-ling was regarded as the last word in obscenity in this country.

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