@Rat of Steel
"(Anon-e-moose)
'By Gary Glitter.'
Actually, given Gary's criminal record of having kiddie porn, and given the inordinate number of kiddie-diddlers among the Religious Right, you may be onto something here."
Although post GG's expose (thank goodness for that computer engineer at that branch of PC World!), said tune was dropped* at sports stadiums in the North, East & West of the US, "Rock & Roll (Part 2)" is still used at many of those in the Midwest/Bible Belt for two reasons:
1- They're such Americentricists that they have no concept of what happens outside their own borders. And "R&R(P2)" is such an ingrained part of sports culture, that to suddenly change this tune as a device for gee-ing up the crowd would result in a jarring culture shock (imagine if all cheerleaders were suddenly removed from the US sports equation? You get the picture).
2- Or they do know about GG, but for the above reason, some have simply kept the same tune, but had such done by a different performer/group. Of course, forgetting that Gary Glitter still reaps the financial rewards from the tune he composed, whenever it's played in public.
But either way, subconscious promotion - certainly the condoning - of paedophilia? You decide...
One more thing. As you know, we've seen quoted many times how fundies go on & on (ad infinitum, ad nauseam) about how greater rights for LGBT people (post-DADT's repealment, Prop. 8's overturning etc) is apparently going to result in gay men wanting to force their attentions on young children. Yet, these same fundies think nothing of those ultra-creepy child 'beauty contests' in the Midwest & especially Bible Belt states. I once watched a documentary about one (and as with "Jesus Camp", compared to the 'torture porn' films a la the "Saw" & "Hostel" series, at least you know it's just visual effects; with these documentaries, you know they're infinitely more terrifying - because what you're seeing is REAL); well, just one word springs to mind: traincrash. To call what one saw 'creepy', would need a completely new definition of the word. Those poor kids (with pushy parents; all right-wing religious fundies to a man & woman, it's no coincidence) made (and made up) to look - and perform - like adults before an audience was unimaginably hideous to see. And speaking of audience, such consisted mainly of men, and (I shit you not) all of them were armed with video cameras to record the proceedings.
And the Religious Right think nothing of these Bible Belt-held 'contests' taking place; what everyone else would consider to be nothing less than paedophiles conventions?!
Two Words: JonBenet Ramsey.
Further conclusive proof of what I always say: Hypocrisy. It's hardwired into the DNA of the right-wing.
"Rock & Roll (Part 2)" in Midwest/Bible Belt sports stadiums. Child 'beauty contests'. Two reasons why fundies such as Thomas Carder forfeit their right to criticise LGBT people. In perpetuity.
*- The 'Glitter Band' members, post-expose, simply disbanded, and found other musical avenues/different careers. Even GG's parents changed their names legally (and moved to another part of the UK), so as to not only disown their son, but to avoid tabloid press attention.