Producer condemns 'soft porn' stars Gaga, Britney

A producer who helped launch Kylie Minogue has slated the new crop of pop stars for ‘sexualising’ young people.

Mike Stock, one third of the legendary pop factory Stock, Aitken and Waterman, said: “The music industry has gone too far. It's not about me being old fashioned. It's about keeping values that are important in the modern world.  These days you can't watch modern stars  -  like Britney Spears or Lady Gaga  -  with a two-year-old.” He was speaking to the UK newspaper the Daily Mail.

“Ninety-nine per cent of the charts is R 'n' B and 99 per cent of that is soft pornography.”

He continued: 'Kids are being forced to grow up too young. Look at the videos. I wouldn't necessarily want my young kids to watch them. I would certainly be embarrassed to sit there with my mum.'

Stock worked with Minogue on her comparatively innocent video and song, “I Should Be So Lucky”, one of the eighties’ most memorable hits.

In contrast, 24-year-old Lady Gaga, who burst on to the scene two years ago, has regularly used crude metaphors in her lyrics as well as posing in revealing outfits.

Stock says that today's children are being 'sexualised' as a result of images put out by the pop industry of stars such as Lady Gaga.  “Mothers of young children are worried because you can't control the TV remote control. Before children even step into school, they have all these images  -  the pop videos and computer games like Grand Theft Auto  -  confronting them and the parents can't control it. Talking to mothers' groups, they were saying that even they have lost faith in brands like Disney.”

He is currently producing a musical that he believes is fit for the entire family. “The Go!Go!Go! Show”, currently playing at London’s Leicester Square Theatre, has been described by reviewers as one of the perkiest shows for children this summer.
 

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