Author Joel Williamson shared Elvis kept a group of three 14-year-old girls with him on the tour who were up "for pillow fights, tickling, kissing and cuddling when he was 22.

  • @aodhsishaj
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    494 months ago

    The sad truth is that it was a very common practice. Just wait until they hear about Jerry Lee Lewis.

    • @TexasDrunk
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      404 months ago

      And the Grateful Dead (sure Bob, you waited while she slept outside your room every night for 3 years), Chuck Berry, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, and about a hundred other groups. Hell, Kiss had the Christine Sixteen song, Jethro Tull had Aqualung, Seventeen by Winger, Into the Night by Benny Mardones, and a bunch of other songs have super uncomfortable lyrics about girls.

      That’s not even getting into well known shit bags like Nugent.

      • @[email protected]
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        624 months ago

        Jethro Tull doesn’t romanticize Aqualung (the old man that sits on a park bench and eyes little girls with bad intents). Quite the contrary actually.

        • @TexasDrunk
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          274 months ago

          That’s a really good point. I’m leaving it for now so your reply makes sense but I’ll remove it next time I make that list (which happens too often).

      • @aodhsishaj
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        64 months ago

        Yuuuuuup it’s a long line of assholes in rock and roll.