Mandy Smith- sophisticated?
There goes the Ossifer's reputation for accuracy.......
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marcusallen
Re: Law - as I see it
Hey JJ
"Recent" stuff does not detract from their previous.
Mandy was "sophisticated" in the sense of being wordly-wise, which I assume O.D. meant - she was hardly an innocent virgen, seduced by his power and position. If memory srves, her mum was one tough lady who guided her offspring though the whole episode.
Anyway, good to see you are back and on form, suppose I've got to get my thesaurus out again. Either that or take MORE advice from J. Walker.
"Recent" stuff does not detract from their previous.
Mandy was "sophisticated" in the sense of being wordly-wise, which I assume O.D. meant - she was hardly an innocent virgen, seduced by his power and position. If memory srves, her mum was one tough lady who guided her offspring though the whole episode.
Anyway, good to see you are back and on form, suppose I've got to get my thesaurus out again. Either that or take MORE advice from J. Walker.
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Officer Dibble
Re: Law - as I see it
" Rock? Don't make me laugh- the Stones haven't written a decent tune since 1986." - True, but what wondrous tunes they did write in their heyday. Which dude with blood in his veins does not feel a tingle up the spine when they hear the opening bars of Honky Tonk Woman, Can't Get No Satisfaction, Brown Sugar, Gimme Shelter, Paint It Black, Sympathy For The Devil, Angie, It's only Rock 'N' Roll, Wild Horses, Beast of Burden, Sister Morphine... I could go on and on.
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Officer Dibble
Re: Law - as I see it
What an agreeably lucid post Marcus old chap. Looks like your renowned savvy of the 80's London scene came into play and you got the number of those Smith girls straight away! It was obvious what their game was.
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Officer Dibble
Re: Law - as I see it
Hey, somebody's got to put some interesting stuff up here and generate some groovy debate.
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lordjohn
Re: Law - as I see it
Here I go again. I broke the original Bill Wyman Mandy Smith story in the Sunday Mirror with a guy called Angus Mayer. We had first seen him with the gloriously pert Mandy at Tramp one night.
We were watching a well-known American actor having a series of hookers paraded before him for his eventual selection and delectation.
In the bar was Bill and this obviously very young nymphette. Who had been styled somewhere to look like Brigitte Bardot with her hair piled up sixties style and wearing a black "pelmet" miniskirt. She was truly stunning and jaws were dropping everywhere over the bangers and mash!
As usual the staff at Tramp were zipped on who she was part of why celebs continue to go there, because no one rings the papers.....but the usual source of info came up trumps (tramps)....ie: The gaggle of chauffeurs outside. The buzz was that Bill was being ultra coy because of her age.
A tacky team tracked her for ages and eventually came up with a Croydon connection where school pals revealed her age and the rest is history.
The word paedophile was not in such common use in those days but there was a ground swell about Bill and underaged sex. But of course no one could prove he was actually doing the biz.
I interviewed Mandy later when she had fled to Marbella with an exceptionally good looking lad on the run from Bill. And she had nothing but good to say about him and actually claimed that he had not done anything illegal and had "waited".....I have a feeling this was a coached response and had probably been financed to be so!!!
I have tried not to be libellous here oberfuhrers! If I have contravened any rules advance apologies.
The obvious comment to make is how many boy band members over the last decade have stopped to ask the thousands of girls they have "entertained"for ID before dabbling Even Gary Barlow has admitted to groupie sex......where do we draw the line on that one.
There are lads of eleven out in the great British counties having sex with girls even younger as the pregnancy figures show....Where does this leave a Rock Star who has downloaded pix from a site maybe a few times.
Even if it was an intrinsic curiosity on Townshend's part....should his life be curtailed and pilloried because of it. How many can truly cast the first stone.
We were watching a well-known American actor having a series of hookers paraded before him for his eventual selection and delectation.
In the bar was Bill and this obviously very young nymphette. Who had been styled somewhere to look like Brigitte Bardot with her hair piled up sixties style and wearing a black "pelmet" miniskirt. She was truly stunning and jaws were dropping everywhere over the bangers and mash!
As usual the staff at Tramp were zipped on who she was part of why celebs continue to go there, because no one rings the papers.....but the usual source of info came up trumps (tramps)....ie: The gaggle of chauffeurs outside. The buzz was that Bill was being ultra coy because of her age.
A tacky team tracked her for ages and eventually came up with a Croydon connection where school pals revealed her age and the rest is history.
The word paedophile was not in such common use in those days but there was a ground swell about Bill and underaged sex. But of course no one could prove he was actually doing the biz.
I interviewed Mandy later when she had fled to Marbella with an exceptionally good looking lad on the run from Bill. And she had nothing but good to say about him and actually claimed that he had not done anything illegal and had "waited".....I have a feeling this was a coached response and had probably been financed to be so!!!
I have tried not to be libellous here oberfuhrers! If I have contravened any rules advance apologies.
The obvious comment to make is how many boy band members over the last decade have stopped to ask the thousands of girls they have "entertained"for ID before dabbling Even Gary Barlow has admitted to groupie sex......where do we draw the line on that one.
There are lads of eleven out in the great British counties having sex with girls even younger as the pregnancy figures show....Where does this leave a Rock Star who has downloaded pix from a site maybe a few times.
Even if it was an intrinsic curiosity on Townshend's part....should his life be curtailed and pilloried because of it. How many can truly cast the first stone.
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jj
Re: Law - as I see it
I yield to no-one in my admiration for the Stones' earlier oeuvre, although I wish TV would stop hijacking 'Gimme Shelter' for their crappy ads. But you can't live on past glories.
I didn't think anyone still used 'sophisticated' in that former sense, hence the challenge. I'd certainly have been happier with phrases like 'worldly-wise', native cunning', 'cynical gold-digging', 'no fool like an old fool' etc.
I didn't think anyone still used 'sophisticated' in that former sense, hence the challenge. I'd certainly have been happier with phrases like 'worldly-wise', native cunning', 'cynical gold-digging', 'no fool like an old fool' etc.
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jj
Re: Law - as I see it
There is a hoary old tale, probably apocryphal, about a well-known rock legend who, stopping off at a motorway service station in the wee small hours, bought copies of all the tabloids. When asked about his untypical news-hunger, he replied: "well, I've just shagged two thirteen-year-olds in my hotel-room down in London, and I want to see if it's made the headlines yet".
Class. Sheer class.
Class. Sheer class.
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jj
Re: Law - as I see it
And you frequently do !!
Have to agree (see above, about past triumphs, though).
Have to agree (see above, about past triumphs, though).