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Interested to get some opinions on this. When I was younger (don't worry, not going there!) one of my favourite bands was Lostprophets. They were the first band I saw live, bought their albums, t-shirts etc etc.
Anyways, cut to 5-years later and the lead singer (Ian Watkins) gets charged with child sex offences (BBC News article). At that point I still had songs on various Spotify playlists, iTunes libraries and CDs in my car. But i questioned if I should still be listening to them.
As the title suggests, this is just one example. There have been numerous bands/celebrities, but should that mean that everything they were associated with until then should be tainted?
In the example I gave for Lostprophets, they are a band, so should all members suffer for the actions of 1? And should I feel guilty for still enjoying their music?
Rolf Harris, Garry Glitter, Jimmy Saville etc at least are solo entertainers and can essentially contain their disgrace to themselves bar some collateral spill over to thr BBC etc. I doubt anyone is feeling upset they cannot watch re-runs of Animal Hospital or Jim'll Fix It, but you understand the idea. Imagine if a Will Smith type suddenly had a scandal revealed, would you feel ashamed to watch Fresh Prince or one of his amazing films?
I guess am asking basically, should the entire legacy of someone's career be swept under the carpet after being defamed in a serious scandal?
Anyways, cut to 5-years later and the lead singer (Ian Watkins) gets charged with child sex offences (BBC News article). At that point I still had songs on various Spotify playlists, iTunes libraries and CDs in my car. But i questioned if I should still be listening to them.
As the title suggests, this is just one example. There have been numerous bands/celebrities, but should that mean that everything they were associated with until then should be tainted?
In the example I gave for Lostprophets, they are a band, so should all members suffer for the actions of 1? And should I feel guilty for still enjoying their music?
Rolf Harris, Garry Glitter, Jimmy Saville etc at least are solo entertainers and can essentially contain their disgrace to themselves bar some collateral spill over to thr BBC etc. I doubt anyone is feeling upset they cannot watch re-runs of Animal Hospital or Jim'll Fix It, but you understand the idea. Imagine if a Will Smith type suddenly had a scandal revealed, would you feel ashamed to watch Fresh Prince or one of his amazing films?
I guess am asking basically, should the entire legacy of someone's career be swept under the carpet after being defamed in a serious scandal?
