'Sluttish pop stars are harming children': Leading record producer slams the likes of Lady Gaga and Rihanna for 'using sex because they lack talent'

'Sluttish': Pop stars like Lady Gaga are being blamed by Mike Stoke for taking the easy route to gain fans

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Legendary songwriter Mike Stock has launched an astonishing attack on the sexualised image of risqué female pop stars like Lady Gaga.
Mr Stock, who was one third of the hugely successful 80s songwriting trio Stock, Aitken and Waterman, branded today's stars 'sluttish'.
He followed that up by claiming modern U.S. performers resort to sexually-charged pop videos because they don't have much 'of a sell'.

Speaking to The Independent on Sunday, Mr Stock, 60, said: 'It's easy: if you haven't got much of a sell – stick some sex in the video and the job's done.

'It's both easy and lazy. And probably shows a lack of ability to do something else.

'Adele doesn't have to resort to the sexual thing, she's there because of the songs. It's largely the Americans, to be honest – the new breed of rap and Lady Gaga types.

'They're all just... sluttish. And young girls think they are someone worth emulating.

U.S. singer Ke$ha, who's real name is Kesha Rose Sebert, has been accused of sexing up her image to hide a lack of talent

Rihanna, pictured here performing at the 02 Arena in south east London last year, is another star famous for her sexy image

'There's nothing wrong with being sexy. It's just [an issue] if it's the only thing on offer for kids.
'I may be trying to revert to a purer era of 10 to 15 years ago, but what this stuff is doing is taking us back to primitive times – making it much more ugly, in my view.'

Along with Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman the songwriter formed Stock had more than 100 top 40 hits in the 80s and early 90s.

Songwriting trio: (from left) Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman in the PWL studio in Southwark had a string of hits in the 80s and early 90s

He added: 'The guys in the A&R departments are just interested in sexy girls. They're not interested in the mass market.'

Andrew Harrison, the editor of Q magazine, said told The Independent on Sunday that Mr Stock's views were outdated.
'The entire point of the post rock 'n' roll era is that it's not wholesome and it's not innocent. It's always been about sex and sexuality,' he said.

'I don't think we could accuse Stock, Aitken and Waterman's people, like Jason and Kylie, as being aggressively sexual, but the music business is built on selling sexual attraction.
'Lady Gaga's music is not aimed at children, it's aimed at teenagers and adults who understand what she does with themes surrounding sexuality.'

Culled from The Daily Mail UK.

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