In reading the Minipops link posted here, I learned they were shockingly controversial in Britain. Jigga what?
The following is an excerpt from The Observer article of 27 February 1983:
"Is it merely priggish to feel queasy at the sight of primary school minxes with rouged cheeks, eye make-up and full-gloss lipstick belting out songs like torch singers and waggling those places where they will eventually have places? The final act of last week's show featured a chubby blonde totlette, thigh-high to a paedophile, in a ra-ra skirt and high heels; her black knickers were extensively flashed as she bounced around singing the words 'See that guy all dressed in green/He's not a man, he's a loving machine.' Kiddieporn, a shop-window full of junior jailbait? And does the show thrust premature sexual awareness onto its wide-eyed performers?" (Wikipedia)
Seriously? In 1983, I didn't give a crap about kids dressed as minxes except to think they made funny-looking grownups. I just wanted to rewind Video Killed the Radio Star one more time and sing along.
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They were on TV in Britain-- I think that was the problem. On my album covers the girls just looked cute, but maybe it all got a bit inappropriate once they started dancing? Minxity is troubling in motion, I'm sure. Though on one of my albums a girl was wearing a very large Frankie Says Relax t-shirt and she just looked frumpy, so who knows?
Yeah I'm pretty sure I never saw any Mini-Pops videos when I was a kid..
Maybe TV takes it to a whole new level of weird.
K - If I ever make an album, I'm calling it Minxity in Motion. I will credit you in the liner notes.
T - TV Minipops is surely weird. Not quite as weird as seeing them on tour would be. I think it might've been scarring. Like some kind of oompa loompa fashion show.
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