The exact people trying to be cool, our weak liberals, whose desperation makes them such great chumps for the globalist fascists of the left, are the ones who will become hoisted on their own petard here.
It is a good thing to take a long hard look (no pun meant there) at men’s behavior with less civilization, and be honest about it. Heavy civilization, usually brought about by stricter moral and religious codes, keeps sexuality circumscribed.
The rock music world is just outside civilization enough to make it exciting. But when we take the closer look, we see the stars feasting on as many pretty young girls as possible, often for a decade or more. Within the few morals of that hedonism, this is normal to expected. Men, unchecked by a society, will rut unfettered with anyone and show no remorse or care for the multiple sex partners they enjoy. Gay men even moreso, sometimes preferring engaging bodyless through a glory hole.
More civilized men, often men like you sitting there having wives or girlfriends, safely ensconced deep within a moral framework, heap praise upon and feel envy toward the rock stars who can orgasm in any girl they want, multiple times a day.
What is good about this trend of now focusing on the natural behavior of men without reins is that the leftists have used our liberal ways to trick us into going down a path toward their control of us, strewing the path with delicious free sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
The #metoo movement is now shining a light on what really happens to girls when mere men who can make music are given the royal pass out of civilization. If we now move to more respect and more care in sexual interactions, it really hurts those who wish us debauched and out of control.
And the lapdog media now looks like an escher infinity drawing. Impossible to revere these pop gods when it’s exposed how they rape little girls or boys. Good to see the left and their liberal sycophants tie themselves into impossible knots of hypocrisy.
I had my rock star dreams as a teenager. I played guitar in a band in high school in the 80s and I was aware of the status that even this afforded me. For a decent-looking boy who wasn't great at sports, guitarist in a rock band was a wonderful way to meet girls.
But I also knew even then that there was a double standard. Rock stars were allowed to get away with behavior that mortal men could not. Vince Neil could kill a man in a drunk driving accident. I would go to prison. Jimmy Page could have a 14-year old girlfriend when he was 33. I would go to prison.
This all with Ryan Adams now is interesting. I am a fan, not a huge one, but I do have his music downloaded on my iPhone. As far as I can tell, mostly he's guilty of being an asshole and a lousy husband. Also, he's guilty of acting like a "rock star" long after the party ended. And the party did end, years before #MeToo came on the scene. When the bottom fell out of the music business around 2000, artists had to start behaving themselves if they wanted to earn a profit.
Today Ryan Adams is losing all of his gear sponsorships and record deals. Radio stations are dropping his songs. The FBI is looking into his underage sexting allegations.
Meanwhile, Jimmy Page just a couple of weeks ago released a signature series Telecaster electric guitar through Fender. And I'm pretty sure a radio station somewhere today played "Stairway to Heaven." Different rules for different times, to be sure.
I think there's a fear to apply #MeToo to the music business. It's going to wipe everyone out, especially when they apply today's rules to the 70s and 80s. No one will be spared.