I decided recently that I fancied watching an old Simply Red music video. I decided upon one of my favourites – “Something got me started” – which in my opinion is one of the all-time-great music videos…
- Mick Hucknall
So I found it on the Youtube and watched it. Wonderful. However… something happened. Something got me started, you might say…
Underneath the video I noticed comments about Mick Hucknall. Unsavoury comments. Deeply upsetting comments
It’s outrageous, and they kept making reference to his hair. And it’s out of order. It needs to stop. NOW.
Because, as Mick says himself, it’s racist:
Come on. Is this really how you repay a man who has given you nothing but hits?
Well I had to write about the comments I saw on the Youtube. I had to get it out somehow….
Don’t pick on Mick; it makes me sick (By Malcolm Head)
“Mick Hucknall is a great big ginger shit, ROFL :-)” says Plymouth_Dean82
Is this an appropriate comment for a man who has sold more than 50 million records? How many records have you sold Plymouth Dean82?
Don’t pick on Mick; it makes me sick…
“Hucknall’s face is like a swollen testicle covered in tinned spaghetti” says des_O-Connor’s_illegitimateson
How do you sleep at night des O-Connor’s illegitimate son? What innocent genius are you going to attack next? David Jason? And I suppose you think it’s funny to suggest that Des O Connor CBE has an illegitimate son? Well more fool you, because Des O Connor is widely-known to be a wonderful father despite having children with 4 different wives
Don’t pick on Mick; it makes me sick…
Then buckyohaire15 left a comment that simply can’t be repeated. The sort of thing you wouldn’t even say about Hitler.
Are we talking about a genocidal maniac here, or are we talking about a jazzy-smooth-toned pop maestro cum philanthropist whose only crime is having too big a heart?
Don’t pick on Mick; it makes me sick…
“Every Simply Red song is well shit, except Money’s too tight to mention. Obama’s a filthy liar”, says Iwantanswers35
The irony here, is that Money’s too tight to mention is so similar in style to the rest of Simply Red’s catalogue. So it really makes no sense for this to be the one song that Iwantanswers singles out. If he had said Fairground, then I would have understood to some degree, because despite being a ground-breaking song, it was a clear change of direction from Mick, and some fans just couldn’t handle it. As for Obama, well, the jury’s out and to be perfectly honest, this is hardly the right place to discuss him
Don’t pick on Mick; it makes me sick…
“Go Mick. Love Simply Red. Stars is best album. Love it” says mumfromderby54
Finally, some sanity, courtesy of mumfromderby. How refreshing. And Stars is a great album. Not their best in my opinion; for me Picture Book just edges it, but what a nice comment…
Don’t pick on Mick; it makes me sick…
“Proper gash from a little bitch ginger batty boy. Bare gash” says realtalk12345z, with an arrogant disregard for spelling and grammar.
I suppose it’s cool to have bad grammar is it, realtalk? It’s cool to spell badly. I’ll bet the rappers advocate poor spelling. Well I like to spell and punctuate properly. And so does Mick. So you can shove your rap…
I’m sorry for the lack of cohesion in this piece. Needless to say, the anger filtered through into the creative process. People often talk about the dark-side of the internet but I’d never given it much thought. But now I’ve seen the dark-side for myself. And it’s brought out the worst in me. An aggressive streak I scarcely see. Is this the future? This online, tit-for-tat nastiness? Because if it is, I want no part in it
Again, apologies for my angry tone. No offence intended. I’m going to crack open a much-needed Capri-sun and take a breather…
Bye for now
M
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