The empowerment of music

 Bill made me Jo is about an abused boy Jo who ws raped as a child by Bill, a famous singer. Bill is a rock star and unlike Paul Gadd thevsong is less well known.  The song is empowering for Jo.

A therapist once asked me ‘what is the good thing about being raped’ . I have never been able to answer that question. And my inability to find an answer effectively stopped my therapy. Like a failed exam question. It’s been 22 years and I still don’t know the answer. 22 years since the question that is.

I always knew that Paul Gaddis songs were about raping girls. Everyone did. How many other children found them empowering like me? They gave me the ability to vocalise my experiences and to be angry about them. Through song, by singing the songs. Loudly and with anger. I had a Gary glitter cassette tape. The format makes the vintage clear.

In Swaffham there was a militaristic shop, allowing people to indulge in Nazi flags and badges. I found that horrific. Yet where are the music stores allowing empowerment of survivors?

Same is true for Dusty’s Preacher Man and Phil Collins’ Like China.


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