When news broke that aussie music guru and critic Molly
Meldrum was in a critical condition in hospital after suf-
fering severe head injuries and trauma after falling off
a ladder hanging up christmas lights at his home, i was
not in any hurry to join the queue of all the sometime
friends sometime not friends in the celebrity business
who all of a sudden were gushing of Molly and only too
quick to exagerate their respect for him. I am certain-
ly not suggesting that many in the music business dont
have a genuine respect for Molly and what he does to
promote music and musicians here in australia, peo-
ple such as Kylie Minogue & Ross Wilson as well as
so many others who have made it big in australia
as a musician owe a lot to him and they genuine-
ly adore the man, but there are heaps of others
who simply jumped on the bandwagon of frivolty
when Molly had his accident when privately it's
well known many of them snigger behind his
back about his dying influence on the austra-
lian music scene and even his sexuality. It
always amazed me that Molly did not jump
up and deck John Blackman on Hey Hey It's
Saturday when he used to host a segment
on the program, but he's a gentleman and
he proved it by remaining as cool as the
proverbial cucumber even when bombard-
ed by Blackman's verbal sprays. Overall
he's a legend in the australian music in-
dustry, i mean where would so many mu-
sos in Australia be without Countdown,
and here is wishing Molly all the best
and a full recovery in the near future.
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