padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
Diana Ross - his original idol - is usually given as the person he was trying to look likeYou can see him trying to alter his face to look like his sister's over time.
very sad of course, either way. almost his entire life was obviously, interminably sad.
I should say I can no longer listen to his music. I hear it diagetically in the world, of course, but never by choice.
granted it's not the hardest sacrifice for me, but I think if I found out for example Lou Reed was almost certainly a pedophile I'd have to stop listening to the VU.
not a judgment on anyone else. just an individual decision we all have to make about any problematic artist. one day I found I just couldn't do it.