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** While thankfully, Newley doesn't seem to have ever actually molested anyone, [[PedoHunt let alone children]] as his song Sacha Newley has accused him of, he ''did'' start his relationship with Creator/AnnekeWills when she was only 17 during the production of ''The Strange World of Gurney Slade'' (this overlapping with ValuesDissonance). There are also other examples of Newley singing about being attracted to fawning over extremely young women (which it was common to refer to as "young girls" back in the day), such as his recording of the English folk song "Seventeen Come Sunday", as well as Heironymus Merkin's attraction towards the second title character of ''Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?'', the film in question being what lead to Creator/JoanCollins, who ''did'' defend Newley from allegations of pedophilia, divorcing him.
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** Overlapping with ValuesDissonance: While thankfully, Newley doesn't seem to have ever actually molested anyone, [[PedoHunt let alone children]] as his song Sacha Newley has accused him of, he ''did'' start his relationship with Creator/AnnekeWills when she was only 17 during the production of ''The Strange World of Gurney Slade'' (this overlapping with ValuesDissonance).Slade''. There are also other examples of Newley singing about being attracted to fawning over extremely young women (which it was common to refer to as "young girls" back in the day), such as his recording of the English folk song "Seventeen Come Sunday", as well as Heironymus Merkin's attraction towards the second title character of ''Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?'', the film in question being what lead to Creator/JoanCollins, who ''did'' defend Newley from allegations of pedophilia, divorcing him.
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* HarsherInHindsight:
** While thankfully, Newley doesn't seem to have ever actually molested anyone, [[PedoHunt let alone children]] as his song Sacha Newley has accused him of, he ''did'' start his relationship with Creator/AnnekeWills when she was only 17 during the production of ''The Strange World of Gurney Slade'' (this overlapping with ValuesDissonance). There are also other examples of Newley singing about being attracted to fawning over extremely young women (which it was common to refer to as "young girls" back in the day), such as his recording of the English folk song "Seventeen Come Sunday", as well as Heironymus Merkin's attraction towards the second title character of ''Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?'', the film in question being what lead to Creator/JoanCollins, who ''did'' defend Newley from allegations of pedophilia, divorcing him.
** While thankfully, Newley doesn't seem to have ever actually molested anyone, [[PedoHunt let alone children]] as his song Sacha Newley has accused him of, he ''did'' start his relationship with Creator/AnnekeWills when she was only 17 during the production of ''The Strange World of Gurney Slade'' (this overlapping with ValuesDissonance). There are also other examples of Newley singing about being attracted to fawning over extremely young women (which it was common to refer to as "young girls" back in the day), such as his recording of the English folk song "Seventeen Come Sunday", as well as Heironymus Merkin's attraction towards the second title character of ''Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?'', the film in question being what lead to Creator/JoanCollins, who ''did'' defend Newley from allegations of pedophilia, divorcing him.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: ''Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?'' is a musical by the jolly fellow who played Matthew Mugg in ''Film/DoctorDolittle'' and wrote the songs from ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', and the main protagonist has a whimsically goofy name, so it must be for kids, right? Well, it was given an '''X Rating''' by the MPAA for a reason...
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* VindicatedByHistory: 'The Strange World of Gurney Slade' was a proto 'anti-sitcom' which featured almost no plot and instead had its protagonist walks through various surreal adventures and has bizarre non-linear with passer-by. The strange format caused it to be a ratings disaster but, thanks to championing by the likes of David Bowie, it is now acclaimed today as a surrealist masterpiece - especially thanks to surrealism and non-linearity being brought into the mainstream by the likes of Monty Python and The Mighty Boost
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* VindicatedByHistory: 'The ''The Strange World of Gurney Slade' Slade'' was a proto 'anti-sitcom' "anti-sitcom" which featured almost no plot and instead had its protagonist walks through various surreal adventures and has bizarre non-linear with passer-by. The strange format caused it to be a ratings disaster but, thanks to championing by the likes of David Bowie, it is now acclaimed today as a surrealist masterpiece - especially thanks to surrealism and non-linearity being brought into the mainstream by the likes of Monty Python and The Mighty Boost
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* BlackSheepHit: The one song coming close to being a real hit for Anthony Newley in the United States, "Teach The Children" (reaching number 12 on the Adult Contemporary charts, while his few songs that were on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier in his career never reached above 67), is a funk-influenced yacht rock song. Quite a few of his other songs do have {{Rock}} elements, though usually ''very'' soft rock, if any, as well as his late '50s RockAndRoll hits.
* CultClassic: Anthony Newley's pop music career is this. While he was very well-known as a film actor and Broadway songwriter, only his early Brill-Building-style Rock 'n' Roll and jazz songs became well-known hits, and only in the UK, however, most of his discography from his early albums to his later easy-listening albums have their fans. Music/DavidBowie in particular was a huge fan of Newley.
* CultClassic: Anthony Newley's pop music career is this. While he was very well-known as a film actor and Broadway songwriter, only his early Brill-Building-style Rock 'n' Roll and jazz songs became well-known hits, and only in the UK, however, most of his discography from his early albums to his later easy-listening albums have their fans. Music/DavidBowie in particular was a huge fan of Newley.
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* VindicatedByHistory: 'The Strange World of Gurney Slade' was a proto 'anti-sitcom' which featured almost no plot and instead had its protagonist walks through various surreal adventures and has bizarre non-linear with passer-by. The strange format caused it to be a ratings disaster but, thanks to championing by the likes of Music/DavidBowie, David Bowie, it is now acclaimed today as a surrealist masterpiece - especially thanks to surrealism and non-linearity being brought into the mainstream by the likes of Monty Python and The Mighty Boost
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* HilariousInHindsight:
** Not only did Anthony Newley himself want to play Bill "The Candy Man" in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', but so did Creator/SammyDavisJr, the singer who [[BreakawayPopHit popularized the song]].
** Although it could also be HarsherInHindsight depending on how you see it, but Michael Lloyd produced Newley's albums ''Pure Imagination'' and ''Ain't It Funny'' (said albums being released by Creator/MGMRecords). Lloyd would also write the music for ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'', the film that, among a few other {{Creator Killer}}s, sunk Newley's film acting career for good.
* VindicatedByHistory: 'The Strange World of Gurney Slade' was a proto 'anti-sitcom' which featured almost no plot and instead had its protagonist walks through various surreal adventures and has bizarre non-linear with passer-by. The strange format caused it to be a ratings disaster but, thanks to championing by the likes ofDavid Bowie, Music/DavidBowie, it is now acclaimed today as a surrealist masterpiece - especially thanks to surrealism and non-linearity being brought into the mainstream by the likes of Monty Python and The Mighty Boost
** Not only did Anthony Newley himself want to play Bill "The Candy Man" in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', but so did Creator/SammyDavisJr, the singer who [[BreakawayPopHit popularized the song]].
** Although it could also be HarsherInHindsight depending on how you see it, but Michael Lloyd produced Newley's albums ''Pure Imagination'' and ''Ain't It Funny'' (said albums being released by Creator/MGMRecords). Lloyd would also write the music for ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'', the film that, among a few other {{Creator Killer}}s, sunk Newley's film acting career for good.
* VindicatedByHistory: 'The Strange World of Gurney Slade' was a proto 'anti-sitcom' which featured almost no plot and instead had its protagonist walks through various surreal adventures and has bizarre non-linear with passer-by. The strange format caused it to be a ratings disaster but, thanks to championing by the likes of
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