A Russian lawmaker has asked prosecutors to figure out if Apple violated his country’s ban on gay propaganda last year while delivering U2’s latest record to iTunes users for free, according to the Associated Press.
I’d make fun of this if I didn’t have to double check to make sure this wasn’t actually a U.S. congressman coming up with this stuff.
Izvestia, a publication reportedly loyal to the Kremlin, reported Wednesday it has seen a copy of Alexander Starovoitov’s appeal to prosecutors, which supposedly says the cover of “Songs of Innocence” shows two men “in a display of nontraditional sexual relations.”
That’s a pretty wide swath of possibilities, right there.
The cover actually shows shirtless U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. hugging his 18-year-old son.
Maybe they were listening to Harry Chapin.
The Associated Press said it’s unclear whether there will be an investigation.
Doesn’t Russia have bigger fish to fry?
Apparently some Russians think so, as some are ridiculing the idea, comparing it to President Vladimir Putin controversial move to kiss a small boy’s stomach during a TV appearance in 2006.
Tony Hicks writes celebrity commentary for the Bay Area News Group. Contact him at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/tonyhicks67
