It would appear that music producer Mike Stock has made a rather valid - and worrying - point.

Because just two days after he slammed the pop charts for being too pornographic for children, Rihanna took to the stage last night and made a rather sexually suggestive dance move.

The singer grabbed her microphone and used it in a phallic way in front of her young fans at the concert at New York's Madison Square Gardens.

Racy lady: Rihanna steps out in a black lace Stella McCartney dress for her after-party at Greenhouse nightclub in Manhattan last night

And it only reiterated Mike Stock's point that modern pop culture is 'sexualising' youngsters.

Stock, 58, was one third of the legendary pop factory Stock, Aitken and Waterman, and helped launch the career of Kylie Minogue.

This week he said: 'The music industry has gone too far. It's not about me being old fashioned.

Suggestive: Rihanna poses with her leg spread wide as she sings next to her backing dancers

Inappropriate: Rihanna performs a sexually-suggestive move on stage in New York last night in front of her young fans

'It's about keeping values that are important in the modern world.

'These days you can't watch modern stars - like Britney Spears or Lady Gaga - with a two-year-old.

'Ninety-nine per cent of the charts is R 'n' B and 99 per cent of that is soft pornography.

Raunchy: Rihanna rubs her thigh as her outfit leaves very little to the audience's imagination

At risk: Mike Stock from 1980s music team Stock, Aitken and Waterman says children are being 'sexualised' by pop

'Kids are being forced to grow up too young. Look at the videos. I wouldn't necessarily want my young kids to watch them.

'I would certainly be embarrassed to sit there with my mum.'

Although Rihanna, 22, is known for her raunchy dance moves and skimpy, revealing outfits, she does have thousands of young fans, many of whom may have been in the audience in New York last night.

Not that it stopped the singer strutting her stuff in her outfit that left very little to the imagination as she thrust and gyrated on stage.

But it was the suggestive move during the concert - which is part of her Last Girl On Earth world tour - with her microphone that really stood out as she showed no shame while performing it.

Celebrity following: Tik Tok singer Ke$ha was among the crowds watching Rihanna's outrageous performance

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The man who helped launch the career of Kylie Minogue yesterday condemned modern pop culture for 'sexualising' youngsters.

Mike Stock, one third of the legendary pop factory Stock, Aitken and Waterman, said: 'The music industry has gone too far. It's not about me being old fashioned. It's about keeping values that are important in the modern world.

'These days you can't watch modern stars - like Britney Spears or Lady Gaga - with a two-year-old.'Not suitable for children': Lady Gaga in concert nearly naked

Ninety-nine per cent of the charts is R 'n' B and 99 per cent of that is soft pornography.'

He continued: 'Kids are being forced to grow up too young. Look at the videos. I wouldn't necessarily want my young kids to watch them.

'I would certainly be embarrassed to sit there with my mum.'

Mr Stock, 58, pictured below, was behind the rise of Miss Minogue in the late 1980s when she stormed the charts with I Should Be So Lucky.

In the accompanying video, she wore a simple black cocktail dress. The lyrics were similarly innocent.

In contrast, 24-year-old Lady Gaga, who burst on to the scene two years ago, has regularly used crude metaphors in her lyrics as well as posing in revealing outfits.

Mr Stock believes that today's children are being 'sexualised' as a result of images put out by the pop industry of stars such as Lady Gaga.

He said: 'Mothers of young children are worried because you can't control the TV remote control.

'Before children even step into school, they have all these images - the pop videos and computer games like Grand Theft Auto - confronting them and the parents can't control it. Talking to mothers' groups, they were saying that even they have lost faith in brands like Disney.

At risk: Mike Stock from famous 1980s production team Stock, Aitken and Waterman says children are now being 'sexualised' by pop

'They were quite happy to put their kids in front of the telly to watch Hannah Montana but recently Miley Cyrus [who played Montana] has shown off her maturing body.'

He also attacked the launch last week of the Material Girl clothes range by Madonna's 13-year-old daughter Lourdes, which features short skirts and slashed tops.

'I'm being told by mothers of young kids they're worried by the pressure on them for their children to wear clothes and make-up at a young age.'

'Lourdes is a 13-year-old girl. Madonna may have been happy but I bet about 90 per cent of parents wouldn't be happy with that.'

As a result of these concerns, Stock has written and produced a new musical, called The Go! Go! Go! Show, which is playing in London.

He said: 'It's born out of my frustration with the way the music industry has gone.

'We've written a family-orientated show. They [the mothers' groups] have been telling me what they want - and we have been trying to deliver it.'

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