Industry 'bigwig' Alan McGee has stuck his neck out and attacked Robbie Williams for being a "showbiz chancer" who is "destroying British pop culture".
Comparing him to the bloated talents of Elton John and George Michael, McGee told BBC 6 Music: "These people are brilliant, world class musical talents. Robbie's just a showbiz chancer.”
That's not to say I don't like Elton John or George Michael. Sometimes talent is better bloated. It's hilarious! Get rich, get fat and die. P'raps Robbie should take note.
“It's people like him who are destroying British pop culture," McGee kept on. "He has one per cent of Mick Jagger’s talent. He's the post 9/11 feel good factor. He doesn't mean anything. He's utterly vacant."
One can only assume that McGee didn't feel quite so protective of British pop culture back in the vacancy of 1977. God save the Queen!
Alan McGee: proof that myspace and everyone having a voice isn't always a good thing.
Alan McGee: correct in this instance.
McGee's
lost his marbles. His daily myspace rants are sometimes bonkers.
But yes, sometimes he's right. esp re Jonathan King and Robbie.
AND, robbie WAS fat circa 1995. A bloated-washed up alkie hanging off Oasis' coat-tails.
I agree
Robbie is nowhere near as good as George Michael.
Robbie Williams isn't destroying the industry
The industry is allowing Robbie to destroy it. Slight difference.
...so
he *is* destroying the industry then.
No
Radio 1 doesn't HAVE to be in thrall to him, to give but one example. They could cut out even half of his coverage and replace it with pop artists whose output doesn't consist of inferior facsimiles of other peoples' work.
.
isn't robbie completely past it over the hill no-one cares about him anymore? wouldn't this rant have been better 5 years ago when people liked robbie?
Am I the only one who mistook that as
'Showbiz Cancer'?
no
it was almost the headline
AndrewViolet speak da troof
The only person more washed up than Robbie Williams is Alan McGee, who ceased to be relevant about a decade ago. He's just a sad old voice from the past (like Bill Drummond) who occasionally gets a bit of sympathy-Press because he used to be worth knowing. It's the media equivalent of putting a coin in a wino's tin cup.
the above point is valid
and attacking RW is hardly a controversial thing now that even most of his old fans have woken up to the fact he's useless but i still think any chance to bash the singing chimp should be taken and roundly enjoyed by all.
what the fuck ??
what a pointless case of debate to get involved with from rentagob mcgee
why doesn't he gob off about something more relevent to him...
...
dirty pretty things
alternative pop culture zeitgeists??
are they fuck ...
thanks for that
did anyone see that bullshit in the NME
with that cunt Barat on the cover
3 pages of self imoprtant twat going on about the "arcadian dream" and the "albion"
then started saying some bands who "copy " the libertines style are trators and were "doing what the libs were trying to fight against"
what selling records? i thought that was the quiet a big part of being a recording artist
and the libertines drummer was a session drummer as they had a deal already with a major label!!!...
fight the power ...
dirty preety things are more objectionable then robbie we all know he is a cunt
and they have rubbish songs....
Alan McGee
Is a narrow personality who primarily likes dull, workmanlike rock. The fact he doesn't care for Robbie, particularly since he's gone all wacky self-referential electro, is no surprise whatsoever.
But if I had to choose one of them to dictate "British pop culture" (whatever that means), I'd choose Robbie any day of the week.
JAMC, Super Furries, MBV
workmanlike rock?
House Of Love
Teenage Fanclub, King Biscuit Time, The Boo Radleys, Hypnotone, Viking Moses.
Yeah, he's signed some good bands
But I think he's done so in spite of, rather than because of, their inventiveness. I've read enough of his interviews over the years to realise he's a bit of a dullard, albeit a lucky one.
The Others.
though I do love MBV
frankly
anyone who claims that a record by world-class dullards Mogwai can be "the best thing ever" is either severely deluded, or a wee bit tonedeaf.
dats fighting talk dat is
"world-class dullards Mogwai"
ooohhhhh, why i oughta....
Excuse me?
You. Take. That. Back.
Right now.
FISH IN BARREL:
SHOT
mcgee
is right.
unfortunately he too is utterly vacant
at least
since signing the cosmic rough riders/jamc/various other "fucking brilliant" bands before discovering mega-sucessful bands.
i hope he doesnt read this and put it into another one of his god-forsaken bulletins.
Robbie is rich. Is fat (or was)
So that means he just has to die.
That should be along anytime soon!
Alan McGee
is responsible for inflicting (or attempting to inflict) more post 9/11 crap (save The Boxer Rebellion and Echelon) on this nation than Robbie William's has had hot dinners.
I can't beleive he still thinks people listen to him and that he is a "bigwig????".
I did hear that he made a speech a while back saying labels were no longer necessary and that bands like Gnarls Barkley can get to number 1 via myspace. Gnarls Barkley were signed to warners, who's online marketing time laid all the groundwork for their number 1.
Anyway........
and,
by trying to slate Robbie Williams he is only trying to get a statement from Robbie to boost his own profile.
THIS IS THE TRUTH BEHIND IT!!!!!