"A worthless twat."
The words of The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, there, talking about Richard Ashcroft.
The Lips' singer has told NME that the former Verve frontman pulled out of a Top Of The Pops performance - with the Lips on the same bill - because he feared there would be backstage blows between the camps. Coyne added that had such a brawl broken out, "a lot of people would have jumped in and helped".
Coyne continued:
"People I know who've run into him recently say that he's kinder than he used to be, but from my own experience, yes, he is a pompous dick.
"I don't really believe in karma, but he does go out of his way sometimes to act as if he's the only person on the planet who matters. And I love some of his songs! That's the power of music - great songs can be made by such a worthless twat."
So there you go: one grown man having a pop at another, proof positive that age does not the man mellow. Then again, both did used to consume a whole heap o' drugs...
am suspicious about how much drug taking Wayne Coyne did
its the lou reed thing innit - does't take it away from him that he is a brilliant songwriter - ashcroft on the other fan is like a labourer acting like he's a plumber.
How many posts is that?
what
does that even mean?
you're confusing my hangover...
i think prole is saying
that Coyne is talented after not taking drugs, hence he doubts his drug taking at all, and Ashcroft is a plumber. or summin.
weird thing though
what sort of person plans to record an album with an orchestra of car engines while NOT taking drugs?
According to Coyne
in the Fearless Freaks film and Staring At Sound book he only did drugs before he was in the band. Something about seeing his brothers fuck themselves up on them turned him off them.
He is right though. Ashcroft is a twat. Though I've never heard an American say that word.
Yes
I kind of felt this way about Ashcroft in the 1990s when he was acting like he was superior to everyone (stuff like getting people to bring award trophies to him at ceremonies, rather than him getting up) but at the minute the guy actually seems like he needs some help.
What surprised me more was Wayne Coyne's outburst - I thought he was the sort of person (in music at least) to only say anything if he had something nice to say. There's probably a bit of previous there that we don't know about.
Funniest musical moment of this year:
Richard Ashcroft claiming he is god-like, then releasing Break The Night With Colour
PRICK
He has a point
Ashcroft does tend to go over the top for no reason, but its his choice.
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well of course ashcroft is a twat.
it oozes from him. plus his music these days is 'teh gash' (geddit).
i heard an american say 'twat' once; pronounced it 'twot'.
Three words; She's A Superstar
De Rigeur at the moment seems to be to kick Ashcroft about. Fine, call him a twat like you know him but I would hazard a guess that you're not very familiar with his music. At least Wayne Coyne acknowledges that the the man has made good music - albeit going back some time. Ashcrofts always struck me as being idealistic rather than twatty. Abstaining from collecting an award for example could be construed as recognising the event for the cock-fest that it is. Besides, I like my musicians with a little swagger, it all adds to the spectacle.
Coyne riding the crowd in an inflatable hampsterball at O2 though.....genius.
i used to
love reading interviews with musicians when i was about 20 but i seriously cringw now. i only have to look at the nme and just cringe from cover to cover. they all talk such gash and try to say something original. ashcroft is one of the worse for this
i saw an interview with kasabian going on about ringing up liam and noel as they have done the rock n roll thing 'so they are the ones to read us the bedtime stories'....i fucking cringed reading that. a load of nonsensical wank.
richard ashcroft has wrote some good tunes but the boy is so up his own arse its untrue. he thinks he is some sort of saviour to music when he all he is, is a half decent melody wroter that looks like spider from coronation street