Posted January 27, 201015 yr McGee: 'Take That, JLS should be shot' Wednesday, January 27 2010, 12:59 GMT By Alex Fletcher, Reality TV Editor Rex Features Music mogul Alan McGee has suggested that Take That and JLS "should be shot" for making bad music. The Scottish former Creation Records owner also claimed that the Brit Awards should be axed because they are an "embarrassment". "They should get rid of the Brits and start again with 20 music journalists who actually care about music getting together, instead of a bunch of self-interested record company people who just vote for their own acts," he told the Daily Record. McGee heavily criticised the nomination for Coldplay in the 'Brits Album of 30 Years' category and Paul McCartney and Take That's nods in the 'Brits Performance of 30th Year' list. "Coldplay are a dilution of a dilution of a dilution. Chris Martin makes me want to eat someone else's earwax rather than listen to his records," said the 49-year-old. "McCartney should retire. John Lennon is probably firing bullets from another dimension as we speak. Just give in, Paul. Can't he and people like him retire?" He continued: "Take That should be shot for even trying a Beatles medley. If this is what the Brits has to offer, we should close down the recording studios now because it is sad. I just hope there is another music revolution around the corner but it has probably gone too far for that." Speaking about new acts at this year's awards, McGee added: "I just don't get what the fuss is about Florence and the Machine. Mika should have been shot at birth and, while we are at it, we should shoot JLS." The Brits take place at London's Earls Court on February 16.
January 27, 201015 yr I'm sorry but I found that hilarious. The guy hates everyone. I'm sure the bloke was just saying it for saying its sake. I did think he was arrogant to suggest replacing the Brits Panel with a team of 20 'music journalists' ... WOT? Replace one boring old dinosaur with another. I thought his comments were funny ... nice to see him getting on the 'just because John Lennon is dead means he was a genius' bandwagon. Norma In the writer's defence ... if the persistent rumours of a 'reunion' prove to be well-founded ... I bloody well agree with him ... for all five of them! Perhaps shooting is too harsh ... perhaps a banishment to a distant place! Edited January 28, 201015 yr by Norma_Snockers
January 29, 201015 yr Author I found it funny to as my feeling was he was looking for attention, and by naming 2 huge bands of the moment is sure to grab him some.
January 29, 201015 yr Author we all know what he is saying is total rubbish especially where take that are concerned.
January 29, 201015 yr I found it funny to as my feeling was he was looking for attention, and by naming 2 huge bands of the moment is sure to grab him some. On Digital Spy? I think not ... its a bit like the Beano isn't ... only half as realistic. Norma
January 29, 201015 yr I'm sorry but I found that hilarious. The guy hates everyone. I'm sure the bloke was just saying it for saying its sake. I did think he was arrogant to suggest replacing the Brits Panel with a team of 20 'music journalists' ... WOT? Replace one boring old dinosaur with another. I thought his comments were funny ... nice to see him getting on the 'just because John Lennon is dead means he was a genius' bandwagon. Norma In the writer's defence ... if the persistent rumours of a 'reunion' prove to be well-founded ... I bloody well agree with him ... for all five of them! Perhaps shooting is too harsh ... perhaps a banishment to a distant place! What you have to remember is that Alan McGee is still bitter with Noel Gallagher after he made Oasis leave Creation Records. As Noel Gallagher is and has gone on record as being a fan of Paul McCartney (correctly taking the viewpoint that John Lennon was "a bit of a c**t"), a fan of Take That and especially Gary Barlow, a fan of Coldplay, and a hater of "the fat dancer in Take That with the ego to match" then that interview taken from Scotland's Daily Record newspaper is a pop at Noel during their long running feud when after Oasis left Creation records McGee's record label quickly went bankrupt; in the same way that the former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren still takes pops at John Lydon ....
January 29, 201015 yr What you have to remember is that Alan McGee is still bitter with Noel Gallagher after he made Oasis leave Creation Records. As Noel Gallagher is and has gone on record as being a fan of Paul McCartney (correctly taking the viewpoint that John Lennon was "a bit of a c**t"), a fan of Take That and especially Gary Barlow, a fan of Coldplay, and a hater of "the fat dancer in Take That with the ego to match" then that interview taken from Scotland's Daily Record newspaper is a pop at Noel during their long running feud when after Oasis left Creation records McGee's record label quickly went bankrupt; in the same way that the former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren still takes pops at John Lydon .... I think this was when I began to start to like Noel Gallagher (that and I just find him dead sexy ... a clever yet funny man is sexy ... Noel is one of the funniest and cleverest). For all I've said about McCartney (I'm still not fond of him personally) I do think he was a better, kinder person than Lennon ... and I have to say that I find McCartney's songs whilst in the Beatles better than Lennon's (with one or two outstanding exceptions.) Norma
January 29, 201015 yr Here something more http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-ne...91466-25710898/
January 29, 201015 yr Here something more http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-ne...91466-25710898/ That won't open for me Iris - what does the old git have to say? Norma
January 29, 201015 yr Author Music supremo McGee plans rock revolution Jan 29 2010 by Sally Williams, Western Mail Comment (1)Recommend HE is the man behind some of the coolest bands on the planet. But music supremo Alan McGee is turning his attention from the urban, hip bands that have passed through his hands to search for a new, rural sound from his Mid Wales base. McGee, who founded Creation Records, managed bands including Oasis, Primal Scream and the Super Furry Animals at the height of their fame, and was invited to 10 Downing Street at the pinnacle of Britpop’s success. But yesterday, in an interview with the Western Mail he called for the Brit Awards to be abolished and said he hopes to help kick-start another music revolution to take on the charts now jammed full of X Factor acts. To get things started, he is to judge a battle of the bands talent competition in Hay-on-Wye tonight, . But the prize will not be a record deal – but a crate of beer. McGee, 49, who swapped clubbing in London for country life in his rural mansion, claimed this year’s Brit nominees are “an embarrassment” to music lovers. He said all rockers should retire at the age of 40 and labelled Coldplay, whose A Rush Of Blood To The Head is up for best album of the last 30 years, a “dilution of a dilution of a dilution”. “Music should be like football. Once you turn 40, you should become a manager or get lost,” he said. “You don’t have 66-year-old football players – there’s a reason for that. The man I was at 24 managing The Jesus and Mary Chain is not the same person at 49.” His outburst followed the nomination of 1980s duo Bros as potential winners of an award for the best Brits performance of the past 30 years, alongside Paul McCartney for his 2008 rendition of Live And Let Die and Take That’s 1994 Beatles medley. “McCartney should retire,” he said. “John Lennon is probably firing bullets from another dimension as we speak. Just give in, Paul. “Take That should be shot for even trying a Beatles medley. If this is what the Brits has to offer, we should close down the recording studios now because it is sad.” McGee said he approves of Muse, Robbie Williams, Beyonce and Lily Allen, but that Lady Gaga, Pixie Lott, Florence and The Machine, Mika and JLS leave him cold. “When I tweeted that I was going to judge a battle of the bands on Twitter, where I’ve got 45,000 followers, and My Space I had 50 bands – some from as far away as San Francisco – taking an interest,” he said. “We are hosting the battle tonight at The Globe at Hay, the town with a population of just 2,000, that is known for books and we are going to try and get it on the music map too. “Now that I live in Hay, I live in wellies 24/7 and I’m into rural chic.” Nina Lyon, of The Globe, said: “Bands from Scotland, London and the Isle of Wight will converge in the Black Mountains alongside a handful of local talent tonight in a bid to become part of rock aristocracy. “The overall winners will just get a crate of beer but they will get something worth much more than that – the kudos of winning a talent competition judged by Alan McGee, who can give them his honest opinion on whether they have what it takes to make it or not. “In order to give various bands from further-flung places like San Francisco and Ireland a chance to take part next time round, Alan is considering making Battle of the Bands a quarterly event in the future. “We could discover the next Oasis right here at Hay.”
January 29, 201015 yr Weird that he 'approves of Robbie Williams' and yet Rob is in that godawful (and I agree with him) Beatles Medley! I'm sure Take That would rather their Patience performance was in there instead of a performance from the 'bad old days'. Norma
January 30, 201015 yr Author I doubt it bothers the lads too much at all as at the end of the day if we didnt have the old take that we certainly wouldnt have the great take that we have now.
