I see that old eco-hypocrite Sting has had his second pop in recent weeks at The X Factor.
“I am sorry but none of those kids are going to go anywhere, and I say that sadly,” begins the 58-year-old.
Don’t be sad, Sting. Leona Lewis is a multi-platinum selling artist, a regular Brit and Grammy nominee who has broken numerous records worldwide and sold over 6.5 million albums. You might also like to check the sales figures of Cheryl Cole, Kelly Clarkson, Alexandra Burke, G4, Girls Aloud, Will Young and others.
He continues: “I tried to keep an open mind, but basically I was looking at televised karaoke where they conform to stereo-types.”
Rich coming from the man whose bland white-reggae songs are almost impossible to differentiate from one another.
“You have judges who have no recognisable talent apart from self-promotion.”
He says desperately trying to catch the headlines to, erm, promote his new album (while praying it isn’t outsold by Cheryl Cole’s).
He concludes: “I am surrounded by people who are not afraid to tell me I am a complete twat.”
I bet.
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Haha! From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8355611.stm
“Sting has just released a new album, called If On A Winter’s Night, which is a collection of carols, lullabies and ancient songs.”
Mmm, really considerate way of getting publicity for his (likely) pile of crap album, slagging off younger artists. Very much in the festive spirit.
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He’s very much trying to ‘kick away the ladder’ isn’t he?
Yeah exactly! What I find particularly irritating about him is that he’s one of these people who’s so worthy and charidable, but still can’t resist a dig at blameless young people who want to do something different or exciting. It stinks. I resent having to share Italy with this man.
His environmental record is terrifyingly hypocritical too. And his wife (another eco-hypocrite) increasingly resembles a combination of all three members of The Police. http://www.zoegriffin.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/trudie-styler-gianni-and-donatella-versace-receive-the-rodeo-drive-walk-of-style-award-n8xlue.jpg