Originally Posted by RichardN:
“Did you actually read the Uncut article and see the comments in context?...
"He wanted to bring ballet to the working class, what a ..." "the rest of it is pish....", puts the comments into context.”
I only read the article on Gigwise, but it includes the full sentences that you're quoting partially here.
The "context" which you seem to think excuses him is despicable and offensive IMO.
Originally Posted by RichardN:
“I like a larger selection of Bowie than him (which is why my comments aren't consistent with his....)”
I think that 999 out of 1000 people would have guessed otherwise from your previous post, but thanks for the clarification.
Originally Posted by RichardN:
“I think that inferring something about Weller not liking gay artists from the comments is way off. Many of the recipients that got a drubbing were 'real men' as you put it.”
Where did I mention the word gay? I didn't. You've misinterpreted me, and twisted my meaning. And incidentally I take strong objection to the way you did that. Try reading what I said without imposing your own interpretation. Not everybody thinks that all so-called 'real men' are heterosexuals, or vice versa! Weller very clearly attacked men of all sexual orientations who had not consistently presented themselves as overtly super-masculine, or who had transgressed the boundaries of conventional masculine behaviour in one way or another - such as Sting, the Bee Gees, Bowie and Mercury. I would not be so ignorant as to imply that they are all gay, or that only gay men have ever done this! Some of Weller's derogatory remarks made direct reference to what annoyed him: Mercury's reference to ballet, the Gibbs' singing in falsetto. Weller did also clearly attack Bono and Geldof, who don't fit this pattern, but with considerably less malice and contempt than his remarks about Sting, Bowie and Mercury.
Last edited by Ruby_ : 09-02-2006 at 19:08