John Lydon: 'American Idol, The Voice are humiliating'
Published May 28 2012, 15:20 BST | By Justin Harp
John Lydon has slammed music-themed reality shows like American Idol and The Voice.The Public Image Ltd star railed against the destructive impact that talent shows have had on music in an interview with Reuters.
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"They're dragging us back into Las Vegas wannabes. And there's the painful tone of humiliation, the smirking at who gets voted off," Lydon charged. "People now think that's the universe of music. That's utterly corrupting."
Lydon went on to insist the greed of record companies is responsible for the decline of the music industry.
"The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop," he said. "But this modernisation of sampling and regurgitating of old ideas isn't healthy either. Live music is healthy."
Public Image Ltd recently released the track 'One Drop', which features on the band's first album in 20 years.
The group's LP This is PiL is now available in the UK and is released on May 29 in the US.
Watch PiL's 'One Drop' music video below:
Lydon is still full of the same crap as when he was a teenager. Bet he hasn't even watched any of these shows? At least they don't spend their lives caining drugs and getting arrested, it's about good music non a punk image. What a loser. Trying to get attention because punk is dead!
May 29th 2012 at 8:59am(+1 like)
Butter, Butter, Butter anyone?
May 28th 2012 at 9:33pm
Why should be argue about people creating their dreams? Who cares if it's through reality TV shows. If you don't like the music, don't listen or buy it. Simple. Yet, you all complain about the show but then you find somebody you like from the shows (EG; Adam Lambert, Daughtry, Leona Lewis, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson..)
May 28th 2012 at 9:00pm(+1 like)
Where he is absolutely right is that record companies have become too greedy. They don't support developing artists as they do back in the 60s and so forth, and artists will often be dropped after one album if it isn't successful or doesn't show commercial promise. It's very sad, actually, as it means that artists willing to develop and experiment with musical genres aren't given a chance.
May 28th 2012 at 6:57pm(+1 like)
At last ,he tells it as it really is..of course there will always be readers who have no taste and enjoy crap,its not even good crap but
May 28th 2012 at 6:39pm